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President’s Message
by Robert Piceno
As we continue through what so far seems to be a fast paced year we are only a few weeks away from our annual awards event that will occur on May 8th. I continue to talk about the event in anticipation of how good it will be. Our awards committee has been working extremely hard and putting in a lot of time to make sure that this year’s awards banquet is better than the last years. Jeff Ferris of Propex Concrete Systems, who is heading up the committee, continues to bring great information to each board meeting. This past meeting he brought up the idea of another award “The People’s Choice Award”. If your project was submitted you have the opportunity to vote via text. The winner of this award will be decided by text message votes, so spread the word and text your vote for your project and we’ll see you there to collect your award.
The program we held last month brought to the fore front a lot of good information pertaining to stimulus plan and beyond. Our speakers Tom Tietz and Jack Boda both did a fabulous job informing the audience on a number of things such as the impact of the national economy and trends, background and projections for California, overview of the Regional economy and how this impacts our San Diego transportation industry and how the San Diego Region proposes to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. I want to once again thank both Tom and Jack for being able to take the time out of their busy schedules and present us with the information that is reflecting our industry now and in the future.
As I near the completion of my term as ACI San Diego Chapter President I reflect back on the past year and the many rewards it brought, from meeting a number of new people in the industry to having the opportunity to work with a talented group of board members who all worked very hard to bring the best information to us in San Diego. Heather Caya, I can’t thank you enough for your patience and all you do in helping this chapter run smooth.
Thank you all for the great experience and I’ll see you around.
Be Safe,
