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Panel Forming
By: Ed Sauter Tilt-Up Concrete Association Tilt-Up panel shapes are limited only by the imagination of the designers and the skill of the craftsman. A look at some of the award submittals of the past Read more…
Month: October 2007
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Tilt-Up Safety — Inherent When Planned
By Jim Baty, Tilt-Up Concrete Association There is a buzz in the construction industry that is growing at an annual rate of 14-18 percent per year. Growing perilously close to a billion square feet of Read more…
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TCA Announces Winners of International Design Competition: TCA/PCA Storm Housing 2007
By: Amy Numbers, Constructive Communication, Inc. The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has announced the winners of “TCA/PCA Storm Housing 2007,” an international design competition. Students in the field of architecture, currently in graduate or undergraduate Read more…
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Tilt-Up Supervisor Training Is Six Years Old
By: Ed Sauter, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Enjoying phenomenal growth and expansion into new areas and building types, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) recognized the necessity of a pool of qualified supervisors available to serve the needs Read more…
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TCA Sponsors Several Events at World of Concrete
TCA is sponsoring several educational events at the 2008 World of Concrete. To be held in Las Vegas, Nev. from Jan. 21 to Jan. 25, this year’s World of Concrete stands to be one of Read more…
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TCA Announces Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards for Tilt-Up Industry
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has announced the winners of the industry’s second annual safety awards. This year’s awards were renamed the Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards to honor a past president, board member and strong Read more…
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Message From the President: Looking Back, Moving Forward
As the last days of 2007 (and my term as TCA president) come to a close, it is the perfect time to reflect on accomplishments of the past year while making resolutions for 2008. In Read more…
Opinion & Editorial
Message From the Director: Member Web Benefits
One of the most startling revelations arising from our strategic planning meeting, and the research performed leading up to it, was the fact that many members still do not realize all of the resources they can Read more…
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Considerations When Designing and Building A Tilt-Up Project
By: Jim MacKinnon, Saunders Construction Inc. Despite my years of experience working as preconstruction manager on numerous Tilt-Up projects ranging from office buildings to warehouses and schools, I am still amazed how often Tilt-Up is Read more…
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Ten Keys to Successful Contractor-Engineer Relationships in the Tilt-Up Industry
By: Kimberly Kayler, Constructive Communication, Inc. The finger-pointing that can occur between the designer and contractor is nothing new. For example, on a recent project, Dan Doyle, President of Doyle Contractors Inc. — a full Read more…
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Creating Effective Project Sheets
By: Wendy Ward, Constructive Communication, Inc. How many times have you scheduled a meeting with a potential client or business partner and realized that you don’t have any materials that show the recent great projects Read more…
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Thoughts from a LEED AP
Mukhtar Giader, P.E., S.E. is a manager in the structural engineering department at Opus Architects & Engineers in Minnetonka, Minn. He is also a LEED AP certified professional. We’ve asked him to share his and his Read more…