PDCA NEWS
▼▼PDCA TO PRESENT SEMINARS
IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS
The PDCA Contracts and Risk Committee will present three topics
to PDCA members in Florida and Texas. All three topics will be
presented during the half-day seminar.
The Florida seminar will be held in Jacksonville on Thursday,
October 18, 2018, at the Jacksonville Marriott, 4670 Salisbury Rd.
The Texas seminar will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2018, in
S.E. Houston at the Marriott Houston South Hobby Airport, 9100
Gulf Fwy. Each seminar location will include the following topics:
•• Recovering for unforeseen conditions. Especially valuable
for those working below ground, this seminar thoroughly
discusses the Spearin Doctrine and the ability to recover
for unforeseen conditions in various regions of the country.
This seminar addresses all work that you may be required
to perform that goes behind the letter of the project’s
contract documents.
•• Key legal considerations when performing work under a
design-build construction contract. This seminar discusses
the keys to gaining strength of position in the negotiation of
a design-build contract and the types of claims for unforeseen
conditions that can and cannot be made under a designbuild
contract.
•• Understanding the Differences and Similarities Between
Driven Piles and Drilled Cast-in-Place. This seminar will
compare and contrast the two foundation systems.
The Contracts and Risk Committee chair, Alex Filotti
(Underpinning and Foundation Skanska) and co-chair, Richard
Kalson (Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff) will present
the first two seminars noted above and Karl Higgins (ECS Mid-
Atlantic, LLC) will present the third seminar.
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PDCA will also hold a chapter luncheon as part of the seminar
program to discuss the importance of the two chapters and
how PDCA members can support the chapter, get involved in its
growth and long-term sustainability and provide suggestions for
future events and activities. PDCA invites all PDCA members,
specifically those from the Florida and Texas areas to join us for
this program. All PDCA members are invited to attend at no cost,
but will need to register. Registration will open once details on the
site and venue are confirmed.
Sponsorships for these two programs will also be available
once those levels and costs are determined.
Any PDCA member interested in helping develop a new
leadership structure for the Florida or Texas chapter is encouraged
to contact PDCA executive director, Stevan A. Hall, in the
PDCA office, 904-215-4771, 888-311-PDCA (7322) or email
steve@piledrivers.org.
▼▼HALL APPOINTED TO NCCCO COMMITTEE
Stevan A. Hall, PDCA executive director, has been appointed to
the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators
(NCCCO) Pile Driver Management Committee. The role of the
Committee is to expand activities of the program, most notably
in the areas of management and growth. The first meeting of the
Committee will be Oct. 1, 2018.
▼▼PDCA TO LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
For the past few months, PDCA has been working on developing a
new PDCA website. The new website will have a brand-new look,
be more robust and provide PDCA members and guests with a
more dynamic experience than previously available. According to
Digital Trooper (website developer) and Pollyanna Cunningham,
PDCA Communications Committee Chair, the website is beginning
its final testing stages and will be going live before too long.
Watch www.piledrivers.org for the launch.
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