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The Seeds of Innovation Begin Underground. The Foundation for a Stronger Illinois.

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March 2016

APWA WaterCon 2016, Springfield, IL

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Convention 1

Member News 2

Member Spotlight 3

Utility Roundtable 4

Legislative Reception 4

Convention 5

Convention 6

Convention 7

Calendar 8

M A R C H 2 0 1 6 V O L U M E 5 9 , I S S U E I

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

Spring

Showcase

New Member

Spotlights

2016 Events

www.uca.org

UCA’s 2016 Annual Convention

UCA’s Spring Showcase is Filling Up Fast!

Join UCA on Tuesday, April

12th, 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, insur-

ance, 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.

Almost 80 members attended

UCA’s 2016 Annual Convention

in Puerto Rico at the El Conquista-

dor Resort & Spa over the dates of

January 17-22, 2016. The weather

was perfect for UCA Members,

providing a week of 80 degrees

and sunshine!

The convention started on Sun-

day with a beautiful Welcome Re-

ception on a terrace, overlooking

the ocean during sunset.

Monday morning featured a

presentation from Ginger Imes

(DSP Insurance Services) regard-

ing Fleet & Driver Safety, fol-

lowed by Alan Dadian (RM Chin

& Associates, Inc.) who informed

members about “Payments– Get-

ting the Money Moving”, in addi-

tion to upcoming projects at the

local airports.

Wednesday morning presenta-

tions began with John Sliwicki’s

(Aldridge Electric) presentation,

“Drones– What Could Possibly Go

Wrong?” which educated members

about the ramifications of using

drones for construction. Following

John, Frank Sintich (NPL Con-

struction), gave a presentation in-

troducing NPL Construction to the

UCA Family as well as update

members of their involvement with

the Chicago Flower & Garden

Show.

Other highlights included a

poolside Associate’s party where

members enjoyed the classic Puer-

to Rican game “Pica Horse”, a

scrumptious President’s Dinner &

a Casino Night where Tom Stern

(West Side Tractor Sales) was the

big winner, taking home the grand

prize of Cubs tickets (donated by

DSP Insurance Services), followed

by Troy Radunsky who won NAS-

CAR tickets (donated by Concrete

Specialties Company)

Thank you to those who partici-

pated in the convention as at-

tendees, sponsors, speakers, etc.

This event would not be possible

without you and your support.

For a list of attendees and

sponsors, please turn to page 7.

2016 Convention Committee

Chair Jeff Delia

Concrete Specialties Company

Bob Bosworth

Elmhurst-Chicago Stone

Kristi Bloom

Bluff City Materials

JR Gillogly

EJ

Lori Jermyn

Vulcan Materials Company

Brian Klimes

FOCIS Promotions

Rob Kubycheck

A.T.M. Aggregate Logistics Inc.

Todd Larsen

Lee Jensen Sales Co.

Larry O’Neill

Patten Industries

Stu Senska

Vermeer Midwest

Jim Weber

Assurance Agency

Kelly Barr

West Side Tractor Sales

Gulzar Singh

Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co.

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P I P E L I N E

Mike Stark Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.

President

Nick Neri John Neri Construction Co.

Vice President John McGovern OSCO Oil

Vice President/Treasurer

Cindy Gustafson

J.A.C.K. Contractor Services

Secretary

UCA Staff Mike Wiedmaier

Lauren Fosmoen

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].

P A G E 2

President’s Editorial

Spring is here and it is looking like it will be a

busy 2016 for all! Mike, Lauren and all of the

committee members have been working very

hard to make our events something we can con-

tinuously brag about. Recently, the Utility

Roundtable and Legislative Reception were

held. I am very happy to say that they were both

a huge success and very well attended. I hope

that all who attended made new contacts and felt

you left with some valuable information to help

with moving forward in the future.

I would especially like to thank all of our Asso-

ciate Members for the many hours of time and

talent you contribute to UCA. Your generosity

is a gift that makes many things happen here.

Your efforts are truly appreciated by all!

Being the President of UCA is a wonderful ex-

perience, however sometimes I have to field

some issues that touch a nerve. I was recently

posed with the statement “I question the rewards

and benefits that I get out of being a member of

UCA.” I would like to remind our members that

one only gets something out of our organization

what one is willing to put into it. Please get in-

volved, attend meetings and/or join a committee.

We offer many informational platforms and

committees that are well worth one’s time to

attend and hopefully join. An hour or two a

month is well worth the effort.

In my 16 years of being a member of UCA, I can

honestly say that this organization is at a level

we have not seen in

many years. This

is a result of efforts

from a dedicated

staff and a minority

of our members. In

order to achieve

new goals we need

help from more

members. If

anyone has

questions or

concerns, please contact a member of the staff, a

board member or me. It would be our pleasure

to take time to reacquaint you with the many

things UCA has to offer.

The Spring Showcase is scheduled for April

12th, which just around the corner. Hopefully

we will all be up-to-our-ears with scheduling

and starting work. Please don’t let this keep you

away. We would love to pack the room and

have another great UCA event. See you there!

Sincerely,

Mike Stark

UCA President

Welcome New UCA Members!

