The Fifth Annual Annual Membership Meeting Sponsors:

Sponsor Awards were given to the organizations that demonstrated their commitment to the shotcrete industry and its excellence by generously supporting and making possible the 2010 ASA Annual Membership Meeting and the Fifth Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards Banquet.

"Big Shooter"

American Concrete Restorations, Inc.

Spec Mix, Inc.

Platinum Sponsors

Coastal Gunite Construction Company

ConCreate USL Ltd.

King Packaged Materials Company

Gold Sponsors

Allentown Shotcrete Technology, Inc.

The Euclid Chemical Company

Mar-Allen Concrete Products, Inc.

Putzmeister America, Inc.

Silver Sponsors

Airplaco Equipment Company 

Ambex Concrete Technologies, Inc.

Blastcrete Equipment Company

Drakeley Industries LLC

Fisher Shotcrete, Inc.

Johnson Western Gunite

Sika Corporation

Sofis Company, Inc.

US Concrete Products LLC

Bronze Sponsors

REED Shotcrete Equipment

South Shore Gunite Pool & Spa, Inc.

The Fifth Annual Membership Meeting & Banquet

With terms beginning February 2, 2010, the ASA membership has elected the following individuals to leadership roles in the association. Patrick Bridger, Allentown Shotcrete Technology, Inc. was elected to a 2-year term as President. Joe Hutter, King Packaged Materials Company, was elected to a 2-year term as Vice President. Elected to 1-year terms were Secretary Michael Cotter, Consultant, and Treasurer Ted Sofis, Sofis Company, Inc. These four individuals, plus immediate past president Chris Zynda, Joseph J. Albanese, Inc., will serve as ASA’s Executive Committee.

Four new ASA Directors were elected to terms beginning February 2, 2010. The new Directors are William T Drakeley Jr., Drakeley Industries, LLC , Charles Hanskat, Concrete Engineering Group, LLC, Tom Norman, Airplaco Equipment Company, and Ray Schallom III, Allentown Shotcrete Technology, Inc.

These individuals will join with 5 previously elected Directors (Dan Millette, The Euclid Chemical Company, Ryan Poole, DOMTEC International, LLC, Howard Robbins, Meadow Valley Contractors, Marcus von der Hoffen, Johnson Western Gunite Company, and Curt White, Coastal Gunite Construction Company) and the ASA Executive Committee to form the 14 member ASA Board of Direction.

Past President Chris Zynda made a few brief remarks about the 2010 election results before handing over the microphone to ASA Vice President and ASA Marketing Chair, Joe Hutter to announce the Fifth Annual ASA Outstanding Shotcrete Projects Award recipients.

After the presentation of the Fifth Annual Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards, Past President Chris Zynda presented the fourth annual Carl Akeley Award to Jean-Francois Dufour, Simon Reny, Pierre Lacroix, and Richard Morin for their paper," Effects of Liquid Corrosion Inhibitor in Air-Entrained Dry-Mix Shotcrete."

Bestowed at the discretion of the Board of Direction Past President Chris Zynda presented Dudley R. "Rusty" Morgan with an Honorary Membership Award and announced his selection of Merlyn Isaak as the recipient of the 2009 President's Award in recognition of Mr. Isaak's exceptional contributions to the shotcrete industry.

Click here to view the recipients of the Carl Akeley Award, Honorary Member Award and President Award

Click here to view the Fifth Annual Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awardees

The 2009 ASA Annual Report