February 13, 2007 “Walking On Water”

Our “Walking on Water” seminar was a great success and was well attended. We had a gentleman fly out from Arizona to attend. His company is very interested in Pervious Concrete. So this seminar was very informative for his association.

Other attendees included: ready mix suppliers, contractors and design engineers.

The true test of Pervious Concrete came when a bucket of water that was poured on a test slab and all the water came out of the bottom of the four inch thick slab.

A good time was had by all, and a lot of information and networking was accomplished.

Thank you to David Akers for a great presentation.

ACI San Diego Chapter
Lee Hubbard Concrete Constructor Award

This award honors either a construction company or individual who has advanced the art of concrete construction. There are no specific criteria. However, credit will be given for have membership in ACI. Submit narrative and supportive data or photos for consideration of receiving the award to ACI, San Diego Chapter, P.O. Box 12649, El Cajon CA 92022.

San Diego Chapter 2007 Programs

ACI Publications
For more information or to order in of the following publications call 248.848.3800.

546.3R-06: Guide for the Selection of Materials for the Repair of Concrete - This document provides guidance on the selection of materials for the repair of concrete. An overview of the important properties of repair materials is presented as a guide for making an informed selection of repair materials that are appropriate for specific applications and service conditions. To learn more or to order this document, go to 546.3R-06: Guide for the Selection of Materials for the Repair of Concrete. $56.50 (ACI members $34.00); Order Code 546306.EM.
Additional ACI Publications on Concrete Repair:

• 546R-04: Concrete Repair Guide
• 546.1R-80: Guide for Repair of Concrete Bridge Superstructures
• 546.2R-98: Guide to Underwater Repair of Concrete

ACI Career Center

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce the launch of the all-new ACI Career Center a new online resource designed to help you find the best job opportunities in the concrete industry. The new ACI Career Center provides:
FREE and confidential resume posting - Make your resume available to employers in the industry, confidentially if you choose.
Job search control - Quickly and easily find relevant industry job listings and sign up for automatic email notification of new jobs that match your criteria.
Easy job application - Apply online and create a password-protected account for managing your job search.
Saved jobs capability - Save up to 100 jobs to a folder in your account so you come back to apply when you are ready. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect with the industry’s best employers!

Job Opportunities

Inspectors / Technicians
MTGL is looking for experienced soil / materials technicians and inspectors. We are looking for qualified applicants to assist us with our up and coming projects.
The following is a list of positions currently available.

• Soil Technicians / Concrete Technicians
• Reinforced Concrete Inspector
• Reinforced Masonry Inspector
• Structural Steel Inspector
• Pre-Stress / Post Tension Inspector
• AWS / CWI -QC1
• Fireproofing Inspector

MTGL is a certified laboratory, and offers excellent pay and benefit programs. Call (858) 537-3999 or Toll Free (888) 844-5060. Set up an appointment and see what we have for you

ACI Announces New Free Student E-Membership Program

Please visit the new student website at www.students.concrete.org, and include details of this new program in any of your relevant communications.
If I can provide any additional information, please let me know.

Kevin P. Mlutkowski
Market Promotion & Research Analyst
American Concrete Institute
248-848-3716

New Membership Benefit

As a member of the American Concrete Institute, you are entitled to free downloads each year as part of ACI’s new membership enhancements. You can download from a large selection of ACI committee documents and articles appearing in ACI Materials Journal, ACI Structural Journal, Concrete International, Journal proceedings, and special/symposium publications as far back as the early 1900s. Visit ACI’s Free Downloads to learn more and begin downloading.
The number of free downloads per membership cycle depends on your membership level as follows:

• Three downloads for Individuals, Junior, and Student members
• Six downloads for Organizational members
• Ten downloads for Sustaining members

But wait, there’s even more!
These free downloads are one of a series of six new membership benefits designed to give you more of the tools, information, and contacts needed to excel. To learn more, visit ACI’s Membership Page. If you’re not currently a member of ACI, now is the best time to join - go to ACI’s Membership Benefits for a complete list of membership benefits and a link to an online application.
American Concrete Institute
Phone: 248-848-3800
E-mail: bkstore@concrete.org
Online: www.concrete.org

Deep Foundation Institute Events

March 2007 DFI Events…
Practical Deep Foundation Design & Construction for Seismic and Lateral Loads
March 23, 2007 Carlsbad, CA

Professionals from the Industry and Academia will present the state-of-the-practice in analysis, design, constructing, and testing of deep foundations subject to seismic and lateral loads.

