Event Type:

Chapter Meeting

Date/Time:
5/16/24 - 5/18/24
All Day

Location:
Hyatt Regency Monterey,
Monterey, CA

$40,000 dollars raised at the 40th Annual Meeting!

The West Coast Chapter traveled to Monterey, CA for our 40^th Annual Meeting. The Hyatt Regency was a great setting for this momentous occasion with record attendance.

Golf Tournament at Del Monte and Welcome Reception

Del Monte, a Pebble Beach golf course, provided a beautiful and challenging setting for the golf tournament and our 60 golfers. A big thank you to all our golfers and generous sponsors. Additionally, a special thank you goes to Jeff and Amy Ohlson with Williams Form Engineering for organizing the golf tournament; also a shout-out to Katelyn Drennan (Williams Form) for all the golf photographs.

Later during the Welcome Reception, it was great to see familiar faces along with our first-time attendees. We presented the well-earned golf awards and celebrated like only the WCC can.

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Education

One of the main purposes of the West Coast Chapter is the education and training of both our current and future members. For Friday’s Education Session, organized by Ray Fassett (Condon-Johnson & Associates) and Matt Jannings (Pacific Foundation) assembled an informative and valuable session. For something special in honor of the 40^th, we had a photographer providing headshots for all attendees.

The chapter provided lodging and registration for a total of 15 students and professors from UC Irvine and Santa Clara University. Thanks to the student attendee sponsors: Case Pacific, Condon-Johnson & Assoc., Keller Foundation, and Sinclair.

We dedicated the afternoon to 40 years of WCC. Ray Fassett assembled a fascinating timeline of ADSC history and WCC goals and achievements and moderated a panel of ADSC esteemed statesmen including Mike Hayes, Bruce Long, Alan Macnab, and David Watson; and we were lucky to have the very first (and multiple further terms) WCC President, Barry Kannon on hand to contribute to the interesting and entertaining conversation. The main take away is that the Chapters spread the word about ADSC and with the backing of ADSC we have greater impact at state level. When asked what had changed in 40 years of drilling, David Watson offered that drilling is better without steam (a reference to 100 years of Watson), and the laughs continued throughout the afternoon! Anne Lemnitzer mentioned the impact of the ADSC Faculty Workshop on her career; a great example of what the ADSC can do.

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and Exhibit Photos

Speakers:

Carter Cox, HDR Engineering – Slope Instabilities along Orange County’s Coastline: Failures and Repairs
Anne Lemnitzer, UC Irvine – Do We Really Need All This Rebar? Load Tests of Rock-Socketed Piles Under Lateral Loading and Lessons Learned
Camilo Alvarez, GRL Engineers – Load Testing on Drilled Foundations
Lindsay Shapiro, Condon-Johnson & Assoc. – Case Study Drilled Shafts at Santa Clara Valley Medical
Rick Kalson, Cozen & O’Connor – Legal Issues Concerning Working Platforms & Key Legal Risk Management Considerations
Aaron Thomas, Keller – Case Study Gilbert Road Project
Ray Fassett, Condon-Johnson & Assoc. – Panel Discussion on 40 years of ADSC and WCC including Mike Hayes (ADSC Past Pres.); Bruce Long (ADSC Past Pres.); Alan Macnab (ADSC Past Pres. & WCC Hall of Fame); and David Watson with special guest Barry Kannon (ADSC Past Pres. & WCC Past Pres.)

Auction and Dinner

Our generous members raised over $40,000 for our 40^th anniversary! Thank you to all who contributed as donors and those who participated in the bidding process. A special appreciation goes to our fundraising chair, Jeff Veilleux from PJ’s Rebar, and to Joe Patterson, our skilled auctioneer, for their invaluable contributions to this very special event.

Dave Hicks, current ADSC President, and Peggy Haggerty Duffy, ADSC Executive Director helped Tait McCutchan, WCC President kick off the awards ceremony. We took a moment to celebrate the lives of Horst and Hildegard Aschenbroich and their long-time generous support of the WCC; followed by recognizing PJ’s Rebar for their $10,000 sponsorship for our 40^th Anniversary. Mike Hayes and Bruce Long spoke about the many contributions of Tim Rueda and Barry Kannon, providing a great induction into the WCC Hall of Fame. It was truly an ADSC family celebration, many thanks to everyone who helped make this an outstanding evening!

President’s Awards:

Ramona Griffin, Condon-Johnson & Assoc. for her hard-work on the Safety Challenge with AGC of San Diego.

Outgoing Board Members – Chuck Danache (ADSC Past Pres.), Keller; and Josh Hilton, Condon-Johnson & Assoc.

Hall of Fame – Barry Kannon and Tim Rueda (both gentlemen served numerous terms as WCC President and serve as WCC IAF trustees.)

Live Auction Items Provided By

CETCO – pallet of Shore Pac Slurry and test kit; CZM – $10,000 discount on drill rig purchase; PJ’s Rebar – on-site crew lunch; and Sinclair – pallet of Slurry CDP Pro.

Silent Auction Items Provided By

BAUER, Casagrande, Condon-Johnson & Assoc., Foundation Tech, Hawaiian Dredging, HRC, Matt Jannings, PJ’s Rebar, Sinclair, Spirit Horse Winery, Western Equipment Solutions, and Z Systems

Check out Photos from Friday night!

40th Annual Board Meeting

We have two new committee volunteers for Idaho Transportation Department – Tyler Haener with Inland Foundation Specialties and for Hawaii DOT – Doug Schwarm, Atlas Geotechnical.

Mincon & Hammer and Steel gave 15-minute Associate product presentations. Aaron Thomas, Keller; and Jeff Long, Condon-Johnson & Assoc., are the two new board members.

2024-25 WCC Board of Directors: President – Matt Jannings, Pacific Foundation; Vice President – Ashley Mahaffey Tullius, Don H. Mahaffey Drilling; Secretary – Jeff Long, Condon-Johnson & Assoc.; Treasurer – Aaron Thomas, Keller; Director – Tait McCutchan, Malcolm Drilling; Director – Mike Minihan, BAUER Equipment; and Associate Chairperson – Jeff Veilleux, PJ’s Rebar