A Pile of News - July 2022
A Pile of News: July 2022
A briefing on news and information from the pile driving contractors, associated manufacturers, construction suppliers and affiliated engineers who comprise the PDCA.
by Matt Bisbee, PDCA
Originally sent July 1, 2022
It's a big, top-of-the-Pile welcome to PDCA's Q2 new and returning members we are glad you're here!
  • Contractors: Commerce Construction Corporation, Conti Civil, LLC, Cyr's Marine, LLC, J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.
  • Associates: Apex Steel Pipe & Piling, CPS Houston, Inc., Hoffman Equipment, Kahn Steel Co. Inc., Meever USA Inc., Waskey Bridges
  • Engineering Affiliates: Lloyd Engineering, Inc., LMW Engineering Group
Do you read this monthly newsletter, but you are not a PDCA member? Consider JOINING PDCA today!

And speaking of PDCA productions, make sure to check out the latest PileDriver magazine, published by PDCA's valued, Canadian-based partner, Lester Publications. On that note, Happy Canada Day (7/1)!
From the Association & Chapters
Mark your calendars
Industry News
Congratulations, Foundation Constructors, Inc., you are this month's winner!
Send an email to marian@piledrivers.org before the end of July to claim your prize!
News from PDCA Companies
Governmental relations:
  • GROUP Contractors was among attendees at a Louisiana construction industry breakfast at which U.S. Rep. Graves delivered the program.
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  • Sealevel Construction Inc.'s Kevin Passman was on hand for a south-central Louisiana industry lunch featuring U.S. Sen. Kennedy, who quipped that the BDM was among those in the area 'doing extraordinary work.' The two shared a greeting and a handshake.
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  • CRW Engineering Group, LLC highlights a recent meeting between associate Erica Jenson, PE, and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (AK) as part of a larger ACEC visit to Capitol Hill.
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  • Insight Group personnel attended a presentation from U.S. Rep. Defazio of Oregon; he chairs the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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  • S&ME, Inc., professionals leading the civil design for a new, west Tennessee veterans facility attended its groundbreaking; Arlington Mayor Wissman was among local dignitaries to speak.

Acquisitions & Expansions:
  • Liebherr enters the market of battery powered equipment. The LR 1160.1 unplugged is one of the world's first electric crawler cranes a full charge is said to bring four4 hours of lifting operation.
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  • Meever USA announces new partnership with MCE Aschersleben, a German manufacturer of thick-walled tube and pipes.
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  • TRC Companies, Inc., bolsters its engineering, environmental strength in Mid-Atlantic region through acquisition of Draper Aden Associates.

Recognitions:
Giving back:
Anniversary:
  • Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), reaches 50 years providing the global pile driving industry with load testing equipment and other instrumentation critical to the installation of deep foundations. Don't miss the company's story as told by two of its three founders, Frank Rausche, PhD, PE, D.GE, and Garland Likins, PE, in their exclusive article published in the latest PileDriver magazine. PDCA thanks PDI for its ongoing commitment to pile driving industry advancement.
People on the Move
Transitions:
  • Marla Storm joins Balfour Beatty US as new, Dallas-based SVP and Chief HR Officer.
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  • Mike Quadagno, PE, brings a 30-year project management record to Commerce Construction Corporation. He will lead company growth in northern New Jersey and New York.
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  • Rob Marconi elevates to CFO at Indiana-based Innovative Piering LLC.
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  • Neal Haughton named new President at Ontario-based Powell Foundations, Inc.
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  • Paven Kumar, a mechanic and Anthony Maxwell, a senior engineer, are new to the team at Bauer Equipment America.
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  • Creig Benson of Company Wrench promoted to branch manager serving the Carolinas.
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  • Eric Shiring of Equipment Corporation of America is promoted to corporate HR manager; Chris Horne elevates to service manager at ECA Canada and Sam Simon joins the team in Philly.
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  • Dan Needham, John Hollatz, and Chad Utermark all elevate at Nucor to roles as Executive Vice Presidents among various company divisions.
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  • Aaron Leopold, PE, joins at Dan Brown and Associates, based in Denver, he is a civil engineering (BS/MS) graduate of Illinois with eight years' experience in deep foundations at Shannon & Wilson.
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  • Thomas Greenspon, a Navy vet, infotech executive, tapped for seat on Dewberry BOD.
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  • Kelly Jo Anderson becomes new business development director at ECS Southeast.
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  • Brad Klausing, EIT (Ohio) and Miguel Ramon, EIT (Texas) onboard at GRL Engineers, Inc.
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  • Isabella Kennedy transitions from intern to full-time at GZA GeoEnvironmental in Massachusetts.
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  • Anant Panwalkar is new Senior Associate, New England Transportation Lead at Haley & Aldrich.
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  • Kevin Ragon, formerly E.D. at the Timber Piling Council, is seated as new Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University, Department of Sustainable Bioproducts in StarkVegas, MS 😉.

