tilt-up

[ tilt-uhp ]

adjective

, Building Trades.

1. of or relating to a method of casting concrete walls on site in a horizontal position or preassembling wooden wall and partition frames, then tilting them up into their final position:

   tilt-up construction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tilt-up¹

First recorded in 1840–50; adj. use of verb phrase tilt up

Example Sentences

Retrofit deadlines have already passed for unreinforced masonry buildings, or brick buildings, as well as for concrete tilt-up buildings such as warehouses — built by tilting up concrete walls that had been made on the ground and attaching them to a roof.

From Los Angeles Times

In March, the coastal suburb passed an ordinance requiring soft-story, non-ductile concrete, tilt-up and steel moment frame buildings to be retrofitted.

From Los Angeles Times

For tilt-up buildings, of 42 that were identified, 22 are compliant.

From Los Angeles Times

But the dozens of brick and concrete tilt-up buildings that remain vulnerable in Santa Monica are concerning, Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times

But the rapid transformation of semirural areas into barrens of concrete tilt-up “logistic parks” is encountering a backlash.

From Los Angeles Times