Before construction began on 2000 McKinney, the project was on the verge of becoming postponed indefinitely.
The Beck Group had already shed $5 million from the budget with creative product selection and design modifications, but they still needed to cut an additional $3 million before the project could go forward.
In order to bring the project into budget, Beck took advantage of concrete maturity monitoring’s ability to accelerate project schedules. Typically, contractors estimate concrete strength with compressive cylinder tests performed in a laboratory. But if a project’s placed concrete reaches sufficient strength before standard test intervals, valuable time is wasted. In the construction business, time is money.
Transtec Results
Instead of relying solely on laboratory testing, Beck decided to accelerate the schedule—and save money—by using COMMAND Center maturity monitoring to quickly determine when their concrete reached its required strength. This cut four months from the project schedule and saved $3 million in costs, bringing the project within budget.
Client: The Beck Group