Recognitions:
In Memoriam:
John T. Christian, PhD, PE, NAE, D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, is said to have pioneered the use of computer methods in geotechnical engineering. Read more about his remarkable life in a UMASS Lowell release.
On the Job
Blue Iron Foundation & Shoring uses a PVE Equipment vibro to drive 4,600 LF of sheets for a cofferdam at the South San Francisco Shoreline; the USACE project has a max water retention height of 16 feet.

Cape Romain Contractors completed the Battery Park foot bridge in Charleston, SC. Now, the crew and equipment are relocated to build a new pedestrian span over a pond in Port Royal, near Hilton Head.

Clark Construction uses an RTG RG 21 from Equipment Corporation of America to drive Triad steel for a new Washington, DC, residential development. Greg Barta, Gus DelFarno and Doug Sheehan of ECA visit the jobsite to assist with the rig start-up in what will become new housing in Buzzard Point.

Farrell Brothers Marine Construction, Inc., performs waterfront excavation in advance of installing a new vinyl sheet pile bulkhead in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

Richard Goettle, Inc., shares an Illinois DOT update of progress on the McClugage Bridge in Peoria, IL, as construction nears completion; Goettle was onsite early to install foundation components.

Engineered Rigging procures first Enerpac JS500 in the U.S.; it's a jack system that can lift 2,200 tons.

Universal Engineering Sciences secures $5M contract with FDOT to serve northeast Florida projects.
Media Hits
Waterwire, a NY/NJ publication, talks to Project Engineer Jessica Markel of Weeks Marine. Her appearance is in the Women on the Waterfront series. She's pictured on Ellis Island, home of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. We told you in June that Weeks and Jessica completed major modernization there.

MOVE IT magazine publishes s a cover story featuring the demolition work that Engineered Rigging performed on New Jersey's Wittpenn Bridge.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting carries a story about a forthcoming solar farm there. It is reported that the initiative of Appalachian Power will partially serve the new steel mill that Nucor is building.

California Business Journal examines community involvement and sustainability initiatives underway at Universal Engineering Sciences. In the article, UES Regional VP of California Rouzbeh Afshar and Western Division President Trent Anderson discuss unique challenges the Western region faces.
Notes from the Field
Not a typical high school reunion - Former Belleville East H.S. (IL) basketball star Yelana Melton, now a superintendent. at McCarthy, gave a project tour of a new Washington University facility in St. Louis. Among those on the tour was colleague Norm Sanders, a senior writer. He's formerly a sportswriter in Illinois' Metro East region who recalls covering Melton's games. They reunited for a jobsite photo.

Chauncey the Chanticleer spent the '21 football season posing with fans nationwide as the Coastal Carolina team turned heads with consistent, remarkable performances on the gridiron. Neither he, nor the giant-killing athletic program appears to be done! Spotted at a CCU vs. Clemson baseball game was Chauncey with Thomas & Hutton administrative assistant Tahiriah Williams who enjoyed a big win.

Gitchie, gitchie, ya-ya, da-da Eric Kussman of D.W. Kozera, Inc., was doing field work at a Maryland jobsite when he unearthed a Keiller Dundee Marmalade jar, dated 1862. That's during the Civil War! The firm has since turned the find over to an archeology team for further assessment.

