The Golf Outing Returns

The opportunities to raise money and do great things for precast concrete education will abound in Salt Lake City.

After a year’s hiatus, the PCI Foundation Golf Tournament has returned. Join your associates or put together a sponsored team to enjoy Stonebridge Golf Club. This scenic gem on the Wasatch Front is one of the best new courses in Utah. Stonebridge is located just minutes from the Salt Lake International Airport and downtown Salt Lake City, and offers a Scottish links style layout designed by US Open champion and renowned course designer Johnny Miller.

All tournament proceeds benefit the PCI Foundation and its industry programs. This will be a scramble format with shotgun start. Teams will be handicapped. Your $100 entry fee includes: tournament & greens fee, cart, range balls, and grilled lunch buffet. Proper golf attire and soft spikes are mandatory. [Rental golf clubs are available for $25 to be paid individually - call the golf club at (801) 957-9000 to reserve a set.] Mulligan and raffle tickets will be available at the course. Prizes will be awarded Saturday evening in the PCI Convention Exhibit Hall during the Foundation Silent Auction, for first, second and third place teams, plus close-to-the-pin and long drive competitions.

Check out the PCI Auction & Raffle website for the latest information on the golf outing -- and be sure to sign up when you get your convention registration materials

Student Design Competiton Aided by PCI Foundation Work

One of the programs that has been boosted by the work of the PCI Foundation is that of the student design competition. Although it is not necessary to be part of a PCI Foundation-sponsored Precast Studio to enter the competition, the past winners have often come from some of the programs scattered around the US. Students interested in the program, either for 2011 or beyond, can enter the compeition to learn more about designing in precast concrete.

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute has issued a call for entries for its 2011 Student Architectural Design Competition. The project will address total-precast concrete design solutions for multi-unit housing, including concepts for duplex, apartment, senior and extended-care housing projects, as well as hotels, motels, dormitories and military barracks. 
Students will be evaluated on their ability to creatively design and technically integrate architectural and structural total-precast concrete systems. For their design, they may elect to use a selected site-specific location at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale, Ill., or develop their own existing site.

Consideration for sustainable building practices will be a major element in the competition. Successful entries will be characterized by innovative use of precast/prestressed concrete as an agent in sustainable design. A minimum potential LEED silver rating is required to be integrated into the design.

The competition is open to students currently enrolled in any architecture-related program, such as architecture, landscape architecture, construction management, interior design or any program with an emphasis on the built environment. Competition entries may be the work of an individual student or can be submitted as a team from a school. Student organizations, such as AIAS, may enter the competition as a possible fund-raiser for the organization. Each entry must have a faculty advisor.

The entry due date for the 2011 competition is May 27, 2011. Design winners will be announced in July 2011 and awards will be presented at the PCI 2011 Annual Convention & Exhibition to be held October 22–25, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

For more information about the competition, submittal requirements and forms, visit www.pci.org. Click on Education, then click on Architectural Competition.

For questions or sponsorship opportunities, contact PCI’s managing director, research and development, Roger J. Becker, P.E., S.E., at 312-360-3213 or rbecker@pci.org.