{"id":15257,"date":"2020-12-23T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/72.167.124.155\/tilt-uptoday\/?p=15257"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:32:53","slug":"2020-tilt-up-convention-and-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2020\/12\/23\/2020-tilt-up-convention-and-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From California to New Jersey<\/strong>, Florida to Colorado and everywhere in between, the Tilt-Up Convention and Expo has brought the industry together for 3-days of education, networking, awards, exhibits, demos, tours and much more! As we all know, 2020 has presented challenges that have overwhelmed business owners and employees across the globe, disrupted the way we operate, and put a complete halt on our ability to gather together\u2026or has it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo brought the industry together unlike ever before. In partnership with White Cap, Meadow Burke and numerous other event sponsors, this year\u2019s event introduced attendees to a whole new world, The Aggregate. The Aggregate is an avatar based, revolutionary virtual events destination designed for gatherings both large and small. Complete with numerous auditoriums, classrooms, meeting rooms, office space, a beach, an expandable expo hall and much more, The Aggregate is a turnkey solution for a truly virtual event experience and allowed us to gather together regardless of the challenges that this year has presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year, we couldn\u2019t be together.\u201d said Mitch Bloomquist, executive director of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA). \u201cBut we were,\u201d said Bloomquist. \u201cWe were the community. Despite being spread across the globe. Despite the unrelenting grip of this pandemic. Despite the financial hardships. We were the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented by White Cap and Meadow Burke, the 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo produced the highest registration numbers to date, and successfully brought the tilt-up community together, virtually, for a full week of education, exhibits, jobsite tours, awards, networking and much more. \u201cThis community is our most cherished asset,\u201d said Bloomquist. \u201cThe education, innovation, and growth all come from it, and don\u2019t exist without it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complete with over 20 hours of education, 6 virtual jobsite tours, 11 live product demonstrations, numerous on-demand sessions, an awards program and an expo hall full of the latest products and technology the industry has to offer, this year\u2019s virtual event attracted over 800 attendees from nearly 250 companies across the globe. With The Aggregate\u2019s avatar-based platform, attendees were able to have an actual presence at the event and effectively communicate with each other as they roamed from the auditorium to the expo hall, and the classrooms to the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy hosting the Convention and Expo in this interactive virtual environment, the TCA offered a wonderful solution to the question of how to meet together in this challenging year,\u201d said Rick Galloway, executive vice president of Martin Construction. \u201cHosting the event in this way filled an important void, by allowing people to meet \u2018face to face\u2019 as individuals, and be part of larger interactive \u2018groups\u2019 through avatars,\u201d said Galloway. \u201cThis gave us the sense of community we all love about the TCA while respecting the need to keep everyone safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The event kicked-off on Monday, Oct. 5 with several orientation classes which allowed attendees to dig deeper into the platform and learn more about their avatar\u2019s ability to communicate and navigate throughout the virtual campus, a foot-race, soccer games and a series of virtual job-site tours and on-demand sessions were available as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education began on day two and included a keynote by Barclay Gebel of Concrete Strategies, and exhibits dedicated to saving time, money and lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day three continued with valuable education, a Keynote sponsored by Innovative Structural Solutions, exhibit hours dedicated to architectural finishes, and concluded with the 2020 Tilt-Up Awards Gala, followed by the President\u2019s After Party on the beach, with entertainment by The Pork Tornados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education resumed on day four with a keynote by Jeffrey Brown of Powers Brown Architecture, and 11 exhibiting companies presented product demonstrations in the expo hall foyer, attracting attendees from across the globe to better understand their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event wrapped up on day five and was designed specifically for international attendees. Tilt-Up 101 was presented in Spanish, and exhibitors were encouraged to have bi-lingual staff available as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat a great week! Exactly the spark I needed to get out from under this cloud,\u201d said Raymond Elias, concrete operations manager at Oltmans Construction Co. \u201cIt is so refreshing to be amongst those who speak your language, understand the challenges, and who I can continue to learn new ideas, innovations and trends from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we all look forward to our ability to gather in-person again, it is undeniable that this year\u2019s event proved the importance of showing up. Regardless of the circumstances, the industry\u2019s most influential companies and professionals showed up open minded and eager to learn. \u201cNow you know, it\u2019s worth it,\u201d said Bloomquist. \u201cIt\u2019s inspiring. It\u2019s energizing. Now you know, it\u2019s not to be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the 2020 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo, please visit www.tilt-up.org\/events<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to the 2020 sponsors!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SPONSORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting Sponsor<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Leviat SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Cap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction Track<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Construction Materials Primary SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seretta Construction, Inc. CC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Track<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Dayton Superior Corporation SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insteel Wire Products<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needham DBS SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tilt-Up Awards Gala<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Nox-Crete, Inc. SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demo Day<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

White Cap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tilt-Up 101<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

White Cap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote Speaker<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Innovative Structural Solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education Partner<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Innovative Structural Solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concierge Sponsor<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Connect-EZ\u00a0SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GluDown, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovative Brick Systems, LLC\u00a0SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovative Structural Solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAX USA CORP.\u00a0SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Reception<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Construction Materials Primary SM<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tours<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Construction Materials Primary\u00a0SM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovative Structural Solutions <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 CC<\/strong>– Certified company     SM<\/span><\/strong>– Sustaining member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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