Earlier this year in the Arizona desert between Loop 101 and Pima Road on the Salt River Pima Indian Community near Scottsdale, construction crews poured and lifted the heaviest tilt-up panels ever erected in the U.S. to create a mostly indoor water park resort for Great Wolf Lodge.
The heaviest panel placed was 369,000 lb, or about 183 tons, according to the Tilt-Up Concrete Association. The previous record was set at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2009 with a panel lift of 339,000 lb, or 170 tons.