DFI-GSE
Joint Seminar on Deep Foundations
March 27, 2007 Edmonton, AB, Canada

DFI and the Geotechnical Society of Edmonton, with support from the Soil Mechanics & Foundation Division of the Canadian Geotechnical Society are pleased to present a one-day Deep Foundations Seminar. A multi-national group of respected piling professionals will present the state-of-the-practice in analysis, design, construction, quality assurance and testing of micropiles, helical piles, drilled shafts, and driven piles.

Other Upcoming DFI Events…

Apr 19, 2007 Specialty Seminar: Driven Piles: Houston, TX

Apr 20, 2007 Drilled Shafts Constructability and Its Effect on Capacity Seminar: Houston, TX

May 11, 2007 Marine Foundations Seminar - Inland Waterways of the US: Chicago, IL

Jun 14-15, 2007 3rd Annual Soil Nailing Seminar: Boston, MA

Jun 22, 2007 Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Seminar: Miami, FL

Oct 11-13, 2007 32nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations: Colorado Springs, CO

DFI Outstanding Project Award Nominations
DFI announces it is now accepting nominations for the Annual Outstanding Project Award which will be presented at the 32nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations Awards Banquet on October 12th in Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Deadline: May 31, 2007
Eligibility:

• Nomination must be made by a DFI member.
• Full project must be completed within the past 5 years.

Judgment Criteria:

• Based on Foundation Design/Construction
• Ingenuity of Design,/Construction Technique
• How design/technique met owner’s needs
• How design /technique solved geotechnical conditions

Submission Requirements:

• One page summary of project
• Up to 10 prints of project photos and copies on CD
• Completed application form
• $50 application fee

For complete rules/guidelines and to obtain an application, click here.

Deep Foundations Magazine

Deep Foundations Winter 2007 issue available for download.

Featured in this issue…

• Cover story: “Marine Foundation Retrofit for the Richmond - San Rafael Bridge”
• Technical Article: “Nailed It! The Great Wall of the Chinese Embassy”
• 2006 Hal Hunt Lecture: “Communicating Risk - Post Katrina”

Interested in advertising in the Spring 2007 issue? Get information here…
Have interesting company news to share with the industry? - submit news now…
Have a Technical article you’d like to publish - submit yours for consideration as an upcoming centerfold article.

Bookmark the most recent DFI Update
www.dfi.org/eupdate/currenteupdate.html

Attention DFI Individual Members and Non-Members!!
DFI is updating its records in preparation for the release of the 2007 DFI Desk Directory. The directory is an important reference to the deep foundations industry, listing all DFI Corporate Member Organizations. Each company’s listing includes contact information, important contacts and a description of their services, materials and/or equipment offered.
http://www.dfi.org/eupdate/2005DeskDir.pdf
Don’t miss this opportunity to have your organization prominently displayed and on the desks of industry decision-makers.

Additionally, corporate membership gives your organization a listing on www.dfi.org; gives you the privilege to advertise in the quarterly magazine, Deep Foundations, entitles all employees to member pricing on event registrations and publication orders, plus many other benefits.
Now is the time for Individual Members to upgrade to Corporate Membership and Non-Members to Join.
Join DFI Here…

• Corporate
• Individual
• Membership Information

DFI Welcomes
New Corporate Members
Since November 1, 2006

ALMITA MANUFACTURING LTD.
BSP INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS LTD.
FRANKI AFRICA (PTY) LIMITED
MERLEX ENGINEERING LTD.
MOS GRONDMECHANICA BV
NATIONAL SHORING LLC.
SHORING ENGINEERS

Featured Industry Event…

GeoDenver2007
February 18-22, 2007
Denver, Colorado, USA

The Congress will provide consulting engineers, general contractors, sub-contractors, owners, educators, researchers and students with information about innovative and emerging technologies needed to advance geotechnical engineering and related disciplines. Short courses, workshops, plenary lectures, mini-symposia, panel discussions, and technical sessions in all fields of geotechnical engineering and related geo-professions as well as exhibits, a student competition, Geo-Jeopardy and post-conference technical Tours are included in the program.
Stop by DFI’s Cooperating Organization Exhibit Table.
Other Upcoming Industry Events

