PPI announces winners of Projects and Members of the Year
The Plastics Pipe Institute recently announced the winners of its Projects and Members of the Year awards. The awards were presented during the group’s annual worldwide meeting held in May in Indian Wells, California. Each year the PPI membership reviews and votes on Project of the Year and a Member of the Year for each of the five PPI divisions: Building and Construction, Drainage, Energy Piping Systems, Municipal and Industrial, and Power and Communications. The PPI Member of the Year recognition is for an individual’s outstanding support and contributions to the association and the industry.
The Project of the Year award winners were:
- PPI Building and Construction Division Project of the Year: The Waterline Complex, Austin, Texas, with PPI member company GF Building Flow Solutions, Apple Valley, Minnesota.
- PPI Drainage Division Project of the Year: Howard Frankland Bridge, Tampa, Florida, with member company Advanced Drainage Systems, Hilliard, Ohio.
- PPI Energy Piping Systems Division Project of the Year: upgrading Canadian Oil producer pipeline with PPI member company FlexSteel USA.
- PPI Municipal and Industrial Division Project of the Year: Boat Harbor, James River Crossing, Treatment Plant, Newport News, Virginia, with PPI member companies High Country Fusion, Fairfield, Idaho; Performance Pipe, Plano, Texas; and AGRU America, Georgetown, South Carolina. And with HDPE users Garney Construction, Kansas City, Missouri; and Dewberry Engineering, Fairfax, Virginia .
- PPI Power and Communications Division Project of the Year: Pennsylvania Turnpike Micro-Trenching Project with PPI member company Dura-Line, Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Member of the Year award winners were:
- PPI Building and Construction Division Member of the Year: Daniel Pierce, Reliance Worldwide Corp., Atlanta, Georgia
- PPI Drainage Division Member of the Year: Dan Figola, Advanced Drainage Systems, Hilliard, Ohio
- PPI Municipal and Industrial Division Member of the Year: Gerry Groen, Infra Pipe Solutions, Ontario, Canada
- PPI Power and Communications Division Member of the Year: Andrew Nause, IPEX USA, Pineville, North Carolina
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The Plastics Pipe Institute has named Kate Olinger, director of industry relations and regulatory affairs at GF Building Flow Solutions Americas, vice chair of the board of directors. Her role went into effect June 1 and will consist of a two-year term. Olinger has been a member of PPI since 2012 and previously served as vice chair of the Building and Construction Division from 2018-20 and chair from 2020-22. She has also served three previous terms on the PPI board of directors, including her most recent role as treasurer.
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