{"id":2741,"date":"2007-10-01T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T20:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.167.124.155\/tilt-uptoday\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2015-06-08T03:33:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T08:33:26","slug":"tca-sponsors-several-events-at-world-of-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/2007\/10\/01\/tca-sponsors-several-events-at-world-of-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"La TCA patrocina varios eventos en World of Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TCA is sponsoring several educational events at the 2008 World of Concrete. To be held in Las Vegas, Nev. from Jan. 21 to Jan. 25, this year\u2019s World of Concrete stands to be one of the largest. With a mega marketplace that features more than 800,000 net square feet of exhibit space, the industry\u2019s largest trade show offers countless networking and educational opportunities. More than 100 skill-building seminar and conference sessions will be available.<\/p>\n<p>As a co-sponsor for the World of Concrete, TCA provides important education and participation events including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cCreative Forming and Finishing of Tilt-Up Walls\u201d<\/strong> (World of Concrete Seminar Code MO-21) \u2013 Jan. 21 from 8\u201311 a.m. Given by Shawn Hickey of SiteCast, Inc. from Ottawa, Ontario and Ed Sauter, executive director of the TCA, this presentation will focus on ways to take Tilt-Up projects to the next level and cover topics such as form and shape, openings, placement of panels, detailing, applied ornament, cast-in elements and surface finishes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cTilt-Up: It\u2019s a System\u201d<\/strong> (World of Concrete Seminar Code MO-04) \u2013 Jan. 21 from 1-4 p.m. Laurence Smith, P.E. of J.W. Lindsay Enterprises Ltd. from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia explains how the popularity and continued growth of Tilt-Up dictates a more in-depth explanation\u00a0of the system to contractors. In this presentation, Smith will discuss that Tilt-Up is not simply a wall substitute but an entire construction system. To capitalize on the cost and time-saving benefits of Tilt- Up, a facility should be designed as Tilt-Up and not simply be an alternate bid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cTCA\/ACI Tilt-Up Technician\/Supervisor Training\u201d<\/strong> (World of Concrete Seminar Code TU-88) \u2013 Jan. 22 from 8\u201311 a.m. This training seminar covers all areas in which a Tilt-Up supervisor is expected to be knowledgeable including: safety, plan reading, site preparation, scheduling, foundations, slabs on grade, layout, forming, placement, erection, structural systems and concrete properties. Presented\u00a0by Shawn Hickey of SiteCast, Inc. from Ottawa, Ontario, this\u00a0presentation will help prepare attendees for the certification exam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cACI Tilt-Up Certification Exam\u201d<\/strong> (World of Concrete Code WE-TUS) \u2013 Jan. 23 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Successful completion of this exam will award participants with the distinction as an ACI\/TCA Certified Supervisor or Technician.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TCA Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast<\/strong> \u2013 Jan. 24 from 8 \u2013 11 a.m.,\u00a0registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Las Vegas Hilton. This year\u2019s TCA Annual Meeting will feature a presentation titled \u201cSetting Members Apart One Web Page at a Time\u201d, that is aimed at showing off many of the extensive features that can be found at www.tilt- up.org. Also at this meeting, nominees for positions on the Board\u00a0of Directors will be elected, and a short business meeting will be conducted. The program will end with the presentation of the Tilt-Up Achievement Awards \u2013 a favorite of many in the industry. The cost to attend the meeting is $75 for TCA members and $95 for non- members. To register, contact TCA at 319-895-6911 or register online at www.tilt-up.org.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>When registering to attend the event, please remember to use the TCA source code, A35. Please stop by and visit TCA\u2019s booth, N2027 when you are walking the show floor. To register, contact TCA at 319-895-6911 or register online at www.tilt-up.org.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">La TCA patrocina varios eventos educativos en la feria World of Concrete 2008. La edici\u00f3n de este a\u00f1o, que se celebrar\u00e1 en Las Vegas, Nevada, del 21 al 25 de enero, promete ser una de las <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/2007\/10\/01\/tca-sponsors-several-events-at-world-of-concrete\/\" title=\"La TCA patrocina varios eventos en World of Concrete\"> Leer m\u00e1s\u2026<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,30,125,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-2741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-convention","8":"tag-membership","9":"tag-tca","10":"tag-world-of-concrete"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7571,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions\/7571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}