Fall 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 3

THE LATEST ON UNITED PIPING INC. ACTIVITIES

12 acre Water Acquisition pond constructed, filled with water from the Line 2B Hydrotest Red River to be used for the hydrostat- Over the course of the summer and extend- Hydrotest ic testing of Line 2B. ing into this fall/winter UPI has performed a The Line 2B hydrotest is complete! Over major hydrotest on Enbridge’s Line 2B. This 90,000 man hours have gone into this test encompassed three varying phases of project without so much as a band aid. work: Hydrotest, Water Acquisition, and WELL DONE!! UPI crews worked around Water Treatment. the clock for just over 2 weeks to complete IN THIS ISSUE The Hydrotest phase includes the prepa- the hydrotest. Testing was officially com- ration of test sites and pump stations (325 pleted on Saturday, September 26th, with WORDS FROM BOB P2 pipeline miles to hydrostatically test) and the line returning to service later that same restoration of the sites. The Water Acqui- day. Months of planning and preparation NEW EMPLOYEES P3 sition consists of the construction of a 12 culminated in the test, which spanned a acre pond filled with water diverted from total of 18 days from the time the first pig EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION P3 the adjacent Red River in order to be used was launched in Gretna on September 9th until the final test was completed and water SAFETY CORNER P4 for the test. The Water Treatment phase involves capturing the test water, treating movement began into Superior Terminal SUPPORTING PIPELINES P6 it, and releasing it back into a natural water on September 26th. Now the next phase Part 3: Why UPI supports national and source. (Read more about each phase of this begins. We currently have 85 sites that are regional pipeline efforts, specifically project below.) in need of coating/backfilling/flange clamps regarding their impact on the country, by or a combination of all of these items. We Bob Schoneberger We would like to give out a big THANK currently have 14 crews spread out across YOU to everyone who was involved in mak- 3 states including ND, MN, and WI. This is CHARITABLE GIVING P9 ing the outage a success; without TEAM- going to be a big undertaking in order to get this completed by freeze up as the frosty COOKING WITH JERRY P11 WORK this would have been an impossible task! mornings have already begun. SAVE THE DATES P12 continued page 5 Words From Bob New Employees Employee Recognition: Young Gun PM’s Shop Happenings By Eva Meierhoff By Bob Schoneberger, President By Mel Olson By Eva Meierhoff Lucie Stein-Cartford Justin Nos Ian Hassenstab Lucie Stein-Cartford was hired in Justin attended the University of Minnesota – Ian joined UPI in May 2011 as a Mechanical The fabrication shop in Duluth is ergy Transfer, Plains All-American, Buckeye September as a project manager. She Duluth for Mechanical Engineering and started Engineering Intern. Right out of the gate he working on the following items for Partners, Enbridge and TransCanada to name was here for a brief time last fall as an internship at UPI in May 2012. At the close began working on estimating and bidding jobs. STEP: a few are steady. part of APi Group’s Leadership Devel- of his internship in December 2012, Justin Soon he transitioned to the Tank Farm to assist opment Program, and she went on to • Scope B Manifold 227 tie- All of our work in MI is going well too. The transitioned into the role of Project Engineer. Nate Rickard with a project where he learned spend time with six other APi Group in spools “Bailers” have teamed up to own the State In this role, he assisted with many projects. more about working in the field. In May 2013 companies throughout the year. Before on MI work and are really setting a high bar At the start of STEP 102 Justin was offered Ian took on the role of Project Engineer and that she served four years in the U.S. • Scope B Manifold 229 of timeliness, quality, and their own “BD” a Project Manager position. He has spent the worked on various jobs. In April 2014 Ian Marine Corps as a Supply Officer and west end tie-in spools Department! Mackinaw Station and the majority of his time on this project since taking was asked to move into a Project Manager was stationed at Camp Pendleton in Eastern Access work keeps on going and it the PM role and has excelled. As a “young position, and happily agreed. Since then he has • Scope D Tank 21 below- San Diego, California. Lucie grew up in looks like the demolition work for several gun” Project Manager Justin has shone, even successfully managed many high profile and ground tie-in spools the Twin Cities and is very happy to be Fall is in the air and year-end budgets need stations in lower MI are going to carry us with a highly complex and challenging project challenging projects. As a “young gun” Project back in Minnesota after her time out to be drained – it is busy. The marquis (the Bailers) through the winter months and as his introduction to project management. Manager Ian shows exemplary people skills, The shop has also started to west. Lucie is very excited to tackle project for the fall is over the hump: Line 2B possibly into spring too. There’s no doubt that Justin’s successes come a very high concern for effectiveness, and receive materials and are prepping the challenges pipeline work pres- Hydrotest. Last week the final section in the from his ability to assess the needs of a situ- financial performance. Some of the qualities for fabrication for the Enbridge ents, and she encourages anyone she 330 miles plus line (in-service) hydro-test