Opinion & Editorial - Tilt-Up Today

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…

Legacy of Innovation

October 2, 2024

Dear TCA Members and Friends, On behalf of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association’s Officers and Board of Directors, I am thrilled to invite you to join us for our upcoming Tilt-Up Convention and Expo in Phoenix 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

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...

Opinion & Editorial

How Industry Engagement Is Taking Shape for 2026

December 17, 2025

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...