• Mar 28-31, 2007: PDCA 11th Annual Pile Driving Contractors Association Conference, Nashville, TN
• May 16-17, 2007: ASCE Met Section Geotechnical Group Specialty Seminar: Engineering of Geo-Hazards, New York, NY
• Jun 3-8, 2007: First North American Landslide Conference, AEG, Vail, CO
• Jul 25-28, 2007: ADSC Summer Meeting, Lake Tahoe, CA
• Oct 21-24, 2007: 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 8th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Specialty Conference, Ottawa Ontario Canada

Visit www.cgs.ca/cgsnews/enews for more CGS News.
ARE YOUR ORGANIZATION’S EVENTS LISTED? Get on the list!
DFI Educational Trust

Save the Date
Monday, July 16, 2007

2nd Annual
Outing Fundraiser
Chartiers Country Club
Pittsburgh, PA

Mark your calendars now to participate at this beautiful course and network with other members of the deep foundations industry while supporting the worthwhile goals of the DFI Educational Trust.
If you would like to volunteer your time as a member of the Outing Organizing Committee, please contact DFI headquarters at dfihq@dfi.org to learn more about how you can be instrumental in raising funds to create educational programs that instill an interest in heavy construction and civil engineering sciences in high school and college level students - the future of our industry!

by
Quinn McGuire

Last month I described some of the changes that are taking place within our chapter. Some of those changes are fueled by the ideas that came from those outside our chapter - such as other ACI chapters at a recent “chapter roundtable” meeting.

Several other changes are also fueled from new ideas spawned from within our chapter - such as your board members. For example, Charlie Gregg of Superior Ready Mix has championed a group that completely revamped our chapter brochure. It is designed to market our mission statement and chapter benefits to the industry in a more effective way. Mike Archibald of Morley Builders has brought focus, accountability and terrific results to the membership committee. Ed Trasoras of Southern CA Soils and Testing has brought zeal to the recruitment of new members and has been generous with his company’s lab and conference room for meetings.

Dave Wilson of MacTec has accepted the “ACI Reference Library” into his company’s conference room, which is in the process of being moved from the AGC Plan room. This reference library is available to all chapter members. Jeff Ferris of Propex Concrete Systems has brought experience, new ideas and drive to the awards committee that will help make this year’s program better than ever. The rest of the board, Larry Carlson and Rob Piceno of Vulcan Materials, Victor Klemaske of TB Penick and Sons, Bob Ashby of WR Grace, Greg Minga of Hanson Aggregates, Gordon Woodard of Southern CA Soils and Testing, and our student board member, Chad Closs of UCSD have all brought valuable ideas for improving the chapter for all members.

Change is also being fueled nationally at ACI. Historically, change in organizations like ACI and some others took place at the pace of glacier movement. Sorry, that might be a little strong. It actually occurred much slower than that. But now, there is a strong initiative locally and nationally to make that speed much faster - while still maintaining the integrity of ACI’s consensus process. This initiative has resulted in the creation of The Strategic Development Council (SDC), a wholly owned subsidiary of ACI. The SDC was developed to assist in the timely adoption of innovative technologies, problem resolution, and best practices. One of my colleagues, Bill Phelan, is an active member of the SDC and will deliver a presentation of current SDC activities to our attendees at the May Awards Banquet. This is one more reason that you do not want to miss this wonderful event!

In keeping with the mission of your local chapter, we are bringing new and exciting technical information and education to the local concrete design and construction industry. Recent dinner meeting topics have included Silica Fume in “crack-free” High Performance Concrete by Tony Kojundic of Elkem Materials and state of the art ideas of mitigating moisture
transmission through concrete slabs on ground by Ralph Godfrey.

Upcoming programs include, “Walking on Water” the latest on the design and construction of Pervious Pavements presented by one of our member engineers, David Akers of the CA Concrete and Cement Promotion Council - and believe me, there is a whole lot that is new on this subject! We’ll also host impressive programs on concrete restoration with epoxy injection by another of our engineer members, AB Bortolin of Sika. And, a “what’s new” in architectural concrete presented at TB Penick’s office by color guru, Galen Thurner of Davis Colors. All brought to you this spring through your ACI San Diego Chapter! See you there!

Kindest Regards,

Quinn McGuire
ACI San Diego - Chapter President