QUOTING PDCA PRESIDENTS
Q4 2010
Don Dolly
“M any feel that the level of risk in the construction industry
is inherent and cannot be avoided. On the contrary,
some feel that the high risk of the construction business
keeps would-be competitors at bay. All that may be true;
however, as the global economy is precariously hanging
on to perceived recovery, owners and contractors
alike are finding ways to diffuse risk by contractually
delegating it to others.”
Q1 2011
Don Dolly
“S afety goals and compliance mandates are appropriate
and necessary, but without an underlying safety culture
they are doomed to fail. A job site can be entirely
compliant with the safety code, and yet a crewperson
breaks their finger setting a choker.”
Q2 2012
Buck Darling
“ I have always told anyone who
would listen why and how I came
to be a member of PDCA. It was
always about being a part of the
bigger picture and giving back
to the industry that has given so
much to me and my family.”
Q2 2011
Buck Darling
“C hange. A simple six-letter word that is anything but
simple. To some, it strikes fear in the heart for what lies
ahead. How will I adjust? Will I be able to do my job under
the new circumstances? Other, more adventurous spirits
accept change as an ever-present entity that for the most
part is to be embraced and strived for. In this uncertain
economic and political age, change is happening
nationally and globally on an unprecedented scale
whether we like it or not. Anybody’s view of the future is
largely determined by which side of the change fence
they stand on.”
Q4 2011
Buck Darling
“S omehow we have to get off dead center to solve the
woes of the country. I fervently hope that both sides can
maintain a civil discourse on the way to cure what is ailing
the country at this time. The last thing we need is further
division of the great people that make up the U. S. of A.
Change is coming. On that subject there is no debate.
Don’t sit this one out waiting for others to do it for you.”
Q1 2012
Buck Darling
“I f I am to provide any kind of legacy for the PDCA, I would
want it to be that I did nothing to hurt it, and that I have
done something to assure survival and prosperity for the
long run. Will PDCA survive and prosper? At this time
the answer is a resounding ‘you bet’cha dupa brother!’
Nothing else is acceptable.”
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