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Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center

Location
Pikes Peak, Colorado
Completed
June, 2021
Total Size
72,000 sq ft
Concrete Producers
Stresscon
Encon
General Contractor
GE Johnson Construction
HK Products
ST Ties
PCI Award
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ENR Award
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2022 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Design Award

2022 Engineering News-Record (ENR) Mountain States Project of the Year

The newly constructed $66 million visitor center at Pikes Peak Summit was the highest elevation construction site in North America during the construction phase. Now this beautiful building sits on the summit of one of Colorado’s majestic 14,000 mountain peaks as the highest elevation precast concrete structure in the world.

Being such a remote construction site presented some unique challenges. Nestled into mountainside it made sense to construct the lower portions of the building with precast concrete. And with highly variable and unpredictable weather, it made sense to fabricate the precast walls off site.

The size of the panels were limited given the steep, switchback 20 mile road to the project location. The trailers hauling the building components could not exceed 10 ft in width, 45 ft in length, and 30,000 lbs.

The facility was designed to withstand severe temperatures, strong side winds and heavy snowfall. The precast walls were insulated to provide an overall R-value of 60 with an 8.5-in.-thick insulation wythe connected with HK Composites Standard (ST) ties.

The design and construction teams faced many extreme challenges due to high altitude and harsh weather conditions, but the project met schedule demands and the center is now open for 750,000 annual sightseers and hikers to enjoy.

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HK Composites creates several types of HK Ties for use in insulated concrete sandwich panels. Our unique patented ties (also known as “spikes” or “connectors”) are manufactured from high-performance, heat and alkaline resistant, engineered polymers.

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