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UNITED contents CONTRACTORS

FEBRUARY 2014 ISSUE 2, VOLUME 220

2014 UNITED CONTRACTORS BOARD OFFICERS President ...............................................Kevin Albanese Vice President/President-Elect ..............Bruce Daseking Secretary/Treasurer ..............................Bruce Daseking Secretary/Treasurer-Elect...................Donna Rehrmann

UNITED CONTRACTORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kevin Albanese, Joseph J. Albanese, Inc.; Jim Alvey, Appian Engineering, Inc.; Sue Capriola, Silverado Contractors, Inc.; Bruce Daseking, McGuire and Hester; Rich Gates, DeSilva Gates Construction; Michael Ghilotti, Ghilotti Bros., Inc.; Brett Kincaid, O’Grady Paving, Inc.; Tom Lum, Peterson CAT; Christi Plum, P C & N Construction, Inc. Jeff Prevost, Lockton Companies, LLC; Bob Rahebi, Redgwick Construction Company; Donna Rehrmann, Stomper Company, Inc.; Kim Scruggs, Columbia Electric, Inc.; Hal Stober, Gordon N. Ball, Inc.

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People First. Then the Projects By Kevin Albanese, UCON 2014 President

• Union Increase Amounts for Bidding • Effective Union Pre-Job Conferences By Ruby Varnadore, Labor Contracts Manager

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UNITED CONTRACTORS COMMITTEE CHAIRS Associates: Jeff Prevost (Associate Director), Lockton Companies, LLC; Thomas Lum (Associate Director-Elect), Peterson CAT | Caltrans: Michael Ghilotti (Chairman), Ghilotti Bros., Inc. | Government Relations: Chris Young (Chairman), D.W. Young Construction Co., Inc. | Safety & Insurance | Scholarship: Paul Cianciarulo (Co-Chair), Granite Rock Company; Christi Plum (Co-Chair), P C & N Construction, Inc.

By Emily Cohen, Director of Government Relations

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CARB is Ready. Are You? By Tony Dorsa, UCON CARB Consultant

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By Kevin Albanese, Joseph J. Albanese, Inc., UCON 2014 President

People First. Then the Projects. CFO TO CEO: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us?â€? CEO: ´:KDW KDSSHQV LI ZH GRQ¡W DQG WKH\ VWD\"Âľ Even though we face an infrastructure funding problem, the economic rebound is presenting our industry with more work (PROJECTS) than we’ve been used to seeing. What are we doing as an industry to ensure we are developing the next generation (PEOPLE) to accomplish this work? Having been fortunate to grow up in a construction company, I have a pretty good understanding of the term “on the job training.â€? Though some lessons were taught

by hard knocks, I was fortunate to have had people willing to slow me down, help me see the big picture, and explain to me the practical realities of our construction world. While the hard knock lessons were invaluable to my OHDUQLQJ SURFHVV PXFK PRUH H΀FLHQW DQG HQJDJLQJ methods of teaching exist today. You see, in the concrete business, the school of hard knocks often involved the use of jack hammers and fresh concrete—hardly an H΀FLHQW ZD\ WR JHW D SRLQW DFURVV ,Q WRGD\¡V XOWUD competitive market and technologically advanced world, it is time for contractors to use the resources available to them to develop the next generation of workers necessary to sustain our businesses. And the answers are out there. One of the most underutilized tools we have as union contractors is also the most important to keep our way of doing business relevant—apprenticeship. The apprentice is one thing that sets the union contractor apart from our competition. In partnership with labor, D MRLQWO\ PDQDJHG ODERU PDQDJHPHQW FRXQVHO GHYHORSV proven training facilities, reliable curriculum, and a mechanism to provide true, on the job training.

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take the lead by investing the time, money, and resource to train and cultivate the apprentice.

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It means changing the mind set of your foremen so that they champion the apprentice—and not merely view them as a nuisance. Remind them that not even they were God’s gift to construction; that someone had to teach them the ropes early on. It is time to pay it forward and advocate for the apprentice that will someday be the future of his/her union and, ultimately pension.

