Denver International Airport’s terminal expansion project presented a number of key challenges when five gates were added to Concourse C. Precast concrete provided the best option for meeting project goals and was the best solution for the terminal project. The project had to be designed and built in a 24 month window, with work occurring only a few feet away from the terminal, service vehicles, and taxiing airplanes.

Stresscon Corporation, a member of the EnCon Companies, earned a Rolling Owner Controlled Insurance Program (ROCIP) safety award for their performance on this Denver International Airport (DIA) Concourse C Expansion project. Stresscon is the first company to receive the ROCIP award.

The ROCIP award was presented to Stresscon based on working nearly 67,000 labor hours without injury, and a (ZERO) Incident and DART rate for the year. Stresscon averaged 35 employees per day on site at the DIA project. The award was presented to the team for going above and beyond required measures on the site and working in challenging weather conditions including -22 degree days. The precast portion of the project was completed ahead of schedule. Certificates and awards were presented to the Stresscon team by Mary Connors, Safety & Industrial Hygiene Specialist II for DIA.

Morgan Lysohir, of Milender White Construction Co., the General Contractor for this project, spoke to the site crew regarding job site safety starting with extreme pre-planning and understanding of the project. “Your crew followed the initiated plan accordingly in order to ensure all safety standards were met on this high risk project site. We appreciate the effort you all made to ensure the project was safe, and how hard you all worked,” said Lysohir. The DIA Concourse C project was constructed mere feet from runways, planes, airport personnel, and travelers.

The DIA Concourse C Expansion project is a total precast structure including 565 precast pieces, and approximately 71,000 square feet. Stresscon participated in a collaborative design-build team approach including Wong Strauch Architects, Richard Weingardt Consultants, Inc., and Milender White Construction Co. The team incorporated post-tensioned precast moment frames as the primary lateral force resisting system, a unique lateral system in this region. Precast was selected for its key benefits in providing complementary aesthetics, plant based fabrication that minimized site congestion, quick erection, sustainable design attributes, and quick erection that reduced weather delays and helped ensure on-time completion.

About Stresscon

Stresscon Corporation designs, fabricates, and erects quality structural and architectural precast concrete structures for the construction communities of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Founded in 1967, and a member of the EnCon Companies since 1993, Stresscon is PCI certified and specializes in institutional and commercial applications. To learn more, visit www.Stresscon.com.

Phoenix, AZ. (March 10, 2017) – Tpac, a recognized leader in the design, manufacture, and erection of precast/prestressed architectural concrete building systems in the Southwest, is pleased to announce two new additions to its team. Justin Foote has joined Tpac’s Preconstruction/Business Development team. Justin brings over 20 years of field work, sales, estimating and management experience to the Tpac team and has extensive precast and construction related business development experience. In his new role, Justin will create awareness of the many benefits of utilizing precast concrete in all types and sizes of commercial, municipal, and residential construction projects across the region. His responsibilities include developing and managing new business opportunities, business process initiative, sales, and new market development. Tom Haines has also joined Tpac’s Preconstruction/Business Development team.

Tom has over 40 years of construction, production, management, sales and estimating experience, and over 30 years of experience in the precast industry. In his new role, Tom is responsible for promoting precast products, preconstruction work, business development and opportunities, sales, and market development.

Tpac is also pleased to announce the addition of Richard Ballou II as a Project Manager. Richard’s experience includes over ten years of business development and management experience. His past roles include sales, project management, business development and experience in the precast industry. In his new role, Richard is responsible for managing projects from inception to closeout, scheduling, budget, working with engineers and plant personnel to ensure production requirements and a project delivery plan, and serving as the point of contact for all phases of precast design and delivery.

About Tpac

Tpac, founded in 1954, is the Southwest’s largest producer of precast/prestressed concrete building elements used in architectural, structural, and transportation applications. Its products are used in parking structures, bridges, and large commercial buildings, including offices and hospitals, stadia, justice/correctional, industrial and mixed-use facilities. Tpac provides design assitance and preconstruction services to specifiers, customers, and the design community in Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and West Texas. Tpac is a recognized regional leader in the design, manufacture and erection of total precast concrete structural systems, and has been a certified producer of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute from the inception of the PCI certification program. For more information, please visit www.TpacAZ.com

Denver, Colo. (Sept. 16, 2016) – Value Plastics, an EnCon project in Loveland, Colorado, is a winner of the Tilt-Up Achievement Award from the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA). Winners of this award represent the industry’s best tilt-up projects.  The awards program serves to promote and recognize members of the TCA, as well as furthering the awareness of the potential of tilt-up concrete construction.

