President’s MessageJeff Molby

SKA Consulting EngineersWith the arrival of the cool weather and the beautiful fall colors, and the holiday season fast approaching, year-end will soon be upon us. 2013 was a good year for our Carolinas Chapter thanks to the continued excellent support of our membership and sponsors. Each event, including our spring conference in Durham (Corrosion), fall conference in Mt. Pleasant (Metals in Concrete) and our joint ICRI/WCA clay shoot and golf outings, was made successful by the active participation of the membership and the spirit of camaraderie that is our tradition here in the Carolinas. The Carolinas Chapter is proud to have performed our first service project in 2013, as volunteers performed paver and concrete walkway repairs at The Caring House, located in Durham, NC. The Caring House is a non-profit organization that assists cancer patients receiving long-term medical treatment by providing comfortable housing and care. Our goal as a Chapter is to build-on the success of this year’s project by making the service project an annual event that will allow volunteers from our Chapter to assist deserving organizations within our

community. We welcome input from the membership in the form of identification of worthy organizations/projects for consideration by our Board of Directors and/or volunteer participation in the project.We give thanks to Past President John McDougall and Director Kent Yarborough whom will be rotating off of our Board of Directors at years-end. Their years of dedicated service and volunteer support have been a huge asset to our Chapter and they will be missed. 2014 looks to be an exciting year for our Chapter. We welcome Mark O’Brien and Steve Moore as our newest Directors. Our 2014 President Doug Saunders’ is leading the charge as our much anticipated spring Mega-Demo event takes shape. This two-day event will include a technical conference on Thursday followed on Friday by a series of product application and installation demonstrations. These events have always provided excellent instruction and training for engineers and contractors alike, and next year’s event will be no different. Be on the lookout in the near future for further announcements and opportunities to participate. Finally, I want to thank this year’s Board of Directors, management team and the membership for the opportunity to serve as our Chapter’s president. It has been an honor and privilege to serve such a dynamic organization and an experience that I will remember fondly.

International Concrete Repair Institute

Carolinas ChapterDecember 2013

www.icricarolinas.org

Jeff

This is going to be a special year for the Carolinas Chapter, so mark these dates on your calendar and get them on the calendars of your customers and crews. The Spring Mega Demo we held in Greensboro four years ago was huge and we’ll be bringing that back, in Raleigh this time at the NCSU Construction Materials Lab. Then we will take the fall conference back in Charleston, one of the chapter’s favorite conference sites with great weather, fantastic food and outstanding golf. And this year we are going to add sporting clays to the fall conference activities.

We’ll again be doing joint ICRI/WCA Golf and Sporting Clay Shoots but we’ll be moving those around also; golf will be moving to Asheboro, the geographic center of the state of North Carolina and we’ll head south of the border to Rocky Creek Sporting Clays in Richburg, SC, just south of Charlotte and Rock Hill.

April 10, 2014: Joint ICRI/WCA Golf Classic – Tot Hill Farm Golf Club, Asheboro, NCMay 22-23, 2014: MEGA DEMO – NC State University CML, Raleigh, NC Oct 16-18, 2014: Fall Conference – Courtyard by Marriott – Mt. Pleasant (Charleston), SCNov. 19, 2014: Joint WCA/ICRI Sporting Clay Classic, Rocky Creek Sporting Clay, Richburg, SC

SUPPORT THE CAROLINAS CHAPTER: MARK YOUR ICRI CALENDARS FOR 2014

THANKS TO OUR 2013 FALL CONVENTION SPEAKERS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS

Keith Kesner, PhD, PE, SEWhitlock Dalrymple Poston & Associates

Bob CrosserSimpson Strong-

Tie Company

Robbie WorrellNational Key Professional

Manager, Bosch Tools

Sunil Puri, P.E.Senior Associate,

Diagnostics Group, Walter P. Moore

Sergey V. KobelevCWI, SKA Consulting

Engineers, Inc

Andy AndersonAnderson – JonesICRI Legal Counsel

SEAGER WATERPROOFING WINS PROJECT OF YEAR ….. AGAIN!

One of the highlights of the chapter’s year is the awarding of the chapter Project of the Year award and for the second consecutive year Chapter Board member and Awards Chairman Hayes Thompson awarded the 2013 PoY winner of ICRI Chapter member to Seager Waterproofing for their masonry/terra cotta/stone repair of the First National Bank Building in Richmond, VA. Seager aided the design team in identifying, designing, & implementing these tedious repairs. The First National Bank Building was originally constructed in 1912. The building is nineteen stories in height and at the time of construction was the city’s tallest building. It is recognized as Richmond’s first skyscraper.

