Best Project, Energy/Industrial: TK Elevator Test Tower and IQC
TK Elevator’s new, 216,292-sq-ft home for research, testing and training changed the skyline in Cobb County as its tallest building and the tallest test tower in the United States at more than 420 feet tall. One of TK Elevator’s main objectives was to provide an innovation hub for North American operations, giving Brasfield & Gorrie an opportunity to do the same with slipforming, a continuous concrete placement method that allowed the team to produce the test tower specifications safely, on schedule and within required tolerances.
The TK Elevator Test Tower and IQC achieved a LEED Gold rating, and now stands as the focal point of The Battery Atlanta development. TK Elevator has positioned its research and development operations, equipment labs, showrooms and 400-ft elevator test tower in the building, which is set among the vibrant mixed-use development and serves primarily as a training and learning destination for the company's personnel, building officials, customers and students, with corporate event spaces at the top of the podium and test tower.