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March 2014

Construction Safety Council Conference

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Convention 1

Member News 2

Member News 3

Spring Showcase 4

Convention 5

Convention 6

Convention 7

Calendar 8

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S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Annual

Convention

UCA Website

Updates

2014 Events

www.uca.org

UCA’s 2014 Annual Convention

Registration Open for UCA’s Underground Spring Showcase, April 15th

Join UCA on Tuesday, April

15th, for the Annual Under-

ground Spring Showcase at Ve-

nuti’s Ristorante & Banquets in

Addison.

This year’s Showcase has some-

thing for everyone:

Meet with professionals from

all walks of the industry

including aggregates, bank-

ing, bonding, investments,

law, construction supplies,

subcontractors, etc.

See the latest in technology

with project and equipment

displays and demonstrations.

Invite your superintendents,

estimators, and project man-

agers!

There is no dress code so stop by

after work or from a jobsite. Food

and beverage service will be of-

fered throughout the event.

All registered attendees qualify to

win a prize!

For more information, please vis-

it the Events Section of

www.uca.org.

Over 70 members attended

UCA’s 2014 Annual Convention

in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico at The

Westin Resort & Spa over the

dates of January 19-24, 2014.

The weather was perfect for

UCA Members, providing a

week of 80 degrees and sunshine!

To begin the week, Illinois

State Senator, Martin Sandoval

(Chairman of the Senate Trans-

portation Committee) gave eve-

ryone a warm welcome at the

Welcome Reception on Sunday.

Monday morning featured

presentations from Chris Getty

(Mayor of the Village of Lyons)

regarding the State Revolving

Fund as well as Greg Wilcox

(Winston Engineering) & Brian

Mihelich (True North Consult-

ants) who spoke about new

CCDD regulations.

On Wednesday morning, Jim

Weber (Assurance Agency) in-

formed members about the surety

market and O’Brien Mills

(Aldridge Electric) educated con-

vention attendee’s of OSHA Do’s

& Don’ts.

Presentations were exception-

ally informative & members

walked away with a lot of benefi-

cial information.

Other highlights included a

beach bash where guests danced

the night away and the Presi-

dent’s Dinner which was com-

plete with a Cirque de Soleil

show.

Thank you to those who par-

ticipated in the convention as

attendees, sponsors, speakers,

etc. This event would not be pos-

sible without you and your sup-

port.

For a list of attendees and sponsors,

please turn to page 7.

2014 Convention Committee

Chair Jeff Delia

National Concrete Pipe Co.

Bob Bosworth

Elmhurst-Chicago Stone

Kristi Bloom

Bluff City Materials

JR Gillogly

East Jordan Iron Works

Lori Jermyn

Vulcan Construction Materials

Brian Klimes

FOCIS Promotions & Incentives

Liz Memmoli

A.T.M. Aggregate Logistics Inc.

Rob Kubycheck


Todd Larsen

Lee Jensen Sales Co.

Ted Memmoli


Larry O’Neill

Patten Construction Products

Stu Senska

Vermeer Midwest

Kelly Barr

West Side Tractor Sales

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Tom Rakow IHC Construction Companies

President

Mike Stark Stark & Son Trenching

Vice President John McGovern OSCO Oil

Vice President/Treasurer

Nick Neri

John Neri Construction Co.

Secretary

UCA Staff Mike Wiedmaier

Lauren Fosmoen Mary Woods

500 Park Boulevard

Suite 154C

Itasca, IL 60143

(630) 467-1919

Fax: (630) 773-4873

www.uca.org UCA Pipeline is a publication of the Underground Contractors Association of

Illinois. UCA is a non-profit trade associa-tion of contractors and suppliers in the sewer, water, utility, and underground

industry. UCA is active in market develop-ment, information, education, labor, and promotion of safety.

Editorial comments, articles and photo-graphs are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Lauren Fosmoen, Events and Marketing Coordinator, for more

information, (630) 467-1919 or [email protected].

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President’s Editorial

It has been a cold and snow

filled 2014 so far. The con-

vention in Puerto Vallarta,

Mexico offered relief to the

attendees. The weather was

perfect with nothing but sun-

shine and warm weather.

Unfortunately Sue and I

could not attend at the last

minute. Thanks to Mike and

Patty Stark for filling in for

us. It was their first conven-

tion but won’t be their last.

A special thanks to the par-

ticipants, speakers and spon-

sors for making it a special

week.

