REMINDER – May 31 Deadline for Plant and Erector Certification Renewal

All producers and erectors should have received an email with instructions on how to renew their certifications for 2026-27. These processes are very similar to last year. Completed forms are due by May 31. Failure to complete these processes before the certificates expire on June 30 will result in a lapse in certification status. For questions about your plant’s certification status, please contact qualityprograms@pci.org.

T. Henry Clark Award Nominations Due May 22

Submit nominations for the T. Henry Clark Award, to be presented during 2026 PCI Committee Days, to qualityprograms@pci.org by May 22.

T. Henry Clark Nomination Form

The T. Henry Clark Award was established to recognize an individual, group of individuals, or firm that has delivered a resource that improves or enhances the quality of precast, prestressed concrete products or processes. T. Henry Clark believed in quality and quality processes, and this award is to recognize those who create or promote quality in a way that would have made him proud. For more information, contact qualityprograms@pci.org.

Exceptional Precast Practices Deadline is June 1

The deadline for submitting completed Exceptional Precast Practices (EPP) Program surveys is June 1. This voluntary program is specifically designed for continuous quality improvement of precast plants. 

Companies that have successfully adopted a path of continuous quality improvement typically exhibit a pattern of reduced costs, improved quality, and expanded capabilities. They show growing sales because they better serve the needs of their clients.

There are a variety of continuous quality improvement tools available, but the EPP program is a tool developed specifically for the precast concrete industry. The EPP program, developed by the Quality Enhancement Committee, offers both a roadmap for improvement efforts and milestones for measuring progress.

Here is how this voluntary program works: Your plant fills out the self-assessment survey for each of the seven sections/modules – Productivity, Personnel, Safety, Field operations, Sales and marketing, Sustainable plant, and Concrete. This process allows your plant to not only benchmark where you are today but also review programs of proven worth that other PCI plants find valuable.

That process allows plant personnel to decide on a roadmap for the future. If this process is managed well, that roadmap becomes the goals and programs for improvement, and it provides the basis for accountability for achievement. Your benchmark score allows your plant to actually measure progress from year to year. There is no minimum score required. This is not a contest. Scores will not be published. There is no overall winner. All participants in this voluntary program seriously win. All participating plants are provided with an annual certificate of participation and are recognized at the PCI Committee Days and Technical Conference.

Learn More and Participate in the EPP Program

To receive recognition for 2026, return completed forms to PCI by June 1.

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