Insert local association INSERT (Local Member or State Association) LOGO! Insert member Insert local association Insert other www.concrete-pipe.org

Why are we here? Introduce Our Companies and Our Association 2 Why are we here? Introduce Our Companies and Our Association Our Industries Importance to your Community & State Economy Explain why Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) the BEST choice for your community www.concrete-pipe.org

WHO ARE WE (insert your own info below) The Florida Concrete Pipe Industry PRODUCERS OF RCP = 13 Production Facilities across the State of FLORIDA CEMEX Hanson Pipe and Precast Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Div. U. S. Concrete Pipe, Inc. Tri-County Concrete Associate Members (Supply Products and Services) Besser, Eastern Portland Cement, Florida Crushed Stone, Hamilton Kent, Insteel Wire, Ivy Steel & Wire, Hawkeye www.concrete-pipe.org

We Are In or Near Your Community? NOTE- Insert/Attach Map of Florida with location of all 13 production facilities highlighted! www.concrete-pipe.org

Contact Us! Florida Concrete Pipe Institute 3030 Dade Avenue, Orlando, FL 32804 407-895-0622 www.fcpi.org American Concrete Pipe Association www.concrete-pipe.org www.concrete-pipe.org

Economic Health of Your Community is Important to US! Reinforced concrete pipe utilizes local raw materials. It is manufactured and transported by people that most likely live and pay taxes in the community served by the concrete pipe facility. Incomes generated by a concrete pipe facility tend to support other community services and businesses that benefit from the overall legacy of high performance local storm sewers. The economic health of a community is an important and correct consideration that policy makers, engineers and designers must weigh when specifying storm sewer materials and products. www.concrete-pipe.org

RCP Industry Economic Impact Plants in 13 Cities/Counties Over 1,700 Families Represented by our Employees An additional 1,000 residents employed by other suppliers and support facilities that serve our facilities www.concrete-pipe.org

Impact Our Raw Materials – Rock, Sand, Cement, are provided by other FLORIDA Companies, We support local companies that provide other services, goods, and transport materials to and from our facilities Estimated Economic Impact to the State of Florida = $300,000,000/Year Our Companies and Employees Pay Taxes = We directly contribute working capital to the cities, counties and to the state of Florida www.concrete-pipe.org

Why is RCP Best Choice for Your Community? A Common Sense Approach to Pipe Material Selection www.concrete-pipe.org

Important Considerations What do I need a buried pipe system to do? Can the product meet all needs? Can the product be installed correctly with a limited amount of inspection? Is it safe for the end user? (Low liability & risk to owner –(city, county, state) Asset management consideration -will this asset hold its values and not contribute to other asset maintenance or pre-mature failures? Will our standards set the bar high and instill confidence of the tax-payer? www.concrete-pipe.org

Conduit What do you need a pipe to do? Buried Pipe Structure www.concrete-pipe.org

RCP Meets the Needs Structure Conduit Concrete Pipe www.concrete-pipe.org

? ? Conduit Flexible Pipe Structure By Low Bidder www.concrete-pipe.org

Structure Confirmed before Shipment 60” RCP is tested before it leaves the point of manufacture to prove it can carry the load of a loaded tractor and trailer with no lateral support This fact and proven service life should give you clear understanding of differences of RCP vs. flexible pipe. www.concrete-pipe.org

Pipe Different Means Installation Must be Different www.concrete-pipe.org

COMMON SENSE? RCP structure built & confirmed before arriving at job site Flexible pipe structure built at job site What does that mean with respect to required inspection? www.concrete-pipe.org

Inspection During Construction During Install Flexible Pipe = confirm design calcs + Firm Foundation + Homed joints + Structure/Design must be confirmed IN FIELD by compaction testing of pipe envelope material (the structure) RCP = check class matches plan design (structure confirmed at plant 3EB) + Firm Foundation + Joints in home position before backfill placed Backfill for flexible pipe = Structural Integrity of the flexible pipe system! www.concrete-pipe.org

Post Installation Inspection Flexible check deflection 100% of pipe (over deflection will lead to failure) Suggest L/V for 30” and smaller Rigid visual inspect 100% Video 30” and smaller We are not concerned about critical inspection of our product www.concrete-pipe.org

Safety RCP = Structural failures are very rare CMP = Loss of pipe wall due to rust, will lead to failures Plastic = structural failures are common Health of installed HDPE in KY, OH, and TX reports available www.concrete-pipe.org

Asset Management LOWEST LIFETIME COSTS = Proven Useable Life + low maintenance + low repair or rehabilitation cost + low risk of unexpected failure RCP – PROVEN 100 YR Service Life RCP if installed properly = No Maintenance Cost If RCP Damaged during construction or in future most repairs can be made in pipe wall without replacing pipe RCP = Lowest Risk of unanticipated failure www.concrete-pipe.org

Set The Bar High! Future generations deserve the best effort by today’s decision makers, so they are not burdened with the cost of our country’s current appetite for fast, easy, and cheap goods and services. It is the combined duty and effort of our policy makers, consulting engineers, and engineers serving our municipalities and state governments to provide the strongest, longest-lasting, and most cost-effective infrastructure in the world. Providing good pipe selection criteria, specifications, and technical installation details do no harm to anyone as long as all are made to follow same rules. The desire for developers to work and develop properties in your community is much more about people (their customers) wanting to live and be part of your community than about how cheap they can develop their property. www.concrete-pipe.org

Quote - It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot-it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And, if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better. JOHN RUSKIN 1819-1900, renowned English critic, social commentator, and economist of the Victorian Age www.concrete-pipe.org