Industry - Tilt-Up Today

Achieving Net-Zero Energy with Tilt-Wall

August 12, 2022

By Jesse Hunt, CPHC, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP Property owner: East Port Properties – Judy Wall, President The 60,000 SF Wilkinson Avenue multitenant warehouse building located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is part of the Read more…

High-Performance Tilt-Up

August 12, 2022

By Robert Madison Images by Costea Photography A ground-up medical office building pushes the envelope of tilt-up construction to create an efficient, cost-effective facility that fits the community. The healthcare industry’s rapid growth is driving Read more…

Digitizing Paper Doll Plans for Tilt-Up

June 14, 2022

By James Tapper, president, JMT Consultants Concrete tilt-up panels are cast on-site, typically on the building floor. The construction team needs to know exactly where they will place formwork and lay out the panels to Read more…

The 2nd Annual TCA Classic

June 14, 2022

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has once again partnered with American Contractors Supply and ARCON Design/Build to host the 2nd Annual TCA Classic. On April 16, nearly 150 tilt-up professionals gathered at the BridgeMill Athletic Read more…

Collective Position On Recognizing And Controlling Ground Bearing Pressures For Erecting Tilt-Up Panels

June 14, 2022

Position of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association: The owner’s designated representative for construction shall be responsible for assigning a qualified firm (or firms) to review and confirm that the capacity of the subgrade can safely support Read more…

TILT-UP TODAY 30th Anniversary

June 14, 2022

This year marks three decades of Tilt-Up Today being at the forefront of construction journalism. Cheers to 30 years of influencing design, construction, and industry culture! To celebrate the milestone anniversary, we’ve assembled a smattering Read more…

Ware Malcomb Celebrates 50th Anniversary

June 14, 2022

Firm commemorates 50th anniversary with a $50,000 donation to 50 local charities On April 1, 2022, award-winning, international design firm Ware Malcomb announced its celebration of the 50th anniversary of its founding on April 1, Read more…

Kovert Hawkins is now TowerPinkster

June 14, 2022

Kovert Hawkins Architects, who merged with TowerPinkster in October of 2021, adopted the TowerPinkster name starting April 1, 2022. The merger expands TowerPinkster’s reach with offices in Jeffersonville, IN, and in Louisville, KY. TowerPinkster now Read more…

Tilt-Up Concrete Association Announces the Retirement of Janette Barr, TCA’s Office Manager since 1997.

March 23, 2022

Janette inquired about an open position in the fall of 1996 and officially started in January of 1997. At that time, the Association resources consisted of a small, bi-monthly newsletter, an annual conference, and a Read more…

The Korte Company Promotes Several Employees Into Key Positions

March 16, 2022

Derek Brauer has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Procurement and is responsible for managing New Business Development as well as directing Preconstruction activities. Derek began his career at The Korte Company in 2000 Read more…

Terry Mccracken Named National Sales Manager – Thin Brick at Ironrock

March 16, 2022

Terry McCracken was hired as National Sales Manager – Thin Brick at Ironrock on January 3rd, 2022. Ironrock’s National Thin Brick Sales Manager is responsible for meeting and exceeding annual thin brick sales goals, creating Read more…

Member News

TAS Expands in Florida

March 16, 2022

We have some exciting news! For the past 41 years, TAS has earned the reputation as one of Texas’ most recognizable and reputable concrete contractors. With this experience and success, we have continued to grow Read more…

When Tilt-Up Becomes the Interior Finish

Architecture & Design

January 16, 2026

This project illustrates how tilt-up concrete can function as a finished interior material in a large educational facility. Delivered through a record-breaking winter and significant labor shortages, the building relied on advanced 3D modeling and Read more...

Shared Ascent and the Next Standard of Tilt-Up Practice

Community & Culture

January 9, 2026

The 2026 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo introduces Shared Ascent as a field-shaping framework focused on collective performance, elevated standards, and disciplined practice. This article outlines how the 2026 education program prioritizes depth, rigor, and transferable Read more...

System Evaluation & Decision-Making

Evaluating Tilt-Up More Accurately

January 7, 2026

Tilt-up construction is often underestimated because it is evaluated as a building type rather than understood as a delivery system. By examining where that misclassification limits judgment, this article reframes tilt-up’s role across office, education, Read more...

Award Winners

Phased Tilt-Up Strategies for Critical Civic Infrastructure

January 5, 2026

The Baytown Public Safety Building demonstrates how tilt-up construction can be adapted for critical civic facilities through phased sequencing, constrained-site strategies, and enhanced coastal engineering. The project provides transferable insight into panel planning, embed coordination, Read more...

Architecture & Design

Integrating Manufacturing and Office Programs Within a Unified Industrial Campus

December 20, 2025

This Excellence in Achievement project demonstrates how manufacturing and office programs can be unified within a single industrial campus through early structural coordination, site-responsive engineering, and enclosure strategies scaled to program needs. The project offers Read more...

Opinion & Editorial

How Industry Engagement Is Taking Shape for 2026

December 17, 2025

As firms plan for 2026, industry engagement is shifting from isolated moments to more structured, system-based participation. This perspective examines why organizations are consolidating engagement around fewer platforms that provide continuity, clarity, and long-term value. Read more...

Award Winners

Panel Geometry and Seismic Coordination in an Industrial Tilt-Up Condominium

December 12, 2025

Fraser Mills Business Centre applies tilt-up concrete construction to an industrial condominium within a mixed-use master-planned community in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The project illustrates how panel geometry, seismic coordination, and erection strategies can support architectural Read more...

From the Director

Only in Reflection

December 10, 2025

By: Mitch Bloomquist, Tilt-Up Concrete Association There’s a familiar line from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” that often finds its way into moments of reflection: “I took the one less traveled by, and that Read more...

From the President

Carrying the Momentum Forward

December 10, 2025

Robert F. MurrayPresidentTilt-Up Concrete Association A month has passed since we gathered in Nashville, yet the conversations and connections from that week remain fresh in my mind. The Tilt-Up Convention and Expo has always been Read more...

Architecture & Design

Building Smarter Inside the Box

December 10, 2025

Tilt-Up Innovation for Interior Demising Walls By David Venegas, President, VEMAC, Inc. 2023 TCA Contractor of the Year When vacancy pressures started creeping into the industrial tilt-up market, subdividing large bays felt like the obvious Read more...