Pres. Buck Darling calls the Awards Ceremony to Order; the brunch event closed the 2025 Annual Conference
The 2025 PDCA Annual Conference concluded with an awards ceremony in which winners of 2024 Project of the Year Awards and Association Awards were recognized before attendees of a brunch event. President Buck Darling, Vice President Chris Normand, and Executive Director Frank Peters emceed the ceremony which included a pictorial video of Project of the Year Awards winners, special recognitions of individuals for notable service to PDCA, and prizes for those who played extraordinarily well during the golf tournament that started the 2025 conference.
See the following winners of the various awards that PDCA presented to close the 2025 Annual Conference:
2024 Project of the Year Awards Winners
 GZA GeoEnvironmental Winner: Associate/Engineering Affiliate for Back Cove West Storage Conduit |
 Orion Marine Construction Winner: Earth Retention: More Than $5M for Port Everglades Southport Turning Notch Expansion |
 Foundation Constructors, Inc. Winner: Land: $1M To $5M for Burlingame TopGolf USA |
 Cajun Industries, LLC Winner: Land: More Than $5M for Venture Global - Plaquemines LNG - Early Works Piling |
 Power Engineering Construction Winner: Marine: Less Than $5M for Berkeley Marina Timber Pile Replacement |
 Sealevel Construction Winner: Marine: More Than $5M for Inland LNG Pipeline Platforms |
 East Coast Marine Construction & Design Winner: Earth Retention: Less Than $5M for Hawaiian Inn Resort Restoration |
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For full coverage of the 2024 PDCA Project of the Year Awards program, including detailed articles about each project and plenty of photos from the various jobsites, please see PileDriver magazine Issue #4-2024.
2024 Association Awards Winners
Past President Brian Heck was recognized for an unprecedented three consecutive years service to PDCA as President. In addition to a special plaque commemorating his significant commitment to the organization, Executive Director Frank Peters presented him with not one, but two bottles of Blantons. However, one was empty. (You should have been there!) It was a special ceremony in which Brian was applauded by attendees in the near-capacity auditorium.
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More Association Awards...
 Scott Webster: Six years service as Treasurer of PDCA Board and Presidential Award for Distinguished Service |
 Kevin Gourgues: Three years service as Past President of PDCA Board and Contractor Distinguished Service Award |
 Matt Scerbak: John T. Parker Industry Ambassador Award |
 Tim Dutton: Associate Member of the Year |
 Dermot Fallon: Lifetime Achievement Award |
 Mohamad Hussein: Committee Chair of the Year |
 Mike Venezia: Dr. Frank Rausche Professional Engineers Service Award |
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2025 Annual Conference Golf Tournament Awards
 Erica Parker represents the golf team that finished in 1st place |
 Rudy Szymczak, Michael Muniz were on 2nd place team |
 Colby Blackman, Jeremy Davidson, Mickey Thatcher helped bring a 3rd place finish |
When the results from February 4th golf tournament were tabulated, the teams finished in the following order:
- 1st Place: Strider Noone, Erica Parker, Dean Abbondanza, Walter Van Zuthem
- 2nd Place: Mark Hunter, Michael Muniz, Andres Rodriguez, Rudy Szymczak
- 3rd Place: Brandon Bicknell, Mickey Thatcher, Colby Blackman, Jeremy Davidson
- Mens Closest to the Pin #3: Walter Van Zuthem
- Men's Closest to the Pin #16: Jimbo McKnight
- Men's Longest Drive #9: Dean Cacio
- Women's Longest Drive #18: Tina Peters
