2022 Annual Meeting Recap

After two years of cancellations due to COVID, the West Coast Chapter returned to our “home away from home” at The Cliffs Resort in Pismo Beach, CA for our 38^th Annual Meeting.  The weather was beautiful and warm, just like the feelings as members greeted each other after years apart.  It was great to share handshakes and hugs.

Golf Tournament and Welcome Reception

Monarch Dunes is a challenging and beautiful course, our concerns about straight tee times taking as long as a cricket match were misguided with all 66 golfers finishing before dark! Thanks to our golfers and our generous sponsors, and thank you to Jeff Ohlson and Pete Speier, with Williams Form Engineering, for organizing the golf tournament.

The Champagne Courtyard at The Cliffs is a great place for our Welcome Reception even if it was a little crowded this year!  The reception was a perfect setting to meet new members and reconnect with old friends, made particularly special by the addition of our Hall of Fame attendees and families.

Look to the annual meeting page for lots more photos!

Education Session

The education and training of our current and future members is one of the main purposes of the West Coast Chapter. For Friday’s Education Session, Tait McCutchan (Malcolm Drilling) and Chuck Danache (Keller) assembled an informative and useful session with excellent attendance including 10 Students and 2 professors from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  Thank you to the student attendee sponsors:  Case Pacific, Condon-Johnson & Assoc., Foundation Technologies, Hennessy International, Malcolm Drilling Company, PJ’s Rebar, Sinclair, and Z Systems.

Educ

ation Session Speakers

• Gabriel Carvajal, Condon-Johnson & Assoc. – San Diego Courthouse Commons Tunnel
• Aaron Thomas & Jared Mangino, Keller Foundation – Northwest Arizona Drilled Shaft I-15 bridge
• Vanessa Lucido, ROC Equipment – The History Channel, Curse of Oak Island
• Will Gehrke, Case Pacific – Centennial Corridor Mainline SR58
• Mihir Bharmal & Bryce Niekamp, DBM Contractors – Washington State Convention Center
• Adam Running, Malcolm Drilling; Bryce Niekamp, DBM Contractors – Joint Venture Climate Pledge Arena
• Eleazar Sotelo, Malcolm Drilling – SR99 Consumes River
• Rick Marshall, ADSC; Kevin Sharp, Traxxon – Drill Rig Operator Certification and NAIT

Auction and Dinner

Yet another auction where I am amazed by the generosity of our members, from items donated to the frantic bidding, wow!  More than $34,000 was raised to support the WCC and the WCC IAF.  Jeff Veilleux, PJ’s Rebar, took over as auction chair this year and did a great job.  Thanks to all who donated, all who bid, thanks to our auctioneer Joe Patterson, and thanks everyone for your continued support of the West Coast Chapter and WCC Industry Advancement Fund.

 

The Mariposa Quartet provided live music throughout night and the magic of Elliott Hunter kept us all on our toes.  SPECIAL thanks to ADSC President, Chris Harris, RW Harris, for attending and speaking to the group; and Peggy Haggerty Duffy, ADSC CEO for attending, providing guidance, a lending hand, or a pastry; and thanks to Gabby Hawkins, ADSC, for helping!

Live Auction Items Provided By

CETCO and PACO – pallet of Shore Pac Slurry; Sinclair – pallet of Slurry CDP Pro; Watson, Inc.– $10,000 discount off Drill Rig Purchase; Z Systems – Jeroboam Seavey Cabernet Sauvignon autographed bottle and private tasting

Silent Auction Items Provided By

ADSC International, Casagrande, Case Pacific, Champion, Condon-Johnson & Assoc., CZM, Drill Tools, Employers’ Advocate, Hammer & Steel, Hawaiian Dredging, HRC, PJ’s Rebar, Sinclair, Soilmec, Watson, Williams Form

 

Outgoing Board Members:

John Tuttle, Sinclair 2019

George Burrough, Condon-Johnson & Assoc. 2022

President’s Awards 2020 for NCCCO efforts:

Ray Fassett

Bob Federighi

Ryan Thody

IUOE Local 302 WA

 

 

President’s Awards 2021

Jeff Veilleux, PJ’s Rebar
Live Auction Items Provided By:

Case Pacific Company – Oakland Raiders tickets; CETCO and PACO – pallet of Shore Pac Slurry;  DBM Contractors – Portland Trailblazers tickets; Drilltools – casing ring; PLI Systems – Helicopter tour of downtown Portland; Sinclair Products & Equipment – pallet of Slurry CDP Pro

Silent Auction Items Provided By:

ADSC, Blaze Equipment, Champion, Con-Tech, Condon-Johnson, CZM, DSI, Employers’ Advocate, Epiroc, Hammer & Steel, Hawaiian Dredging, Malcolm, Matrix, Nucor Skyline, Ougan Group, Pacific Foundation, PACO, PJ’s Rebar, SAS Stressteel, TEI Rock Drills, Watson, Western Equipment Solutions, Williams Form Engineering

The highlight of the night was the Hall of Fame ceremony. Ray Fassett and Joe Patterson took to the stage to honor five individuals with industry impacting careers in a limited amount of time. Our thanks to the families and friends who provided photos, stories, and comments.  We decided to postpone awards for Barry Kannon and Tim Rueda until 2024, neither gentleman was able to attend this meeting.

Hall of Fame

Tom Armour – DBM Contractors

Horst Aschenbroich – Con-Tech Systems

Bill Mobley – Bull’s Eye Drilling

Al Rasband – Malcolm Drilling

Ron Thomas – Dees Hennessey Drilling

38th Annual Board Meeting

Will Gehrke is looking for help with the Local 3 Drill Rig Operators School.  There is an expanded budget, so we are offering an expanded program, hopefully to include NCCCO Certification.  This is a great opportunity to train and certify the next generation of drillers – please contact Will if you can help!

Sinclair Products & Equipment / Casagrande, and TEI Rock Drills gave 15-minute Associate product presentations at the board meeting and members chose two new board members.  Tait McCutchan, Malcolm Drilling, was re-elected to the Board and Ashley Mahaffey Tullius, Don H. Mahaffey Drilling, was elected, making her the first female Board member for the West Coast Chapter.

Discussion continues about the NCCCO program and how best to provide the opportunity for certification to membership.  We’re working on an idea of a challenge with a grand prize for the company with the most certified operators in one year.  Details need to be ironed out, like how we apportion for company size, what kind of prize, etc.

Fall E-meeting will be a virtual meeting, date TBD.

Winter board meeting is at PJ’s Rebar in Fremont, CA, date TBD.

Next Annual Meeting at the Allegretto Winery in Paso Robles, CA May 17-20, 2023

Many Thanks to our 2022 Event Sponsors!

Platinum Level Sponsors

BAUER Equipment America

Con-Tech Systems

CZM

PJ’s Rebar

ROC Equipment

Gold Level Sponsors

Champion Equipment

Hammer & Steel

PACO Equipment

Spiradrill

Watson, Inc.

Silver Level Sponsors

Bay Shore Systems

Malcolm Drilling Company

Pinnacle Drilling Products

Sinclair Well Products & Equipment

TEI Rock Drills

TerraRoc

Bronze Level Sponsors

Blaze Equipment

Case Pacific Company

CETCO

Condon-Johnson & Associates

D.J. Scheffler & Nye

Don H. Mahaffey Drilling

Drill Tools

Drillers Choice

FDS Foundation Drilling Services

Foundation Technologies

HRC Headed Reinforcement

Hennessy International

Jeffrey Machine

Keller Foundation

Michels Drilling

Nucor Skyline Steel

USI Insurance Services

Williams Form Engineering

Z Systems