Photos courtesy Tilt-up Concrete Association

Last year, Fast + Epp Structural Engineers won a Tilt-up Concrete Association (TCA) award for the design of Vancouver's Sunset Community Centre.

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) is seeking nominees for its annual professional awards, which recognize architects, engineers, and contractors who use the site-cast concrete method on North American projects.

As discussed in the January 2009 issue of Construction Canada, tilt-up concrete's use in Canada has dramatically increased over the last few years. The Murray Parker Memorial Award is named after the late vice-president and general manager of B.D. Stevens Ltd., a Dartmouth, N.S., construction firm. Parker was known for his development and promotion of tilt-up throughout the Atlantic Provinces, where many had thought it would be difficult to use the process.

Other awards include:
• Peter Courtois Memorial Award (i.e. lifetime achievement);
• Robert Aiken Innovation Award;
• David L. Kelly Engineering Award; and
• Irving Gill Distinguished Architect Award.

For more in-depth description of the awards, visit www.tilt-up.org/awards.

Until November 1, nominations can be sent to Jim Baty, TCA technical director, via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Award announcements will be made at the World of Concrete trade show, held in Las Vegas this February.

Barry-Bryan Associates' addition to Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning's North Campus Academic and Student Service building was a 2008 TCA award-winner. The project was pictured on the cover of the January 2009 issue of Construction Canada.