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Tilt-Up Future Think

June 2, 2017 from 8:00am to 12:00pm

Ft. Worth 5-7

In a business climate where everyone is being asked to do more with less, today's design and construction professionals have little time to devote to research of emerging technologies and the future of their industry. As such, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) Board of Directors has established a task force to curate and review emerging technologies with potential benefit or impact on the tilt-up industry. Along with the TCA Manager of Regulatory and Technical Affairs, Jim Baty, FACI, the task group has assembled several technologies to be presented Tilt-Up Future Think. 

Tilt-Up Future Think will present a series of talks focused on emerging technologies and ideas with promising applicability for the tilt-up concrete construction industry. 

Group 1 - Concrete Science and Materiality

June 2, 2017 from 8:20am to 10:00am

Ft. Worth 5-7

Part I - Introduction of Smart Concrete Sensors as an IoT Solution for the tilt-up industry.

Part II - Crystal Matrix Penetrant for Permanent Natural Concrete Finishes

Part III - The World's Most Advanced Ballistic Concrete

Group 2 - Reinforcement and Embeds

June 2, 2017 from 10:20am to 11:40am

Ft. Worth 5-7

Part I - Industry Leading, Three Dimensional, Proactive Concrete Reinforcement Technology

Part II - FRP Composite Macrofiber=Thinner Concrete Wall Panels

Group 3 - Fabrication Technology

June 2, 2017 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Ft. Worth 5-7

Part I - Programable Matter: Robotic Formwork

Part II - Digital Design and Fabrication at Confluence Park

Afternoon Seminars/Education

June 2, 2017 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Ft. Worth 5-7

Education, Community Programing, and Diversity Suggest Viable Solutions for an Aging Workforce

June 2, 2017 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Ft. Worth 5-7

Attendees can expect to explore the current state of the construction workforce and unpack a working example on leveraging the educational system, creating community programs, and taking an inclusive approach to diversity and workforce development to create a hirable supply for the demand in the workforce, both in the trades and professional careers alike. 

Troubleshooting High End Finishes

June 2, 2017 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Ft. Worth 5-7

Tilt-up construction is revered as one of the most broadly applied construction systems. Part of the attraction is the palette of high-end finishes that continues to grow in all regions. Design and construction professionals not only must recognize the wide range of finishes and techniques that are now available, accurate cost/waste estimating, informed detailing and the ability to understand the impact to schedule are imperative to solve the complex conditions they can create in the field.

Tim brings decades of high-end finish techniques and experience to this presentation. He will cover the design details, application and delivery options for such finishes as form liners, thin brick, exposed aggregate, staining, color admixtures, polishing and textured coatings.

Type Technology Tilt-Wall - Musings on Innovation's DNA

June 2, 2017 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Ft. Worth 5-7

The ongoing technological evolution of the tilt-wall construction system has begun to yield numerous formal results, five- and six-story load-bearing wall structures, infrastructural elements and super-tall sculptural panels to name a few. This in turn has fueled an existing but growing phenomenon; that of tilt-wall's use in new building types and new uses in old typologies. In a way- the new invading the old and the old utilizing the new. Buildings once thought not doable in tilt-wall for reasons of quality, such as museums, schools and housing, are opening up, while office buildings, manufacturing and laboratory buildings, to name a few, are being designed as exploitations of the newly developed formal possibilities.