Engagement > High-End Finishes Task Group
The TCA Board of Directors has initiated the formation of a task group charged with refining conversations and practices surrounding the employment of various high-end finishes for tilt wall applications.
Leadership
Tim Manherz (Chair)
(832) 663-6800
tmanherz@encoreconcrete.com
Staff Contact
Mitch Bloomquist (Executive Director)
(319) 895-6911
mbloomquist@tilt-up.org
Members
Jeff Johnson - Summitville Thin Brick
Mark Scott - Innovative Brick Systems, LLC
Mitch Bloomquist - Tilt-Up Concrete Association
Jeanette Shaw - Powers Brown Architecture
Jay Stevens - Custom Rock Formliner
Amy Luchun - Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Tim Manherz - Encore Concrete Construction LLC
Marshall Walters - Architectural Polymers Inc.
CURRRENT INITIATIVES
Update TCA Guideline Specifications to include more detail surrounding high-end finishes, specifically formliner and thin brick.
Improve communication between contractor, architect and supplier related to high end finishes.
Explore opportunities for improvement of formliners at joints, corners and terminations.
Publish resource outlining best practices related to high-end tilt wall finishes (schedule, cost, detailing, etc.)
GET INVOLVED
If this group is of interest to you and you’d like to get involved, use the link below to communicate your details. A member of the group’s leadership will be in touch to bring you up to speed. If for some reason the group is full, no worries. Check out some of the other groups, wait for another to form, or propose a new category of engagement yourself!
Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA)
PO Box 204
402 1st Avenue SE
Mount Vernon, IA 52314
United States
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Founded in 1986, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) strives to improve the quality and acceptance of site-cast Tilt-Up construction - one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, combining the advantages of reasonable cost with low maintenance, durability, speed of construction and minimal capital investment. Over 10,000 buildings, enclosing more than 650 million square feet, are constructed each year using this construction method.
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