New York City has a lot of nicknames, but The City of Skyscrapers best fits the perspective caught by Patrick O'Driscoll in a jobsite photo he shared to social media. The GZA GeoEnvironmental project manager installed vibration monitors in advance of a demo in West New York, NJ, as the hulking Manhattan skyline stared him down from across the Hudson River.

Cute puppy pictures were among the earliest internet fascinations. Respecting tradition, OMS Pile Driving Equipment included a cute puppy in social media about its commitment to environmental protection. ECO machine production, bio hydraulic oil use, Tier 4 and 5 motors are some examples.

Kid's corner not that we believe young people read this publication, but check out this video produced by Samuel, the son of Jeff Lindsey at S&ME, Inc. It shows company project teams (in Lego likeness), performing a variety of engineering services in the field. What a talented young man!

We're at the halfway point in a very busy 2022, thank you for your participation in PDCA. July begins a fourth consecutive year publishing 'A Pile of News.' In each edition of this publication, we strive to trumpet the hard and diverse work our members put forth around the globe. We enjoy learning about your efforts and sharing those with the driven pile industry. We also like to highlight the people in PDCA who bring diverse interests, expertise, capabilities, lifestyles, backgrounds and more, but maintain a collective understanding that 'A Driven Pile...is a Tested Pile!' Many of our readers in the U.S. and Canada are celebrating holiday weekends; to our readers in the U.S., we wish you a happy and safe Fourth of July.
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PileDriver Magazine: Issue #3, 2022

In Issue 3 2022 of PileDriver ... (Click the image for full edition)

Inaugural Contractors Foundation Institute: Driven Pile Academy
Equipment experts volunteered over $10 million in equipment and services, successfully revolutionizing education and training in the pile driving industry
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PDCA CONTRACTOR MEMBER:
Weeks Marine
More than a century of construction excellence
Read more

PDCA ASSOCIATE MEMBER:
Pile Dynamics, Inc.
Driving half a century of remarkable progress in deep foundation QA  Read more

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT:
Channeling the Flow
Excessive rainfall causes big problems in Charleston, so the low-lying city is investing $198 million in a new stormwater drainage system   Read more

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT:
Central Everglades Restoration Project
ASAP Group was contracted to perform sheet piling and specific specialty foundations work for Florida's CEPP Everglades Agricultural Area phase   Read more

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PDCA Members SPOTTED at SuperPile

Several PDCA members attended, exhibited and presented at SuperPile '22, an annual program of the Deep Foundations Institute. PDCA is a Cooperating Organization for this annual DFI event. The event took place in St. Louis, Missouri from June 15-17. In addition to technical seminars and an active exhibit hall, many attendees enjoyed networking and social time, as well as the great baseball tradition of the St. Louis Cardinals. Below are many scenes from the event and around the Gateway City:

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Register now for Northeast Chapter's '7th Annual Sporting Clays'

The PDCA Northeast Chapter will host the 7th Annual Sporting Clays event on Friday, July 22, 2022, at the spectacular Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays in Coplay, Pennsylvania.  Come join us for some exciting sporting clay action and take the opportunity to reconnect with your friends and associates in the pile driving industry. With 15 different sporting clays presentations, you will compete for the highest score.

A continental breakfast will start our day along with registration that will begin at 8:00 AM.  We have all the fixens' for lunch that will be served at the conclusion of the sporting clays shoot.

Don't own a gun? No problem!  Gun rental and shot gun shells are included in your registration fee.  If you are bringing your own gun, it needs to be a 12GA gun with a barrel length of not less than 24". No pistol grips and no collapsible stocks.

There will be a resource table available at the event so please bring information about your company, products, and services to display and share with participants.

