Putzmeister America, Inc. has announced the 2018 schedule for its growing service school program. This year, the company has once again expanded classes and updated the curriculum to help meet customers’ ever-changing needs.
The 2018 Putzmeister service school schedule includes the following courses:
February
• Thom-Katt® Operations: Tuesday, February 6 – Wednesday, February 7
• Telebelt® Operations: Tuesday, February 13 – Thursday, February 15
• Truck-Mounted Boom Pump Maintenance and Service - Ergonic® Systems: Monday, February 26 – Friday, March 2
Cemstone Companies is celebrating nine decades of providing ready mixed concrete, block and other products for homes, public infrastructure and major regional landmarks. All employees from the fourth-generation family-owned business’s three divisions were invited to an anniversary event on October 28 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
ACPA member The Conco Companies, Concord, California, was awarded second place in the High Rise Buildings category of ACI’s Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards at ACI’s Fall Convention held October, 2017 in Anaheim, California. This was quite an honor, as there were only 12 winners from around the world. The award-wining project was Premiere on Pine, Seattle, Washington, one of the tallest residential towers in the city. At 440 feet, this 42-story building features 386 apartments, a rooftop sky lounge, five levels of above-grade parking and five levels below.
Sebastian Falzon, president and CEO of CPE America is pleased to announce that Tony Inglese has joined the team as vice president of operations. Tony has more than 15 years of experience in the concrete pumping industry, with proven leadership in management, production and operations processes.
Prior to joining CPE America, Tony served as CEO for Concrete Pump Supply and was concrete pumping program manager for NBIS. Tony has served on the American Concrete Pumping Association board of directors for the last six years.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has promoted Greg Giese to manager – technical service and warranty administration. In his new role, Giese will be responsible for leading Putzmeister’s ongoing service excellence initiatives and driving continuous improvement.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has established a sales management team consisting of four regional sales directors (RSD) managing four regions in the U.S. and three in Canada. With the reorganization of the sales force, Putzmeister America will continue to provide the best customer satisfaction with dedicated teams, faster response times and hands-on support that is closer to the customer.
The Putzmeister sales management team will be divided into South, North, West and East regions. Leadership and personnel will include:
Putzmeister America, Inc. has hired Carlos Cordeiro as Northwest regional sales representative. Cordeiro specializes in selling concrete pumps and will serve Canadian customers in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as U.S. customers in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has hired Chris Albright as Northeast regional sales representative. In this role, Albright will focus on selling the entire line of Putzmeister products. His area of sales coverage includes the states of: Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has hired Lee Springer as the Southeast regional sales representative. In this role, he will focus on boom pump sales in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
Springer brings seven years of versatile sales experience to Putzmeister America. Most recently, he enjoyed five successful years in automotive parts sales management.
Schwing has announced its 2018 service seminar schedule, offering intermediate training for operators/mechanics and advanced training for mechanics. The seminars are held at Schwing’s dedicated training facility in White Bear, Minnesota, and includes multi-media training aids and hands-on trouble-shooting. Students also receive a service manual on CD-ROM, along with a printed copy of the training manual. Concrete pump owners, operators and mechanics are advised to sign up soon.
DY Concrete Pumps Inc. is pleased to announce Jeffrey Pool has joined the DY team in the position of regional sales representative.
“We are extremely pleased to have Jeff’s experience and knowledge joining our organization,” said Joe Delehay, DY’s president and CEO. “Jeff’s 30 years of pump market experience further demonstrates our commitment to providing experienced and exceptional sales staff to service our customers. His addition to our sales team strengthens our company’s commitment to guaranteed complete customer satisfaction”.
It’s been a busy year for ACPA’s Workforce Development program, with many new initiatives to help our members recruit job candidates. By drawing upon the latest technology, strategic partnerships and good old-fashioned networking, we’re ready to see a fruitful 2018 for recruitment in the concrete pumping industry. Below is a summary of our most recent efforts to help you find the future operators for your pumping business.
After a year of fits and starts, Congress finally seems to have begun moving the legislative ball forward. As I write this, the tax reform package is headed to the president’s desk. This bill, which represents the first true legislative achievement of the Trump era, is likely to contribute to a significant increase in U.S. economic growth during 2018, and contains many construction industry policy priorities advocated by ACPA as part of the North American Concrete Alliance, including expanded equipment expensing and the continuation of private activity bonds to support major capital projects.
The importance of a comprehensive inspection program cannot be understated. Regular inspections of your equipment not only help prevent untimely breakdowns and loss of revenue, but can also reveal issues which could lead to a large incident and costly insurance claim.
The ACPA is dedicated to the education and promotion of concrete pump safety to the concrete pumping industry and for all those who come into contact with a concrete pump on a construction job. We're here to teach you how you, and others around you, can stay safer on the job.
Our instructors have over 50 years of combined concrete pumping experience.
Silver Spring, MD – Following the recently announced plans that Portland, Oregon, will permit a new development geared toward seniors to be built with cross-laminated timber (CLT), a building material comprised of large panels of wood and glue-laminated beams, Build with Strength, a coalition of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association consisting of community organizations, fire service professionals, engineers, architects and industry experts committe
The ACPA is dedicated to the education and promotion of concrete pump safety to the concrete pumping industry and for all those who come into contact with a concrete pump on a construction job. We're here to teach you how you, and others around you, can stay safer on the job.
Our instructors have over 50 years of combined concrete pumping experience.
