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Barclay Gebel, FTCA

Vice President of Tilt-Up and Precast Services
Concrete Strategies, Inc.

Barclay Gebel is Vice President of Operations at Concrete Strategies LLC and the inaugural recipient of the Tilt-Up Contractor of the Year Award. Growing up around construction, Gebel worked on his first tilt-up project at 16 years old while still attending high school. Barclay’s father worked as a superintendent for Clayco. In the summer of 1986, Clayco constructed their first tilt-up project in Fenton, Missouri and during that summer, Gebel went to work with for his dad. After high-school graduation, Gebel joined the St. Louis Carpenter Apprenticeship Program and went to work for Clayco as an Apprentice Carpenter.

In the early 1990s, Clayco was one of the first construction companies that realized the benefits of tilt-up construction and quickly incorporated it into their design-build approach to sell and deliver construction projects in St. Louis and around the country. Shortly after, Clayco branded a subsidiary, Clayco TiltUp, to handle the construction of the tilt-up panels on all Clayco projects. Gebel worked the majority of his carpenter apprenticeship with Clayco TiltUp, which is where he learned everything from layout and forming to the pouring and erection of tilt-up panels. Gebel served as a project superintendent at Clayco from 1994 to 1998 and as a General Foreman for Clayco TiltUp from 1988 to 1994. Gebel quickly made a name for himself in the industry and was named Vice President of Operations for Clayco TiltUp in 1998. The Clayco TiltUp brand continued to grow through the 1990s and was re-branded as Concrete Strategies in 2005. Today, Concrete Strategies employs over 550 field personnel and completes over $200 million in revenue annually from its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri and a newly opened office in Kansas City, Kansas. Concrete Strategies has an unparalleled track record in architectural site-cast concrete, structural concrete, flatwork, tilt-up and all types of self-perform concrete construction for commercial and industrial projects. 

Since 2005, Gebel has continued as Vice President of Operations at Concrete Strategies;. Gebel has generously shared his tilt-up tips and tricks as a regular speaker at the TCA Tilt-Up Convention and has coauthored many articles for Tilt-Up Today. Gebel is a past member of the Board of Directors for the TCA and a past chair of the TCA safety Committee.

Personally, Gebel and his family are founders of The Snow Foundation, which is a voice for rare diseases. The foundation works towards finding a cure for Wolfram Syndrome and developing novel therapies for diabetes, vision loss, hearing loss and neurodegeneration.

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TCA Contractor of the Year

TCA‘s Contractor of the Year award recognizes an individual or company whose work offers the very best examples of tilt-up construction. From craftsmanship to safety, customer service, and collaboration, these contractors are an example for our entire industry to follow.

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2017

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Past Talks

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Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2023 - Tampa - September 21, 2023

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Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2022 - Denver - October 6, 2022

State-of-the-Art Tilt-Up Construction
Tilt-Up Future Think 3.0 - May 16, 2022

State-of-the-Art Tilt-Up Construction
Tilt-Up Academy - May 16, 2022

Cranes and Ground-Bearing Pressures
Tilt-Up Academy - May 1, 2022

Lift Day - Time, Money and Life-Saving Tips and Tricks
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2021 - St. Louis - September 18, 2021

Cranes and Ground Bearing Pressures
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2021 - St. Louis - September 18, 2021

[Keynote] Lift Day – Time, Money and Life Saving Tips and Tricks
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2020 - Virtual - October 6, 2020

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Lift Day – Time, Money and Life Saving Tips and Tricks
Tilt-Up Series: PHX - December 11, 2019

Lift Day – Time, Money and Life Saving Tips and Tricks
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2019 - Atlanta - September 28, 2019

Case Study: Project Dylan
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2019 - Atlanta - September 27, 2019

Construction Fails – A Review of Conditions and Decisions Leading to Disastrous Accidents and Near Misses
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2018 - Dallas - September 21, 2018

A Practical and Reliable Means to Polished Concrete Walls
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2018 - Dallas - September 20, 2018

Lift Day - Time, Money and Life Saving Tips and Tricks
Tilt-Up Series: SoCal - June 12, 2018

A Practical and Reliable Means to Polished Concrete Walls
Tilt-Up Series: SoCal - June 12, 2018

Lift Day – Time, Money and Life Saving Tips and Tricks
Tilt-Up Series: St Louis - February 22, 2018

A Practical And Reliable Means To Polished Concrete Walls
Tilt-Up Series: St Louis - February 22, 2018

Erection and Rigging Tips and Safety for Multistory Tilt-Up
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2016 - Denver - October 12, 2016

Applications and Benefits of Helical Anchors
Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2016 - Denver - October 12, 2016