Christy Webber & Company (A) 2900 W Ferdinand Street

Chicago, IL 60612

(773) 533-0477 Contact: Kelly Bolger

Roadsafe Traffic Systems, Inc. (A) 12225 Disk Dr.

Romeoville, IL 60446

(815) 372-2300 Contact: Shady Hajjar

DB Sterlin Consultants, Inc. (A)

123 N. Wacker Dr. Suite 2000

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 857– 1006 Contact: Regine Jeune

Clean Soils Consulting (A)

121 W. Hillgrove #488

La Grange, IL 60525

(630) 240-2955 Contact: Dick Halm

Mike Stark, UCA President

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.

Save the Dates!

Tuesday, April 12th Underground Spring Showcase

Venuti’s, Addison

Thursday, May 19th Safety Awards Luncheon Construction Safety Council, Hillside

Thursday, June 23rd Annual Golf Outing Cantigny, Wheaton

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

Apply NOW for UCA’s 2015

Safety Award!

P A G E 7

ATTENDEES A.T.M. Aggregate Logistics, Inc.

Aldridge Electric

Assurance Agency

BKD

Berger Excavating Contractors


Concrete Specialties Company

DSP Insurance Services

DeVore Radunsky LLC

EJ

FOCIS Promotions

Glenbrook Excavating & Concrete, Inc.

Hanson Material Service

INTREN

Lee Jensen Sales

NPL Construction

Ozinga Materials, Inc.

TriStar Trucking


Patten CAT

RM Chin & Associates, Inc.

Roland Machinery

S&C Insurance Center


TriStar Trucking

True North Consultants, Inc.

Vermeer Midwest


Welch Bros., Inc.


Winston Engineering

SPONSORS

DIAMOND LEVEL SPONSORS

Assurance Agency

Hanson Material Service

Matias Trucking, Inc.

NPL Construction

Ozinga Materials, Inc.

Patten CAT

Roland Machinery



GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS

A.T.M. Aggregate Logistics

Aldridge Electric


IHC Construction Companies

INTREN

Malcolm’s Trucking

Welch Brothers

SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS

FOCIS Promotions

J&T Services

John Burns Construction Co.

L.J. Keefe Co.


Vermeer Midwest

BRONZE LEVEL SPONSORS

Guerra Trucking

Heritage Logistics

Hoerr Construction, Inc.

Magnum Transportation, Inc.

Mid American Water, Inc.

OSCO Oil

S&C Insurance Center

T.S.E. Trucking, Inc.

BASIC LEVEL SPONSORS

BKD

Cisneros Trucking

Columbian Agency

Concrete Specialties


DeVore Radunsky LLC

Dohn & Maher Associates

EJ

Elmhurst Chicago Stone

Five Star Hauling Inc.

HardRock Concrete Cutters

Lee Jensen Sales

Patlin Inc.

Pirtek Fluid Transfer Solutions

Pulido Trucking, Inc.

Sawyer Falduto Asset Mgmt.

True North Consultants, Inc.

Ziebell Water Service Products

http://www.uca.org

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2016 Convention: El Conquistador Resort, Puerto Rico

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Clean Soils Consulting

P I P E L I N E

SPOTLIGHT: NEW UCA MEMBERS

Clean Soil? CCDD? Special Waste? Non-special Waste? Haz-

ardous?

Clean Soils Consulting is a group of dedicated solid waste ex-

perts that can guide you through the process of determining best

strategies for excess materials from construction. CSC helps its

clients navigate the maze of rules and regulations to find the most

practical and cost-effective solutions for excess soils generated or

needed in construction activities.

CSC provides field sampling, soils analysis for environmental

or geotechnical determinations, LPC-662 and -663 completion

for clean soils, profiling and disposal alternatives for soils that

don’t comply with the “rules” and we maintain an exchange of

available and needed soils for projects that are looking for alter-

natives to the hole in the ground!

With decades of experience in solid waste and CCDD compli-

ance, CSC makes $ense of soils! Contact Dick Halm at 630-240-

2955 or email us at [email protected] for a free consultation

on alternatives for the soils generated or needed at your sites.

DB Sterlin Consultants, Inc. DB STERLIN CONSULTANTS,

INC. (DB Sterlin) is a multi-

disciplined engineering firm com-

prised of highly qualified civil and

structural engineers, surveyors,

and construction inspectors. Our

staff possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish

projects across a full spectrum of size, scope and complexity.

We serve a broad range of clients in the public and private sec-

tors on challenging projects for the Tollway, IDOT, City of Chi-

cago, municipalities, other consulting engineering firms and con-

struction contractors.

DB Sterlin has been providing engineering services since our

inception in 1997 and has multiple departments to meet our cli-

ents every need. We provide our clients with full-service exper-

tise from planning and design through rehabilitation and con-

struction. Our wide range of experience includes civil engineer-

ing, structural engineering, land surveying, traffic/transportation

planning, bridge/highway design, site planning, permitting, and

construction management, including project oversight, inspec-

tions and peer review services.