For more information, to register as a participant, or sponsor the event, please click the button below:

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DEADLINE July 1: Students apply for Pacific Coast Chapter scholarship today


2021 Pacific Coast Chapter Scholarship Recipients: (L-R): Karen Siqueiros, Erick Medina, Andrew Ballinger, Sophie Robinson, Zhixiang Jesse Chen

Do you know a high school senior or current college student who will be enrolling in, or resuming full time study at an institution of higher education for the academic year beginning Fall of 2022? If so, encourage him or her to apply for the scholarship that the PDCA Pacific Coast Chapter offers to students who are pursuing careers in the construction sector. Specifically, the student's academic field must be related to the pile driving industry (can include safety, engineering, accounting, IT, etc.) The applicant must be a Pacific Coast resident.

Time is running out - all applications must be submitted to Chapter personnel by July 1, 2022. For more information or to obtain the 2022 PDCA Pacific Coast Chapter Scholarship Application with submission instructions, please click the button below:
 

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New From Texas Chapter: Online Enrollment, LinkedIn Page, Logo

In case you hadn't heard, there is a new PDCA Texas Chapter! Earlier this year a committed group of pile driving professionals in the Lone Star State announced the formation of a non-profit association to serve the industry in the region. To date, the leadership of the group has met weekly, hosted a large social event and a held a membership drive. President Brandon Bicknell and executive team members Condon Verble, Armando Guajardo and Arjin Dogan are now introducing a new resource for Texas pile drivers, an online membership enrollment page. This new tool enables users to complete an application, pay Chapter dues, and submit it all online. See below:

Join the PDCA Texas Chapter

In addition to simplified enrollment, the PDCA Texas Chapter has also established what may be the first social media page for a PDCA chapter. Click the LinkedIn graphic below to be redirected to their page and Follow them!







As an online presence grew for the new chapter, it quickly became apparent that they needed a logo. Bicknell learned that his executive assistant at Russell Marine LLC in Channelview, TX had graphic design skills and asked her to volunteer her talent by developing a chapter logo. Kyrsten Garcia, pictured above, quickly drafted a few options, and after a vote by the members, a new PDCA Texas Chapter logo was born.

There is more to come from the PDCA Texas Chapter; we have learned that they are developing an e-newsletter, planning a professional development course, and hosting one more networking event. Be sure to follow their LinkedIn page and watch future PDCA announcements to learn how you can become involved in the Texas Chapter.


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PDCA Member Inspires a Public Service Message



PDCA is grateful for the support from all its Members. This is a special thank you to Contractor Member Doug Keller of Richard Goettle, Inc. where he serves as President and CEO. In addition to leading the Cincinnati-based company, Doug remains highly engaged in the deep foundations industry. For the past several years, he has served on the PDCA Board of Directors. (Notably, current PDCA President Brian Heck is the VP at Goettle.) In addition to involvement in association leadership, Doug Keller and his team of pile driving contractors are very active in PDCA; they regularly attend conferences and seminars, participate on standing committees, and submit work to the annual Project of the Year Awards program.

We should confess that we appreciate Doug even more after unearthing the unique photo shared in this post, (credit Angie). It is understandable that someone like Mr. Keller, with a host of business, professional and family obligations, can sometimes get a little sideways. We were glad to see that he does find time to take a load off and relax on the floor in his pink vacation shirt.

As with any good association publication (blogs included), there should always be a moral to the story. So, we take this moment to suggest you regularly remind your children and/or any young people in your life, that photos which appear on the Internet can end up in the wrong hands. They should always be careful of what they make available online. Thanks again to Doug Keller for his ongoing support of PDCA, but also for helping us develop this public service message.

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SAVE THE DATE: "Networking in Norfolk," August 11



Join PDCA for "Networking in Norfolk," coming August 11, 2022, to the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. This is a FREE event for the pile driving contractors, equipment manufacturers, material suppliers and civil engineers in the deep foundations industry. Please watch your inbox for more information, including location, times, registration and sponsorship opportunities. Please plan to join PDCA for this important, regional event.
 

