PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
steps now that are consistent with your personal
and corporate principles and sense
of responsibility. Regardless of how you’re
affiliated with the deep foundations industry,
you have experienced the pain associated
with periods of downtime or change that
were not utilized to better position yourself
or your company for future opportunities
or challenges. Let’s not let that be our story
when the challenges of 2020 are behind us.
The next right thing with PDCA
In my opinion, the relationships, education
and advocacy afforded by association
membership are key to assessing our current
position, recognizing opportunities (or
threats) and capitalizing on those opportunities
to their maximum potential.
PDCA is a member founded and lead
organization. We are contractors, subcontractors,
engineers, material suppliers,
equipment manufacturers, professional
service providers, professors and end users.
Because we love the people and the product,
some of us are retired and still volunteer
time in order to see the industry thrive.
If you’re not yet a member of PDCA, ask
questions, get to know the association, its
structure and people, and decide today to
take the step of joining the only association
in the world working to protect and promote
the driven pile market. To borrow a
line from our Northeast Chapter, we would
ask you to consider becoming an active
part of something greater than yourself.
For our members, we need to understand
that the highest value comes when
we are both working to meet the needs of
our individual companies and the industry
at large. A win for Palmetto Pile Driving at
the expense of the industry or association
is not a win. Conversely, when the industry,
association and its members succeed,
it’s almost always a win for Palmetto Pile
Driving. As we head into the last quarter
of the year, commit to working hard for the
industry win. Get involved in a committee,
and actively seek to understand where you
can help and participate. Yes, due to the
relationships you build and the opportunities
presented, your company will likely
benefit from your participation, but even
more, the industry will thrive as its members
take an active role in expanding its
influence and educating its shareholders.
The Education Committee has done a
fantastic job of transitioning our previously
planned in-person Annual Conference
and DICEP into high quality virtual presentations.
This committee understands
that educated engineers are more likely to
Are the vision and mission of
PDCA something you’d like
to help others recognize?
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