As the philanthropic partner of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, Tilt Lab's mission is to cultivate emerging techniques, technologies, and ideas with promising applicability for the tilt-up concrete construction industry.
APPLY FOR A GRANT
Apply for a Grant
Grant applications are accepted year-round and are reviewed by the Tilt Lab Board of Directors on a rolling basis as they are received.
Submit a Paper
Tilt Lab invites researchers, designers, engineers, and practitioners to submit papers for peer review. Selected papers will be published as featured, peer-reviewed articles in Tilt-Up Today, helping to elevate discourse and share emerging ideas, research, and innovation across the tilt-up industry.
Scholarships
Applications for the John Hart Scholarship Endowment will be available in 2025.
Meet the Tilt Lab Board
Chair
Jeffrey Brown, FTCA, FAIA
Vice-Chair
Andrew McPherson, FTCA
Treasurer
Clay Fischer, FTCA
Secretary
David Tomasula, P.E., FTCA
Director
Timothy Mays, PhD, PE
Executive Director
Mitch Bloomquist
A NEW PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL FOR THE TILT-UP INDUSTRY
Discoveries, results, and conclusions stemming from Tilt Lab efforts will be published in a new peer-reviewed journal edited by Timothy W. Mays, Ph.D., P.E. Check back here for more additional information coming soon.
MAKE A CONTRIBUTION
In 2016, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association hosted its first Tilt-Up Future Think event. The event featured far-out ideas with the potential to be game-changers for our industry. This event was TCA’s first step towards being intentional about seeking out, engaging and supporting the innovators who will shape our future.
Today, we are proud to introduce, and invite you to support, a new charitable foundation dedicated to this work, Tilt Lab.
TILT LAB DONORS
($100,000+)
John Hart, FTCA
Tilt-Up Concrete Association *
($50,000 to $99,999)
Alston Construction *
Dayton Superior
HK Composites
IconX, LLC
Leviat
Total Integrated Panel Systems
($20,000 to $49,999)
Clayton & Jeanne Fischer Family Fund *
Conewago Enterprises, Inc. *
Needham DBS *
Peak Engineering, Inc.
Seretta Construction, Inc. *
($10,000 to $19,999)
B.D. Stevens *
Citadel Contractors Inc. *
Connect-EZ *
E.E. Reed Construction, L.P. *
Martin Concrete Construction
Powers Brown Architecture*
($5,000 to $9,999)
Bob Moore Construction
Concrete Strategies
Hughes General Contractors
Robert Murray
TAS Commercial Concrete *
($1,000 to $4,999)
AE URBIA aka J. M. Williams and Associates, Inc.
AML Inc. *
BSE Structural Engineers LLC
Customrock
Dan Djikanovic Tilt Up Concrete Construction Consulting (DDC) *
David Buzzelli
Helix Steel
HSA & Associates, Inc.
KB Concrete Systems, Inc. *
LJB Inc. *
Pinnacle Structural Engineers *
R.C. Page Construction LLC
Rosenberger Construction *
SAA Architecture LLC *
Schuchmann Structural Associates LLC *
Sherman Balch
Tim Manherz, FTCA
* denotes Founding Donor organization