The Architecture of Tilt-Up

The theme of this issue of Tilt-Up Today is architecture. This is entirely appropriate since we have introduced a totally revamped edition of The Architecture of Tilt-Up with a new layout, new photos, and an entirely new look. Just off the printing press, this publication provides an excellent tool for members to “sell” architects and […]

TCA Welcomes New Employee

TCA increased its staff by nearly 100% effective August 1. Mitch Bloomquist, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa native, has joined the Sauter Baty management team as a full-time employee of the TCA. Mitch’s background and training is similar to that of Jim and myself in that his education was in architecture. After working for a couple of […]

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 […]

Message From the Director: TCA Considering Company Certification

You may not like it or agree with it, but our world is becoming more regulated each day. Every industry is regulated to some degree by some entity. Regulation, in principal, is a method of providing some measure of assurance regarding a product or process to get predictable results. Unfortunately, many regulations simply add cost […]

Message From the Director: Convention Wrap-Up — Tips, Tweets, and Twittering

We can now close the books on the 2009 Tilt-Up Convention. It was the poorest attended convention or symposium in my 16 years of managing the TCA. After attrition (the money we pay for unused rooms that are booked 3 years in advanced) it was the first time we have ever posted a loss on […]

Message From the Director: ‘Top 10’ Tilt-Up Projects

In this day and age everyone wants to know where they stand. Who is the best – not just now, but of all-time. After watching 8,000 hours of Olympics coverage (and that’s just prime time regular network coverage) and their discussion regarding the best Olympic athlete of all-time, I thought it would be a good […]

Message From the Director: The TCA Fall 2008 Convention — Rising to the Challenge

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association will hold its 4th Annual Convention this fall in Phoenix, Arizona. The theme for this year’s convention will be “Rising to the Challenge.” When you attend some of the seminars and view some of the highlighted buildings, you will understand. We have a great line-up. Both days will start with relevant […]

Message From the Director: Member Web Benefits

One of the most startling revelations arising from our strategic planning meeting, and the research performed leading up to it, was the fact that many members still do not realize all of the resources they can access as members of the TCA. No where is that more apparent than on the TCA website. Members may not […]

Message From the Director: The TCA — What Can We Do Better? Tell Us!!!!

Every so often – in particular when due notices go out – we get the question: “What have you done for me lately?” or “What are you doing to justify the cost of membership?” It’s a valid question and we constantly ask ourselves if we are providing value. Are our programs and efforts serving the […]

Message From the Director: Technology is Tilt-Up

Technology — it’s hard to live with it, but impossible to live without it. Within six months of purchasing a new computer or learning how to run an operating system, they update and “improve” it. But can you imagine your business without a computer, without a fax machine, without a cell phone, without a digital […]

Message From the Director: Looking Forward to Convention 2007 — Tilt-Up: It’s A System

The second TCA Annual Convention is in the books but before we move on to the third Annual Convention I want to thank all of you who made the 2006 event a success. Dana Scott (Scott Systems) and Jim MacKinnon (Saunders Construction) deserve special thanks. As the local volunteers, a lot of coordination, in particular the […]

Message From the Director: Expanding Tilt-Up Applications

Tilt-Up construction has long been recognized as THE solution for distribution centers, manufacturing operations, and big box retailers. These building types comprised over half of the nearly 750,000,000 square feet of structures enclosed by Tilt-Up in 2005. Early projections show a continued trend in market expansion in 2006 and beyond as contractors build larger and more diverse […]

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