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,W PD\ DOVR PHDQ PHQWRULQJ WKH DSSUHQWLFH QRW MXVW RQ ZRUN VWXÍż EXW those life lessons that may require a swift kick in the pants every once in a while; just like the ones I used to get. %\ WDNLQJ DQ DFWLYH UROH LQ RXU DSSUHQWLFHV ZH FUHDWH DQG LQĂ XHQFH the course for the future faces of our industry. An active interest by management and our employees in apprenticeship allows us to LQĂ XHQFH ZKDW LW PHDQV WR EH D JRRG HPSOR\HH DQG D JRRG XQLRQ member. An active role means getting to know the apprenticeship coordinators for each union and providing constructive feedback about what training you and your employees need. Finally, it also means saying yes, when your local union (or UCON) asks you to get LQYROYHG ZLWK WKH YDULRXV ODERU PDQDJHPHQW FRPPLWWHHV DÍżHFWLQJ apprenticeship. 2XU IXWXUH GHSHQGV RQ KDYLQJ DYDLODEOH D ZHOO WUDLQHG DQG FRPSHWHQW work force. Why would we not embrace and champion the apprentice to ensure the future of our industry and companies? By your taking an active role with your apprentices, you will be making a profound GLÍżHUHQFH LQ WKH IXWXUH RI \RXU HPSOR\HHV DQG RUJDQL]DWLRQ X

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INDUSTRY THROUGH THE LENS UCON members work hard to get the job done—on time, on budget, with (the goal of) no incidents. Proud of their projects, a number of our members submitted photos for this special “members at work” photo spread. Large, small, or in-between... the finished product, or the work-in-progress...UCON members live to build, and it shows.

R.E. Serrano, Inc. (Left) Route 99 Fresno. near San Joaquin River Bridge; Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) placement.

Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc. (Photo at right) Evening, Rooftop application at San Jose’s Dry Anaerobic Digestive Facility. The teams from Central Concrete and Joseph J. Albanese, Inc. poured and placed concrete in the evenings to further assist the owner in accelerating the schedule. The Facility opened in November 2013, a month ahead of schedule. (Lower right) Central Concrete initiated placements of concrete for the San Francisco Presidio Parkway on July 12, 2013. The project has ramped up TJHOJmDBOUMZ BOE $FOUSBM FYQFDUT UP EFMJWFS BQQSPYJNBUFMZ TFWFO NJYFT UPUBMJOH 131,000+ cubic yards of concrete. Central’s low-CO2 DPODSFUF NJYFT XJMM deliver an estimated savings of 42.8 million pounds of CO2. (Photo taken by Scott R. Kline Photography for Central Concrete)

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Cleveland Wrecking Company (Left, and below photo) Second phase removal of QPSUJPOT PG UIF FYJTUJOH 4BO 'SBODJTDP 0BLMBOE #BZ Bridge (SFOBB) at the Oakland Touch Down during the 2013 Labor Day weekend. Removal of 1,200 MJOFBM GFFU PG CPUI UIF FYJTUJOH VQQFS EFDL PG UIF Bridge, as well as the temporary bridge structure during a 77 hour period. Two crews working round the clock; project completed ahead of schedule, without incident.

Robert A. Bothman, Inc. (Left) Fremont Union High School District Project: Lease-Lease Back delivery at Lynbrook High School including a new TZOUIFUJD UVSG GPPUCBMM mFME BOE TPDDFS mFME all-weather track and new stadium, natural UVSG NVMUJ VTF mFME TPGUCBMM mFMET CBTFCBMM mFME TPDDFS mFME BOE QSBDUJDF GPPUCBMM mFME and related structures. The improvements at Lynbrook High School were part of a District wide Athletic Improvement and Modernization Program for the District’s mWF IJHI TDIPPMT WBMVFE BU PWFS million. (Lower left) Cupertino High School Student Union Building: Site concrete for the surrounding areas of the new GSPOU DBNQVT FOUSBODF SFDPOmHVSJOH UIF central quad to better support gathering and school’s activities. Bothman’s portion of the work included furnishing and installing the site concrete, including SFUBJOJOH XBMMT nBUXPSL TJEFXBMLT driveways and curbs; dowels; base rock; vapor barriers; formwork; site furnishings; planting; irrigation; and perforated pipe and landscape.

