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to Scott Callaway
PDCA interviews its immediate past president, Scott
Callaway, to reflect on his year leading the organization
DQuestions by Matt Bisbee, PDCA uring PDCA’s annual Strategic Planning meeting,
which took place in January in Charleston, S.C.,
PDCA’s 2019 president, Scott Callaway with Cajun
Industries, officially passed the gavel to PDCA’s 2020 president,
Jason Moore of Palmetto Pile Driving.
PDCA sat down with Callaway to gather his thoughts on his
presidential term and about other issues that affect PDCA and the
construction industry at large.
Individuals who serve in presidencies typically leave
a legacy. Tell us a little about what you set out to
accomplish in 2019 as PDCA president and what
legacy do you hope you’ve left behind?
SC: Going back to 2017, I was part of the Executive Committee
and we found out that Steve Hall would be retiring at the end of
2018. We decided that we needed to start the search for a new
executive director right away. To do that in an efficient manner
and find the right candidate, we used a consultant. We went
through that process and had the consultant narrow it down to
three or four candidates. The Executive Committee interviewed
those finalists and ultimately decided on Frank Peters as our
next executive director. I think part of the legacy that I hope to
leave is being part of finding Frank and leaving him in a position
to lead the organization.
The other part is that PDCA in the past has somewhat
struggled cooperating with other like-minded organizations. It’s
always been an idea of mine that we really needed to embrace
those relationships to be successful in the future. I think this
year the board and PDCA staff, especially Frank, have really
begun to pave the way in cooperating with those organizations,
such as DFI and ADSC.
In your opinion, what are the most immediate
challenges facing PDCA as it begins its 25th year
serving the driven pile industry?
SC: I think one of the biggest challenges is going to be meeting
expectations that members have in terms of the value that the
organization brings to them. The board, Executive Committee and
regular committees have a tough job to meet that expectation, and
the other organizations out there that we’re competing with also
bring a lot of value to pile driving companies. Meeting that expectation
and staying up to date with what our members expect is a
tough challenge.
The other challenge that I see is the rising threat of other pile
types and what those have against the driven pile. There are so
many competitive types of pile systems and drilled systems out
there now competing with the driven pile. And it’s challenging to
compete against that.
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