Former Navy SEAL Robert J. O’Neill is one of the most highly-decorated combat veterans of our time. He was a team leader with the SEAL Team Six, where he was deployed more than a dozen times and held combat leadership roles in more than 400 combat missions in four different theaters of war. In his line of work, instant, critical decision-making is an absolute necessity for success.
NUCA of Ohio held its 3rd annual golf outing on July 26 at Westbrook Country Club in Mansfield. The format was a best-ball scramble between the eight teams that participated. The winning team was Accurate Fab, who shot 15-under 57.
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It is an OSHA requirement that all workers in trenches 5 ft or more in depth (some states 4 ft deep) must be protected by a trench protective system (sloping, shoring and shields).
NUCA of Connecticut awarded four scholarships to children of member companies at The Gallery in Glastonbury, Conn., on July 10.
Some positive trends are impacting the scope of work for today’s utility contractors. With the nation’s aging utility infrastructure, repair and rehabilitation continue to be in demand.
In support of Homes for Our Troops, a national non-profit that provides specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans at no cost to them, Western Summit’s project team constructed an entire house foundation for U.S. Army Cpl. Nick Orchowski, a veteran who was severely injured while serving in Iraq.
When the call for volunteers to install playground equipment in the bedroom community of Fairfax, Iowa, went largely unanswered, the Parks Committee asked Dave Schmitt Construction Co. to take on the job.
SUCA was very well represented in Tallahassee, Fla., last month, taking the utility construction industry’s message to lawmakers. The Underground Utility Contractors of Florida’s (UUCF) board meeting was held on April 1 in Tallahassee and included a legislative briefing for those who would be visiting the capitol.
When Brennen Tuttle, was struggling for a unique idea for a science project, family friend Carlos Spiess remembered the middle school project NUCA of New Mexico had done for the anniversary of the Clean Water Act.