Breathe Easy
By Karen S. Hand, P.E., Needham and Associates Inc. Successful Tilt-Up construction requires special attention to design and specialized care in construction to accommodate thermal expansion and contraction. In other words, the panels need to breathe. However, many Tilt-Up professionals fail to realize the importance of this principle. This lack of understanding can be explained in […]
Industry Meets Education
By: Kimberly Waggle Kramer, PE Assistant Professor. Architectural Engineering and Construction Science Kansas State University What happens when a professional structural engineer with 14 years of consulting experience starts teaching at a university? A new course is developed. Since I can remember, I always wanted to be a structural engineer and design and construct buildings. In […]
Profiles of Women in Tilt-Up
Do you want to learn more about the women who have chosen to build a career in the Tilt-Up industry? Read on to find out more about these women who are helping to shape our industry. KIMBERLY CORWIN Business Development Manager AH Harris & Sons Inc. As Business Development Manager for the Connecticut-based Construction Distribution […]
Women in Tilt-Up
By: Clare Martin, Constructive Communication More than ever, women are breaking down boundaries and exceeding expectations in the construction field—and they’re starting with the Tilt-Up concrete industry. It’s a man’s world. So the old saying goes, but over the years, as women have risen to positions of power within the workforce, government and the home, […]
Tilt-Up Concrete Association Forms Seismic Design Task Group
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) formed of a seismic design task group in 2005. According to Jim Baty, Technical Director of the TCA, the task group was formed as a proactive measure to involve the experts in the Tilt-Up industry. Responding to concerns regarding the performance of Tilt-Up structures during earthquakes in high seismic regions, […]
ACI & TCA Certify More Than 800 Tilt-Up Professionals
TCA, in concert with the American Concrete Institute (ACI), announces there are now more than 800 certified Tilt-Up Supervisors and Technicians. As of Sept. 12, 2006, 169 Supervisor and 646 Technician certifications have been issued, for a total of 815 total certifications. Of those 815 certifications, 76 were issued in Canada. The number of certified […]
TCA Announces Status as an AIA Distance Education Provider
TCA announces its approval by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as a Distance Education provider. TCA will offer an online program titled “Site Cast Tilt-Up – Solutions for Today’s Architects” for 1.25 Learning Units. The course consists of an hour-long seminar followed by a brief 15-question examination that is automatically scored at the end […]
Message From the President: Worth the Price of Admission
Well this year’s convention has come and gone, and planning is well underway for next year. The theme is ‘TILT-UP: It’s a System!’ Sounds simple enough, and maybe it is. So why then are we compelled to focus an entire convention around this theme? Perhaps our customers don’t quite understand tilt-up or we need to […]
Message From the Director: Looking Forward to Convention 2007 — Tilt-Up: It’s A System
The second TCA Annual Convention is in the books but before we move on to the third Annual Convention I want to thank all of you who made the 2006 event a success. Dana Scott (Scott Systems) and Jim MacKinnon (Saunders Construction) deserve special thanks. As the local volunteers, a lot of coordination, in particular the […]
Planning Your Marketing Budget for 2007
By: Kimberly Kayler, Constructive Communication Inc. For decades, design firms have struggled with the concept of marketing. In fact, marketing is a relatively new concept to those in the design community as it has only occurred in recent years. This has led to many firms who have never budgeted for marketing expenditures struggling to track […]
Project Profile: Access Dental
By: Ashley Kizzire, Constructive Communication Take a quick look at the Access Dental building, and it might appear to be a typical Tilt-Up construction project. But a design involving the integration of a vast array of exterior building components meant an unusually challenging project for Tilt- Up contractor Panattoni Construction of Sacramento, Calif. The use […]
TCA 2006 Convention Recap
By: Ben Saltzman, Tilt-Up Concrete Association The 2006 Tilt-Up Convention, “M.A.S.S. Appeal – Achieving New Heights,” held in Englewood, Colo., was an outstanding educational and networking event. As the Tilt-Up association continues to grow, so does the size and importance of this annual event. Contractors, engineers, architects, marketers and managers spent the days in education […]