Early in 2009, a large piece of decorative copper sheet metal fell from the 17th floor causing the city to request that the building’s owner review the buildings condition. This resulted in developing plans for a large scale exterior restoration of the building’s entire façade. The repairs performed are outlined below:

Terra Cotta Restoration • Repointing of all upper level mortar joints• Reconstruction of the 14th floor balconies – deconstructed, repaired, and reconstructed two terra cotta balconies, including installing a soldiered copper roof on each. • Touch up all terra bisque with breathable masonry coating• Introduce relief joints for expansion• Pin cracked terra cotta units – 1725 each• Replace unsound terra units – 369 each• Custom terra cotta molds – 58 each

Stone• Repointing of all stone mortar joints• Windowsill replacement – 169 each• Dutchman repairs – 64 cubic feet

Clay Brick Masonry • Spot pointing – 3400 LF• Individual Brick Replacement – 315 each• Cluster Brick Replacement – 590 square feet• New brick lintels – 42 each

There was also many other repairs to the façade.• The 2 story tall copper panels were removed (in pieces), repaired, and reinstalled• Many other copper repairs, including replacing a balustrade section, repairing all of the existing copper ledges, cornices, balustrades, Etc.• All sealants on the building were replaced.• The entire façade was cleaned.• Structural steel repairs.

As mentioned above, the First National Bank was Richmond’s first skyscraper. It originated following the Civil War at a point where the Federal Government revoked the charters of all banks whose loyalty to the Union might be suspect. Richmond was without a bank until a group of citizens met with a Northern banker, who agreed to establish a bank under the Federal charter. This helped pull Richmond through the difficult years of Reconstruction. This bank was founded as First National Bank in April 1865, a mere 8 days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. In fact Robert E. Lee was one of the bank’s first customers.

The bank flourished and in 1910, they hired the New York firm of Clinton and Russell to develop plans for the present day building in which the work was performed. The building was to utilize the latest in design and technology.

The selected Architect was Alfred Charles Bossom. In June of 1913, the First National Bank moved its offices into Richmond’s first skyscraper. It remained the city’s tallest building until 1930.In addition to the building having such a unique history, the project itself had some very challenging issues that we had to overcome as well. Envision a nineteen story structure in a downtown metropolitan setting bound one side with an adjoining building, another side with an alleyway and the other two sides with major trafficked streets. Now also envision deconstructing major portions of the building façade ensuring zero tolerance against employee accidents, public safety and property damage. Now envision that the project has a fast track schedule which requires the entire façade to be worked on concurrently. Now envision that a supplier of a major portion of the work is months behind on their delivery. What an easy undertaking?

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Anson County ProjectEngineer/Arch: Anson CountyRestoration Contractor: Southern Restoration & Maintenance, Inc.Material Manufacturers: Sika/Keim/Dow/ProsocoDistributor: Guaranteed Supply Company

The Board of Directors of the Carolinas Chapter of ICRI is pleased to report that on September 13th, 2013 we completed our first volunteer service project. The performance of the service project is an important way we can provide a service to someone in need and give back to our community. Service Project Committee Chairmen Bruce Stoerkel and Ben Smith provided leadership for this inaugural project which they plan to make an annual project of the Chapter. If you are interested in being part of the 2014 effort or have an idea, pass your ideas along to the committee.This year the Chapter provided labor and material to repair paver and concrete walkways as well as some drainage repairs for The Caring House in Durham, NC. The Caring House is set up to provide comfortable housing for cancer patients receiving long term treatment at Duke (somewhat similar to hospice). It is a non-profit organization, so they try to perform all of their own maintenance and depend on volunteers and donations. This was our opportunity to help a worthy organization and we are proud to have provided this valuable service. Special thanks to the following organizations who donated their time, tools, and materials to this effort:Baker RestorationGuaranteed Supply CompanyHazen & SawyerLyons Manufacturing, Inc.The Quikrete CompanyStatesville Roofing & Building Restoration, Inc.Strickland Waterproofing Company, Inc.

FIRST CAROLINAS CHAPTER SERVICE PROJECT A SUCCESS

Congratulations to all our winners

FIRST PLACE: First National BankEngineer/Arch: Wiss, Janney, Elstner & Associates, Inc.

General Contractor: Hitt Contracting, Inc.Restoration Contractor: Seager Waterproofing, Inc.

