If you read the blog post about it on this website earlier this month, you might recall that PDCA announced that it would be going 'LIVE and on-location' from a member office to originate a webinar for the first time in the history of PDCA virtual learning. As it turns out, hosts Bill and Brooks Crossman at Atlantic Metrocast, Inc. who hosted the PDCA's Frank Peters and Kathy Harper to conduct the August installment of the PDCA 2022 Value Driven Webinar Series, are close business associates of Dr. John Ryan, P.E. (pictured), the subject-matter expert who presented the virtual program. The assistant professor of civil engineering at The Citadel gave a one-hour presentation entitled Case Study of Prestress Concrete Piles as a Value Engineered Seismic Solution to PDCA members who registered for the webinar which took place during the afternoon of August 11th. Attendees earn 1 hour PDH.

The Crossman's traveled from out of state to their Portsmouth, VA prestressed concrete production facility on that Thursday to welcome the PDCA education team. As they assisted with the conference room set up, they were pleased to learn that it was Dr. Ryan who would be appearing virtually from South Carolina. Likewise, Dr. Ryan was surprised to find out that his program would originate from the office of his long time business associates, and gave Bill a warm shout-out before delivering his presentation.

The PDCA 2022 Value Driven Webinar Series continues on September 8th when attendees will hear a one-hour program at 2:00 PM EDT entitled The Use of Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Piling Applications. Interested members can register for this FREE program and earn 1 hour PDH; non-members too, can attend for the nominal charge of $50. PDCA thanks the THE 2022 Series sponsors Hammer & Steel and Pat DiCerbo/Northwestern Mutual for the underwriting and the hundreds of people who have participated in this ongoing virtual education program to date. REGISTER HERE.

Scenes from Atlantic Metrocast, Inc. in Portsmouth, VA when PDCA delivered the 2022 Value Driven Webinar Series.