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The Tilt-Up Concrete Association is proud of the recognition major publications have given to Tilt-Up and the success it embodies. Over the years, Tilt-Up, the TCA and its member organizations have been featured in a variety of key industry magazine articles. Below, you will find links to these selected online articles.
Also, be sure to check out all of our archived media coverage:
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On the Rise
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Archived with permission from The Construction Specifier (December 2001)
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The Tilt-Up construction method has experienced 111% growth in the last five years. This growth, as well as the advancement of architectural treatments, has prompted the industry's representative organization, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, to revise their guideline specifications to maintain quality. As the author explains, these changes include having qualified personnel, producing mock-up panels for comparison with the finished product, degrees of finish, and tolerances. |
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Ohio Ready Mix Concrete Association Newsletter
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Archived with permission from ORMCA (Winter 2003)
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Read two Tilt articles in this newsletter discussing O-Cedar facility complete just in time for spring cleaning a Tilt-Up project with radius panels and Tilt-Up Symposium rescheduled due to 'Attack on America'. |
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Tilt-Up Gets Pennsylvania Project on the Fast Track
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Concrete Concepts (November 2001)
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Often looked upon as the new kid on the block, tilt-up construction, a method in which concrete wall panels are cast on-site and tilted into place, actually traces its roots to the early 1900s. And although tilt-up has been dominant in the West and Southeast for decades, the method is quickly gaining advocates in the Midwest, New England and Canada for everything from mainstay warehouse and industrial facilities, to offices, schools and recreation centers. Tilt-up combines the advantages of low maintenance, durability, speed, economy and architectural appeal. More than 10,000 buildings, enclosing more than 650 million square feet of structure, are constructed each year using this construction method. |
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Buildings for the Beer Business
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Modern Brewery Age (November 2001)
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Tilt-Up construction can provide durability and thermal efficiency for today's beer distribution facilities. |
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Breaking Even Without Breaking Equipment
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Archived with permission from Concrete Producer (November 2001)
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One of the clever little devices used to show a company’s profitability is the 'breakeven analysis'. It determines how much product needs to be sold to recover the costs of new investment. Because the new technology I have uncovered in this issue is probably more expensive initially than what concrete professionals are used to, it has to be determined if it will allow breaking even in the long run. |
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Tilt Growth Continues Due to Delivery Speed, Cost-Effectiveness
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Design Cost Data Insights (September/October, 2001)
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In our increasingly cost-conscious, highly educated, global society - not to mention a slower economy - 'How much does it cost?' appears in conversations earlier and earlier in the negotiation process. Design and construction professionals alike are challenged to present hard dollar figures for their concepts, and oftentimes, an explanation of how their choice of building materials and methods compares to alternative options. As one of the fastest growing construction methods in the United States, tilt-up concrete is certainly approached by architects and owners with many questions about the method's ability to deliver an attractive and functional facility in a cost-effective manner |
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Contractors To Watch - Clayco Construction
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Concrete Construction (August 2001)
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Concrete Construction has spoken with five successful concrete contractors and found that successful contractors are, indeed, all alike: they have enthusiasm for the work, they respect their customers and employees, and they aren't worried about sharing the keys to success. |
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Reinforcement Supports and Ties
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Concrete Construction (August 2001)
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The impressive display of lifting enormous concrete panels into place has ended and the crew breathes a sigh of relief. This milestone in the tilt-up construction process, however, can bring about complacency for the remaining tasks. Once the panels are in place, the remaining steps are crucial to ensuring the project's success. Proper attention to the connections and finishing touches is imperative for contractors to deliver the benefits of a structurally sound and aesthetically pleasing building. |
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Industry Awards - AWCI's 2001 Annual Convention
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AWCI's Construction Dimensions (April 2001)
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Part of this article provides coverage of the TCA's recognition of Murray Parker receiving the Peter Courtois Memorial Award. |
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Tilting Up Main Street
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Building Design & Construction (February 2001)
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A tilt-up concrete structural system was employed to create the appearance of 60 unique storefronts for the 425,000-sq.-ft. Mount Pleasant Towne Center near Charleston, S.C., a rural fishing village and summer retreat. The resulting look is that of historic storefronts of brick, plaster and other traditional materials on a classic American Main Street -- a look that satisfied a finicky local design review board. |
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High-Tech Wire Act
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Building Design & Construction (January 2001)
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Arthur Andersen Worldwide had a problem. It needed more space than was offered at its existing building at Arthur Andersen Technical Park in Sarasota, Fla., and that space for a new regional headquarters needed to be flexible. “At the time we were talking about building the building, we were quickly outgrowing our other facility,” remembers Gregg Jones, project manager and a partner with Arthur Andersen. To speed up the process, the leadership of the accounting and consulting firm decided to employ an integrated project-delivery approach and chose Jacksonville, Fla.-based design/build firm The Haskell Co. That meant the 158,000-sq.-ft., three-story facility went up quickly, with the first charette in March 1998 and the move-in in December 1999. |
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Want to See Your Project on the Cover of Magazines?
TCA can make that happen if you have some good jobsite photos to share. Although we have a wide variety of finished building photographs from our annual Achievement Award competition (though more photos are always welcome), TCA has a real shortage of good jobsite photos. The advent and subsequent explosion of digital photography has had a large impact on our photo archives. Obviously, digital technology provides for quick and easy manipulation and development of photographs for website and email purposes. However, most of these images are not suitable for print publications since all most magazines require digital photos to be at least 300 dpi (dots per inch) and 4 x 6 in size - usually in TIF format. And, for cover photographs, a slide, transparency or 8.5 x 11 inch photograph is necessary. With only small digital files to choose from in our archives, the TCA is losing valuable opportunities in the media to showcase tilt-up.
If you have photos you are willing to share, please send them to TCA today. Your company will benefit from exposure as well since the photo caption and cutline will highlight your company and the project. Thank you for helping "build" the tilt-up industry.
For more information on marketing efforts being undertaken by the TCA, contact Ed Sauter, Executive Director for the TCA at (319) 895-6911. |