Material Manu: Boston Valley Terra CottaDistributor: Guaranteed Supply

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Grace Episcopal ChurchEngineer/Arch: Bennett Preservation Engineering, PAGeneral Contractor: Mashburn ConstructionRestoration Contractor: Salem Services GroupMaterial Manu: Cathedral Stone / Jahn

Receiving their Honorable Mention Awards from Hayes Thompson for work on the Grace Episcopal Church are Jim Hadley, Sika; Doug Saunders, Guaranteed Supply and Jim Anzalone of Salem Services Group

Congratulations to Seager Waterproofing and their team for an extraordinary display of collaboration! Please join us in a big round of applause to three well deserving teams who have demonstrated great skill in preserving our historic buildings in the region!

But the competition was close this year and so two Honorable Mention Awards were also presented in recognition of two other outstanding projects, also of historical significance. While some award winning projects have historical status, the three 2013 award winners for Honorable Mention & Project of the Year entailed repair on buildings that totaled 367 years of age.

We would like to congratulate both Salem Services Group, LLC. for their structural repair of Grace Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC and Southern Restoration & Maintenance, Inc. for their concrete/masonry/terra cotta repair of the Anson County Courthouse in Wadesboro, NC. Both received an honorable mention for their great attention to detail in these two historic structures.

Hayes Thompson, Awards Committee Chairman presents the 2013 Project of the Year Award to Jed Daniel, Robert McDowell and Rick Cates of Seager

Waterproofing and Doug Saunders of Guaranteed Supply for their teamwork on the First National Bank Building of Richmond.

Platinum Sponsor Mark Hollander of White Cap Construction Supply; moving product or ordering a pizza in the Hospitality Suite?

Will Warlick of V2 Structural Systems is welcomed by Chapter Board member Robert McDowell.

Chris Daleus of Platinum Sponsor New South Construction Supply exchanges stories with Ken Hope of Tremco.

Leadership is a heavy burden as you can tell from this “meeting” of Carolinas Chapter Board members Ben Smith, John McDougall, Mark O’Brien and Paul Farrell.

It was a packed house for the opening sessions of the Carolinas Chapter Fall Convention; don’t miss next year’s meetings.

Doug Saunders congratulates John McDougall on his new position at Baker Restorations.

Incoming President Doug Saunders (right) catches up with Jeff Welty of High Rock Waterproofing.

Bailey and Louise Williams of New South Con-struction Supply enjoy the Charleston courtyard with Jeff Miller of Guaranteed Supply and Jim Hadley of Sika.

Working Friday night ain’t so bad: Debbie and Andy Anderson (Chapter legal counsel) and Holly and James Tippetts of BASF enjoy time at the fire pit before dinner.

MEMORIES OF CHARLESTON:

The line started forming early for the famous Charleston Low Country Boil buffet.

You may not have known their names, but we bet you remembered their cooking: Saundra Pryor and Connie Flower present their culinary masterpiece.

And was it good? The smiles tell it all (Bruce Stoerkel, Mark O’Brien on left; Gregg Blaszak, Lisa and Doug Saunders and John McDougall on the right).

THE 2013 CAROLINAS CHAPTER FALL CONVENTION

THE 2013 CAROLINAS CHAPTER FALL CONVENTION

Pretty hot stuff was the impression from Sam Fagan of Kenseal and Chapter Board member Bill Fortuna, as he kicks it up another notch.

Sometimes getting all the crab meat is a chal-lenge left to engineers; here Ben Smith of Hazen Sawyer and Chapter Lifetime Member Tom Hayes address the challenges.

Guaranteed Supply’s Willie Goncharow and Lisa Saunders don’t seem to be having any trouble opening up their crab legs.

Ahh, the genteel life of Charleston! Gentlemen relaxing in overstuffed leather chairs in the sit-ting room, talking about the events of the day. Or texting!!

Platinum Sponsors James Tippetts of BASF and Sam Fagan of Kenseal Construction Products remained wide eyed at the Saturday morning tabletops.

Chapter Board member Ben Smith reviewing the work done by the Service Project Team at the Caring place and recruiting members for next year.

Part of the membership of the first ICRI Carolinas Chapter Service Project Team: Mark O’Brien, Co-Chairmen Ben Smith and Bruce Stoerkel, Hayes Thompson and John McDougall in their Service Team polos.

Tara Cavalline of UNC Charlotte and incoming Chapter Vice President introduces the Pre-sentation on Steel Strengthening of Concrete Structures.

President Jeff Molby thanks the chapter for their support as he wraps up a very successful year.

An attentive audience for one of our outstanding Fall Convention speakers.

What makes engineers laugh? Not a trick question but Sergey Kobelev, Tara Cavalline and Sunil Puri have apparently found the answer.

Two old pros that have seen it all: Ken Johnson and Doug Saunders.

