1. Matt Childs Hanson Colloquium May 2007
ACPA Toolkit
Matt Childs
Hanson Colloquium
May 2007

2. ACPA Executive Committee
Chairman Tom Wheelan
Past Chairman Lynn Schuler
Vice Chairman Bill Washabaugh
Secretary John Finch
Treasurer Mark Omelaniec

3. 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 ???

4. ACPA Strategic Plan Objective
Increase the market share for concrete pipe in public works

5. 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

6. ACPA Technical Committee
Design Data
Brochures
LCA, Cracking
Research
Box Culvert Shear
Excessive Compaction
Box Culvert Fatigue
Software
BOXCAR
Pipecar
DASH
PIPEPAC

7. ACPA Government Relations Committee
PAC
DC fly-ins
Prosperity Page
State Information Profiles
BIPAC
Statenet

8. 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

9. Safety & Environmental Committee
OSHA visits
EPA visits
Safety CPU
Safety Alerts
Safety Training at Production School

10. Manufacturing/Quality Committee
Plant Certification
Precast manual rewrite
Quality Aspects in Production CPU
Production School

11. ACPA Web Site Concrete-pipe.org Thepipeassociation.org.biz.com.net

12. Current Major Projects
Laser Video Research
Professional Membership
PAC fund raising
New Strategic Plan

13. Marketing Committee Media Task Group Municipal Task Group
Fall SCS Task Group
Special Projects Task Group
Implement Strategic Plan
Branding/Marketing Plan

14. 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

15. Toolkit Presentations Backup materials – brochures, etc.
All the tools to combat HDPE pipe

16. 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

17. Toolkit Topics
Examples