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Description: Published by the Tilt-up Concrete Association, this manual is the leading resource on tilt-up design and construction as it is practiced today. This 6th edition has been revised to reflect feedback from a wide variety of experts throughout the industry, and also includes considerable amounts of new material. The 6th edition grew from the previous edition’s 260 pages to a significant 360-page volume that reflects the engineering and construction practices that have developed. The manual is an important reference for those just getting started as well as those with years of experience. It includes a CD supplement of guide photos, guide details and guideline specifications.
The manual includes nine chapters and five appendices providing extensive coverage in all areas of tilt-up industry:
> Introduction to tilt-up
> Planning the tilt-up building
> Floor slab and foundations for tilt-up
> Panel layout and forming
> Reinforcing and embedments
> Placing and finishing the panels
> Lifting, setting and bracing the panels
> Connections and finishing touches
> Engineering and design examples for tilt-up
> Construction details
> TCA Guideline specifications
> Portfolio of tilt-up buildings
> Products and services for tilt-up
> Evolution of tilt-up design codes
> Seismic performance of retrofitting of existing buildings
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