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Hi-Tech Tilt™ at the World of Concrete Expo. – Review

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After several months of preparation and coordination with several different companies, Hi-Tech Tilt™ Wall Systems made their debut at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas, NV.

The concept of our presentation was to show the capabilities of our system incorporating various technologies in the tilt-up concrete industry. We teamed up with several different manufacturers to supply the different components of our “tilt-up building”. Our building was 6’-0” feet wide by 9’-4” long and 9’-0” high.

The companies participating with Hi-Tech Tilt™ in this were:

Elemix Concrete Additive – www.elemixadditive.com
Elemix provided their patented polymeric sphere additive compound into the concrete batch design providing lighter weight concrete with insulating and flexural characteristics in one of our panels.

Innovative Brick Systems – www.mbrick.com
Innovative provided design and materials for 2 panels illustrating various patterns and materials for wall and opening conditions. Their design included thin brick and tile materials cast in our panels.

Greenstreak Group – www.greenstreak.com
Greenstreak provided design and materials for formliner installation on two panels. This design showed a wide variety of formliner solutions in our panels.

MorCon Inc. – www.morconinc.com
MorCon is a Hi-Tech Tilt™ Licensee located in Las Vegas, NV. MorCon took delivery of all the materials, coordinated the concrete batch designs, formed, poured, delivered and erected the panels.

In addition to the panels described above, MorCon built a HTT Thermo Panel with a cut away section to show the studs, insulation and reinforcing inside the panel.

The workmanship on all of the panels was exemplary, and received many praises from people across the industry.

Our multi-faceted marketing approach to the World of Concrete generated substantial traffic to both of our booths, one indoor with presentation and educational information, and one outdoor with the various examples of panel types. Our product team members referred people to our booths as we referred people to theirs.

Registered visitors at our booth came from 42 states and provinces in North America and 16 countries from around the world, proving this truly was the World of Concrete.

We heard comments like, “I flew 20 hours to find a solution to really help my business, and Hi-Tech Tilt™ is exactly what I was searching for!” Most of the time at the show, people were standing 2 deep and 2-3 abreast to learn more about HTT.

Hi-Tech Tilt™ is responding to a truly global market. Our products and solutions bring a truly competitive edge to Design-Build Contractors, Owners, A/E Firms, Developers, and Concrete Contractors no matter what language they speak. The many advantages of our systems help get the projects built in today’s economy. While many traditional methods and systems are declining, Hi-Tech Tilt™ is accelerating. The reception by participants at the World of Concrete is a solid indicator of the impact of Hi-Tech Tilt™ in this world market.

LEED™ Contributions

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Hi-Tech Tilt™ Wall System

Considerations for Design-Build or Value Engineering


  • 66% less Concrete
  • Smaller Form Material for one-sided panels
  • Reinforcing Steel & Hardware Reduction
  • Substantial Dead Load Reduction on Foundation
  • Lighter Crane for one-sided or Insulated sandwich panels
  • Interior Drywall Framing ready on one-sided panels
  • Insulated and pre-finished panels in sandwich application
  • Elimination of Embed Anchors due to steel framing at 2’-0” centers

  • Forming, Reinforcing, Material Handling
  • Lifting, Setting, Bracing
  • Lift, Align & Weld for Multistory Applications
  • Lighter Braces required
  • Drywall Framing Time & Labor can be eliminated
  • Frequently Combine Panel Erection w/ Structure Erection

  • Structural Reductions from Reduced Dead Loads
  • Accelerate Subcontractors
  • Collapse Time Frames
  • Reduce Interim Financing

  • Reduced Site Disturbance
  • Less Casting Beds Required because street lighter crane can be used, frequently eliminating set-up charges for major cranes
  • “HTT” Panels are ready to lift within 2 days and can be erected more quickly, freeing slab surface for a second batch of panels that can be ready in a few days for the next lift
  • Panels can be precast for delivery to the project
  • Optimize Energy Performance
  • Insulated Sandwich Panels with 4” – 8” studs can provide from R-12 to R-30 Values
  • One-sided tilt panels are ready to receive various insulation types and values
  • Thermal Break options are economically available
  • Recycled & Regional Content in Materials
  • Steel Studs are 100% recycled
  • Steel Studs are cold-roll fabricated and punched from coils of typically 16 Gauge Steel
  • Fly ash and other recycled contents or additives are optional in concrete
  • Relocatable Wall Panels
  • Panels can be demounted for relocation and shipment to another location
  • Panels can be precast for delivery to the original or a future project
  • Environmental Quality
  • Panels help maintain a dust-free environment
  • Reduce Fuel & Emissions
  • By the substantial reduction in CY of concrete delivered to the project fuel & emissions are substantially reduced
  • At the project site
  • At the manufacturing site(s)
  • At the supply and distribution site(s)

Patent Pending!