A convention, like any other

event, is made possible with

the behind the scenes work

of the committee and staff. I

would like to recognize Lau-

ren Fosmoen (UCA Events

& Marketing Coordinator),

Jeff Delia, Convention

Chairman (National Con-

crete Pipe Co.), Brian

Klimes (FOCIS Promotions

and Incentives) and Kristi

Bloom (Bluff City Materi-

als) for the many hours of

hard work put forth. Mary

Woods (UCA Website Coor-

dinator) took many wonder-

ful pictures to document the

camaraderie and the beauty

of the surroundings.

January 2015 convention

is in Kauai, Hawaii. It is

not too early to start think-

ing about attending. I hear

that Mike Wiedmaier and

Brian Klimes already have

the flights booked for their

families. Yes I said families,

children are welcome to at-

tend. Details will be availa-

ble soon.

Please sign up to participate

in or attend the Spring

Showcase on April 15th.

Send your “key” employees

to network with public offi-

cials, general contractors,

engineers and associate

member firms. Don’t pass

up this great opportunity.

The membership committee

is working hard to invite

companies to become a part

of the UCA team. Do your

part by identifying and in-

forming others of UCA. Tell

them to join & take ad-

vantage of what we have to

offer. I am pleased to wel-

come our newest member

firms; True North Consult-

ants, Inc., The Pipco Compa-

nies LTD and Eichhorn &

Eichhorn, LLP.

Stay involved and I wish you

the best as the spring con-

struction season begins.

Sincerely,

Thomas Rakow

UCA President

Welcome New UCA Members! True North Consultants (A) 1240 Iroquois Ave, Suite 206

Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 717-2880 Contact: Brian Mihelich

The Pipco Companies (C)

1409 W. Altorfer Dr.

Peoria, IL 61615

(309) 692-4060 Contact: Greg Cicciarelli

Eichhorn & Eichhorn, LLP (A)

200 Russell Street

Hammaond, IN 46320

(219) 931-0560 Contact: Carly Brandenburg

Tom Rakow, UCA President

IHC Construction Companies

Apply NOW for UCA’s

2013 Safety Award!

Save the Dates!

Monday, March 31st CISCO; Project Labor Agreement Seminar

Cement Masons Local #502, Bellwood

Tuesday, April 15th Underground Spring Showcase

Venuti’s, Addison

Thursday, May 15th Safety Awards Luncheon Construction Safety Council, Hillside

Thursday, June 26th Annual Golf Outing Cantigny, Wheaton

For more information, please visit www.uca.org.

2014 Convention

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ATTENDEES

Assurance Agency

Aldridge Electric

Berger Excavating


CARE Plus, LLC

Falk Metz, LLC


Franco & Moroney, LLC

Glenbrook Excavating & Concrete

Hanson Material Service

Holiday Sewer & Water

Illinois State Senator

INTREN

J&T Services

King Cut Concrete Cutters

Mackie Consultants

National Concrete Pipe Co.

Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co., Inc.

Patten Industries Inc.

Power Washing Pros

S&C Insurance Center

Stark & Son Trenching

True North Consultants

Vermeer Midwest

Mayor, Village of Lyons/

West Suburban Municipal Council


Winston Engineering

Wolf & Company

SPONSORS

BASIC LEVEL SPONSORS ($350)

Berger Excavating Contractors

Concrete Specialties

EJ

Lee Jensen Sales

Maurides Foley Tabangay & Turner,

LLC

Richards Excavating

S&C Insurance Center

Sawyer Falduto Asset Management

Steve Spiess Construction

Vermeer Midwest

Winston Engineering

Wolf & Company

Ziebell Water Service Products

BRONZE LEVEL SPONSORS

($500)

Aldridge Electric


Glenbrook Excavating & Concrete

King Cut Concrete Cutters

Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co.

Stark & Son Trenching

SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS

($1,000)

Assurance Agency

D Construction

Joseph J. Henderson & Son

GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS ($2,000)

A.T.M. Aggregate Logistics


IHC Construction Companies

L.J. Keefe Co.

OSCO Oil

PLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORS

($2,500)

Vulcan Construction Materials

DIAMOND LEVEL SPONSORS

($3,000)


KEYNOTE SPEAKER SPONSORS


Dillon Brothers


Mackie Consultants

Matias Trucking

Patten Industries

Reliable Materials Lyons

Southwind RAS

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P A G E 6

2014 Convention: The Westin Resort & Spa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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On Monday, March 3rd, UCA Staff sent out usernames & passwords for the "Members Section" of the newly updated

UCA website!

If you are have not received yours or have any questions, please contact UCA Staff at 630-467-1919

or [email protected].

UCA Website: Usernames & Passwords

P I P E L I N E

UCA would like to introduce new Risk Management Committee Chairman, John Sliwicki. He has been very

active on the committee over the years and has enthusiastically volunteered more of his time.

John is the Risk Manager of Aldridge Electric, a national specialty contractor headquartered in Libertyville, IL.

