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ADVANCING UNION CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE A Publication of The Association of Union Constructors | www.tauc.org | Fall 2015 High Profile Songer Services Wins 2015 TAUC Photo Contest — See p. 16 Lindauer: Beyond Drug Testing & New Government Competing Interests Legal Marijuana Affairs Column 08 14 24 30007_Magazine.indd 1 10/6/15 9:00 AM TAUC 2015 State of the Union Construction Industry Forum The Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Registration is free – sign up now! www.tauc.org/STUC 30007_Magazine.indd 2 10/6/15 9:00 AM 30007_Magazine.indd 3 10/6/15 9:00 AM ADVANCING UNION CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Register for State of the Construction & Turnaround Services THECONSTRuctIONUSER Union Forum, Holiday Announce New Hires A Publication of The Association of Union Constructors | www.tauc.org | Fall 2015 AUC GOVERNING Open House MEMBER Construction & T Turnaround Services, LLC AUC’S 2015 STATE of (CTS) recently announced the Union Construction the following new hires: T Industry Forum will take Ed Anderson, Senior Project place Wednesday, December Manager. Ed’s most recent posi - 9, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the tion was with Nooter Construction, Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Inc., as Contracts Manager. Prior You can register online (it’s free!) at to joining Nooter, Ed spent www.tauc.org/stuc. four years with Delta Nooter as The half-day seminar-style forum Operations Manager, and nine years is a D.C. tradition, and gives union with Serv-Tech/Delta Industrial construction and maintenance execs Services as Project Manager and a chance to hear from experts on Operations Manager. Ed has exten- a variety of hot-button issues that sive experience in both Project and will affect their industry in 2016 and Turnaround Management. beyond. Eric Swyers, General This year’s keynote speaker is Manager, Eastern U.S. Eric’s most renowned economist Brian Beaulieu. recent position was President of Brian has served as CEO of ITR SST/Pullman, and he has extensive Economics™ since 1987 where he experience in both mechanical and Brian Beaulieu researches the use of business cycle refractory services. Prior to join - analysis and economic forecasts to ing SST, Eric spent over 15 years at increase profitability. He co-authoredMake Your Move, a book on increasing prof- CB&I with responsibilities ranging its through business cycle changes. Brian has been providing workshops and from field engineer to senior proj- economic analysis seminars in 7 countries to thousands of business owners and ect manager. Eric was involved executives for the last 30 years. in maintenance, turnarounds and Brian spoke at the 2013 State of the Union Forum and attendees are still talk- capital construction at numerous ing about his presentation, so we’re very pleased to have him back this year! Be refining, chemical and power facili- prepared for a fast-paced, high-energy overview of current economic and invest- ties throughout the U.S. and South ment challenges and opportunities. And bring a pencil and paper -- you’ll want Africa. to take plenty of notes. John Christian, Senior Project Also, be sure to mark your calendars for the night BEFORE the forum, when Manager. John comes to CTS another D.C. tradition will take place: our annual Holiday Open House, sched- from Air Products and Chemical uled for Tuesday, December 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. This year we’re doing things Co., where he was employed for 28 a little differently: instead of being held at the same hotel, the party will take years. John had many responsibili- place at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab located at 750 15th Street, ties while with Air Products, rang- NW. Also, this year’s Holiday Open House is being co-sponsored by not just ing from Assistant Plant Manager to TAUC and NMAPC, but also North America’s Building Trades Unions, the his most recent position as Western North American Contractors Association and the General Presidents’ Project Region Turnaround Manager, Maintenance Agreement. where he was responsible for turn- Register for both events at www.tauc.org/stuc. arounds and projects at multiple facilities located in the western region of the U.S. and Canada. 