Mid-States Concrete’s Vice President of Safety and Quality, Mike Wolff, was recently named a 2023 PCI Fellow.

The PCI Fellow award recognizes an individual who has embraced the values of the Institute and has provided continuous outstanding contributions to the precast concrete industry. Service to the industry may be considered in the areas of education, research, design, marketing, management, and operations. This individual will have also demonstrated exceptional service to PCI.

Wolff, who has been with Mid-States Concrete for 16 years, is humbled by being named a PCI Fellow.

“The Fellows that were up on that stage with me are incredible individuals who have contributed immensely to the precast industry,” Wolff said.

Over the years, Wolff has served on a number of PCI committees focused on quality and safety. He currently serves as Chair of the Plant Certification and QA Supplier Committees; as a member of the Erector Certification, Quality Activities Council (also Vice Chair), Quality Enhancement, Quality Personnel Training and Certification, Safeguarding Impartiality, and Tolerances Committees; and consulting member of the Architectural Certification and Plant Safety and Environmental Committees. He also currently serves as President of PCI of Illinois & Wisconsin. At the most recent PCI Convention, Wolff was also given a new appointment: Quality Activities Council Chair for PCI National.

Mid-States Concrete President Hagen Harker commends Wolff’s continuous learning and improvement and the impact he has had on our organization and the precast industry. He added that Wolff brings his best every day, crosses all lines to share information and genuinely wants to help everyone get better and improve.

“The only way it would be possible for me to be involved in PCI is because of everyone at Mid-States Concrete Industries,” Wolff said, crediting Harker for his encouragement to participate, and crediting the rest of the production team for covering him while on PCI business, keeping the ship in the right direction.

Within his work on various committees, Wolff is most proud of creating the Quality Assurance Supplier Committee and the work of that committee in creating documents that are truly life safety documents designed to prevent disasters and accidents.

He is also grateful for the relationships he has built within PCI as it has provided him with a network of experts within the field to work with and learn from.

“You don’t always have to be the smartest guy in the room, but you have to be willing to learn,” Wolff said.

Wolff is also grateful for the opportunity to impact the precast industry through his participation in PCI.

“Being on the committees, being on the councils, Mid-States has a voice and can impact the standards that are set forth for precast,” Wolff said. “That’s a big deal.”