From the President
Take the Gold
Tampa, here we come! I paddle on a dragon boat team called the KC Pink Warriors. Our team founder paddled with a team in Tampa for a bit, igniting her fire for the sport. When Read more…
People + Perspectives
From the President
Investing in our Future
Congratulations to my hometown Kansas City Chiefs for their second Super Bowl win in three years! The Kansas City community and many fans around the world have celebrated this victory. It’s hard to believe that Read more…
Community & Culture
Tilt-Up Certification – Private Tour 23
In an effort to alleviate the ongoing disruption of certification in the industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, with the support of Dayton Superior Corporation, is announcing the third campaign of Read more…
Community & Culture
ICON23
Recently, guests gathered for dinner—surrounded by some of the planet’s oldest and most important tilt-up wall panels—at TCA’s inaugural Icon Dinner at La Jolla Woman’s Club. Powers Brown Architecture’s Jeffrey Brown, FAIA, FTCA, spoke on Read more…
From the President
Hand the Torch
As I write my last TCA president’s letter, I look back on my TCA involvement throughout my career. I was first elected to the TCA’s Board of Directors back in 2010. In 2011, I did Read more…
From the President
Check Your Braces
In the field, after your tilt up panels are erected, you must check your braces after every storm or wind event to assure all the brace bolts are tight to secure the braces! If your Read more…
Community & Culture
The 1st Annual Tilt Expo Eve
On the eve of the 2022 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association’s young professional’s collaborative, TILT, invited all emerging leaders to join them for a late night of shenanigans at Meow Wolf’s third Read more…
Community & Culture
2022 Tilt-Up Awards Gala
The tilt-up industry’s top professionals gathered at the Colorado Convention Center to honor those organizations, people and projects that have successfully illustrated the variety, beauty and flexibility of tilt-up construction. The 10th annual Tilt-Up Awards Read more…
From the President
Brace Yourself Like a Tilt-Up Panel
Brace yourself for the uncertain times ahead. I believe we are experiencing the most unpredictable times of our lives. We all have more work than we can do, which is a blessing, but these times Read more…
From the President
Growing Pains
The current state of the tilt-up concrete market, from volume and opportunity standpoints, is the best it’s ever been in my lifetime. If you are wanting to get into the tilt-up design and/or construction market, Read more…
From the President
Blessed
As I write this President’s letter today for Tilt-Up Today magazine, I have been asking myself to think of one word that would best describe the current state of the TCA and the tilt-up industry. Read more…
From the President
2021 Convention Success, the Big Box Market, and Keeping an Architectural Focus
Despite being in a global pandemic, we just had an in-person, SAFE, and successful 2021 TCA convention in September in my hometown, in the great “show me” state of Missouri! It was a pleasure and Read more…