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McGuire and Hester (Above) University of California, Berkeley—Haas Courtyard Renovation (completed in April); (Left) Palo Alto Medical Foundation—San Carlos Medical Center (ongoing).

Tennyson Electric, Inc. (Above) Hwy 80 at Cordielia; New Scales and California Highway Patrol (CHP); Tennyson worked alongside fellow UCON member, O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. to complete the near 3-year long project.

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Michels Tunneling (Photo above right) Michels sent this custom-built Japanese tunnel boring machine (TBM) on a 5-mile journey underneath San Francisco Bay. As part of a joint venture team (with Jay Dee Contractors, Inc., and Frank Coluccio Construction Co.), Michels dug a 141-foot deep, 58-foot diameter shaft in Menlo Park, California, to get the project VOEFSXBZ &YQFDUFE UP CF DPNQMFUFE CZ TVNNFS UIF #BZ 5VOOFM JT UIF mSTU POF UP DSPTT VOEFS UIF CPUUPN PG UIF #BZ (part of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s CJMMJPO 8BUFS 4ZTUFN *NQSPWFNFOU 1SPHSBN

Cupertino Electric, Inc. (Left) New, public contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles spanning 120,000 squareGFFU BOE DPOUBJOJOH HBMMFSZ TQBDF PO UXP nPPST with a 200-person lecture hall, public lobby and museum shop. Cupertino Electric is installing the complete electrical infrastructure for the project, JODMVEJOH TFDVSJUZ mSF BMBSNT EBUB DBCMJOH BOE lighting control. (Below left) Cupertino Electric designed and JOTUBMMFE B LJMPXBUU L8 "$ SPPGUPQ NPVOUFE solar system on Building 17 at Facebook’s Menlo Park campus late last year. (Below) Located in Ely, Nevada (elevation 7,000 feet), Cupertino Electric worked for Siemens to install a 345 kilovolt (kV) FSC at each substation as part of a Nevada Energy 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line and substation project.

Ghilotti Construction Co. (Left) San Francisco 49er practice stadium in Santa Clara. Jobsite photo painting by Brad Burns, ConstructionFineArt.com.

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Flatiron Construction Corp. (Above) Presidio Parkway project—the new Doyle Drive. A Flatiron/Kiewit Joint Venture. (Left) Oakland Airport station; BART Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) to help boost Oakland’s expansion goals and provide a direct transit link to the Oakland International Airport.

Martin Brothers Construction, Inc. (Above) City of Sacramento 2013 Overlay project at Capitol Mall, Sacramento.

Central Striping Service, Inc. (Above) Striping work on new San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge.

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Anrak Corporation (Left) Highway 50 thru downtown South Lake Tahoe; (Below) new span of Bay Bridge over Labor Day weekend (2013)—grade correction and technical grinding with micro drums.

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Ghilotti Bros Bros., Inc Inc. (Above left) Hamilton Wetland Bay Trail, Novato; (above right) Hwy 101 Petaluma River Bridge.

Duran & Venables, Inc. (Above) UCON’s own Emily Cohen, Director of Government Relations receives a job tour, and expert instruction on operating a skip loader and compactor from Jose Campos and Kurt Roessler at the Pace Subdivision jobsite. 22 W W W . U N I T E D C O N T R A C T O R S . O R G

Joseph J. Albanese, Inc. (Above) Zero Waste Energy project, San Jose; JJA performed all of the structural and site concrete work.

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Anvil Builders (Above) Coit Tower, San Francisco, historic preservation, interior and exterior renovation, ADA and electrical upgrades.

