TCA Sustaining Member Spotlight: Alston Construction Company
For more than 25 years, Alston Construction Company’s (formerly Panattoni Construction) overall goal has been to provide quality, cost-efficient projects that leave a positive experience for our clients. To say we’ve built it before may be factual, but it’s not why our clients choose us. Many construction companies offer a diverse background of general contracting, […]
TCA Sustaining Member Spotlight: LJB INC
“What are we doing to save money for tilt-up building owners?” LJB Inc.’s Facilities division aligns its time and resources around this single question. Whether it’s delivering structural engineering on our first tilt-up building in 1971, offering the CON/STEEL Building Program for self-performing contractors since 1986, or our recent endeavors into design-supply-build and alternative energy […]
Optimism
We are emerging from the worst recession this country has experienced in my lifetime (I’m getting old but wasn’t around for the 1930’s) and construction is approaching levels not seen in at least 5 years. Nearly everyone is optimistic about the future, although I would call it cautious optimism. Operations were cut to the bare […]
How do you Define Value?
1val·ue noun \’val-(,)yü\ : the amount of money that something is worth : the price or cost of something : something that can be bought for a low or fair price : usefulness or importance Over 500 people participated in this year’s TCA Annual Convention held in Houston, TX. I attended the event along with […]
Sustaining Member Spotlight: CMC Construction Services
For more than sixty years, CMC Construction Services has supplied contractors with a superior line of construction-related products, technical support and innovative solutions. With twenty-three locations, their team of professionals has built a solid reputation by anticipating and understanding the objectives of their customers. “What sets us apart,” said Jimmie Ballard, Tilt-Up Product Manager for […]
TCA Sustaining Member Spotlight: Bob Moore Construction, Inc.
August, 1946: The temperature soared into the nineties as a blistering Texas Panhandle sun burned down on the curved metal roof of the Quonset hut. Bob Moore and his crew tightened the last screw, rolled up the remaining tools and officially completed the first Bob Moore Construction project… on time and in budget. With that […]
The Golden Age
Greetings! Let me begin with Thank You! I feel privileged to be leading the TCA for the next 18 months. I also want to thank Glenn Doncaster for all his hard work and efforts these past 18 months. With his passion and dedication to the growth of tilt-up, he will be a tough act to […]
A Can’t-Miss Event
The final pieces are coming together for the TCA Fall Convention, which will be held from September 30th through October 2nd in metropolitan Houston, Texas. The energy, support, and ideas of the host committee promise to make this the best ever TCA Convention. Houston is a booming market for Tilt-Up and the excitement that exists […]
TCA Sustaining Member Spotlight – B.D. Stevens Limited
B.D. Stevens Limited is the original founding company of what has grown to become the Stevens Group of Companies. The Stevens Group of Companies is a privately held third generation family business with its head office located in the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. It currently operates interests in the aggregate, ready-mix, […]
Renewed Optimism
By: Glenn Doncaster | President, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Spring is here! For most of us, spring brings renewed optimism and opportunity for growing our business. TCA has been busy providing its members with tools for growth. Jim Baty has recently provided membership with the AIA-approved TCA energy presentation which highlights the energy performance of Tilt-Up […]
TCA Expands its Efforts
By: Ed Sauter | Executive Director, Tilt-Up Concrete Association The economy may still be in the doldrums (although only until the second half of 2013 according to PCA chief economist Ed Sullivan), but TCA is moving forward with several broad initiatives. The first is a major expansion in the distribution of the TCA magazine. Beginning […]
A New Joint Venture
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association recently announced a new joint marketing venture with one of its industry allies, the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI), to market Tilt-Up construction in the 2-5 story building market. CRSI has performed market research indicating that Tilt-Up has a large market potential for buildings of this size. It includes office buildings, […]
