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2006 TCA Tilt-Up Achievement Awards

The Achievement Awards program was established by TCA to honor projects that use site cast Tilt-Up concrete to introduce new building types, advance industry technology and provide unique solutions to building programs.

In its 15th consecutive year, the Achievement Awards program was established by TCA to honor projects that use site cast Tilt-Up concrete to introduce new building types, advance industry technology and provide unique solutions to building programs. Projects were reviewed by a panel of 13 judges that represent the membership categories within TCA.

Although 36 structures were selected as award recipients, the panel of judges rated three projects from across all categories to receive the exclusive title, Excellence in Achievement. These projects, detailed below, stand out for their unique and inventive use of the Tilt-Up method.

Seen below, these projects are noted with this symbol: Excellence Award

Commercial Division

Retail Division

Office Division

Education Division

Distribution/Warehouse Division

Manufacturing/Industrial Division

Special Projects Division

Spiritual Division

Institutional Division

Innovative Applications Division

TCA was founded in 1986 to improve the quality and acceptance of site cast Tilt-Up construction, a construction method in which concrete wall panels are cast on-site and tilted into place.  Tilt-Up construction is one of the fastest growing industries, combining the advantages of reasonable cost with low maintenance, durability, speed of construction and minimal capital investment.  For more information about the TCA, visit www.tilt-up.org, call Ed Sauter or Jim Baty at 319-895-6911, or e-mail TCA at info@tilt-up.org.

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The purpose of the Awards Program is to recognize outstanding site cast Tilt-Up structures and advances in technology, products and methods used in the Tilt-Up industry.

Although submittals were judged on aesthetic expression, schedule, size, originality, finishes and special conditions, this year’s judges also placed an increased emphasis on the characteristics of the projects that would attract and hold the interest of architects and building owners. To qualify for consideration, projects must be submitted by a TCA member.

Another significant change from previous years involves the project eligibility, as TCA has eliminated the completion date requirement. Further, projects can be resubmitted at any time as long as the project has not won a TCA Achievement Award in a previous competition and it is still deemed a worthy structure for consideration.

According to Jim Baty, Technical Director of the TCA, the judges routinely commented on the continued growth of creativity in applying the principles of forming and lifting site cast Tilt-Up elements with limited or no constraint on the size, shape or complexity of the geometry.

Projects were encouraged from any market segment and were specifically aligned into categories and sub-categories including:

Manufacturing/Industrial, Warehouse/Distribution (Corporate Headquarters/Center, Small Business/Distribution, Speculative), Retail (Life-style centers - Walking Malls, Single Occupant and “Big Box”), Office (One-Two Story, Three Stories and Higher, and Technology Centers), Spiritual Buildings, Educational (K-12 and Higher Education), Institutional (Detention/Correction, Low-Rise, Parking Garage, Service Facilities such as Hospitals and Care Centers), Commercial (Hotels, Golf Clubs, Recreation, Theaters, etc.), Housing, Special Projects and Innovative Application Techniques.

To qualify for consideration, projects must be submitted by a member of the team that maintains a current TCA membership. However, the program recognizes all team participants that are TCA members.

To see the criteria, categories and rules for submission, visit our Award Submission section.