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A Pile of News - June 2022
A Pile of News: June 2022
A briefing on news and information from the pile driving contractors, associated manufacturers, construction suppliers and affiliated engineers who comprise the PDCA.
by Matt Bisbee, PDCA
Originally sent June 1, 2022
From the Association & Chapters
Mark your calendars!  
Chapter news:
  • PDCA Pacific Coast Chapter scholarship shoot: On April 29, the 2022 event brought more than 150 participants to Bird's Landing Hunting Preserve in California and generated nearly $30K to the chapter scholarship fund. See who won competitive shooting honors and event PHOTOS.
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  • PDCA South Carolina Chapter dinner meeting: On May 12, industry veterans Jim Duffy and Mike Elliott were recognized for contributions to pile driving over their long careers in engineering, equipment and materials. Scott Nigels presented on PC/PS concrete piles. See the PHOTOS.
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  • PDCA Northeast Chapter professional development course: On May 18, George Harms Construction Co. in New Jersey hosted attendees to hear from Jennifer Peirce Brandt, P.E., John Peirce, III, P.E.of Peirce Engineering and David Borger, P.E., Kurt Levin, P.E. of Nucor Skyline on technical matters. 

Industry news:
GeoQuip Inc. Foundation Construction Equipment, you are this month's winner!
Send an email to marian@piledrivers.org before the end of June to claim your prize!
News from PDCA Companies
Acquisitions & expansions:
  • Parker Marine Contracting launches new trucking business, PMC Transport, LLC. Candi Stegall, Will Marsh run the subsidiary offering flat, expandable and step-deck trailers in Charleston, SC.
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  • Keller adds GKM Consultants to family of companies to further strengthen its standing in the geotechnical monitoring solutions market.
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  • Equipment Corporation of America (ECA) enlarges footprint to serve Western Canada. BAUER products, other ECA equipment, parts and services are now available in all Canadian provinces.
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  • GEOKON opens Latin American operations in Santiago, Chile. Francisco Vega is named the regional director for the provider of geotechnical instrumentation.

Governmental relations:
  • Clark Construction earned laudatory statements from Gov. Youngkin (VA) and Gov. Hogan (MD) about its regional significance as it grows in the Mid-Atlantic. A new McLean, VA office opens this fall, Richmond follows and its Baltimore space will double. Bipartisan consensus is rare in 2022!
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  • PRECO-MSE hosted Mayor Pilon at its suburban Montreal HQ to announce implementation of a Termacao TREE lithium-ion battery unit, a move toward decarbonization in construction.

Recognitions:
Giving back:
Anniversary:
  • Macro Enterprises LTD reaches 45 years in continuous operation. The Massapequa, NY-based pile driving contractor proudly drives timber, pipe, H-piles and more from its Long Island HQ.
People on the Move
Transitions:
  • J.W. Lodge promoted to CEO at Lodge Lumber Co. in Houston.
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  • Tommi Lehtonen appointed new CEO at Junttan.
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  • David Kesser becomes president at PVE Equipment USA, based in Jacksonville, FL.
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  • Jeff Dwyer named first CEO for Contractors Steel Co. parent UPG.
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  • Odaly Sanchoyerto elevates to FT project manager at ASAP Group in Miami.
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  • Elyse Simon named new sales support-accounting staff at J.D. Fields &
  • Company, Inc.
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  • Chuck Sornberger, P.E. moves to Meever USA Florida office for engineering, sales support.
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  • Nikeisha Balakrishnan graduates Purdue, secures design engineer job at Nucor.
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  • Ryan Moyers, P.E. joins the team at CRW Engineering in Anchorage, AK.
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  • Spiro Kola moves from intern to project manager at ECS Limited upon graduation from UF.
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  • Dan Russell elevates from technical services to sales engineer at GEOKON.
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  • Kathy Jarupakorn, Brandon Hansen onboard as staff engineers at PND Engineers, Anchorage.
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  • Pete Castro, P.E., G.E. joins Shannon & Wilson, Inc. in Portland as senior geotech.
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  • Mikaelah Hill parlays summer '21 internship into a full-time position as engineer at S&ME, Inc.
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  • Justin Hatton, Bryan Pina, Kaylee Ellerbe, Justin Calcagino, all new to Southern Earth Sciences.

