Masonry Magazine May 1972 Page. 28
World's Tallest Load-bearing Concrete Block Building Going Up In Florida
What will be the world's tallest load bearing concrete block building is now being built, using a new high-strength adhesive instead of conventional mortar, near Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The 18-story TraveLodge motor hotel, 456th in the chain, was designed by the owner, Travelodge International, Inc., and The Austin Company, international engineers and builders. It was originally conceived as poured-in-place concrete, then changed first to concrete block and mortar and finally to concrete block and THREADLINE® brand adhesive mortar, in order to meet a previously committed budget. John Arant, representative for Amspec, Inc., the new national distributor for Threadline and other construction products of The Dow Chemical Company, explained that the new adhesive mortar is epoxy-based. Its cured strength is four times that of the concrete block itself, allowing load bearing walls of unusual height and strength.
Cost savings on the job will be realized because the application of Threadline is squeezed onto the block surface with a caulking gun. The thin bed mortar does not require tooling, tamping, or joint reinforcing. Due to the cleanliness of the block cores, grout can be received at a much faster rate than with conventional masonry.
The tri-arc design of the TraveLodge, explained as an inwardly curving triangle, will become the visual hallmark of the TraveLodge Corporation. Seven tri-ares have been completed in the past two years and the company has plans for others.
Additional savings will come through ease of job site clean up, and the thin coat of stucco which will be applied to the smooth surfaced exterior walls. Interior partition walls will also be of fireproof and acoustically dense block and Threadline, rather than steel and drywall. Block is also used on the top 14 stories of the central elevator well.
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