2012 PCI Journal Readership Survey2012 PCI Journal Readership Survey

Thank you for participating in the PCI Journal’s 2012 readership survey. Your feedback will help us make the PCI Journal more useful to you. The 20-question survey should take five to 10 minutes to complete. Include your contact information at the end to be entered into the drawing for a new Apple iPad or a Kindle Fire. The first 10 respondents will also receive a $25 Visa gift card. We appreciate your time and feedback.

1. Please choose the response that best describes your job function.

Please choose the response that best describes your job function. Academic

Association or institute employee

Contractor/CM

Federal government

Municipal or county engineer

Port authority engineer

Precast concrete fabricator

Private consultant

Retired/semiretired

State transportation official

Student

Other (please specify)

2. What is your job title?

What is your job title?

3. What is your company's market sector? (Please check all that apply.)

What is your company's market sector? (Please check all that apply.) Commercial structures (office, retail, mixed use)

Entertainment structures (arena, stadium, theater)

Industrial and warehousing structures (distribution, data centers, storage)

Institutional structures (K–12, higher education, medical, correctional)

Multifamily residential structures (condominiums, senior living, student housing, hotel)

Nonstructural applications

Structures on military bases

Parking structures

Transportation and bridge structures

Utilities/energy

4. What best describes your authority to select materials and systems for projects?

What best describes your authority to select materials and systems for projects? Final decision maker

Influencer, directly part of the design team

Perform research and/or make recommendations

Not usually involved in the decision

5. Please rate the following sections of the PCI Journal in terms of value to you.

	I always read it	I often read it	I occasionally read it	I seldom/never read it
Chairman’s Message	*Please rate the following sections of the PCI Journal in terms of value to you. Chairman’s Message I always read it	Chairman’s Message I often read it	Chairman’s Message I occasionally read it	Chairman’s Message I seldom/never read it
President’s Message	President’s Message I always read it	President’s Message I often read it	President’s Message I occasionally read it	President’s Message I seldom/never read it
Editor’s Message	Editor’s Message I always read it	Editor’s Message I often read it	Editor’s Message I occasionally read it	Editor’s Message I seldom/never read it
From PCI Headquarters	From PCI Headquarters I always read it	From PCI Headquarters I often read it	From PCI Headquarters I occasionally read it	From PCI Headquarters I seldom/never read it
Our Members	Our Members I always read it	Our Members I often read it	Our Members I occasionally read it	Our Members I seldom/never read it
Project Spotlight	Project Spotlight I always read it	Project Spotlight I often read it	Project Spotlight I occasionally read it	Project Spotlight I seldom/never read it
Cover story	Cover story I always read it	Cover story I often read it	Cover story I occasionally read it	Cover story I seldom/never read it
Committee reports	Committee reports I always read it	Committee reports I often read it	Committee reports I occasionally read it	Committee reports I seldom/never read it
Peer-reviewed papers	Peer-reviewed papers I always read it	Peer-reviewed papers I often read it	Peer-reviewed papers I occasionally read it	Peer-reviewed papers I seldom/never read it
Classified advertisements	Classified advertisements I always read it	Classified advertisements I often read it	Classified advertisements I occasionally read it	Classified advertisements I seldom/never read it
Meet (the last-page profile of a person involved in our industry)	Meet (the last-page profile of a person involved in our industry) I always read it	Meet (the last-page profile of a person involved in our industry) I often read it	Meet (the last-page profile of a person involved in our industry) I occasionally read it	Meet (the last-page profile of a person involved in our industry) I seldom/never read it
Annual PCI Design Awards Summary (Fall issue)	Annual PCI Design Awards Summary (Fall issue) I always read it	Annual PCI Design Awards Summary (Fall issue) I often read it	Annual PCI Design Awards Summary (Fall issue) I occasionally read it	Annual PCI Design Awards Summary (Fall issue) I seldom/never read it

6. How much of the technical content (cover story, project articles, peer-reviewed papers, committee reports) in an issue of the PCI Journal should be related to the issue’s theme?

