
Don't wait until you arrive at the Conference and pick up your bag that contains the schedule, the day-to-day summary is here!
February 4-6, 2025
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort / San Antonio, TX
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
1:00 PM 4:00 PM Registration Open
2:00 PM 4:00 PM PDCA Standing Committee Meetings
6:00 PM 9:00 PM Annual Conference Opening Reception Western Theme (outdoors)
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Annual Conference Opening Ceremony
8:30 AM 9:30 AM Opening Keynote: Five Principles of Elite Performance LT Jason Redman, Retired Navy Seal **All conference attendees, guests, exhibitors, etc. are highly encouraged to attend** Diamond Sponsor: Equipment Corporation of America (ECA)
9:45 AM 10:30 AM Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Ceremony & Ribbon Cutting
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Concurrent Elective / Breakout Sessions
- Building Bridges The Power of Networking in Business Kena Yoke, Vice President, Island Piling Session Sponsor: Lodge Lumber
- Can Driven Pile Drive Sustainability? Only with your help! Chris Nelsen, Senior Project Engineer, Delve Underground
- Advancement in Concrete Cutting & Removal Belin Wills & Ronnie Wills, Aggregate Technologies
- Advancements in Hydraulic Hammer Technology and Pile Driving Data Recording Dave Brown, Dawson Construction Plant
- Automatic Drive Log Saximeter-Q Wayne Dalton, Vice President, Pile Dynamics, Inc.
- Enhanced Versatility with Side Grip Pile Driving Heidi Danbrook, Gilbert Products
12:00 PM 12:50 PM Importance of Measuring Structural Response as a Result of Pile Driving Vibrations: Case Study Dr. Cathy Martin, President, Aimone Martin Associates Session Sponsor: OTTO Fabricators, LLC
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Lunch w/ Exhibitors
2:15 PM 3:15 PM Pile Driving and Coastal Storm Risk Management Projects COL George H. Walter, Commander and Division Engineer of the Southwestern Division (SWD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Session Sponsor: Heron Wolf
3:15 PM 3:30 PM Break (no exhibits)
3:45 PM 4:45 PM Concurrent Elective / Breakout Sessions
- Building Bridges The Power of Networking in Business Kena Yoke, Vice President, Island Piling Session Sponsor: Lodge Lumber
- Can Driven Pile Drive Sustainability? Only with your help! Chris Nelsen, Senior Project Engineer, Delve Underground
- Installation of Interlocked Pipe Pile Walls in Low Headroom with Press-in Piling Takefumi Takuma, Giken America Corp.; Michael Carter, Blue Iron Foundations and Shoring, LLC
- Remote Testing Capabilities with SiteLink Technology Brandon Phetteplace, GRL Engineers, Inc.
- Case Studies on Trench Screening during Vibratory Pile Driving Rick Sadler, ICEĀ® - International Construction Equipment, Inc.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
9:15 AM 9:30 AM Morning Announcements & Association Updates
9:30 AM 11:00 AM State of the Driven Pile Industry: Past, Present, & Future Panel Discussion Buck Darling, III, Herbert F. Darling, Inc.; Brian Heck, Richard Goettle, Inc.; Silas Nichols, FHWA; Rusty Signor & Clayton Signor, Texas Pile, LLC Session Sponsor: Koppers UIP
11:00 AM 1:00 PM PDCA Project of the Year & Association Awards Presentation Brunch