TCA Announces Achievement Awards for Tilt-Up Industry
TCA has announced the debut of the Tilt-Up industry’s first Safety Achievement Awards. Presented at TCA’s Convention, held in Denver Oct. 4-7, the Safety Achievement Awards program was developed to enhance the TCA’s overall Achievement Awards program, providing a new component emphasizing safety. “The main purpose for the Safety Awards is to recognize TCA contractor […]
Message From the President: Tilt-Up Technology Complements Craftsmanship
Over the past 80 years, the technology of Tilt-Up construction has changed dramatically. Some of the first Tilt-Up construction, performed by Robert Aiken in the 1920s, involved casting entire walls on a tilt table with screw-jacks, and then tilting the walls into place by turning the jacks. Nowadays, Tilt- Up crews erect walls one panel at a […]
Message From the Director: Technology is Tilt-Up
Technology — it’s hard to live with it, but impossible to live without it. Within six months of purchasing a new computer or learning how to run an operating system, they update and “improve” it. But can you imagine your business without a computer, without a fax machine, without a cell phone, without a digital […]
Employee Retention Requires Person-Centered Plan
By Shawn Abraham, Corporate Recruiter, Structural Group sabraham@structural.net Recently graduated from a top engineering program, Robert had a career on the rise within a large, international specialty-contracting firm. This bright young man successfully completed the company’s three-year project manager training program and had become one of their most reliable and promising employees. He was rewarded with […]
TCA Selects Recipients of 2007 Professional Achievement Awards
The recipients for the 2007 Professional Achievement Awards, selected by the Association’s Board of Directors after nomination by the general membership and recommendation by the TCA’s Awards Committee, are: Robert E. Tobin formerly of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Construction Technology Laboratories (CTL) for the Peter Courtois Memorial Award Accubrace Shoring, LLC for the […]
TCA Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast
On January 25th, TCA held its Annual Meeting and Awards breakfast at the Las Vegas Hilton. Ed Sauter, TCA Executive Director, announced the significant achievements of 2006 and laid out the goals for 2007. Outgoing TCA president Laurence Smith addressed the audience and was applauded for his service to the Association. He then handed off the […]
TCA Elects New Board of Directors, Tomasula Elected President
David Tomasula, structural engineer for CON/STEEL Tilt-Up Systems, a division of LJB Engineers & Architects (Dayton, Ohio) was elected president of the TCA Board at its annual meeting on Jan. 25. Tomasula has been a member of the Tilt- Up construction industry for more than eleven years, is a charter member of the International Association […]
Message From the President: A Big Year Ahead …
Well, it’s that time of year again; The Golden Globe awards, the Academy awards, the Grammy awards, and the Tilt-Up Achievement awards. While the stars of television, film, and music are being honored in Hollywood, the stars of the Tilt-Up construction industry were honored in Las Vegas at the annual TCA Awards Breakfast, held in conjunction […]
Tilt-Up Concrete Association Announces 2007 Tilt-Up Achievement Winners
In its 16th consecutive year, the Achievement Awards program was established by TCA to honor projects that use site cast Tilt-Up concrete to introduce new building types, advance industry technology and provide unique solutions to building programs. Projects were reviewed by a panel of 13 judges representing a combination of TCA membership categories, education, publishing and […]
Breathe Easy
By Karen S. Hand, P.E., Needham and Associates Inc. Successful Tilt-Up construction requires special attention to design and specialized care in construction to accommodate thermal expansion and contraction. In other words, the panels need to breathe. However, many Tilt-Up professionals fail to realize the importance of this principle. This lack of understanding can be explained in […]
Industry Meets Education
By: Kimberly Waggle Kramer, PE Assistant Professor. Architectural Engineering and Construction Science Kansas State University What happens when a professional structural engineer with 14 years of consulting experience starts teaching at a university? A new course is developed. Since I can remember, I always wanted to be a structural engineer and design and construct buildings. In […]
Profiles of Women in Tilt-Up
Do you want to learn more about the women who have chosen to build a career in the Tilt-Up industry? Read on to find out more about these women who are helping to shape our industry. KIMBERLY CORWIN Business Development Manager AH Harris & Sons Inc. As Business Development Manager for the Connecticut-based Construction Distribution […]