4 | T h e C o n s T r u ct i o n u s e r • w w w . T a u C . o r g 30007_Magazine.indd 4 10/6/15 9:00 AM ADVANCING UNION CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE THECONSTRuctIONUSER A Publication of The Association of Union Constructors | www.tauc.org | Fall 2015 The Construction User is published quarterly by: The Association of Union Constructors The Association of Union Constructors 1501 Lee Highway, Suite 202 Arlington, VA 22209 703.524.3336 From the Desk of the President 703.524.3364 - fax www.tauc.org 6 Mind Over Matter EXECUTIVE EDITOR by Thomas S. Felton David Acord 703.628.5545 [email protected] Features ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES (Contact for rates and details) 8 Team of Rivals Janice Jenkins by Steve Lindauer Brun Media 724-929-3550 10 Operation Force Multiplier [email protected] by Mark Breslin Amy Rogers Brun Media 12 TAUC Welcomes Carhartt H2H Donation 678-714-6775 by David Acord [email protected] Thomas Brun 14 Drug testing & Legal Marijuana: What Should Contractors Do? Brun Media 724-539-2404 by Robert L. Dupont, MD [email protected] 16 2015 TAUC Photo Contest Winner ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Scott McLallen Pixels & Ink, Incorporated 21 The Carpenter Contractor Trust: A Case Study in Resourcefulness www.pixelsandink.com by Tom Perić SUBSCRIPTIONS For information about subscriptions, reprints, or purchasing bulk copies, contact Executive Editor David Acord at Columns 703-628-5545 or [email protected]. ©2015 THE ASSOCIatION OF UNION CONSTRUCTORS. 13 LEO Corner ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE CONTENTS OF Setting the Bar to a High Level by Bill Kroeger THIS PUBLICatION MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHOut THE PRIOR WRIttEN CONSENT OF THE PUBLISHER. 24 Government Affairs Focusing on TAUC’s Top Priorities by Jake Locklear COVER: BROCK JARKA 26 TAUC About Safety There Is No App for That by Joe Lasky, Jr., CSP, CHMM 28 TAUC About Labor Manpower: Customers Want to Know, “Where’s the Data?” by Jacob Snyder 30 Legal Corner Establishing a Cybersecurity Data Breach Response Policy by Steven Fellman PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2015 F a l l 2015 | 5 30007_Magazine.indd 5 10/6/15 9:00 AM Mind Over Matter SYCHOLOGY – THE communication (or lack thereof). As STUDY of mind and behav- we heard last May at our Leadership P ior; the way a person or Conference, we face the issue every- group thinks. day of multiple generations in our So why am I starting off an article workplace and how each generation in a construction magazine defin- thinks, hears, learns and commu- ing psychology? Good question. I nicates differently. The individuals have two sons in college and one and companies that recognize this is graduating in December (at least and address it properly through addi- that’s the plan). I am often asked if tional training and operational flex- they are following me into the con- ibility will be successful, while those struction field. My answer is “No,” who ignore it or refuse to change by THOMAS S. FELTON as my oldest son is getting his major their ways will eventually find their TAUC PRESIDENT in psychology. Many people will then way to the bottom. PRESIDENT, MC INDUSTRIAL comment, “What can you do with a As I moved up the ranks of our psychology major?” company and eventually made it to I used to think the same thing president, I very quickly learned that years ago, but I have to admit that it didn’t matter how well we executed recently I’ve begun to reconsider my work if we didn’t have any work to position. Here’s why. When I look at execute. This meant selling our ser- some of the major challenges in our vices and marketing our company. business such as safety, communica- As an engineer with a technical back- tion, selling work and putting project ground, this can be a hard transition. teams together to tackle ever-more You have to accept that owners think The solution to each complicated projects, there is one differently and what is important to common thread: the solution to you may not be what is important to of these challenges each of these challenges begins with that owner. You have to get “into the begins with understanding understanding human behavior and mind” of the client and figure out recognizing that everyone’s mind what is important to them and how human behavior and works differently. their decision making process works. Take safety, for example. The cur- Sounds a whole lot more like psy- recognizing that rent approach to better safety results chology than engineering. everyone’s mind works is much more focused on behavioral- Finally, our projects are becom- based approaches than the “safety ing increasingly more complex, with differently. cop” mentality that used to exist. We tighter budgets and shorter sched- concentrate more on leading indica- ules. These projects can only be com- tors and training to try and address pleted successfully by creating an why accidents happen and how to get environment of teamwork between into the mind of the typical worker all parties: owner, contractor, engi- and supervisor to change behavior. neer and labor. I recently participated The results speak for themselves as on a research team that was tasked we see the rapid growth in the num- with trying to come up with a way to ber of projects winning Zero Injury better align the owner and contrac- Safety Awards each year.