Gulf Coast Chapter Clay Shoot Brings Hot Temps, Competition

PVE Equipment USA, among the shooting station sponsors, featured a water-landing for busted clays. 

On August 25th, the Bridgeview Gun Club in Port Allen, LA hosted the Gulf Coast Chapter Clay Shoot, followed by its 3rd quarter meeting. More than 50 attended the event which featured 13 shooting stations at which teams competed against one another for the top score. Here's a group photo of the participants before the temperatures surged and competition escalated:

In addition to shooting clays, participants enjoyed breakfast, courtesy of Premier Geotech and Testing, which also brought a cooling station to the shooting course offering shade and water. Later, lunch was courtesy of H&E Equipment.

Gold Sponsors were PVE Equipment USA, Eustis Engineering, Premier Geotech and Testing, Gulf Coast Pre-Stress Partners. Silver Sponsors were Orion Marine, Dunham Price Concrete Products, PDCA, Pile Solutions. See their signs that decorated several shooting stations.
Dunham Price
Orion Marine
PDCA
Gulf Coast Pre-Stress Partners

Premier Geotech and Testing

Eustis Engineering

The Chapter's business meeting took place in a shelter house on Bridgeview's grounds, following lunch and refreshments. This time was also spent recognizing the winners in the team and individual competitions.


Team winners!
1st Place: Landon Meyer, Travis Parker, Hunter Landry, Scott Callaway
2nd Place: Brent Guthrie, Jeff Hastings, Daniel Sprunk, Kirt Jackson
3rd Place: Coy Duplechain, Kevin Gourgues, Dylan Andre, Ronnie Hoefeld
Honorable Mention: the gutsy dragonflies! (unofficial)

Individual winners
Top Shot: Brian Held
Bridgeview Gun Club female record-breaker: Rachel Bache (9)

Among the news from the meeting, the 4th Quarter meeting will return to the Gold Nugget Casino in Biloxi. At that time, the Chapter will elect 2024 officers. (Below, the 2023 officers VP Tony Sepulvado, Sec. Heath Stevens, Treas. Brent Guthrie, and Pres. Dylan AndrĂ© huddle before the Clay Shoot)

More news from the Chapter meeting, it was announced that the 2024 Engineers Conference is scheduled for March 14, 2024, at L'Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge; it will be preceded by a crawfish boil at nearby Pointe Marie.

Browse the following PHOTO DUMP from the Gulf Coast Chapter Clay Shoot:

 

Posted in Chapter News Gulf Coast.

2023 Project of the Year Award Winners Span U.S.; Alaska to the Everglades

All smiles for the piling pros at Forefront Deep Foundations who were at their respective Southern California jobsites when news broke that they won a Project of the Year Award!

The PDCA Project of the Year Award celebrates the very best in deep foundation construction each year and is the premier recognition from the Pile Driving Contractors Association. The 2023 program attracted the most entries in history, signifying that the eventual winners were able to overcome, in most cases, stiff challenges from competing submissions. This year, eight member companies learned their entries in the categories of Land, Marine, Earth Retention, and Associate/Engineering won the top endorsement from the Judge's Panel, a collection of some of the industry's most revered pile driving professionals.

PDCA thanks the dozens of entrants in the 2023 program and encourages all members to participate in the program next year. Your project that finishes by December 31st, qualifies for the 2024 program; be sure to watch your inbox for details about next year's competition. You make the pile driving industry better when you broadcast your work that exemplifies unique design, problem solving, value engineering, cost savings, driven pile application, and/or end-user benefits.

Meantime, a resounding 'CONGRATULATIONS!' to all the 2023 winners who were revealed in Issue #4 PileDriver magazine. Click the link to read more about each project. If you're looking for the CliffsNotes version, you can see the following display of graphics highlighting each winning project!


Posted in PDCA Awards.

SC Chapter: Previews Next Prez, Hears About New Machinery, Honors Edwards

South Carolina Chapter Founder Harry Robbins honors original and current Chapter Secretary/Treasurer, Andrea Edwards during 8/10 meeting.

In an ongoing effort to recognize some of the deep foundations industry professionals who have significantly contributed to the advancement of the driven pile throughout the Southeastern U.S., the PDCA South Carolina Chapter stepped away from the large pool of consequential retirees to honor one of its MVP's who remains gainfully employed in the timber piling industry as a Division Administrator at Koppers Utility & Industrial Products. Andrea Edwards (pictured) has been a reliable supporter and volunteer with the Chapter, having served as the first, and only Secretary/Treasurer the organization has ever known. During the August 10, 2023, 3rd quarter Chapter Dinner Meeting in Charleston, Chapter founder Harry Robbins surprised Andrea by introducing the original (and current,) bean-counter as the latest honoree to earn the Harry Robbins Chapter Award. Andrea later told us that whe was "shocked" that they kept her award a secret. She then exclaimed, "But I do appreciate the recognition from this group of sweethearts, even Harry!" 


Also notable at the meeting, Chapter Vice President Pete Adams (pictured) presided over his first meeting while President John King was out of state on personal business. Pete has enthusiastically taken on a leadership role with the Chapter and takes the reigns of the presidency, effective January 2024.

In addition to the social hour, the generous buffet spread of authentic southern cookin', and ample opportunity for networking among attendees from throughout the local industry, Chapter members heard a presentation from Jonathan Tremmier of Pile Hammer Equipment who introduced the assembly to a new, low overhead piling attachment offered through his equipment manufacturing company; as he dicussed, it is ideal for use on forklifts and excavators. 

The PDCA South Carolina Chapter thanks event sponsors, Koppers, Nucor Skyline, Junttan, Palmetto Pile Driving, Inc. ECS Limited, International Construction Equipment, and Van-Smith Concrete. The next meeting of the Chapter is in November when it awards a lucrative scholarship to a student at The Citadel.
 

Posted in Chapter News South Carolina.

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