Did you know...The PDCA South Carolina Chapter incorporated as a registered nonprofit organization 20 years ago this month and held its first
Membership Meeting on May 6, 2003. The Chapter affiliated with the international organization and was designed to provide a local presence that, to this day, serves and educates the driven pile industry primarily in
The Palmetto State while also reaching interested parties in North Carolina and Georgia.
The first meeting of the PDCA South Carolina Chapter was held at T-Bonz, a former steakhouse in Mount Pleasant, SC. The charter leadership team consisted of founding member and president
Harry Robbins of
Palmetto Pile Driving, vice president
John King of
Pile Drivers, Inc., and secretary/treasurer
Andrea Edwards of what was
Cox Industrial and today is
Koppers. The initial at-large board members included
John Parker of
Parker Marine Contracting Corp., Richard Gilbert of
Nucor Skyline Steel,
Bob Musselwhite of
Cape Romain Contractors, and
Keith Plemmons of
The Citadel.

While some of the founding members have entered retirement or moved on in different capacities, some of them are still active with PDCA today. Several of them participated in a Charleston golf outing this month and gathered to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the PDCA Chapter they established. And if you know anything about the PDCA South Carolina Chapter, you know that they are strong proponents of industry swag...and as you would expect, they produced a stadium cup to mark their two decades in existence.
PDCA thanks all current and former members of the PDCA South Carolina Chapter for its work in establishing a strong, singular voice for the driven pile in a critical, American marketplace. In addition to its work successfully building a robust coalition of contractors, equipment manufacturers, industry suppliers and civil engineers, it has also started and continues great industry traditions such as the
Annual Oyster Roast which draws attendees from throughout the eastern U.S. to Charleston every January. Make sure to watch the
PDCA Events calendar for upcoming dates for all PDCA Chapters.