Tight-Site Tilt-Up
Precisely planned and executed project includes raising 79’ tall precast wall panels
By Mike Larson
Alliance Riggers & Constructors welcomed a big challenge when it won the bid to erect the 61 precast-concrete panels and 750 tons of structural steel needed to build the new
Carlsbad Performing Arts Center in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Its first challenge was logistical.
To complete its part of the project, the Alliance crew of 25 would be working about 170 miles from home for six months.
Also, Alliance would have to transport about 65 truckloads of cranes, forklifts, boom lifts, service trucks and other equipment from its El Paso, Texas, headquarters to the jobsite.
A second challenge was that
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