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RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE, AWARENESS & LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

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'R \RX KDYH D ]HUR WR ORZ LQFLGHQW UDWLQJ IRU WKH year? Does your safety program top the charts for industry excellence? UCON is proud to announce the return of its annual 5 ( $ / 6DIHW\ $ZDUGV 3URJUDP ZKLFK KRQRUV WKH VDIHVW companies in our industry by Recognizing Excellence, Awareness, and Leadership in safety. All contractor members are eligible to apply. Applications will be DYDLODEOH RQOLQH IURP )HEUXDU\ WK ² $SULO WK Winning companies will be featured in UCON’s June PDJD]LQH IHDWXUHG RQ WKH 8&21 ZHEVLWH DQG EH UHFRJ QL]HG DW RXU KLJK SURĂ€OH DZDUGV FHUHPRQ\ )RU GHWDLOV FRQWDFW .ULVWLQD .QHFKW 5HJXODWRU\ $ÍżDLUV 0DQDJHU NNQHFKW#XQLWHGFRQWUDFWRUV RUJ X

Historic DeFremery Park Volunteer Day KĂŏůĂŜĚ͕ Ä‚ĹŻĹ?ĨŽĆŒĹśĹ?Ä‚ Join us in our effort to give back to our local communities www.TLCforKidsSports.org ,/',t z Íť /ZWKZd Íť ^d /hD^Í• &/ > ^ Θ W Z<^ Íť dZ E^/d Íť /E h^dZ/ > /Ed ZDK > & />/d/ ^ Íť KDD Z / > Íť D Z' E z Z ^WKE^

O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. | 1520 Fourth St., Berkeley, CA 94710 | (510) 526-3424 | www.ocjones.com

SIMPSON, GARRITY, INNES & JACUZZI, P.C. Attorneys At Law

Attorneys Representing Businesses In All Labor and Employment Law Matters

Paul V. Simpson, Ronald F. Garrity and Marc L. Jacuzzi â—†

s Employment Law Counseling s Employment Litigation s Prevailing Wage Compliance s Labor Commissioner Matters s Wage-Hour Class Action Defense s Trust Funds Litigation s Arbitrations, EEOC, and NLRB s Employment Contracts s Union Disputes s Employee Handbooks s Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition

Professional Corporation

601 Gateway Blvd., Suite 950 South San Francisco, CA 94080 (650) 615-4860 website: www.sgijlaw.com FEBRUARY 2014

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United Contractors )(%58$5< 0(0%(5 $11,9(56$5,(6 United Contractors would like to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the following companies who are celebrating their anniversary of membership with our organization in February:

42 YEARS – 1972

19 YEARS – 1995

Associate Member: Peterson CAT Thomas Lum

Contractor Member: Ghilotti Bros., Inc. 0LFKDHO *KLORWWL

41 YEARS – 1973 Contractor Member: J. W. Ebert Corp. Jim Ebert Associate Member: Gladding, McBean & Co. Dan Cross

38 YEARS – 1976 Contractor Members: Mountain Cascade, Inc. Duke Fuller Walter C. Smith Co., Inc. 0LFKDHO 'H%HQHGHWWR

30 YEARS – 1984 Associate Members: Oldcastle Enclosure Solutions 3DXO -XULFK United Rentals Trench Safety 'DQ 'XWFKHU

29 YEARS – 1985 Contractor Member: D.W. Young Construction Co., Inc. Christian Young

27 YEARS – 1987 Associate Member: McInerney & Dillon PC :LOOLDP 0F,QHUQH\ -U

20 YEARS – 1994 Contractor Member: Top Grade Construction, A Goodfellow Bros. Company Brian Gates

Associate Member: Moss Adams LLP 3DXO 7XFFL

18 YEARS – 1996 Contractor Member: Beliveau Engineering Contractors, Inc. /DZUHQFH %HOLYHDX

16 YEARS – 1998 Contractor Member: Doyle’s Work Company, Inc. %LOO\ +ROOHU

15 YEARS – 1999 Contractor Member: Grade-Way Construction 'DQ /RZU\

14 YEARS – 2000 Associate Member: Leonidou & Rosin Professional Corporation Janette Leonidou

13 YEARS – 2001

8 YEARS – 2006 Contractor Members: Disney Construction, Inc. 5LFN 'LVQH\ Shaw Pipeline, Inc. Matt Shaw

7 YEARS – 2007 Contractor Member: California Trenchless, Inc. 0LFKDHO -DUGLQ Associate Members: Granite Construction Materials Division 5RVV .DVKLZDJL Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. Brian Hildebrandt

