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VOLUME 64, ISSUE I J U L Y 2 0 2 1 2022 UCA Convention– Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Thursday, January 27th after the President’s Dinner. S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F UCA’s negotiated room rate is available to INTEREST: members from Friday, January 21st through Sun- day, January 29th. Extend your stay and enjoy the • Convention beautiful beaches & crystal clear water! If you are interested in attending, please contact • New Member Spotlights UCA is traveling to Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Golf & UCA’s Associate Director, Lauren Barnett, at Spa Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for the [email protected]! • Legislative 2022 Convention! Join us over the dates of Janu- Reception ary 23rd-28th 2022! Don’t wait to register! Limited number of rooms available! I N S I D E T H I S This resort is all-inclusive & adults-only! ISSUE: The Convention will kick off on Sunday, January

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Member Spotlight 3 UCA’s 7th Annual Legislative Reception Emerging Leaders 4 Representative Tom Morrison Sponsorship 5 Please join us at UCA’s 7th Annual Legislative Reception! To be held at Medinah Country Club Golf Outing Photos 6 on Thursday, August 26th, 2021! Senator Golf Outing Photos 7 Senator Calendar 8 Honored Guests: Representative House Republican Leader, Representative Senate Republican Leader, Senator Dan McConchie Representative Neil Anderson Alderman Gilbert Villegas Representative Representative Village President of Algonquin, Debby Sosine Senator Donald DeWitte IIIFFC, Marc Poulos Representative Dan Brady Representative Mike Marron Click here to register!

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www.uca.org Mike Piraino President’s Editorial PirTano Construction Co. Dear UCA Members, impressive to see the President Greetings, I hope all of you are feeling a sense of participants using Gulzar Singh normalcy returning to your lives this spring. After their newly learned Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co. hosting fantastic virtual events, UCA board mem- skills in mock lobby-

Vice President bers, committees & staff are now organizing in- ing simulations. A person events. We are all looking forward to net- big thank you to all Steve King working (live!) at upcoming committee meetings who contributed. Ozinga and lunch & learns. UCA has promising Treasurer UCA’s Golf Outing at Cantigny, scheduled for days ahead and it Lance Rosenmayer, Nick Neri June 24th, had a spectacular response for registra- saddens me to also INTREN, LLC John Neri Construction Co. tion and sponsorship. Golf sold out in three days, announce I am cut- Secretary a new record for UCA! Please consider saving the ting my term as UCA President short. Under-

dates for UCA’s upcoming events: 7th Annual standably, our bylaws state officers of UCA must Legislative Reception held at Medinah Country be actively employed by a UCA member. In May, UCA Staff Club on August 26th, Tradeshow / Business the Rosenmayer Family sold their equity in Intren Mike Wiedmaier Meeting held at Venuti’s on September 30th and to MasTec so my new status is “Free”Lance”! Lauren Barnett the Holiday Party held at Medinah on November Though my tenure as president was short, my 19th. time with UCA and the connections with all of

I would also like encourage you to support the you will be fondly cherished. 500 Park Boulevard UCA State PAC, file witness slips and stay in- Suite 154C volved legislatively; thanks in advance for doing Sincerely, Itasca, IL 60143 so! It appears our current administration has opti- (630) 467-1919 mistic job and infrastructure proposals for our Fax: (630) 773-4873 industry. Now is the time for us to work together www.uca.org to ensure our state and companies benefit.

UCA Pipeline is a publication of the Under- As we anticipate growth, UCA is preparing future Lance Rosenmayer ground Contractors Association of Illinois. UCA is a non-profit trade association of leaders via the Emerging Leaders Program. I par- INTREN, LLC contractors and suppliers in the sewer, water, utility, and underground industry. UCA is ticipated in the lobbying exercise in March; it was active in market development, information, education, labor, and promotion of safety. UCA Members, climate is the road to recovery. The State PAC is Editorial comments, articles and photo- in dire need of funding to be able to support graphs are welcomed and encouraged. I am humbled and honored to once again serve Please contact Lauren Barnett, Associate those local and state lawmakers. With the histor- Director, for more information, (630) 467- as UCA’s President*. With Lance Rosenmayer 1919 or [email protected]. ic changes in leadership in the House, the 2022 stepping down as UCA President, the Board election is an opportunity for even more change nominated and unanimously voted at the June for the better. PAC funds were depleted by No- meeting for me to serve out his term through vembers election, and UCA was not able to hold September of 2022 (per the bylaws). Lance had a fundraising event earlier this year. I will be served as a director since 2013 and immediately hosting the 7th Annual Legislative Reception at made an impact. He stepped into the leadership Medinah on August 26th. The fundraising goal is role on the Executive Committee serving 2 year $50,000 and can be easily achieved if every terms as Secretary, Vice President and as Presi- UCA member firm donated at least $250.00. dent starting in October of 2020. Lance was vot- Watch for registration to open soon and join me ed by the Board to remain involved as an Honor- on the 26th. ary Director. I thank Lance for his service and contributions to UCA and wish him and his fam- *Mike is the President of PirTano Construction Mike Piraino, ily the best moving forward. and one of the longest serving UCA Directors (since 1995). He served eight years on the Exec- UCA President The Annual Golf Outing was another success utive Committee with a previous term as Presi- PirTano Construction with a record for sponsorship. This is much ap- dent from 2002 to 2004. Mike has also been the preciated and needed coming out of the pandem- Company Co-Chairman of the Legislative Committee for ic, but we need to continue moving forward. over 20 years. With everything that has been going on political- Sincerely, ly in Illinois, we need to continue our work with the legislators that understand a business friendly Mike Piraino, PirTano Construction Company

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