The Value Plastics project will be featured in TILT-UPTODAY and employees will be presented with a plaque for this achievement at the Tilt-Up Awards Gala during the 2016 TCA Convention in Denver, Colorado on October 10.  All winners are also eligible to win the prestigious Excellence in Achievement designation that will be announced during the Awards Gala.

A collaborative design-build team including Golden Triangle Construction, Powers Brown Architecture, Peak Engineering, Inc., and EnCon Construction participated in creation of the 113,800 square foot project.  Tilt-up precast concrete was determined to be the most efficient method to fast-track this project. Insulated thermal panels were cast on site and the smaller solid wall panels were cast at EnCon’s precast concrete plant and delivered to the project site. After concrete production, all panels were erected over a 17 day period.
EnCon provided 95 pieces of 12 1/4″ insulated structural grey panels and solid structural grey panels, weighing up to 153,000 pounds.   Value Plastics is a high tech manufacturing facility that utilized insulated tilt wall panels to obtain a higher project R-value. Thermomass non-composite pins connect a 7 1/4″ structural wythe to a 3″ architectural wythe with 2″ of XPS insulation sandwiched in between.  These panels feature a board-form finish to accentuate specific building elements.

About Stresscon Corporation

Stresscon Corporation designs, fabricates, and erects quality structural and architectural precast concrete structures for the construction communities of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Founded in 1967, and a member of the EnCon Companies since 1993, Stresscon is PCI certified and specializes in institutional and commercial applications. To learn more, visit www.Stresscon.com. ­

Phoenix, Ariz. (May 20, 2016) – Tpac, a recognized leader in the design, manufacture, and erection of precast/prestressed architectural concrete building systems in the Southwest, is pleased to announce the promotion of Alan Erickson,  to Vice President of Sales and Estimating.  Erickson has been with Tpac for eight years, and has served the company as a Project Engineer and a Project Manager.  In his most recent role, Erickson has successfully served as Project Manager Business Development and has managed his projects with a sound knowledge of structural systems, serving as the point of contact for all phases of precast design and delivery.

Erickson’s experiences include engineering, precast/prestressed concrete design, project sales, estimating, project management, and new business development.  In his new role, Erickson is responsible for continuing his current duties of preconstruction work, project management,  and business development, as well as managing the Sales and Estimating team.

About Tpac

Tpac, founded in 1954, is the Southwest’s largest producer of precast/prestressed concrete building elements used in architectural, structural, and transportation applications. Its products are used in parking structures, bridges, and large commercial buildings, including offices and hospitals, stadia, justice/correctional, industrial and mixed-use facilities.  Tpac provides design assistance and preconstruction services to specifiers, customers, and the design community in Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and West Texas. Tpac is a recognized regional leader in the design, manufacture and erection of total precast concrete structural systems, and has been a certified producer of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute from the inception of the PCI certification program.   Please visit www.TpacAZ.com for more information.­

Denver, Colo. (May 6, 2016) – Stresscon Corporation’s Fort Carson 13th CAB Barracks project has won a 2016 Rocky Mountain Chapter ACI Excellence in Concrete Award in the Public Project category.  The Excellence in Concrete Awards Program recognizes outstanding work and exemplary use of concrete in the construction community.  All award winners will be showcased at the Excellence in Concrete Awards program.

The 13th CAB Barracks project features six buildings, containing 15 inch thick insulated load-bearing precast/prestressed concrete panels that support a steel framed floor and roof system, and are designed to meet blast loading and anti-terrorist-force protection criteria.  The separate buildings consisted of 486 unique panels that were erected in approximately 15 weeks, resulting in timely completion and turnover to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

A collaborative design-build team including M.A. Mortenson, HDR Minneapolis, Structural Engineering Solutions, and Stresscon Corporation participated in creation of six buildings consisting of 207,700 square feet of precast concrete.  Precast was determined to be the most efficient method to fast-track this project with a 365 day design to occupancy schedule.  The panels were cast at a nearby plant, shipped to the project site, and quickly erected.  The significance of this unit’s mission, and the rapid pace of returning soldiers, required that new facilities be erected quickly to keep pace with the demand for services.
Stresscon provided 486 high performance, insulated non-composite wall panels with inset thin brick and acid etched architectural surfaces. The precast panels feature cast-in conventional clay thin brick accented with acid etched, architectural concrete banding. These panels were combined with fully acid-etched panels to accentuate specific building elements. The steady state R-value provided was 32, with the use of insulated non-composite wall panels over the entire precast panel area.

About Stresscon Corporation

Stresscon Corporation designs, fabricates, and erects quality structural and architectural precast concrete structures for the construction communities of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Founded in 1967, and a member of the EnCon Companies since 1993, Stresscon is PCI certified and specializes in institutional and commercial applications. To learn more, visit www.Stresscon.com. ­