Platinum Sponsors

($1000)

Stone Restoration of AmericaThe Quikrete Companies

Silver Sponsors ($300)Applied Building SciencesAssociated Scaffolding

Carolina Restoration & Waterproofing

Gold Sponsors ($600)Scaffolding Solutions

Sika Corporation SKA Consulting Engineers

2013 ICRI CAROLINAS FALL GOLF TOURNAMENTThe Dunes West Golf Club in Mt. Pleasant was the site of this 2013 Fall Golf Tournament and while the course was great, one team ran away from the field, winning by six strokes which might be an ICRI record. Golf Chairman John McDougall did his usual fine job and presented the awards to the winners.

1st Place Team @ -10: Robert McDowell , Demian Weaver,

Ken Becknell, Gregory Norton

2nd Place Team @ -4Matt Lawler, Bruce Stoerkel, (absent)

Mike Parker, Don Ford

INDIVIDUAL CONTEST WINNERSClosest to the Pin: #6-Jed Daniel,

Longest Drives: #7-Jim Anzalone; #11 – Bill Fortuna

3rd Place Team @ -3John McDougall, Gregg Blaszak, Willie Goncharow, Daron Hester

TIME TO JOIN THE 2014 CAROLINAS CHAPTER SPONSOR TEAM

First we want to thank all the companies listed below who supported us throughout 2013 and invite each of you as well as other companies to join us in 2014. Remember this is for the entire year of 2014 so get on board early. You can go to the chapter webpage now and renew with a credit card or you send in a check, but with the Mega Demo returning this year, this is a year you want to see seen and heard. And remember, all Platinum sponsors get FREE tabletops, a direct $250 savings for the year!

2014 CHAPTER OFFICERS AND BOARD ELECTED

At the annual business meeting, the slate of officers and Board members for 2014 was confirmed. The 2014 Carolinas Chapter leadership will be:

PRESIDENT: Doug Saunders, Guaranteed Supply CompanyVICE-PRESIDENT: Tara Cavalline, UNC at CharlotteSECRETARY: Paul Farrell, Carolina Restoration & WaterproofingTREASURER: Hayes Thompson, Strickland WaterproofingIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Jeff Molby, SKA Consulting Engineers

DIRECTOR: Robert McDowell (through 2014), Seager Waterproofing, IncDIRECTOR: Bill Fortuna (through 2014), The Quikrete CompaniesDIRECTOR: Bruce Stoerkel, (through 2015), Statesville Roofing & Building Restoration, Inc.DIRECTOR: Ben Smith, PE (through 2015), Hazen and SawyerDIRECTOR: Steve Moore(through 2016), Applied Building SciencesDIRECTOR: Mark O’Brien (through 2016), Guaranteed Supply Company

CAROLINAS CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST IS OPEN NOW

Annually the Carolinas Chapter conducts a scholarship contest and it is open to anyone regardless of whether they are a chapter member or not. The top award is a $1500 scholarship and full information and an electronic submission form is available off of the link on the home page. If you know someone that needs some help in getting an education in our industry, encourage them to check it out.

And congratulations to outgoing President Jeff Molby for an outstanding year of chapter leadership and accomplishments. Thank you, Jeff; it’s been a great year.

Outgoing 2013 President Jeff Molby is presented his President’s gavel plaque by Awards Committee Chairman Hayes Thompson.

A special thanks to Kent Yarborough of SKA Consulting Engineers and Past President John McDougall of Baker Restorations (borrow one) for their service as they rotate off the Board. Kent’s contributions to topics and speaker recruitment and John’s leadership and golf coordination were greatly appreciated.

MEET THE NEW ICRI BOARD MEMBERS

Steve Moore, PE, PPC (through 2016), Civil Engineer, Applied Building Sciences, Charlotte, NC

Steve Moore has over 30 years of engineering and construction experience. He has performed in-depth claims analysis including detailed engineering reports, repair outlines, and repair estimates. He also has extensive experience analyzing traditional construction claims involving building code disputes, cost and/or schedule overruns and underruns, and change orders. He has significant experience in the due diligence, entitlement, design, permitting, bidding, contracting and construction of public and private highways, clubhouses, and pools. Projects have required detailed construction schedules including critical path for on-time delivery and / or delay analysis. He has experience in the evaluation and research of industry standards as they relate to intersection and street design, construction, and maintenance including failures and deficiencies, violations, safety, and general quality control issues involved in auto and / or

pedestrian accidents.

As a senior construction executive, Steve has extensive expertise in grading, gravity and pressure piping, storm drainage and detention, miscellaneous and structural concrete, and asphaltic pavements. His significant estimating experience includes hard and negotiated bids for both public and private work.

