Opinion & Editorial - Tilt-Up Today

From Attendance to Opportunity

January 26, 2026

The exhibit hall is central to the Tilt-Up Convention and Expo, yet its full potential remains underutilized. By better aligning structure, intent, and expectations with how professionals prioritize their time, exhibit hall engagement can become a purposeful extension of professional work—strengthening connections, conversations, and long-term industry collaboration.

Shared Ascent and the Next Standard of Tilt-Up Practice

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 knowledge that advances the shared capability of the tilt-up industry.

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, civic, industrial, and vertical applications where its performance is already proven.

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.

Now Accepting Applicants and Nominations for the John Hart Honorary Scholarship

September 22, 2025

As summer winds down and the school year begins, now is an ideal time to consider students in your life—or in your network—who may benefit from the John Hart Honorary Scholarship, which was established to honor one of tilt-up’s most respected and influential engineers.

Illuminating the Market Together

September 22, 2025

Baseball has always been a game of numbers. For more than a century, measures like batting averages, earned run averages, and on-base percentages have been used to evaluate performance. Yet any student of the game Read more…

Redefining Collaborations

May 22, 2025

After celebrating the 25th iteration of the Tilt-Up Convention and Expo last year, we’ve taken some time to reflect. That milestone invited not just a look back, but a challenge: how can we evolve this Read more…

Grit Meets Opportunity

May 22, 2025

Dear Members, In jobsite trailers and wrestling rooms across America, a familiar fire is lit—young people pushing themselves to be better, stronger, and more accountable. At the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA), we see that spirit Read more…

Embracing Change, Building the Future

February 25, 2025

Español | Español | Translation Sponsored by TCA I am truly honored to step into the role of President of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA). I want to extend my gratitude to past President Rick Galloway Read more…

Last Letter

February 25, 2025

As my term as President of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association ends, I want to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to each of you. It has been a tremendous honor to serve this Read more…

Robert F. Murray Named President of Tilt-Up Concrete Association

February 25, 2025

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) proudly announces the election of Robert (Bob) F. Murray as president of the TCA’s Board of Directors. Murray’s appointment follows the recent board meeting and continues the organization’s tradition of Read more…

Bringing 2024 to a close and Leaning Into 2025

December 23, 2024

Dear TCA Members and Friends, On behalf of the Tilt-up Concrete Association’s officers and board of directors, I am happy to report that the Tilt-Up Convention and Expo 2024 in Phoenix was a resounding success. Read more…

Len Overbeek Elected President of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association

Special Reports

February 4, 2026

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has elected Len Overbeek, co-founder of Tilt Wall Ontario Inc., as President for the 2026 term. The announcement follows the Association’s 40th Annual Meeting and includes the installation of new directors, Read more...

Thermal Mass and Envelope Continuity in Residential Tilt-Up Construction

Architecture & Design

February 3, 2026

This residential project demonstrates how tilt-up concrete construction can support passive design and long-term energy performance. Through insulated site-cast panels, continuous thermal detailing, and the use of concrete thermal mass, the project expands understanding of Read more...

Architecture & Design

Curved Geometry and Vertical Scale in a Multi-Story Healthcare Facility

January 29, 2026

This four-story hospital in Colorado Springs demonstrates the use of tilt-up concrete within a curved, multi-story healthcare program. The project illustrates how tall panels and variable foundation conditions can be addressed through coordinated panel design Read more...

Architecture & Design

Leveraging Tilt-Up Concrete as Structure, Finish, and Brand Infrastructure

January 26, 2026

This Excellence in Achievement project illustrates how tilt-up concrete can function simultaneously as structure, finish, and design driver within a compact retail and medical building. By aligning construction method with programmatic and budgetary constraints, the Read more...

Opinion & Editorial

From Attendance to Opportunity

January 26, 2026

Architecture & Design

When Tilt-Up Becomes the Interior Finish

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...

Community & Culture

Shared Ascent and the Next Standard of Tilt-Up Practice

January 9, 2026

System Evaluation & Decision-Making

Evaluating Tilt-Up More Accurately

January 7, 2026

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...