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TCA Looking for Entries for 22nd Annual Achievement Awards

Have a project that uses site-cast tilt-up concrete to introduce new building types, advance industry technology and provide unique solutions to building programs -- then submit your project to TCA by June 29, 2012.

Press Release • March 9th, 2012

Greenblock ICFs Used in Habitat for Humanity LEED Homes in Florida

The use of insulated concrete forms in two Habitat for Humanity homes helps ease construction, achieve LEED certification and helps homeowners save in Florida

Press Release • March 7th, 2012

Workshops Emphasize Importance of Disaster Resilient Construction

PCA in cooperation with Concrete Joint Sustainability Initiative are offering six workshops scheduled around the country to communicate the trends and criteria for resilient construction

Press Release • March 7th, 2012

TCA Announces Recipents of 2012 Professional Achievement Awards

TCA selected four new award recipients for its professional achievement awards, which the association presented at its annual meeting during the World of Concrete

Press Release • February 27th, 2012

Ceco Concrete Construction Completes Concrete Work for Nashville's Music City Project

The concrete work on Nashville's Music City Project included 120,000 cubic yards of concrete and a delay because of flood waters

Video • February 24th, 2012

Workshops to Emphasize Importance of Disaster Resilient Construction

NRMCA workshops will focus on the design and construction of homes and buildings to improve community continuity and resiliency.

Press Release • February 22nd, 2012

CertainTeed Basement Design Course Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council LEED Program

Program examines moisture management and insulation

Press Release • February 20th, 2012

ACI Development of BIM Information Delivery Manual for Cast-in-place Concrete Receives Industry Support

A working group of the American Concrete Institute's (ACI) Committee 131 on Building Information Modeling (BIM) is actively developing an Information Delivery Manual (IDM) for cast-in-place concrete. The IDM will capture in written form the...

Press Release • February 15th, 2012

Concrete Foundations Association Offers Contractors Ways to Improve Business

Jim Baty, technical director of the Concrete Foundations Association, takes a look at how the economy is effecting foundations contractors and how the association can help them in these tough economic times

Video • February 6th, 2012

Potain Self-Erecting Crane Essential to Hospital Addition

Limited space on the jobsite required a crane with a small footprint but the ability to lift cast-in-place concrete

Article • February 6th, 2012

Pumping Concrete With Induction Hardened Piping

The use of an abrasion-resistant pipe delivery system helped pump concrete for a 70-story hotel in Toronto

Article • January 23rd, 2012

Consider Consolidation in Both Design and Detailing

While working on construction of a nuclear power plant in the late 1970s, there was a standard joking remark after all of the reinforcing steel had been placed in narrow interior shield walls. The ironworker foreman would ask if we were going to place...

Article • January 12th, 2012

Tilt-Up Contractor Maximizes BIM Benefits

Estimates that each hour spent working with building information models saves six hours of work on a project

Article • January 12th, 2012

Classic Series Steel Doors with Powder Coat Finish

Classic Series steel basement doors, Sizes B and C, now have a factory-applied powder coat finish. Four standard colors include white, sandstone, light gray and brick Powder coating makes metal products durable, attractive and scratch-resistant

Product • January 11th, 2012