News & Events
2026
Annual Meeting Sponsors
PREFABRICATION MARKET ASSESSMENT STUDIES
“The United Association, in partnership with MCAA and Pipe Fabrication
Institute contractors, has completed a highly anticipated Prefabrication Market Assessment
Study.”
Message from Mark McManus, United Association General President
Future meeting dates
2026 PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting
PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting – March 25 – March 31, 2026 – at the Marriott Jacksonville
Downtown, Jacksonville FL
PFI/UA Fall Labor Meeting – September 18 – 22, 2026 – at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, MO
2027 PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting
PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting – March 31 – April 6, 2027 – The Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention
Center, Grapevine TX
PFI/UA Fall Labor Meeting – September 17 – 21, 2027 – The Westin Annapolis, Annapolis, MD
APPOINTED OFFICERS for 2026/2027:
- Chairman: Yates Vanden Heuvel (CR Meyer, Oshkosh WI)
- Vice-Chairman & Program & Meeting Chairman: Dan Panetti (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
- Treasurer and Budget Committee Chairman: Bob Glasgow (W.J. O’Neil, Livonia MI)
- Membership Committee Chairman: Darius Fugate (Wright Industrial Group, Charleston TN)
- Labor Relations Committee Chairman: Doug Barefoot (High Purity Systems, Inc., Manassas, VA)
- Technology Committee Chairman: Tyler Petersen (Bassett Mechanical, Kaukauna WI)
- By-Laws Committee Chairman: Tom Panetti (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
- Engineering Committee Chairman: Beau Wendholt (NEWJACK Industrial, Lebanon IN)
- Industrial Health & Safety Committee Chairman: Don Campbell (P1 Group, Inc., Lawrence, KS)
APPOINTED UA REPRESENTATIVES for 2026/2027:
- Christopher A. Haslinger, Administrative Assistant to the General President and chairman of the
United Association Labor Relations Committee
- Randall Carroll, Gulf Coast Multi-State Pipe Trades Council
- Doug Dokey – Local 400 – Kaukauna WI
- Jeffrey A. White – Local 168 – Marietta, OH
- Che Timmons – Local 342 – Concord, CA
- Kent Prosser – Local 166 – Fort Wayne, IN
PREFABRICATION MARKET ASSESSMENT STUDIES
“The United Association, in partnership with MCAA and Pipe Fabrication Institute contractors, has completed a highly anticipated Prefabrication Market Assessment Study.”
Message from Mark McManus, United Association General President
Future meeting dates
2026 PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting
PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting – March 25 – March 31, 2026 – at the Marriott Jacksonville Downtown, Jacksonville FLPFI/UA Fall Labor Meeting – September 18 – 22, 2026 – at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, MO
2027 PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting
PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting – March 31 – April 6, 2027 – The Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine TXPFI/UA Fall Labor Meeting – September 17 – 21, 2027 – The Westin Annapolis, Annapolis, MD
APPOINTED OFFICERS for 2026/2027:
- Chairman: Yates Vanden Heuvel (CR Meyer, Oshkosh WI)
- Vice-Chairman & Program & Meeting Chairman: Dan Panetti (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
- Treasurer and Budget Committee Chairman: Bob Glasgow (W.J. O’Neil, Livonia MI)
- Membership Committee Chairman: Darius Fugate (Wright Industrial Group, Charleston TN)
- Labor Relations Committee Chairman: Doug Barefoot (High Purity Systems, Inc., Manassas, VA)
- Technology Committee Chairman: Tyler Petersen (Bassett Mechanical, Kaukauna WI)
- By-Laws Committee Chairman: Tom Panetti (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
- Engineering Committee Chairman: Beau Wendholt (NEWJACK Industrial, Lebanon IN)
- Industrial Health & Safety Committee Chairman: Don Campbell (P1 Group, Inc., Lawrence, KS)
APPOINTED UA REPRESENTATIVES for 2026/2027:
- Christopher A. Haslinger, Administrative Assistant to the General President and chairman of the United Association Labor Relations Committee
- Randall Carroll, Gulf Coast Multi-State Pipe Trades Council
- Doug Dokey – Local 400 – Kaukauna WI
- Jeffrey A. White – Local 168 – Marietta, OH
- Che Timmons – Local 342 – Concord, CA
- Kent Prosser – Local 166 – Fort Wayne, IN