Events > Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2020 - Virtual > General Sessions
TRACK SPONSOR - White Cap
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TRACK SPONSOR - White Cap
White Cap is a one-stop-shop providing concrete accessories and chemicals, tools and equipment, building materials and fasteners, erosion and waterproofing and safety products to professional ... continue reading >
Booth number: B30 | Learn more about White Cap >
TRACK SPONSOR - Concrete Strategies, Inc.
Construction Success is the standard at Concrete Strategies. Our highly experienced and knowledgeable group of commercial construction professionals specializes in concrete construction across the ... continue reading >
TRACK SPONSOR - Leviat
Leviat is a world leader in lifting, bracing, insulating, and anchoring technology for the construction industry. Our trusted product brands - including Meadow Burke, Thermomass, HALFEN, Plaka and ... continue reading >
Booth number: B20 | Learn more about Leviat >
TRACK SPONSOR - Leviat
Leviat is a world leader in lifting, bracing, insulating, and anchoring technology for the construction industry. Our trusted product brands - including Meadow Burke, Thermomass, HALFEN, Plaka and ... continue reading >
Booth number: B20 | Learn more about Leviat >
General Sessions DETAILS
COVID-19 Safety, Disinfection, Prevention and Awareness
Available On Demand starting Monday, October 5
The COVID-19 pandemic will continue impacting the construction market for the foreseeable future. Many companies struggle with implementing effective procedures in compliance with OSHA’s General Duty for hygiene on job sites…and now this. While most markets have remained active...
Check-In (A-F)
October 5, 2020 from 9:00am to 9:30am Central Time
While you don’t need to pick-up your badge this year, you may have other reasons you’d like to check-in when you arrive at the 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo. To keep wait times short and avoid lines of avatars waiting, check-in times for attendees are organized alphabetically by la...
Attendee Orientation 1
October 5, 2020 from 9:30am to 10:00am Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
This whole virtual event thing is new to everyone, so we’re presenting a short orientation for attendees to get comfortable in The Aggregate. The orientation will cover everything including how to move your avatar around within a space, how to navigate from one space to another, how to loca...
Check-In (G-O)
October 5, 2020 from 11:00am to 11:30am Central Time
While you don’t need to pick-up your badge this year, you may have other reasons you’d like to check-in when you arrive at the 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo. To keep wait times short and avoid lines of avatars waiting, check-in times for attendees are organized alphabetically by la...
Attendee Orientation 2
October 5, 2020 from 11:30am to 12:00pm Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
This whole virtual event thing is new to everyone, so we’re presenting a short orientation for attendees to get comfortable in The Aggregate. The orientation will cover everything including how to move your avatar around within a space, how to navigate from one space to another, how to loca...
Full Tilt Foot Race
October 5, 2020 from 12:00pm to 12:30pm Central Time
Meet at the Beach Stage
Clumsy and unathletic? Exceedingly competitive? This is the race for you! Because we think it will be hilarious, we’re hosting a race through the virtual world during day 1 of the 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo. Be sure to attend orientation for tips and tricks on mastering your movement ...
Copa del Concreto
October 5, 2020 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm Central Time
Soccer Field
In real life, a soccer match between attendees would be an odd, impractical and possibly dangerous convention activity. In the virtual world, during the 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo, it will be most amusing. The match ends when one team scores five goals or when players get bored. <...
Check-In (P-Z)
October 5, 2020 from 2:00pm to 2:30pm Central Time
While you don’t need to pick-up your badge this year, you may have other reasons you’d like to check-in when you arrive at the 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo. To keep wait times short and avoid lines of avatars waiting, check-in times for attendees are organized alphabetically by la...
Attendee Orientation 3
October 5, 2020 from 2:30pm to 3:00pm Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
This whole virtual event thing is new to everyone, so we’re presenting a short orientation for attendees to get comfortable in The Aggregate. The orientation will cover everything including how to move your avatar around within a space, how to navigate from one space to another, how to loca...
Case Study in Performance Based Alternative Design
October 7, 2020 from 9:00am to 10:00am Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
Introduction to performance-based design and code provisions allowing alternative design approaches and materials as they apply to Tilt Wall Construction. Review of successful case studies in insulated tilt walls in Ontario Canada.
Design and Construction of The UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios
October 7, 2020 from 10:30am to 11:30am Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
The UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios completed in September 2019, focuses on the renovation and expansion of an existing 21,200 sq ft bowstring warehouse. Located in the industrial Hayden Tract of Culver City since 1986, the facility needed a cohesive renovation and additional space to i...
[Keynote] Snap Back or Something Else?
October 7, 2020 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
How do you plan for the future when so many things seem up in the air? Futurist Rebecca Ryan will take you inside the US Military, NATO, Fortune 500 companies, the World Bank, and others to use foresight techniques to navigate disruption and shape the future.
Mastering the Mockup
October 7, 2020 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
Successfully managing expectations is often at the core of any desired outcome. In construction, with real time, space, money and people involved, managing expectations means considering the full context within which the project is to be constructed, and setting expectations in alignment with tha...
[Keynote] The Future of Industrial is the Past of the Shopping Mall
October 8, 2020 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
Tilt wall will fuel the next 48 months of the only growing real estate sector during Covid – e-commerce.
We were looking at how to understand the thinking going on in the marketplace about the future of industrial, and decided to take a different track on a less ...
Concrete Innovations
October 8, 2020 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
Donn C. Thompson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Concrete is the most widely used building product in the world, yet its sustainability can often be questioned. This 1-hour presentation is intended to clarify the true environmental impact of cement and concrete while identifying the new products and manufacturing methods that are enhancing co...
[Keynote] What do International Tilt-Up Markets Look Like and How Can We Learn From Them?
October 9, 2020 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Central Time
Courtois Auditorium
New to the Tilt-Up Convention and Expo last year, the International Keynote, hosted by Construction Materials, allowed for concentrated attention on the efforts of TCA members to cultivate tilt-up markets outside of the United States. This year, Shawn Hickey, president of SiteCast Construction, w...
UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios by Johnston Marklee. Photo by Iwan Baan.
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