DB STERLIN CONSULTANTS, INC. (DB Sterlin) is an African

American owned minority business enterprise (MBE/DBE) regis-

tered in the State of Illinois and is pre-qualified and certified with

local governments and municipal agencies and we are here to

help with all your needs and fulfill your participation goals.

Contact Information:

Regine Jeune

123 North Wacker, Suite 2000

Chicago, IL. 60606

T: 312-857-1006

F: 312-857-1056

[email protected]

Roadsafe Traffic Systems, Inc.

“RoadSafe Traffic Sys-

tems, Inc. (“RoadSafe”)

is the largest provider of

traffic control and pave-

ment marking services in the United States. Our national net-

work of branches and dedicated speciality crews support govern-

ment, utility, railroad, special event and private projects from

Coast-to-Coast. Our unique ability to quickly mobilize our ex-

tensive fleet, state-of-the art equipment and ATSSA trained tech-

nicians allows RoadSafe to safely provide quality, value and

peace of mind to our customers nationwide. RoadSafe enjoys

national and regional contract agreements with the some of the

United States biggest industrial companies, contractors and gov-

ernmental agencies because we provide full service traffic control

– plans, permits, equipment, ATSSA certified manpower – and

not merely flagging services. From our Nation’s highways to

remote railroad crossings, we know how to protect our custom-

ers’ employees and the motoring public.”

Christy Webber & Company Over the past twenty years, Christy Webber & Company has ex-

panded landscape services to include design, construction, sea-

sonal rotations, snow removal, regional contract management,

edible landscaping, and educational programming for our cli-

ents. We also offer right of way clearing and soft restoration for

the utility industry. Additionally, we have a garden center, a

wholesale materials supply division, and a green waste compost-

ing program.


P I P E L I N E

2016 Utility Roundtable

2nd Annual UCA Legislative Reception– February 25th at Medinah Country Club

There are many issues facing Illinois right now.

The need for:

A balanced budget

Workman's compensation reform

Tort reform, term limits

Redistricting reform,

The end to sweeps of transportation fund-

ing

Legislation that allows increased infra-

structure investment for privately owned /

operated utilities

Water Resources Development Act & SRF

funding increases

A sustained pay-as-you-go capital bill

State investment in infrastructure leads to

private industry investment in the state. Quality

infrastructure is the #2 most important reason,

in the decision to locate, for corporate execu-

tives.

Many wastewater systems in Illinois are

more than 100 years old. The current EPA esti-

mate is that Illinois must invest $17.5 billion

over 20 years for replacing existing systems

and building new ones to meet increasing de-

mands. Federal aid alone cannot be expected to

meet the states needs. Financial shortfalls will

need funding from the State and ratepayers if

Illinois hopes to maintain the necessary infra-

structure to meet future demand.

A 2011 Illinois estimate concluded that

drinking water systems needed an investment

of $19 billion over 20 years to replace aging

facilities and comply with safe drinking water

regulations. Programs such as the Clean Water

Initiative, Public Water Supply Loan Program,

and the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water

Act, have begun to make inroads to improve

drinking water infrastructure. The City of Chi-

cago's 10-year plan for replacing aged water

lines is also a good start; however, there is still

a very long way to go.

Illinois' transportation network is key to the

Illinois economy and the larger national econo-

my. Because of its central location, world-class

airports, and access to viable waterways, Illi-

nois is the logistical heart of America.

Illinois has the nation's third largest inven-

tory of public roads and bridges

Illinois has the third largest transit system

in the country

Illinois has the 2nd largest rail network in

the country and Chicago is the single larg-

est rail hub in the nation

Allowing these significant investments to decay

adds to the costs to live and do business in Illi-

nois and places an even greater burden on fu-

ture generations. Our infrastructure network is

supported with,

The 15th lowest motor fuel tax rate in the

nation,

A combined cost to the average consumer

of about $1 per day (all state and federal

taxes and fees that support the transporta-

tion infrastructure)

These funds are inadequate and the problem is

quickly growing. Illinois motorists pay

$168 more per year than they did just 2

years ago due to driving on roads in poor

condition. They pay $540 per year, more

than drivers in any of our neighboring

states.

Demand for transit is growing. With more

businesses taking into account good transit

when choosing where to locate, the Chica-

go region has the 2nd oldest transit inven-

tory in the country. Downstate transit is

facing expansion needs and the growing

costs of operating on poor roads.

With the issues Illinois is facing, we appreciate

our sponsors & attendees immensely.

Platinum Event Sponsor:

Chicagoland Operators Joint

Labor Management PAC

Gold Sponsors:

Excavators, Inc.

Joseph J. Henderson & Son

Bronze Sponsors:

A.T.M. Aggregate Logistics, Inc.


HD Supply Waterworks

INTREN, Inc.

National Trench Safety


Roland Machinery



The 2016 Utility Roundtable was very successful, both in Peoria & Carol Stream.

Thank you to our panelists:

JULIE, CDOT, USIC, AT&T, ICC, ComEd, Nicor, Cass Cable, Ameren, Frontier & Illinois American Water.

2016 Convention: El Conquistador Resort, Puerto Rico


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