speCial adveRTisiNg FeaTuRe ADVERTORIAL PRECAST BUILDS RESILIENCY STRESSCON CORPORATION The newly opened Pikes Peak Summit House features a structural total precast system, allowing for a truly distinctive design approach for this public structure. This is the most unique precast concrete project Stresscon has participated in to date. At 14,115 feet, this is the highest total precast structure (TPS) in the world. safe. All construction work also met environmental standards with little impact to the natural surroundings. All the completed structures also meet or exceed the International Energy Con-servation Code (IECC) guidelines, assuring the community that the public facility meets stringent energy effi ciency requirements. Stresscon Corporation Construction schedules in the Rocky Mountain region are participated in the on-site precast con-known for extreme weather and high winds through multiple struction of this local project over a construction seasons. At this altitude, the extremes are ten-two year period. fold when crews have to battle intense temperature swings Extensive coordination among the and lightening, project site geography, transportation issues, architectural, structural engineering, general contractor and precaster was and limited oxygen. necessary to ensure that the rigorous project requirements were met for this one-of-a-kind project. Design and planning meetings for It was necessary that the project meet Living Building the project started in early 2015. Ground breaking and Challenge (LBC) certifi cation standards, as well as LEED precast erection began in mid-2018, with the fi rst phase certifi cation. LBC requires that all materials meet criteria of foundation footers and concrete base. Stresscon’s for an ultimate green building standard with materials precast erection started the beginning of July 2019, and that reduce impact and improve the project environ-erection was fi nished in November 2019. ment. As the fi rst LBC project for Stresscon, this required Stresscon’s precast scope and erection included a total extensive research and discussion, as well as a stringent of 462 premanufactured components, playing a primary approval process, to keep Pikes Peak environmentally
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