1. Regional Planning Discussion
Jason Hewatt
Forterra
Technical Resource Engineer

2. Agenda Gather the Troops Preliminary Planning Crossing the Goal Line
Questions
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3. Gather the Troops State Association, State Engineer or Members Only?
Include All ACPA member companies
Call a face to face meeting
Suggested quarterly
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4. Preliminary Planning Develop your strategy by using the Checklist
Set a Budget
Set meetings with key DOT Officials and Consultants
Regional Training
Concrete Pipe Week
Plant Tours
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5. Checklist
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7. Set a Budget All member companies need to commit to pay their share
Expenses to be split evenly among all members
Even they don’t participate in the event
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8. Set meetings with key DOT Officials and Consultants
Start meeting with the key decision makers and building relationships
Develop intentional relationships
Meet as a group or as many members as possible
There is power when meeting as the ACPA
Suggested quarterly meetings with DOT
Join engineering associations such as ASCE, ACEC and ASHE
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9. Regional Training
Plan Regional Training to be held across the state with at least 4 locations depending on size of the state
Reach out to key contacts to plan the training
DOT will have LTAP or some type of training coordinator
Also contact the State Construction Engineer
Contact the Road Builders Assoc. and the Utility Contractors Assoc
Secure locations and food for the training
Most DOT’s have training facilities
Hotels can be a good source as well
Donuts and Box Lunches are great ideas
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12. Concrete Pipe Week
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14. Plant Tours
Plan at least one Plant Tour per year that is a joint event among all members
These tours should be geared towards key DOT and Political figures
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15. Crossing the Goal Line Set Realistic Goals and Timelines
Keep the group accountable and stay on task
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