Matt Childs Hanson Colloquium May 2007 ACPA Toolkit Matt Childs Hanson Colloquium May 2007
ACPA Executive Committee Chairman Tom Wheelan Past Chairman Lynn Schuler Vice Chairman Bill Washabaugh Secretary John Finch Treasurer Mark Omelaniec
ACPA Staff President Childs, PE Controller Wendy Lambert Marketing Director Karen Hunter Marketing Wanda Cochran Admin Asst. Lahonda Holle Admin Asst. Susan Foster Graphic Artist Sheila Clevinger Dir. Technical Josh Beakley, PE Dir. Govt. Relations Mike Beacham, PE Dir. Engineering Kim Spahn, PE Eastern Regional Engineer Al Hogan, PE Western Regional Engineer Tom Finn, PE Central Regional Engineer ???
ACPA Strategic Plan Objective Increase the market share for concrete pipe in public works
ACPA Committees Marketing – Mike Kusch AASHTO Task Group – Roman Selig Government Relations – Oliver Delery Technical – John Finch Safety & Environmental – Rich Holston Manufacturing/Quality - Omelaniec Responsible for approximately 200 projects at one time
ACPA Technical Committee Design Data Brochures LCA, Cracking Research Box Culvert Shear Excessive Compaction Box Culvert Fatigue Software BOXCAR Pipecar DASH PIPEPAC
ACPA Government Relations Committee PAC DC fly-ins Prosperity Page State Information Profiles BIPAC Statenet
ACPA AASHTO Task Group Upcoming meetings AASHTO Bridge – July 8-12 Newcastle, Delaware ACPA Breakfast and Reception Mississippi Valley Conference – July 9-11 Minneapolis, Minnesota AASHTO Construction – July 29-Aug. 2 Biloxi, Mississippi ACPA Committee Week/Joints CPU SASHTO Annual Meeting – Huntsville, Aug. 3-8 AASHTO Materials – August 12-16 Lincoln, New Hampshire AASHTO Annual Meeting – Sep. 28 – Oct. 2 Milwaukee ACPA Fall Board Meeting
Safety & Environmental Committee OSHA visits EPA visits Safety CPU Safety Alerts Safety Training at Production School
Manufacturing/Quality Committee Plant Certification Precast manual rewrite Quality Aspects in Production CPU Production School
ACPA Web Site Concrete-pipe.org Thepipeassociation.org.biz.com.net
Current Major Projects Laser Video Research Professional Membership PAC fund raising New Strategic Plan
Marketing Committee Media Task Group Municipal Task Group Fall SCS Task Group Special Projects Task Group Implement Strategic Plan Branding/Marketing Plan
Strategic Plan Projects Regional Engineers Hire Central Region Engineer 5 Focus States per Engineer Northeastern Region Engineer next year Branding/Marketing Plan Political positioning Toolkit Further increase AASHTO activities
Toolkit Presentations Backup materials – brochures, etc. All the tools to combat HDPE pipe
Toolkit Topics Concrete Pipe Attributes Durability/Service Life Concrete Pipe Design Rigid v. Flexible Installation Post Installation Risk & Liability Concrete Pipe Evaluation and Repair Joints
Toolkit Topics Examples