6 YEARS – 2008 Contractor Members: Con-Quest Contractors, Inc. 3DXO /RXNLDQRÍż GSL Construction 0LFKDHO :DONHU PaciďŹ c Coast Drilling Company, Inc. &KULV 6\NHV

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Hooker Creek, Inc. 6FRWW 6KRQJRRG Mountain F. Enterprises, Inc. 0DUFRV *RPH] PaciďŹ c Excavation, Inc. -LP 3D[LQ Stacy and Witbeck/ Herzog, a JV +RZDUG .OHLQ Associate Member: FiveCubits, Inc. $OH[ 0RRG\

1 YEAR – 2013 Contractor Members: Beebe DiversiďŹ ed LP (OL]DEHWK %HHEH

Associate Members: Global Leadership Alliance +ROO\ 3DUULVK

4 YEARS – 2010

Associate Member: Cassidy-Turley Commercial Real Estate Ted Gallagher

Contractor Members: Cazadores Construction, Inc. Jason Edwards

Valentine Corp. 5REHUW 9DOHQWLQH

10 YEARS – 2004

Contractor Member: Rosendin Electric, Inc. 5LFN *X]PDQ

2 YEARS – 2012

Odyssey Environmental Services, Inc. Mike Moore

Associate Member: PACE Supply Joe Gannon

9 YEARS – 2005

Equip Appraisers LLC 5RE 1RZDFHN

Taber Construction, Inc. Bret Taber

Associate Member: Cynergy Financial 0LFKDHO 6WHOOHU Contractor Member: Striping Graphics 7RQ\ /DQH

Construction Engineering Resource, Inc. (CER) Joe Turner

Contractor Member: Delta Grinding Co., Inc. .HQQHWK -RKQ )HUUDQWH Associate Member: Asphalt Consulting Services, LLC Norman (Skip) Brown

3 YEARS – 2011 Associate Members: Advanced Stormwater Protection, Inc. -DVRQ *UL΀Q

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP 5REHUW /HVOLH Ramos Oil Co., Inc. 5REHUW )HGHU

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FACES :( &28/'1·7 '2 ,7 :,7+ 287 <28 UCON boasts powerful, dedicated committees and volunteers who work hard to produce positive change for our industry and are critical to our success. The Committee & Volunteer Appreciation Event is hosted as a thank you for the hard work and commitment these members have to the association. 7KDQN <RX³:H FRXOGQ·W GR LW ZLWKRXW \RX

Get involved, stay informed and EULQJ ÀUVW KDQG FRQWULEXWLRQV WR WKH advancement of our members and our industry. Join a committee: Associate Committee Labor Committee Legislative Committee PAC Committee Regulatory Committee Safety & Insurance Committee Scholarship Committee Veterans Task Force Committee Overheard: Contractor Member sincerely stating to Associate 0HPEHU ZLWK D ÀUP KDQGVKDNH “Hey, thank you so much for the great service you always provide for us!” 32 W W W . U N I T E D C O N T R A C T O R S . O R G

Please join DP Nicoli as we celebrate 3 decades of providing shoring and safety equipment solutions.

“For 30 years our success has been a reflection of the dedication of our staff and support of you, our customer and partner. Thank you! ”

Slide Rail

Trench Boxes

Sheet Pile

Steel Plates

Steel Pilings

Build-A-Box

Hydraulic Shoring Manhole Shields

Serving the Northwest and Northern California:

Seattle/Tacoma

South San Francisco/North Bay Area

Oregon/SW Washington

9426 8th Ave. South Seattle, WA 98108

251 Shaw Rd. South San Francisco, CA 94080

19600 SW Cipole Rd. Tualatin, OR 97062

3008 South Steele St. Tacoma, WA 98409

1666 Willow Pass Rd. Bay Point, CA 94565

800.695.5006

866.695.5008

800.695.5007

www.dpnicoli.com FEBRUARY 2014

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Take the Pledge United for Veterans is making a difference. A dedicated hiring initiative, designed by UCON to connect employers in the construction industry with qualiďŹ ed veterans seeking full or part time work, United for Veterans now has over 160+ pledges. Join our members and our industry, and take the pledge today at unitedcontractors.org/veterans

(The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial statue shown with UCON member jobsite images)

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