This award is in recognition of outstanding professional achievement as Concrete Pipe News Reporter of the year. Year Recipient Company Name 1971 Robert J. Bailey Price Brothers Company 1972 Dr. Richard A. Parmelee Northwestern University 1972 Lee Stockton Price Brothers Company 1973 Marvin R. Boring Reliance Universal Inc. Ohio 1974 Leonard L. Klein Superior Products Co. […]
This award is for exemplary service to the concrete pipe industry through work performed for the Manufacturing/Quality Committee in education and quality control. Year Recipient Company Name 2011 Mel C. Marshall Mel C. Marshall Industrial Consultants Inc. 2012 Dave Anderson Cretex Companies, Inc. 2013 Tom Umek Cretex Companies, Inc. 2014 Jeff Hite Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe […]
This award is in recognition of technical contributions through a distinguished career in the concrete pipe industry. Year Recipient Company Name 2006 Jim Nystrom Cretex Companies. 2007 Robert Spiekerman California Precast CPA 2008 Paul Heffern Independent Consulting Services 2009 Joseph Zicaro Rinker Materials-Concrete Pipe Division 2012 Joe Lundy Hanson Pipe & Precast 2013 Eric Carleton Independent Concrete 2014 Josh […]
This award is the highest recognition of support and service to the industry presented to an individual for lifetime achievement. Year Recipient Company Name 1999 Joseph Zicaro CSR Hydro Conduit Corp. 2001 Charles Gallagher The Cretex Companies, Inc. 2002 John H. Bailey The Cretex Companies, Inc. 2003 Jim Carder Carder Concrete Products Co. 2005 Aldo Bussio Geneva Pipe Company […]
Two orders lead the American Concrete Pipe Association 2017 agenda: staff transition and message reinforcement. Ahead of the annual convention in March, the group announced that Russell Tripp, P.E., would succeed president Matt Childs, who moved to a management post at HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies, one of the ACPA’s leading associate members. “Russell Tripp’s knowledge of […]
As the world’s most commonly used building material, concrete offers a wealth of features that make it the material for building projects everywhere, both above and below ground. Behind the concrete that is so commonly used for infrastructure in America is the American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA) which advocates, represents and educates its members, as […]
Producer members of the American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA) began retooling the concrete pipe industry in the mid to late 90s to accommodate market demand and the production of 21st century precast concrete pipe and boxes. What they did not foresee was a greater demand placed on concrete pipe producers in educating specifiers, design engineers, […]
Spokane, Washington is completing a network of buried concrete combined sewer overflow (CSO) structures to store excess water during heavy rainstorms and rapid snowmelt, until the storm surge subsides and the water can be sent to the Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility for treatment. The structures are included in Spokane’s Cleaner River Faster initiative that […]