Recognitions:
  • Mike Terrell reaches 35 years at Scott Bridge Company, Inc. in Opelika, AL.
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  • A pair of industry veterans celebrate 30 years at New Jersey-based Conti Enterprises, Inc.
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  • Ernie Nillen reaches his 40-year anniversary at Southern Earth Sciences' New Orleans office; colleagues Danny Keller makes 32 years, Shane George with 28 and
  • Larry Jackson has 24.
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  • Branyon Dodds, Kevin Tyler inked deals to continue employment with Company Wrench as part of a unique graduation "signing day" event held at an Ohio workforce center. Their employer was an event sponsor is it a surprise that it was also named a local Large Business of the Year?
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  • Larry Melton, MBA, PMP is vice chair of the Dewberry BOD; he was recently inducted into the 10th Annual Academy of Engineers at The Citadel where he graduated engineering school in 1984.
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  • James Williams, P.E. and Patrick Thurmond, P.E. of Eustis Engineering volunteered at Mudfest, a program of the Louisiana Children's Museum where kids learn about construction resiliency and driven pile foundations through interaction at mud stations.
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  • Shreyansh Paliwal, EIT is a young engineer of the year; James Bristow, P.E. earns ASCE distinction for community involvement. The gentlemen hail from Universal Engineering Sciences in Nevada.
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  • Joe Novak, a project engineer at GeoStructures, Inc., just passed the P.E. exam.
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  • Matt Smith of GZE GeoEnvironmental secures a P.E. license in the state of Vermont.
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  • Kenneth Chappell, a USMC combat veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and recent Citadel grad, earned his P.E. in South Carolina; he works for Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering.
On the Job
Baker GCI shares that its deep foundations team performed a test pile program for (two) 800-ton static load tests; it's part of the VG Plaquemines LNG project.
 
Blue Iron Foundations & Shoring uses its Giken silent piler to install 60 feet-long sheets, 45 feet below sea level in Norfolk, VA for a component of the expansive Hampton Roads Bay Bridge Tunnel project.
 
Foundation Constructors, Inc. uses a PileCo D 36-32 hammer to drive 111 each 12-inch by 60-foot PS/PC concrete piles at Coronado Island to build a new facility at the Navy base in San Diego.
 
Norwalk Marine Contractors makes progress on a new residential development in Stamford, CT. Crews have used their iconic Junttan rig to install timber piles for timber inclusions.
 
Orion Marine Group unleashes an extended American Piledriving Equipment 10-4 hydraulic impact hammer to drive a toe wall piling nearly 50 feet below the water surface at Seattle's port.
 
Pacific Pile & Marine secures new contract to rebuild Pier 58 on Seattle's waterfront; local rep Nam Nguyen of J.D. Fields & Company will supply the steel pipe pile for this high profile marine project.
 
Russell Marine LLC drives 18-inch pipes to build the future, Galveston home of Royal Caribbean's Allure.
 
Weeks Marine, Inc. completed infrastructure restoration at Ellis Island. Scope included refurbishment of a ferry slip, a new timber fender system and seawall fortification.
 
Hammer and Steel, Inc. equips the growing solar installation market; its SPD PM 85 solar attachment was spotted at a central Maine quarry driving more than 2,500 pilings for future energy generation.
 
Junttan USA puts its first hammer in Guam for the Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company/Weeks Marine subsidiary JV that is engaged to repair, modernize various structures on the U.S. Navy base.
 
CPS Houston, Inc. provided the fabrication, coating and delivery of 167 feet long, 18x1-inch pipe piles for business partners Kingwood Pipe and Russell Marine LLC. For perspective, we googled, and learned that 167 feet is equidistant to the combined elevation of the three drops that comprise Niagara Falls.
 
GeoQuip, Inc. supplies a vibro and a PileCo Inc. H35/50VT for pile installation at a new interchange off I-75 South of Tampa. Chris Lowe provides video of the job site called "Big Bend" in Riverview, FL.
 
