New ACPA Member Attendee Orientation
New ACPA Member Attendee Orientation
Location: Gateway East Speaker: TBD Presentation Description: Registered ACPA Members Only
Location: Gateway East Speaker: TBD Presentation Description: Registered ACPA Members Only
Location: Regency Ballroom Welcome to the 2023 Pipe School! Hear from the Chairman of the Board, ACPA President, and two keynote speakers as they kick the week off with messages of inspiration. Speakers Kurt Johnson - ACPA Chairman of the Board Steven Hawkins - ACPA President Keynote Speakers Dr. Shawn Wilson - Secretary LaDOTD and […]
Location: Regency A and B Speaker: Rich Brewster - Northern Concrete Speaker Bio: Rich Brewster is Director of Quality Control for Northern Concrete Pipe, based in Bay City, Michigan. He’s been with Northern for eighteen years, and involved in the quality program for fifteen. Rich is responsible for developing and overseeing Northern's award winning quality control […]
Location: Grand Ballroom A Speaker: Nathan Breen, Esq - Howe & Hutton Presentation Description: More information coming soon! Speaker Bio: Nathan is a partner with Howe & Hutton, Ltd. Nathan serves as counsel to national and international trade associations across wide variety of industries providing guidance in the areas of association governance, antitrust, intellectual property, […]
Location: Regency A and B Speaker: Mel Marshall - MCM Consultants Speaker Bio: Mel graduated in 1960 from University of Alberta with a B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering. Since 1980 he has operated a consulting service to the concrete industry. Mel serves on the American Concrete Pipe Association Technical Committee and is Past Chairman of the […]
Location: Grand Ballroom G Speaker: Bill Washabaugh - Northern Concrete Speaker Bio: Bill works at Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc. in Michigan, a family owned business for over 64 years. He is the 101st & 113th Chairman of the ACPA Board of Directors. Bill is a member of ACPA Government Relations, Manufacturing & Quality, Technical, Education […]
Location: Fred Weber Bus 1 departs Hyatt at 6:30 am Bus 2 departs at 6:40 am Bus 3 departs 6:50 am Buses 4 & 5 depart at 7:00 am Tours are approximately 2.5 hours and will require each participant to sign a release on the bus.
Location: Grand Ballroom B Speaker: James Freed, P.E. - Rinker Materials Presentation Description: We all know the importance of having a resilient and sustainable development. But what does that mean? This session dives further into the factors that make up resilience and sustainability. We will look into how this has impacted the history of modern-day […]
Location: Grand Ballroom A Speaker: Michael Kremer - American Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description Giving a presentation is as much of an art as it is a science. Knowing your audience is key, but you also need to know yourself. Anyone can give an effective presentation and you can do it by being an ACE. […]
Location: Grand Ballroom F Speaker: Peter Skinner - Press - Seal Corporation Speaker Bio: I am married; my wife Karisa is fantastic. We have three wonderful kids (11, 8, 5), three good dogs, and a cat, who’s just okay. I enjoy lifting in the mornings, my children’s sporting events, and I have recently taken up […]
Location: Grand Ballroom G Speakers: Tom Umek - Afinitas Larry Neumann - Northern Concrete Speaker Bios: Tom has worked in production for more than 30 years. He has continued in the industry until today as a teacher and consultant. Tom has been involved with the ACPA Short Course Schools since 1990 as a committee member […]
Location: Regency A and B Speaker: Paul Krauss - WJE, Inc. Speaker Bio: Paul has worked for the nationally-acclaimed consulting engineering firm of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE) since 1988. He first became involved with industry-specific quality programs in1991, helping develop quality programs for several industry associations. He was involved with the original development of […]