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Hi-Tech Tilt the Tilt-Up wall construction method, is now patent pending in the following countries!

  • Mexico
  • Costa R.
  • China
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Russia
  • Brazil
  • ARIPO (Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.)
  • United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain.)
  • South Africa
  • Nigeria
  • India
  • OAPI / AIPO (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo.)

Article about Hi-Tech Tilt™ in San Antonio Business Journal

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The following information was taken from the San Antonio Business Journal on the following page:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2005/06/20/newscolumn2.html?GP=OTC-MJ175208748

SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL
THE ESSENTIAL BUSINESS TOOL

From the June 17, 2005 print edition
Real Estate Roundup

‘High Tech Tilt’ will be part of planned N. Side retail project

Tricia Lynn Silva

A new retail center in the works on the city’s far North Side will be boasting more than retail tenants; it also will showcase a new construction process.

Encino Commons Pavilion will be an 8,400-square-foot retail building; the project is part of a larger, mixed-use development called Encino Commons — which spans 155 acres at U.S. Highway 281 North and Evans Road .

Pavilion marks the second retail building for Encino Commons, says Michael E. Reyna, who is the president of locally based TC Austin Properties , which is developing the community. Last fall, Encino Commons Market brought about 20,000 square feet of retail tenants to the large-scale project.

Pavilion, says Reyna, will allow his firm to get more retail tenants along Highway 281; the building will sit at the southeast corner of Highway 281 and Encino Commons Boulevard , a new thoroughfare that will essentially run down the center of Encino Commons. In addition, Pavilion will enable Reyna to use a new construction process in San Antonio called High Tech Tilt.

Unlike traditional tilt-up walls, which are about six to eight inches thick with concrete, the High Tech Tilt wall consists of a two-inch-thick layer of concrete; the system then integrates interior metal studs, explains Jaime Medina, the managing partner behind local firm Park Avenue Construction Inc. of San Antonio.

The process makes for a lighter wall — eliminating the need for heavy cranes, which in turn results in a 40 percent reduction in the time it takes to erect such a structure. Also unlike traditional tilt-wall methods, in which an interior wall with metal studs is then constructed to accommodate the wiring, plumbing and other building systems, the High Tech Tilt walls already have the metal studs in place. Interior finish out can begin immediately — thus reducing labor costs for the construction process, Medina adds.

The process has become popular in Laredo , which is the headquarters of Park Avenue Construction Inc. — the parent company for Park Avenue of S.A.

“It’s a fantastic new system,” says Reyna, who is a limited partner in Park Avenue of S.A.

“This concept is spreading around town like crazy,” adds Medina , whose firm is finishing up work on The Arbor at Thousand Oaks , a new retail center located off of Thousand Oaks Drive in North Central San Antonio. Park Avenue of S.A. was one of the subcontractors for the center — bringing its High Tech Tilt walls to the project. Medina adds that the parent firm holds a patent for this construction process in Texas and Mexico .

As for the tenants…

Pavilion will consist of some service-oriented tenants, including a vitamin store, nail salon, coffee shop and bakery — venues that will be of great use for the neighborhoods surrounding the project.

The prime retail component of Encino Commons will be a 250,000-square-foot retail center called The Heights at Encino Commons. TC Austin’s Reyna expects that the center will include at least one anchor of 50,000 square feet and several junior anchors that would range in size from 20,000 to 30,000 square feet.

While he declined to divulge specific details, Reyna says that TC Austin is presently in talks with several potential retailers for The Heights. Long-term plans call for creating an upscale, fashion complex that will target the lifestyle of the high-end households that lie in close proximity to The Heights. TC Austin is also pursuing deals with a couple of restaurants that would be new to the market, Reyna adds.

TC Austin is developing Encino Commons in partnership with Laredo-based firm Alfra Development. In addition to the retail components of the project, TC Austin and Alfra also plan to build a townhome community within Encino Commons called The Village, and an office-condominium piece known as The Park.

Adding amenities

Los Angeles-based homebuilder KB Home recently announced that work is under way at three San Antonio communities to add amenity centers to the developments. Each of these centers will include a swimming pool, picnic pavilions, barbecue grills, playscapes and other features to create a place for families to gather with nearby friends and neighbors.

Amenity centers are currently under development in the following KB Home subdivisions: Fox Grove, which is located off Highway 281 and Evans Road in North Central San Antonio; and the Northwest Side communities of Stage Run, located off of Interstate Highway 10 and Boerne Stage Road; and Bridgewood, which is located off of Loop 1604 and Shaenfield Road . They are scheduled for completion in early 2006.