Mark O’Brien (through 2016), Guaranteed Supply Company, Raleigh, NC

Mark O’Brien has over 20 years of sales experience & 18 in the construction industry. Mark’s concentration is in waterproofing and concrete and masonry repair and restoration & has completed numerous tests & site evaluations for Dow Corning, BASF, and Sika. When away from work, Mark enjoys spending time with his wife, Laura, and 3 children, Emma, Cameron and Lilly Grace. He is also a rabid East Carolina Pirate and Tampa Bay Buccaneer fan.

From 1999 to the present, Mark has been employed in Outside Sales with Guaranteed Supply Company in the Raleigh office and prior to that he served for three years in Construction Sales in Saunders Oil Company. He holds a BS in Human Resource Management from

East Carolina University - College of Business, graduating in 1991 and was on the ECU Swimming team from 1987-1991, receiving the team MVP in 1990.

2014 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORSPRESIDENTDoug SaundersGuaranteed Supply Co.704-599-4000; dougs@gscnc.com

VICE-PRESIDENTTara CavallineUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte (704) 687-6584, tlcavall@uncc.edu

SECRETARYPaul FarrellCarolina Restoration & Waterproofing (919) 528-6400, pfarrell@crwonline.com

TREASURERHayes ThompsonStrickland Waterproofing, Inc. 704-614-6596 hthompson@stricklandwaterproofing.com

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTJeffery MolbySKA Consulting Engineers704-424-9663; JBMolby@skaeng.com

DIRECTORSRobert McDowell (through 2013)Seager Waterproofing, Inc.(336) 292-9284, robert@seagerwp.com

Bill Fortuna (through 2014)The Quikrete Companies(757) 478-1960, bfortuna@quikrete.com

Bruce Stoerkel (through 2015)Statesville Roofing & Building Restoration, Inc.(704) 768-8135, bstoerkel@statesvilleroofing.com

Ben Smith, PE (through 2015)Hazen and Sawyer(919) 755-8583, bcsmith@hazenandsawyer.com

Mark O’Brien (through 2016)Guaranteed Supply Company(919) 833-0923, marko@gscnc.com

Steve Moore, PE (through 2016)Applied Building Sciences(704) 749-3545, smoore@appliedbuildingsciences.com

CAROLINAS CHAPTER COMMITTEE CHAIRMENProgram Committee – Doug Saunders, Hayes Thompson, Tara CavallineHospitality Committee – Doug Saunders & Bill FortunaGolf Committee – John McDougall, Bruce Stoerkel, Mark O’Brien & Bill FortunaNominating Committee – Steve Moore & Hayes ThompsonCall Committee – Paul Farrell & Bill FortunaMembership and Education – Jeff Molby & Mark O’BrienAwards & Project of the Year – Hayes Thompson & Ben SmithSponsorship – Paul Farrell & Robert McDowellPoints Committee – Robert McDowell & Doug SaundersWebsite – Hayes Thompson & Steve MooreNewsletter – Bruce StoerkelService Project – Bruce Stoerkel & Ben Smith

MANAGEMENT TEAMKelly Andrews

(919) 380-3054kellybob@earthlink.net

Brad Aderhold(919) 247-0422

brad@adversecreations.com

LEGAL COUNSELAndy Anderson

Anderson Jones, PLLC (919) 277-2541

aanderson@andersonandjones.com

KEY CHAPTER MEETING & EVENT DATESJan 7, 2014 ICRICC Board Meeting Residence Inn- Crabtree, RaleighJan 20, 2014 World of Concrete Las Vegas, NVMarch 13, 2014 ICRICC Board Meeting Residence Inn- Crabtree, RaleighMarch 19-21, 2014 ICRI National Spring Convention Reno, NVApril 10, 2014 ICRICC/WCA Annual Joint Golf Tournament Tot Hill Farm Golf Course, Asheboro, NCMay 21, 2014 ICRICC Board Meeting Residence Inn- Crabtree, RaleighMay 22-23, 2014 ICRI Mega Demo – NCSU CML Raleigh, NC Residence Inn CrabtreeJune 12, 2014 ICRICC Board - Raleigh (Optional As Needed) Oct 16, 2014 ICRICC Board of Directors –400pm Courtyard by Marriott, Mt Pleasant Oct 16-18, 2014 ICRICC Fall Convention Courtyard by Marriott, Mt.Pleasant, SCNov. 19, 2014 Joint WCA/ICRI Sporting Clay Event Rocky Creek Sporting Clays, Richburg, SC

ICRI - Carolinas Chapter839 Finnbar Dr.Cary, NC 27519

May 22 & 23 in Raleigh