He is responsible for the overall management of the insurance, claims, contract management, DOT administra-

tion and utility damage prevention roles. John brings over 15 years of construction and logistics experience in

the areas of Safety & Risk Management.

Recently, John put together a presentation on “Cultural Shift of Company Vehicles vs. Allowance and the Use of

GPS to Monitor Vehicles” . He spoke at the meeting in Itasca and East Peoria. Be sure to join him at future

meetings and share in his passion for protecting the employees and assets of your company. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Also new to committee Chairmanship are David VanWy of JULIE (Utility), Gulzar Singh, President of Pan-

Oceanic Engineering Co., Inc. (Scholarship) and David Henderson, President of Joseph J. Henderson & Son,

Inc. (Legislative). The outgoing Chairmen are Mike Piraino, Ron Smith, Tim Conlon and Gary Klein. UCA

would like to thank all of you for your dedicated time and service.

New Committee Chairmen

2014 Utility Roundtable

On Wednesday. February 26th approx-

imately 40 people attended the 2014

Utility Roundtable at the Laborer’s

Carol Stream Training Facility.

Dave Van Wy from JULIE, Inc. did a

fantastic job moderating between the

audience members and our panelists.

Panelists consisted of Frank Bedtke,

representing the City of Chicago as

well as the Greater Chicago Damage

Prevention Council, Hensley Gooden

represented Nicor Gas, Kelley Heinz

represented ComEd, Tony Crawford

represented AT&T, & Gerald Johnson

represented USIC.

UCA Members said the roundtable

was very informative, topics discussed

include: JULIE Policy Changes - ex-

tent of locate, marking and pre-

marking guidelines, remote ticket entry

and e-requests, extensions, re-marks,

and no-shows, recording and capturing

vital hits.

A note from UCA Executive Director: Safety/Risk Management/Utility Meetings

With all the changes in OSHA regulations and policy, be sure to attend the bi-monthly Safety/RM/Utility meet-

ings. Those who have presented recently include John Newquist, Kent Nelson & Greg Field (Willis), Jeffrey

Risch and Matt Horn (SmithAmundsen) and O’Brien Mills (Aldridge Electric). In my over 25 years, I have nev-

er been involved with such a committed and dynamic group of safety, utility and risk management professionals.

Don’t let your company fall behind. Contact UCA Staff to get on the email list.

Salutem primum! “Novarum semina incipiunt subterraneo” - Mike Wiedmaier


P I P E L I N E

COMPANIES REGISTERED TO ATTEND: A.T.M. Aggregate Logistics, Inc.

ALF Cartage Inc.

Clow Water Systems

EJ

Efficiency Shoring & Supply


George Sollitt Construction

Glenbrook Excavating & Concrete, Inc.

Griffin Dewatering

Hard Rock Concrete Cutters

Hoerr Construction, Inc.

James McHugh Construction Co.

Joseph J. Henderson & Son

JULIE, Inc.

Kellenberger Plumbing & Underground Inc.

LAMP Incorporated

Leopardo Co.

Mackie Consultants, LLC

McCann Industries, Inc.

Meyer Material Company

National Trench Safety

Nash Brothers Construction Co.

Patten Industries, Inc.

R.M. Chin & Associates

Scully, Inc.

Sheridan Plumbing & Sewer

SmithAmundsen LLC

Standard Equipment Company

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.

Straightline Excavating, Inc.

Tishman Construction Company

Trafic Service, Inc.

Travelers

Tredroc Tire Services

Truck King Hauling Contractors

True North Consultants, Inc.

Utility Concrete Products

Visu-Sewer of Illinois

Vulcan Materials Company


SHOWCASE AGENDA:

Exhibitor Setup 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Educational Seminar 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Showcase 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Networking Dinner 6:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m.

Kick off the construction season at UCA’s

Underground Spring Showcase Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - Venuti’s Ristorante & Banquets, Addison, IL

2251 W Lake St, Addison, IL 60101 (630) 376-1500

Meet with professionals from all areas of the construction industry!

See the latest in technology with product and

equipment displays and demonstrations!

*NEW: Meet with General Contractors! Leopardo Companies, Inc.

LAMP Incorporated Joseph J. Henderson & Sons

George Sollit Construction Companies R.M. Chin & Associates

Tishman

Educational Seminar

Hear from Illinois American Water, Lake County & Dupage County Public Works Directors, and

Alan Dadian about upcoming capital improvement programs, upcoming bid opportunities and

pre-qualifications!

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

Exclusive Grand Prize, $1,000

(limited to ONE company only)

Beverage Sponsors, $500

Company Logo Display Sponsor, $100

2014 Convention: The Westin Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico


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