Design + Engineering

Design and engineering define how tilt-up buildings perform, function, and express architectural intent. Coverage explores the integration of architecture, structural engineering, materials, and emerging technologies that shape modern tilt-up construction. Articles examine design strategies, structural solutions, material advancements, and performance-driven approaches that enable tilt-up systems to deliver efficient, durable, and increasingly sophisticated buildings.

Architecture & Design

Generating Collaboration

April 28, 2014
By: Andrew Kudless | California College of the Arts (CCA) One of the goals of a design education is to prepare students for the complex design problems they may face in practice while also introducing Read more…
Structural Engineering

TCA Releases Engineering Tilt-Up

April 25, 2013
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – a non-profit international organization that serves to expand and improve the use of tilt-up as the preferred building system — has announced the release of Engineering Tilt-Up. The newest Read more…
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Structural Engineering

Tilt-Up Engineering A-Z

April 1, 2007
By Laurence Smith, P.E., J.W. Lindsay Enterprises ljsmith@jwlindsay.com Site cast Tilt-Up – a construction method in which concrete wall panels are cast on-site and tilted into place – has gained rapid acceptance in recent years due to Read more…