News & Events


2023 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


2023 PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting

PFI/UA Fall Labor Meeting - September 15- 19, 2023 – at the Encore Boston Harbor, Boston, MA


2024 PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting

PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting – April 10 – 16 , 2024 – at the Turtle Bay Resort, Hawaii, HI
PFI/UA Fall Labor Meeting - September 13 -17, 2024 – at the Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, TN


2025 PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting

PFI Annual Meeting & PFI/UA Labor Meeting – March 27 – April 3, 2025 – at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Danna Point, CA
PFI/UA Fall Labor Meeting – September 19 – 23, 2025 – at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, Kalamazoo, MI

APPOINTED OFFICERS for 2022/2023:
  • Chairman: Steve Hinshaw (P1 Group, Inc., Lawrence, KS)
  • Vice-Chairman and Program & Meeting: Doug Barefoot (High Purity Systems, Inc., Manassas, VA)
  • Treasurer and Budget Committee Chairman: Ned Hawkins (W. Soule & Co., Kalamazoo, MI)
  • Membership Committee Chairman: Bob Glasgow (W.J. O’Neil Company, Livonia, MI)
  • Labor Relations Committee Chairman: Greg Howell (Dixie Mechanical, Tuscaloosa, AL)
  • Nominating Committee Chairman: Gary Nichols (McAbee Construction, Tuscaloosa, AL)
  • By-Laws Committee Chairman: John Panetti (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
  • Engineering Committee Chairman: Bo Richardson (Industrial Power Systems, Rossford, OH)
  • Industrial Health & Safety Committee Chairman: Don Jackson (W. Soule & Co., Kalamazoo, MI)
APPOINTED UA REPRESENTATIVES for 2022/2023:
  • 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
  • Trevor M. Robertson – Local 496 – Calgary, AB, Canada
  • Jeffrey A. White – Local 168 – Marietta, OH
  • Che Timmons – Local 342 – Concord, CA
  • Kent Prosser – Local 166 – Fort Wayne, IN