The PDCA SouthCarolina Chapter once again proudly sponsored the GeoCarolinas Conference reception a highlight of the two-day technical program held Sept. 30Oct. 1 at the Hilton Charlotte Airport.
Chapter board members Jason Moore (Palmetto Pile Driving, Inc.) and Gregory Canivan, P.E. (S&ME) represented Chapter leadership, joining nearly 275 conference attendees from across North and South Carolina. Many of the attendees represented PDCA member companies, while others were individual PDCA members from universities and governmental agencies.
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GeoCarolinas is a program of the GeoInstitute Carolinas Chapter of ASCE that takes place in Charlotte, every 18 months. As organizations with similar objectives, and many shared members, PDCA South Carolina is proud to support the GeoCarolinas Conference, which brings the deep foundations community together for impactful education and quality networking.
The organizing committee for GeoCarolinas includes several representatives of PDCA member companies, including Duane Bents, PE, from Morris-Shea Bridge Co., Billy Camp, PE, BC.GE, from Kiewit, Lilma Schimmel, PE, MSCE, from S&ME, and Thomas Wells, PE, DBIA from Terracon. Along the other members of the organizing committee, this group has grown GeoCarolinas into a premier learning event for the regional deep foundation community, since its inception in 2017.
The GeoCarolinas 2025 Conference featured 12 different sessions over two days; several session presenters were experts in their field who hail from PDCA member companies. Attendees heard talks by Aaron Mann of Terracon, Damian Siebert of Haley & Aldrich, Dr. Graham Elliott of Schnabel Engineering, Paul Axtell from Dan Brown & Associates, Mary Nodine from Morris-Shea Bridge Company, and PDCA Academic Employee member Dr. Anne Lemnitzer from University of California-Irvine.
