# Tilt-Up Concrete Association brings its certification exam to Guadalajara Nov. 19 By MarketScale Newsroom · Published 2026-11-10 · Engineering & Construction on MarketScale Canonical: https://www.marketscale.com/industries/engineering-and-construction/tilt-up-concrete-association-brings-its-certification-exam-to-guadalajara-nov-19 > An architecture talk and a free social on Nov. 18, then Tilt-Up 101 and the ACI/TCA certification exam at 8 a.m. the next day, at one Guadalajara address. ## Key points - The architecture talk and the certification exam are 15 hours apart at the same address, letting firms align designers and credential-seekers in one two-day schedule. At 5 p.m. on November 18, the session "Tilt-up architecture: design and practice" is scheduled at Atmósfera Corporativa, Av. Pablo Neruda 2631, Col. Providencia, Guadalajara. At 8 a.m. on November 19, the schedule lists Tilt-Up 101 and the ACI/TCA certification exam. That's the outline of Vibes: Guadalajara, a two-day program the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) posted on its Tilt-Up Today events page. The event page is written in Spanish. Its tagline translates roughly as "the essence of a good time, Guadalajara style." The order of the sessions matters most. The architecture session and the certification exam are at the same address, 15 hours apart. A firm could send designers to the first evening and crews to the next morning, or send one person to both. The setting is a sizable one: Fodor's describes Guadalajara as Mexico's second-largest city and the capital of Jalisco state. ## Two days, three sessions The association describes the program as two days of learning and networking for the design, construction and supply community. The first day covers architecture and the social. The second covers training and certification. The event page lists three sessions: 1. Tilt-up architecture: design and practice. November 18, 5:00 p.m. 2. Tilt-Up Vibes Guadalajara. November 18, 7:30 p.m. 3. Tilt-Up 101 and the ACI/TCA certification exam. November 19, 8:00 a.m. The Spanish description gives more detail than the session list. It says November 18 brings an architecture conference, a panel discussion and the Vibes social. That suggests the 5 p.m. block holds both a talk and a panel before everyone moves to the 7:30 p.m. social. The event is open to anyone interested in the tilt-up system, along with TCA members and their clients and collaborators. The Vibes social is free of charge. The audience is defined broadly. The page lists members' clients and collaborators alongside the members themselves. That suggests the association wants the owners and design partners of its member firms at the event as well as the members. ## Architects first, again On October 22, Tilt Lab, which the association describes as its philanthropic partner, held a screening of the documentary Schindler Space Architect at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. It was presented in conjunction with the 2026 International Tilt-Up Convention & Expo, October 21-23 in Salt Lake City. The film is directed by Valentina Ganeva and narrated by Meryl Streep. It features Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne and Steven Holl, among other leading voices in architecture, and traces how Schindler developed what the overview calls "space architecture." Ganeva was scheduled to talk with attendees after the screening about making the film and about how Schindler's ideas still apply to design practice today. The event overview calls Rudolph M. Schindler's 1922 Kings Road House in Los Angeles a landmark of early modern architecture and an important early use of tilt-up concrete. In the association's telling, it's a case where the construction system and the design idea can't be pulled apart. Guests were also invited to visit the convention exhibit hall before the screening. Registration was free for architects and covered the screening, the conversation with Ganeva and the reception afterward. The afternoon ran in three steps: 1. Explore the Exhibit Hall. October 22, 12:00 p.m. 2. Screening & Conversation. October 22, 1:30 p.m. 3. Post-Screening Reception. October 22, 4:00 p.m. Side by side, the two programs follow a similar pattern: design content first, then a social hour with other design and construction professionals. In Salt Lake City, the convention exhibit hall came before that sequence. Guadalajara puts a morning of training and an exam after it. In Guadalajara, the architecture session at 5 p.m. on November 18 and the training and exam at 8 a.m. on November 19 are listed at the same venue. There's a fair objection. Two events don't make a strategy. The Salt Lake City screening was a Tilt Lab program attached to a large convention. The Guadalajara page doesn't offer architects free registration, only a free social for everyone. Calling it a pattern is a reading of the schedules, not something the association has announced. ## What Jalisco firms can do now The event page shows registration as coming soon ("Inscripciones próximamente"). It says the form includes registration for the activities and purchase of the manual. The page also lists sponsorship options. The Vibes social starts at 7:30 p.m. on November 18, and the training and exam begin at 8 a.m. on November 19. For anyone planning the trip, the venue listing gives the ground floor (Planta Baja) of Atmósfera Corporativa, postal code 44630. The sponsorship link goes to a separate form that is already posted, while registration is still marked as coming soon. For a supplier, that could mean the sponsorship conversation can start before attendee registration opens. Block Field ## Sources - [Overview: Vibes: Guadalajara](https://tilt-up.org/events/details/?event=15c95172-0078-cdb4-6996-0b4a5385794f) (Tilt-Up Today) - [Overview: Schindler Space Architect](https://tilt-up.org/events/details/?event=15c95172-0078-ce55-3205-0b49feb402a0) (Tilt-Up Today) - [The 15 Best Things to Do in Guadalajara, Mexico (and Top ...](https://www.fodors.com/world/mexico-and-central-america/mexico/guadalajara/experiences/news/photos/best-things-to-do-in-guadalajara) Tags: Tilt-Up Concrete Association, tilt-up construction, concrete, Guadalajara, Mexico construction, ACI/TCA certification, workforce training, architecture, commercial construction, Tilt Lab, construction events --- Source: MarketScale, https://www.marketscale.com/industries/engineering-and-construction/tilt-up-concrete-association-brings-its-certification-exam-to-guadalajara-nov-19. Published for AI indexing and citation; cite the canonical URL. Site guide for agents: https://www.marketscale.com/llms.txt