National Information
The Professional Construction Estimators Association (PCEA) was originally chartered on June 5, 1956
with twenty-five members in Charlotte, North Carolina. During the early years of existence, these few
members rallied together exchanging constructive ideas, promoting educational endeavors, and developing
new friendships. They set forth goals and aimed toward expansion of the association through diversified activities and development of established relationships. As a result, the second Chapter was established
in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1958.
Today, the National association has more than 575 members in twelve chapters across five states (VA, NC, SC, GA, FL) and continues to grow.
The purpose of the PCEA as extracted from the by-laws and constitution include:
Local Chapter Information
The Catawba Valley chapter of PCEA was chartered on November 9, 1978 at the Golden Bull Restaurant (where Hams on 321 now stands). Steve Barnhardt was the first Chapter President. He was the sales manager for Catawba Concrete Products, which later changed its name to Lightweight Block Company (now CEMEX on 2nd Avenue in Hickory). Bliss Teague was First Vice President, Bill Reeves was Second Vice President (deceased) and Terry Sigmon was Secretary. Below you will find a list of charter members and past presidents as of 2009. From the Golden Bull, the meetings moved to the Hickory American Legion (now part of Hickory High School), the Ramada Inn (where Parkway Inn/Gateway now stands), Lake Hickory Country Club, Catawba Country Club, and a couple of other locations before arriving at the present location. During the mid-eighties, only the Raleigh and Charlotte chapters were larger than Catawba Valley.
Steve Barnhardt John B. Battle Tom Bumgarner Bill Burton Kearns Cheek Jerry Childers*** Warren Cochran Walter Eades Grover Edwards* Jesse Ellis Darrell Freeman Carroll Goodman Carroll Hallyburton* Robert Hefner |
Tony Holliday Samuel Jordan* Ed Kerr* Larry Kirby Bill Laney John Laughridge* David Looper John McDill Donald Miller Ransom Miller* Anthony Moretz Reggie Owen Dean W. Pennell Tom A. Pennes |
Gary Propst Bill Reeves* William Rivers Don Rudisill* Terry Sigmon Danny Simmons Rod Sipe Austin Smith Robert Smith* Marshall Stafford Bliss Teague Lee Troutman Charles "Chuck" White William Wiseman |
1978-1979 Steve Barnhardt 1991-1992 Chuck White |
1992-1993 Billy Reynolds* 1993-1994 Stewart Robbins 2004-2005 Tony Eckard |
2006-2007 Randall Williams 2008-2009 John Walker 2016-2017 Patty Delgado 2017-2018 William Clayton 2018-2019 Randall Williams 2019-2020 Andrew Rudisill |
1980 Bliss Teague 1981 Robert Smith* 1982 Lynn Nash 1983 Jerry Childers*** 1984 Don Rudisill* 1985 Sam Jordan* 1986 Curtis Allison*** 1987 Ken Houston* 1988 Phil Bunton*** 1989 Clark Isaac 1990 Grover Edwards* 1991 Roger Kerr 1992 Chuck White 1993 Jennie Miller |
1994 Stewart Robbins 1995 Amy Buckner 1996 Phil Bunton 1997 Tony Eckard 1998 Todd Temple 1999 Karl Thomason 2000 David Deal 2001 Melissa Swanson 2002 Bryn Starnes 2003 Armin Wallner 2004 Mike McGhinnis 2005 Tony Eckard 2006 Randall Williams 2007 John Walker |
2008 Melanie Land 2009 Chris Brooks 2010 Patty M. Delgado 2011 Melissa Swanson 2012 Todd Staley 2013 Stacey Walker 2014 William Clayton 2015 Chris LeFevers |
* Known to be deceased ** Lifetime Member *** Member Emeritus