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President's Message
First and foremost, I sincerely hope that this message finds everyone safe following our collective encounter with Hurricane Irma. I'm sure you all had a similar experience to my own, in that it never seemed to end. Nearly two full days of non-stop rain followed by a horrendous night of vicious blowing wind. Incredible fury.
As we get ready to close the 3rd quarter and head into the home stretch for 2017, planning for 2018 and beyond is in ongoing. The summer convention helped Diep to get a much more rounded view of the organization, it's members, goals, and intended direction; and as I look back on the event a couple of things stand out.
Dan Juntunen, of Wells Concrete and PCI Chairman, as the breakfast speaker Friday morning was great, and I really enjoyed meeting Dan and spending some time getting to know him and his wife. I also was impressed at every turn by the level of detail that Diep and Tam Tu put into the planning and execution.
Take care in whatever cleanup and restoration efforts the storm brought onto you, and please reach out to us if we can help.
Lenny Salvo, President of the Board
Coreslab Structures (Orlando)
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I just wanted to take a short moment to echo Lenny's sentiment concerning the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
I hope that our family of precasters/prestressers are safe and recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Irma.
If your plant or operation is affected, I wish for a speedy and efficient recovery so we could get back to business and serving Florida construction industry with quality precast/prestressed concrete products. Please let me know if there's anything I could help.
Our Committee haven't met since the Summer Convention as Chairmen are working to prepare for the Strategic Planning Meeting slated for October. Committee meetings will resume after the Planning Meeting. We are always looking for active participation in our Committees, please let me know if you are interested in any of these areas; Membership, Education, Marketing, FDOT Liaison or the newly created, Associate Member.
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 PCI's Update
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From PCI President's Office
Write Your Member of Congress to Urge Delay of the OSHA Silica Rule for Construction
The deadline of September 23 for the enforcement of the new OSHA Silica Rules for Construction is fast approaching. Many industry groups including PCI have been urging the Administration to delay implementation and re-open discussion about the details of the regulation. Accomplishing this will require direct action by Secretary of Labor, Acosta. Since many industry groups are also party to the lawsuit attempting to overturn implementation, the best course of action is to ask your member of Congress to ask Secretary Acosta to intervene. The PCI Government Affairs Working Group has drafted a letter for PCI members to use to send to your member of Congress.
Click here for the letter. The letter will be most effective on your company letterhead. Adding specifics about the impact to your company would be ideal. PCI is asking all members to send the letter as soon as possible, in electronic format, asking your member of Congress to urge Secretary Acosta to intervene.
After the letter is sent, please let Arelys Schaedler, aschaedler@pci.org, on the PCI staff know that it has been sent so the PCI representatives in Washington can follow up on Capitol Hill.
The New Website is Here!
As promised, we delivered a new www.pci.org on Friday, September 1. As you recall, I challenged your staff with transitioning us to a new membership database, and relaunching a new website; and stepped up to the challenge they did! We are very pleased and excited that all the hard work that the PCI staff put into this website has paid off. I would like to thank the entire PCI staff for working diligently together, and making the new website a priority while still attending to our members, and focusing on our upcoming PCI Committee Days and Membership Conference.
We have seen positive feedback from members who have taken time to browse the pages, and we hope you find this website easier to navigate, and that you will enjoy the new look and feel of our "How Precast Builds" message. As with any new website, we are cleaning up and fixing any issues that arise. PCI has sent out a couple of email communications to our members with directions on first time sign in to the members only page; you can also find the instructions below. If you need assistance signing in you can reach out to membership@pci.org or call (312) 786-0300.
The new website was definitely time consuming and top priority for your PCI staff, but that did not take our attention away from the 2017 PCI Committee Days and Membership Conference. PCI has another great event ready for our members to attend October 4-7 in Rosemont, Ill. Along with committee meetings, we have Workforce Development Symposium, awards presentation at the Membership Luncheon, exhibitors, concrete chefs, and PCI Foundation, just to name a few. Looking forward to seeing all of you at PCI Committee Days and Membership Conference!
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NEW PCI WEBSITE SIGN-IN
We are very excited about the new pci.org! We will continue to work with the new PCI Membership Council to enhance the features of the members only side of the site, but understand some users have had trouble with their logins. We now have an easy fix for those who have not successfully created their online accounts:
To register your email: on the "Sign In" page you will need to select "Forgot username."You will then put in your email address in the pop-up box and submit. You will receive an email, from info@pci.org, with a link to the sign in page. You will need to click "Forgot password."
To reset your password: click on "Forgot password" type in your email as your username and submit. You will receive another email with instructions to reset your password. Follow the link, choose a password, and you will automatically be signed in to the PCI website immediately.
For questions on creating a new password, please email membership@pci.org, or call (312) 786-0300.
Note: PCI recommends that pci.org be whitelisted by your e-mail server to ensure delivery of all emails. The IP address to whitelist is: 204.178.115.109
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute's next free webinar is
"How Precast Builds - Hollow-Core Floors and Walls."
Join this webinar and learn how to design and build utilizing hollow-core floors and walls using precast, prestressed concrete. Attendees will come away with the ability to identify the different precast, prestressed hollow-core concrete systems. Learn about the inherent fire resistance of hollow-core, a major life-safety consideration. Explain the benefits of using precast, prestressed hollow-core concrete, and discuss the sound transmission class and speed of construction using hollow-core concrete.
Learning objectives are the following:
- understand fabrication techniques, erection procedures and transportation considerations for precast concrete hollow-core floors and walls
- become familiar with design and detail for hollow-core walls & floors including connections and economical layout considerations
- discover the benefits of using precast concrete hollow-core
- learn how to integrate hollow-core structural system with other building systems
Presenters:
Clinton Krell, Spancrete
Paul Kourajian, Molin Concrete Products Co.
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Producer Members
(For contact information, click
here)
Cement Industries - Ft. Myers
Coreslab Structures - Orlando, Tampa, Miami
Colonial Precast Concrete - Placida
Dura-Stress - Leesburg
Finfrock Industries - Apopka
Gate Precast Co. - Jacksonville, Kissimmee
Metromont Corp. - Bartow
Pre-Cast Specialties - Pompano Beach
Skanska Civil SE - Pensacola
Spancrete - Sebring
STABIL Precast Products - St. Petersburg
Standard Concrete Products - Tampa
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