The Skyline Steel 2010 Webinar Series provides information on products and their applications as they relate to today’s challenging construction environment. And, you can earn PDH credit!*

Upcoming Seminars
Event Title	Date	Time
Cellular Cofferdams: When, Why &  How They Are Designed & Constructed	Aug 5	2:00 PM EST
Cost Effective Alternatives to Concrete Piles	Sep 2	2:00 PM EST
Micropiles and Threaded Bar Systems	Oct 7	2:00 PM EST

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*Upon completion of a Skyline Steel webinar, each participant must request a Certificate of Completion by sending an email to webinars@skylinesteel.com. Skyline Steel is not responsible for determining or issuing PDH credit. Please check with your State Board for Professional Engineers or appropriate governing body for exact PDH Credit guidelines and limitations. Please be sure to add webinars@skylinesteel.com to your address book to avoid having our messages sent to your spam filter.

Luxembourg , 25 January 2010 (11.00am CET) – ArcelorMittal, through the ArcelorMittal Foundation, announces a donation of 1 million USD to help the relief efforts in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following the earthquake that struck the island on Tuesday 12 January. More than 100,000 people may have been killed by this 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Tens of thousands are estimated to be in need of urgent assistance.

As in previous similiar situations, ArcelorMittal is ready to help. In a first step ArcelorMittal announced already two days after this natural disaster to support an emergency intervention from the organisation Médecins sans frontières (MSF) in Port-au-Prince. A donation of 100,000 USD aims to address the needs of the persons affected by the earthquake.

Today the Company increases its aid to a total of 1 million USD. This donation will be given in both cash and kind, offering assistance in new housing projects to rebuild Haiti. ArcelorMittal is also encouraging its employees to support other local initiatives in the country.

Commenting, Mr. Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman & CEO of ArcelorMittal, said: “The painful images and news of the earthquake in Haiti have shocked us all. The scale of the devastation is beyond comprehension. I would like to express my deepest sympathies to all the people affected by this tragedy. I hope with our help, and the help of others, that we will be able to bring support in rebuilding the country and aid those who have suffered.”

ArcelorMittal previously contributed to support the affected regions after the Turkey earthquake (1999), the cyclone in Myanmar (2008), the earthquake in Sichuan (2008), the Italy earthquake (2009), and the sustained support to the region affected by hurricane Katrina in the US (2005).

On Thursday, August 27th 2009, the newly formed Florida Chapter of The Pile Driving Contractor Association (PDCA) held its inaugural chapter meeting in Orlando, Florida. Skyline Steel's Business Development Manager, Kylie Williams, coordinated the event, putting together a panel of eight (8) industry specialists to entertain an audience of more than 105 attendees; including representation from Central Florida’s engineering and contracting communities as well as support from vendors and manufacturers including Skyline Steel, LLC. Skyline Steel’s Southeast District Manager, Richard Gilbert, a member of the PDCA National Board of Directors, along with Florida’s District Manager, Walter

Van Zuthem, and Florida Salesmen Rod Hallson and Michael Leonor came out to support the cause.

The evening festivities included a technical panel discussion on “The Use of Driven Piles in Design/Build Projects: “Lessons Learned”, moderated by Kylie Williams, who serves as the organization’s General Secretary.

The esteemed panelists included; Mr. Frank O’Dea, P.E. from the Florida Department of Transportation; Mr. Ben Dreiling, P.E. from the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority; Mr. Paul Passe, P.E. from Professional Service Industries; Mr. Ross McGillivray, P.E. from Ardaman & Associates, Inc; Mr. Chris Mills, P.E. from Wilbur Smith Associates; Mr. Scott Dean, P.E. from HNTB; Mr. Derek Fogt from Johnson Brothers; and Mr. David Thornton from Misener Marine Construction, Inc.

Overall, this momentous event was received very well by all who attended as well as the local construction community. A special thank you goes out to all those who were involved in the planning and execution of this event. Please join us in wishing the PDCA of Florida continued success and growth in the future.

On April 23, 2009, Skyline Steel's Kylie Williams conducted an organizational meeting to begin a PDCA of Florida Chapter and a follow up to a preliminary meeting held during the IFCEE '09 conference. The meeting was attended by 17 interested persons, including PDCA Board members Van Hogan (Immediate Past President), Mike Elliott (Director) and Stevan Hall (Executive Director). Several others indicated an interest, but just could not make the meeting.

During the meeting, Van Hogan provided a presentation on "Benefits of PDCA". The agenda included discussions on the current Florida membership, benefits of a Florida PDCA Chapter, organization of the chapter and solicitation of new members, and benefits of learning from existing PDCA chapters. Before the meeting ended, Officers had been elected, a S teering Committee formed and a Membership Development Chair elected.

The Officers of the chapter are President Van Hogan (Ed Waters and Sons Contracting Co., Inc., St. Augustine, FL), Vice President Keith Waugh (Leware Construction Co., Leesburg, FL), Secretary Kylie Williams (Skyline Steel, Orlando, FL) and Treasurer Mike Carter (Giken America Corp., Orlando, FL). The Steering Committee consists of the Officers of the Chapter and the following PDCA members who assisted in the initial formation of the chapter — Sara Harrison, Don Surrency and Mike Elliott. The Chair of the Membership Development Committee is Sara Harrison (Hammer & Steel, Green Cove Springs, FL).

On May 12, 2009, the Officers conducted a conference call to map out the immediate goals of the chapter and progress from the organizational meeting, which included writing the Bylaws, articles of incorporation, establishing a bank account and recruiting members.

Participants in the first PDCA of Florida Organizational meeting seen above.

Working with Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group, Skyline Steel is providing steel for the largest design-build civil works project in the history of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Reduction - as it's officially named - is a $695-million wall barrier designed to protect New Orleans from storm surges similar to that generated by Hurricane Katrina.

Skyline Steel is furnishing almost 18,000 tons of steel pipe (36" OD x .750 wall) to Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group for this massive two-mile long project.  When the production and fabrication are complete, the steel pipe will be loaded on barges and transferred to a Shaw subsidiary in Delcambre, LA.

Skyline Steel is proud to be the steel supplier for such an elaborate, and important project that has the potential of impacting millions of people as well as the environment in a positive manner.  To read more about this historic project, please click here *.

*PDF provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers