Project Profile
By EnCon Marketing Staff
Stresscon was an important member of the winning team in the design competition for the east addition to The University of Colorado’s Folsom Field. The successful Folsom Field addition design included precast concrete principal to the structural solution. The base of the towers includes acid-etched, buff-colored concrete, and the remainder of the towers utilized the traditional local flagstone that is the prevalent architectural material employed throughout the University of Colorado campus. There are large acid-etched exterior walls with the school medallions cast on the outside entrance. The acid-etched buffalo medallions were precast and then cast into the exterior wall panels. The medallions consist of two mixes – one black and the other in buff-colored concrete. The interior walls also have an acid-etched finish.
This addition consists of four large precast concrete towers, housing stair and elevator shafts and providing structural support and lateral stability for the club seats and luxury skyboxes. The towers were erected on site at the center stair and elevator shafts. The individual panels are stacked on top of each other in the tower shafts using horizontal panel joints.
The base of the towers includes acid-etched, buff-colored concrete, and the remainder of the towers utilized the traditional local flagstone that is the prevalent architectural material employed throughout the University of Colorado campus. There are large acid-etched exterior walls with the school medallions cast on the outside entrance. The interior walls also have an acid-etched finish.
The acid-etched buffalo medallions were precast and then cast into the exterior wall panels. The medallions consist of two mixes – one black and the other in the buff-colored concrete. Highly detailed and ornate, these panels dramatically improve the exterior of a structure. Personalized emblems, symbols, or logos, such as the CU buffalo insignia, add visual interest and aesthetic appeal to structures.
Precast concrete was erected on site at the center stair and elevator shafts. These towers create lateral stability and do an excellent job of resisting wind and earthquake loads. The individual panels are stacked on top of each other in the tower shafts using horizontal panel joints.
Stresscon was also involved in the previous Folsom Field expansion project to create the Indoor Practice Facility. The successful University of Colorado Indoor Practice Facility included precast concrete principal to the architectural solution. The practice facility consists of 233 non-load bearing precast wall pieces providing the architectural elements of the building. The architectural product is a light buff color, with an acid etch finish, and a stone look created from a form liner. The panels are 10” thick with a composite design containing 3” of Polyisocyanurate insulation at mid-depth. Other precast wall panels are gray and not exposed to the exterior view as they are located behind the Lyons Sandstone used on the project.
The 120,000-square-foot facility provides an artificial turf football field and a six-lane 300-meter track. Over 58,000 square feet of precast was incorporated into the project, as a way to successfully blend the new facility into the campus and adjacent buildings that utilize traditional flagstone as the prevalent architectural material employed throughout the University’s campus. The precast wall panels were erected on site by the steel erector.
The wall towers include acid-etched, buff-colored concrete with a form liner creating a stone look to mimic the traditional local flagstone that is the prevalent architectural material employed throughout the University of Colorado campus. The precast panels are non-load bearing and hang off the steel frame. The steel erector erected both steel and precast for this project.
The majority of precast panels are 10” thick, with a composite design, and have 3” of Polyisocyanurate insulation at mid-depth of the wall panels.
