Project Overview
Hotel guests and homeowners today want energy efficiency to ensure they are comfortable despite outside conditions. To ensure a high-performance design that also offered a classic appearance, designers specified precast concrete insulated sandwich wall panels for The Heldrich mixed-use building. Many of the panels also feature embedded thin brick to create a distinctive look.
Precast Solution
The thin-faced, back-ribbed concrete panels were constructed using insulating EPS foam stay-in-place forms. The panels weigh only 32 pounds per square foot, about 70% less than conventional 10-inch precast concrete panels. The lighter panels minimized crane requirements, preserved piece size, and kept erection costs low. More than $90,000 worth of perimeter steel and labor costs were saved with the lighter panels.
To complement the granite on the building face, the panels are finished with eco-friendly shot blasting for consistent color and texture that gives the appearance of limestone. |