How much of the technical content (cover story, project articles, peer-reviewed papers, committee reports) in an issue of the PCI Journal should be related to the issue’s theme? At least 75% should relate to the theme

About 50% should relate to the theme

About 25% should relate to the theme

7. What other topics would like to see in the future? (Check all that apply.)

What other topics would like to see in the future? (Check all that apply.) Blast resistance

Bridges

Codes

Construction

Design

Durability

Energy

Extreme loading

Fire

FRP

Management/business

Materials

Pavements

Precast concrete plant operations

Repair and rehabilitation

Seismic

Sustainability

Utility poles

Wind loading

Wind towers

Other (please specify)

8. What other professional publications do you read?

What other professional publications do you read? Civil Engineering

Concrete Construction

Concrete International

ENR

Roads and Bridges

Other (please specify)

9. How do you like the new look of the peer-reviewed papers? (Check all that apply.)

How do you like the new look of the peer-reviewed papers? (Check all that apply.) Just right

I didn’t notice there was a new look

Too drab

Too colorful

Difficult to read

Easier to read

Not serious enough

Too serious

Does not reproduce well

10. Please rate the quality of PCI Journal on the following:

	Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very poor	No opinion
Content	*Please rate the quality of PCI Journal on the following: Content Excellent	Content Good	Content Average	Content Poor	Content Very poor	Content No opinion
Cover	Cover Excellent	Cover Good	Cover Average	Cover Poor	Cover Very poor	Cover No opinion
Ease of reading	Ease of reading Excellent	Ease of reading Good	Ease of reading Average	Ease of reading Poor	Ease of reading Very poor	Ease of reading No opinion
Layout and design	Layout and design Excellent	Layout and design Good	Layout and design Average	Layout and design Poor	Layout and design Very poor	Layout and design No opinion
Photography	Photography Excellent	Photography Good	Photography Average	Photography Poor	Photography Very poor	Photography No opinion
Writing	Writing Excellent	Writing Good	Writing Average	Writing Poor	Writing Very poor	Writing No opinion

11. What actions have you taken as a result of reading PCI Journal? (Check all that apply.)

What actions have you taken as a result of reading PCI Journal? (Check all that apply.) Recommended PCI to someone

Attended an event

Volunteered for an activity

Made a donation to PCI or the PCI Foundation

Visited a company’s website

Visited the PCI website

Written to the PCI or editor of PCI Journal

Discussed an ad or article with others

Shared an ad or article with customers, clients, or employees

Saved an ad or article for future reference

Contacted a manufacturer’s salesperson or distributor for information

Recommended a product to a customer, client, or employee

Purchased a product or accessory

No action taken

Other (please specify)

12. What type of content do you want to see or see more of in the PCI Journal? (Check all that apply.)

What type of content do you want to see or see more of in the PCI Journal? (Check all that apply.) Academic research

Basics for young professionals

Bridge codes

Bridges

Building codes

Buildings

PCI committee and council news

Industry news

PCI member awards, promotions, and hirings

New applications for precast concrete

New technology

Obituaries

Parking structures

PCI news

Personality profiles

Pipes

Plant operations

Port facilities

Practical applications

Product news and reviews

Project case studies

Safety

Sustainability

Utility poles

Other (please specify)

13. How long do you typically keep an issue of the PCI Journal?

How long do you typically keep an issue of the PCI Journal? More than one month

Up to one month

Up to one week

Discard immediately

14. What is your preferred delivery method of the PCI Journal?

What is your preferred delivery method of the PCI Journal? Print only

Electronic only

Either print or electronic

Both print and electronic

15. If there were additional PCI Journal content, such as appendixes, photographs, interviews, Q&A's, or video clips, available only online, would you go to the website to view it?

If there were additional PCI Journal content, such as appendixes, photographs, interviews, Q&A's, or video clips, available only online, would you go to the website to view it? Not at all likely

A little

Moderately

Very likely

16. Have you ever accessed PCI Journal articles on our website?

Have you ever accessed PCI Journal articles on our website? Often

Occasionally

Once or twice

Never

17. Have you ever used the search engine on our website to find a PCI Journal article?

Have you ever used the search engine on our website to find a PCI Journal article? Yes, the search engine works acceptably.

Yes, but the search engine needs improvement.

No, I have not used the search engine to look for PCI Journal articles.

18. Which electronic devices do you use? (Check all that apply.)

Which electronic devices do you use? (Check all that apply.) PC

Mac

iPad

Kindle

Nook

iPhone

Android

Blackberry

Other e-reader or tablet or other smart phone (please specify)

19. What suggestions do you have to improve the PCI Journal?

What suggestions do you have to improve the PCI Journal?

20. Is there anything else you would like to convey regarding the PCI Journal?

Is there anything else you would like to convey regarding the PCI Journal?

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