Don Musser, First Executive Director of the TCA, Passes Away
Don Musser, the first executive director of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, passed away on September 25, 2011. Don was the leader assembling a group of tilt-up contractors and engineers interested in forming the TCA in 1985 and 1986. Don was selected as the first executive director of the TCA and held that position until his […]
CONNECT-EZ Introduces Two New Products Proven to Eliminate Field Welding, Improve Safety
(Dayton, Ohio – Sept. 7, 2011) – CONNECT-EZ, a leader in engineered labor saving products for the concrete industry, has announced the launch of two new products — CONNECT-EZ Panel Anchor, “PA” and the CONNECT-EZTM “V”. Both have already proven to save time and money in cast-in-place, precast and tilt-up concrete construction projects. “Because the […]
Standing Strong
By Ed Sauter, Executive Director | Tilt-Up Concrete Association Natural disasters have long been a formidable foe for the design and construction industry. Building codes are evolving continually to minimize damage and injuries from hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods. Of all these, wind is probably the worst. Joseph E. Saliba, provost at the University of […]
Construction for the Unimaginable!
As I write this Letter from the Director, a new threat from Mother Nature is barreling up the East coast of the United States. We are also about to observe the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. This letter, however, isn’t about hurricanes, tornadoes, climate change or terrorist attacks but rather about Man’s response to […]
Get Involved!
Hopefully by the time you are reading this you are on your way to, enjoying yourself at, or just returning from the 2011 TCA Annual Convention. The annual convention is a great way to dive in to all that the TCA has to offer. Taking advantage of all that the TCA is doing is the […]
The Value of Participation
By: Mitch Bloomquist, Tilt-Up Concrete Association A common suggestion of many non-profit organizations such as trade associations is that the association belongs to and is shaped by its members. When it comes to the TCA, this is absolutely the case. Oftentimes, this fact is overlooked by existing and potential members. The mission of the Tilt-Up […]
Taper-Lock Form Saver Engineered to Provide Fastest Connections in the Industry
DAYTON, Ohio, June 21, 2011 – The introduction of Dayton Superior’s Taper-Lock ® Form Saver exemplifies the manufacturer’s commitment to developing advanced technologies to provide unparalleled rebar splicing products and systems in the concrete construction market. The Taper-Lock Form Saver, a taper-threaded, mechanical splicing system brings together the best of the unique, but well-respected and […]
Tilt-Up as a Re-Emerging Design Technology
By: Mitch Bloomquist, Tilt-Up Concrete Association and Jeffrey Brown, Powers Brown Architecture As a low cost, low technology building system, Tilt-Up concrete construction has become one of the fastest growing solutions used to meet current industry wide budget constraints. This is no subtlety – it represents a grass roots insurgency on the part of low […]
Citadel Enters Uncharted Territories with Charter School and Tilt-Up
By: Kimberly Corwin, A.H. Harris Construction Supplies Glenn Doncaster, an avid sailor, knows that if you’re in uncharted waters, you are in a situation that is unfamiliar to you, that you have no experience of and don’t know what might happen. This was the case as Citadel Contractors recently took on the widest known panel […]
