Building for Mother Nature

By: Jim White | Bedrock Concrete Corp & Megan Miller | LJB Inc. A business owner in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, certainly considered Mother Nature for his new restaurant and liquor store and hoped he never had to find out if it was necessary.  Only a half mile from the Atlantic Ocean, he wanted […]

Reducing The Cost Of Reasonable Protection – Tilt-Up and Anti-Terrorism Force Protection

By: Mitch Bloomquist | Tilt-Up Concrete Association A four-story tilt-up office building designed to meet the Department of Defense’s blast and progressive collapse resistance requirements is under construction in Maryland, and it is being built on a speculative basis.  Before diving too far into the specifics of this project though, it is helpful to discuss […]

Accubrace Weathers the Storm

Summary October 28, 2012 was not the typical Sunday afternoon along the Mid-Atlantic coast. For residents, the churning surf, grayed skies and increasing winds hinted at what was to come. The usual Sunday activities were suspended, replaced by final preparations for the impending landfall of Hurricane Sandy. In the overnight hours of October 29, Sandy […]

Construction Gets Underway for New Roper St. Francis Data Center

TCA Member Seretta Construction, Inc. begins work on Data Center designed to provide maximum hurricane protection for Roper St. Francis Healthcare’s Information Systems. North Charleston officials, healthcare executives and project leaders dug shovels into the earth today to mark the beginning of construction on the new Roper St. Francis Healthcare (RSFH) Data Center. The groundbreaking […]

Task Force Completes Investigation

By: Wendy Ward | Constructive Communication One of the main goals of the TCA is to serve as an advocate for the industry to grow use of the method. As many of you will recall, earlier this year, site cast Tilt-Up received media attention regarding the performance of Tilt-Up structures in high wind events. This […]

Standing Strong

By Ed Sauter, Executive Director | Tilt-Up Concrete Association Natural disasters have long been a formidable foe for the design and construction industry. Building codes are evolving continually to minimize damage and injuries from hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods. Of all these, wind is probably the worst. Joseph E. Saliba, provost at the University of […]

Construction for the Unimaginable!

As I write this Letter from the Director, a new threat from Mother Nature is barreling up the East coast of the United States.  We are also about to observe the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.  This letter, however, isn’t about hurricanes, tornadoes, climate change or terrorist attacks but rather about Man’s response to […]

SEAKM Holds Informative Seminar on Building Collapses in Wake of Joplin Tornado

On June 29th, the Structural Engineers Association of Kansas & Missouri (SEAKM) held their monthly meeting on the Kansas University, Edwards Campus in Overland Park, KS.  The presenter for this meeting was Thomas F. Heausler, P.E. and his topic was Structural Damage to Buildings due to the May 22, 11 Tornado in Joplin, MO. Due to […]

Durable Solution for Equestrian Barns

It’s no secret that the construction industry has experienced a downturn in the past year. One of the keys to surviving the changing economic environment is the ability to seek out new markets. Such an example was evident in the 2010 Tilt-Up Concrete Association Achievement Awards program with the Sunlight Ranch Equestrian Barn. While many […]

Convention 2010 — Building for Disaster Protection

Earthquakes, fires, floods, tornadoes, terrorist attacks, hurricanes, the economy. Every time you turn around another disaster has struck some part of the world. The only thing that Tilt-Up can do for the economy is to provide tremendous value for the money. As for the other disasters, Tilt- Up is in an ideal position to provide cost-effective solutions […]

TCA Safety Corner: TCA Announces 2009 Safety Awards

TCA has announced the winners of the industry’s fourth annual safety awards. The Alphonse Engelman Safety Award honors Al Engelman, a TCA past president and board member, as well as a longtime supporter of the Tilt-Up industry. Engelman helped introduce the industry awards program that now bears his name. Presented at TCA’s Annual Convention on […]

TCA Announces Completion of AFRL Research on Tilt-Up Wall Panels for Resistance to Blast Loading

TCA has announced the completion of all phases for research with the Air Force Research Laboratory. In conjunction with the Portland Cement Association (PCA), the wall tests series will define the resistance and failure mode of standard Department of Defense (DoD) compliant Tilt-Up concrete sandwich walls. “Once this study is complete, the test results will […]

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