ICE-International Construction Equipment dispatched a customized, 110 vibro/extractor to Missouri for pile driving at the I-70 Rocheport Bridge replacement near Columbia. The $240M project will optimize traffic safety with separate eastbound/westbound bridges serving more than 12 million drivers a year.
 
Lloyd Engineering, Inc. is consulting on a timber piling remediation job along the banks of the Mississippi River. The construction team is applying a concrete wrap to the beams.
 
Universal Engineering Sciences consults on pile installation at a Lakeland, FL residential development; timber pilings under concrete slabs were deemed the most cost-effective deep foundation solution.
Media Hits
Construction Dive publishes a roundtable on mental health and construction; among the panelists are SVP-safety Keith McCoy of Balfour Beatty U.S. and safety head Kris Manning at Clark Construction.
 
Crane Equipment Guide tells the story about C.D. Perry and its recent purchase of a Tadano telecrawler. Company VP Tyler Fane is quoted. Tyler, his master mechanic Morgan Waters and crane operator Todd Beauharnoir appear in a photo. An ICE-International Construction Equipment hammer is also spotted.
 
Florida Times-Union updates Hal Jones Contractor jobs: a rebuild of hurricane-damaged Jacksonville Beach Pier, and new riverfront "day docks" in Downtown Jax. Is HJC using Trevor Lawrence's PR team?
 
Marine Construction Magazine features two senior project engineers at McCarthy in a special section highlighting women in the industry; Jaqueline Martinez and Valeria Zebrowski are quoted in a Q&A.
 
10/12 Industry Report serving the Baton Rouge region publishes comments from Ben LeBlanc, CEO at Patriot Construction & Industrial, LLC; he shares observations on the current business climate.
 
Waterways Journal writes about a new towboat that Canal Barge Company added to its fleet. The vessel name is mv. Lizzie Lan Peus, a salute to the granddaughter of the New Orleans company founder.
 
CNBC: Mad Money host Jim Cramer interviews Nucor CEO Leon Topalian about a new acquisition, C.H.I. Overhead Doors. Maybe with a 25-ton steel purchase, they'll throw in a new shop door?
 
The Globe and Mail of Toronto publishes a fascinating piece on Samuel Roll Form Group's parent. The title sets it up: 167 Years, Five Generations, Zero Family Drama: What is Samuel, Son & Co.'s Secret?
Notes from the Field
It's safer than a casino outing on the Missouri Belle (Ozark, anyone?) As far as team-building events go, the Trinity Products Ryder Cup was an elaborate and successful event, according to Luke Crump, who played for the winning golf team. Over three days, all staff from both the pipe and new plate divisions gathered in St. Louis for competitive golf along with company fellowship.
 
Steer clear of pile pirates We detect careful wording in a J.D. Fields & Company social media post. The photo is identified as in the Caribbean, but the author obscures the exact whereabouts of a barge carrying Fields' full-length steel pipes. This leads us to believe they are mitigating pile piracy danger.
 
What about the dam inspection at the nudist colony? Ask staff at GZA GeoEnvironmental in New Jersey for the punchline. Due to COVID mitigation protocols, the firm officially reopened all offices this spring. The fun committee at the Fairfield, NJ office held theme days for the first week; cornhole, cowboy boots and wisecracks ruled the office suite. Nudist humor was included.
 
A-listers congregate at PDCA-influenced raceway We told you that Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) consulted on the new Formula One racetrack which held its inaugural race in Miami in May. Celebrities flocked to the event; Michael Jordan, Hailee Steinfield, Ashton Kutcher, Ed Bisono, Patrick Mahomes, David Beckham and Tom Brady, among them. Can F1 compete with NASCAR in the U.S.?
 
We're still in disbelief that the May Pile was the first newsletter to receive zero "unsubscribes." Perhaps it just wasn't worth the click? But thank you. We appreciate your continued readership and content contributions. Without you, this newsletter doesn't exist. If you're a regular reader of "A Pile of News" but not a PDCA member, the time to JOIN PDCA is now. We will be introducing all Q2 new members in next month's edition. Complete the Membership Application and send it in today!
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