TCA Announcements - Tilt-Up Today

Tilt-Up Concrete Association Announces 2019 Tilt-Up Project and Professional Honors Call for Entry

April 12, 2019

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 a call for entries for the 2019 Read more…

TCA Launches Niche Job Board For Tilt-Up Industry

April 9, 2019

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association is proud to offer members a new benefit to utilize in communicating with potential job applicants. With unemployment at record lows, talent shortage remains one of the biggest hurdles employers face. Read more…

Tilt-Up Concrete Association Elects New Board, Brad Nesset Named President

February 5, 2019

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – the global authority for the tilt-up concrete construction industry – announces Brad Nesset as president of the TCA Board of Directors, and the slate of directors for 2019. Brad Read more…

Why You Should Personally Invite Your Competition To Join The TCA

October 28, 2018

FOUR PROVERBS SUGGESTING IT IS BETTER TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER RATHER THAN AGAINST EACH OTHER. KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, BUT YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER Michael Corleone, in The Godfather Part II (1974), written by Mario Read more…

Tilt-Up Concrete Association Announces Call For Entries For 2018 Tilt-Up Awards

April 16, 2018

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has announced a call for entries for the 2018 Tilt-Up Awards (achievement, safety, professional and fellowship). The awards will be presented in Dallas, Texas at the International Tilt-Up Convention and Expo Read more…

TCA Bracing Guide Version 18.1 Now Available

March 28, 2018

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) announces the availability of the completely revised TCA Guideline for Temporary Wind Bracing of Tilt-Up Concrete Panels During Construction version 18.1. This release supersedes all previous versions. Version 18.1 of Read more…

ACI/TCA Certification Undergoes Major Overhaul

August 8, 2017

The ACI/TCA Tilt-Up Supervisor and Technician Certification program has undergone the first major overhaul since its inception. The original program was designed to have certified individuals retaking the exam every five years in order to Read more…

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association Presents Tilt-Up Series: Dallas

June 14, 2017

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) presented Tilt-Up Series: Dallas, part-one of a series of regional conferences aimed at contractors, architects, engineers and real estate professionals interested in the tilt-up concrete construction industry. The event took Read more…

Call for Entries, 2017 Award Programs

May 18, 2017

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has announced a call for entries for the 2017 Tilt-Up Awards (achievement, safety, professional and fellowship). The awards will be presented at the International Tilt-Up Convention and Expo Awards Gala, Read more…

TCA Wind-Bracing Guideline Completed; Now On-Hold

May 18, 2017

The TCA Board of Directors issued an RFP to update the Association’s 2012 guideline on temporary bracing of tilt-up panels. Over the past three decades, this document had been prepared and maintained by the Association’s Read more…

TCA’s Collective Position on Safe Removal of Temporary Braces

May 18, 2017

By JAMES R. BATY II | Images courtesy of Big-D Construction The design of temporary bracing for tilt-up panels, like engineering the panels themselves, stays free of anything dealing with means and methods. As with Read more…

Hotel Scam Alert: TCA Convention 2017

May 8, 2017

It has been brought to our attention, individuals are receiving calls from persons claiming to represent the Tilt-Up Concrete Association and Fontainebleau Miami regarding hotel reservations for our convention this fall. While this is not Read more…

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

Award Winners

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...

Only in Reflection

From the Director

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...

Community & Culture

TUExpo Nashville 2025: 10 Booths That Stole the Show

December 10, 2025

By Jill Heald Business Development Director, Tilt-Up Concrete Association Each year, the show floor at the Tilt-Up Convention and Expo comes alive with innovation, creativity, and connection—and Nashville set a new standard. From bold visual Read more...

Featured

MOCK-UP MEDLEY

December 10, 2025

By Mitch Bloomquist, Executive Director, Tilt-Up Concrete Association ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Teams from across North America came together in Nashville to showcase architectural mock-up panels that pushed the boundaries of tilt-up construction. Displayed on-site during the 2025 Read more...

Research & Innovation

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publishes Tilt Lab Research on Double-Curvature Tilt-Up Construction

December 2, 2025

The Plan Journal, an international peer-reviewed architecture journal, has published a research article documenting Opus Luteum, the Tilt Lab initiative developed for the 2024 Tilt-Up Convention & Expo in Phoenix. The article, written by Pablo Read more...

Architecture & Design

Interpreting Modularity and Precision in a Corporate Tilt-Up Headquarters

November 24, 2025

This 21,600-square-foot tilt-up headquarters applies a strict modular system to develop a cubic form with recessed planes, layered materials, and patterned shadows. The project demonstrates how site-cast construction can deliver precision, façade complexity, and schedule Read more...

Workforce & Training

Scaling Knowledge: TCA Introduces Team Access for Tilt-Up Academy

November 21, 2025

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has expanded its award-winning digital learning platform with the introduction of Team Access for Tilt-Up Academy. This new organizational-level offering enables companies to enroll multiple employees, centralize continuing education records, and Read more...

Architecture & Design

Shaping Realism and Resilience in Public Safety Training

November 20, 2025

Recognized with a 2025 Excellence in Achievement Award, the Orange County Fire Training Facility demonstrates how tilt-up construction can support immersive, scenario-driven environments for firefighter training, combining durable architectural concrete with complex structural elements tailored Read more...