PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
PILE DRIVING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
ISSUE 6 2020 | Volume 17, No. 6
Published for
33 Knight Boxx Road, Suite 1
Orange Park, FL 32065
Phone: 904-215-4771
Fax: 904-215-2977
Web: www.piledrivers.org
Email: info@piledrivers.org
Published by
140 Broadway, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Toll-free phone: 866-953-2189
Toll-free fax: 877-565-8557
Web: www.lesterpublications.com
President Jeff Lester
Publisher Jill Harris
Sales & Art Director Myles O’Reilly
ADVERTISING
Quinn Bogusky, Walter Lytwyn,
Louise Peterson, Bilal Rana
EDITORIAL
Editor Lindsay Risto
DESIGN & LAYOUT
Senior Graphic Designer John Lyttle
Advertising Coordinator Leticia Abas
Online Media Designer Mark Aquino
DISTRIBUTION
Administrative Assistant Maryanne Li
© 2020 Pile Driving Contractors Association.
All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not
be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the
prior written consent of PDCA.
PileDriver magazine is published six times per year.
Visit the PDCA website at www.piledrivers.org for more
information or to download an advertising media kit.
Individual articles can be provided upon request to the PDCA
office. Requests should be submitted to PDCA via email at
info@piledrivers.org or by calling 888-311-PDCA (7322).
Please contact us by mail at:
33 Knight Boxx Road, Suite 1, Orange Park, FL 32065
Phone: 904-215-4771 | Fax: 904-215-2977
or by email at info@piledrivers.org
Statements of fact and opinion are the responsibility of
the authors alone and do not imply an opinion on the part
of the officers or members of the Pile Driving Contractors
Association. Materials may not be reproduced or translated
without written permission. Direct requests for reprint
permission should be made to the executive director of the
Pile Driving Contractors Association.
Printed in Canada.
Please recycle where facilities exist.
By Jason Moore, President, PDCA
In January, the PDCA Board of
Directors met in Charleston, S.C. for
the 2020 Strategic Planning Meeting.
We walked away with three themes: manage
the structure and finances of the association
for continued growth, expand
membership through local chapter initiatives
and strengthen the PDCA standing
committees.
We had no idea that we’d be reorganizing
each of these goals three months later
around a pandemic.
Optimist: “Frank, we’ve just got to get
through the next six to eight weeks.”
Realist: “Jason, things are never going to
be the same, and we need to be thinking
about how that impacts our current
and future plans.”
PDCA Board of Directors March
2020 filter:
• Without unnecessarily affecting member
experience or value, cut expenses.
• Wherever possible, create opportunities
for connection and further involve our
members in the work of the association.
• Use the shutdowns as an opportunity
to develop new skillsets and capacities.
When it’s all over, let’s not look back and
find that we wasted any time.
By all accounts, 2020 could be expected
to deal a crippling blow to most associations.
Understanding that the full effects
of the coronavirus on associations won’t be
known for years, I am excited to report that
PDCA is financially healthy and continues
to invest in its future. The association’s
education, outreach and network offering
looked more different than we could ever
have anticipated, but PDCA will finish 2020
on high notes, including a positive income
and increased member participation in
association activities.
The lifeblood of the association is active
membership participation and healthy
relationships. How do we accomplish that
in a year when relationships are on hold all
over the world?
• Five annual conference webinars, which
included more than 10 hours of fantastic
education and quality music (cue Frank’s
Pandora account with ads)
• A virtual DICEP program, including
presentations on steel sheet pile
design and installation (be sure to
catch Gerry McShane’s Fast and
Furious reference by viewing the
webinar at www.piledrivers.org)
and wave equation analysis (I was pleasantly
surprised by the number of folks
sending me questions to post so that they
wouldn’t be seen as “that guy,” which tells
me the content nailed a specific need)
1995 – 2020
Adapt and
Overcome
michelangelus / 123rf
www.piledrivers.org PILEDRIVER | 7
/www.piledrivers.org
link
/www.lesterpublications.com
/www.piledrivers.org
link
/www.piledrivers.org
/www.piledrivers.org
/www.piledrivers.org
/www.piledrivers.org
/www.lesterpublications.com
link
link
link