As for progress on STEP 2 – that behemoth ation and get to work on problem solving and that have helped his fast advancement are his Marysville job. hasn’t met yet to stop by and say hi. was completed successfully all in less than of a job is still clicking along very nicely. finding answers to questions. Justin’s dedica- optimism, enthusiasm, and commitment to Welcome back, Lucie! two weeks….. Not without a few leaks that Recently completed the hydro-test of the tion to his work is at the highest level and has seeing his tasks through. needed to be repaired, though. In any event, 225 manifold area - the last “big one” left Brent Straub been proven time and again. it was completed within the original time to do! Right now we are about 270 welds On a personal note, Ian is quite the outdoor Brent Straub will be coming on board frame planned for and that is an achieve- away from mechanical completion. Start the When Justin finds himself with some free enthusiast. His activities of choice include hik- at UPI as the Business Development ment. UPI’s General Contractor role account- clock! time he makes the most of it! He enjoys ice ing, biking, camping, and his personal favorite, Manager. The business development ed for about 110,000 man-hours of incredibly fishing and working on his family farm. Justin snowboarding. Ian, along with his wife Nicole, team will be responsible for securing safe and hard work and our subs nearly an- Over all, this year’s Safety performance has has come a long way in developing his palate have been known to go on the road chasing project opportunities by developing other 40,000 man-hours for a total of around been very good (not perfect). We are at last for food. Justin has been witnessed straying snow storms across the country in an effort to long-lasting relationships with key 150,00 man-hours burned in just under three year’s total man-hour mark as of the end of from his “tried and true” cheeseburger order at find the premier conditions for snowboarding. clients. Business development is very months start to finish without as much as a September and that speaks to the amount of lunch and going as far as the Bear Creek Pasta much a team effort, and they will be hang-nail! Congrats to all involved. work that we’ve had. One OSHA Recordable from the Superior, WI Grizzly’s! to date and that is great – and leaves room looking to field personnel as well as Everything else is looking rosy too. We’ve to improve too. We are approaching another project teams to help build on the missed a few projects that we were hopeful incredible milestone around the end of the success UPI has already started. Brent MP 396 – Illinois on but the bidding activity is still very strong year. Not to jinx it – I will hold off on any comes to UPI from working with our sister companies in the APi Group The first phase of work at MP 396 and we are actively looking at work for 2016 more until then. With that, please be safe on Enbridge’s Line 6A was tricky and even some for 2017. Proposals for En- and keep your co-workers safe too! since 2010. He spent some time in Greg Juntunen cutting pipe to be the US Marine Corps prior to earning to say the least. The job involved fabricated. a Bachelor of Science degree from the removing casing and assessing pipe University of Minnesota and an MBA in the middle of HWY 64, one of the from Western Governors University. main arteries that feeds Chicago. It Welcome aboard, Brent! was like a real-life game of Frogger. Manhattan Explorer Connection Project Jarred Querio, Rich Olson, Justin Jim Pederson Dittmar, and gang did a great job to Enbridge Southern Lights Terminal Jim Pederson has joined the UPI team get the scope completed. Martam The project, located approximately 12 miles some 12” relief piping, with the majority of as the AutoCAD Lead/Estimator. In was our sub-contractor for all of the south of Joliet, Illinois, started in mid to late the pipe at a depth of 12’ with limited access this role he will be meeting all of UPI’s road work and they did a great job will be done to determine if further work is March and was mostly complete by Septem- and tight conditions. This required good plan- AutoCAD needs, making mechanical building a temporary road and prepping the site needed on the remaining portion of the pipe. ber 30th. The product that is pumped at this ning and special equipment and materials, drawings, and working with foremen for the guys, as well as putting it back as if we The south end of this site poses challenges as station is called diluent, and it is a by-prod- such as a double drum remote-controlled and the shop on drawings. He will also were never there. it is extremely congested with many foreign uct of the refining process that is used to mix vibratory compactor that could be run by the be helping Nate Grayson with project lines present in the area, along with low In November, excavation at MP 396 will begin with Canadian tar sand oil to make it thin operator from on top without having to go estimating. Jim has an extensive overhead power lines that make excavating again for phase two. Mike Paradise Jr. and enough to pump through the pipelines. into the trench. At one time we had eight background in surveying and much tricky. For now, work will focus on the more crew will begin on the north side of the road at trench boxes installed for the welders to experience that will prove useful in easily accessible north side of the project Brian Schweiger and helper fitting a the site. Once the pipe is excavated, the casing 36” x 30” reducer to a 30” straight tee We installed approximately 400’ of 24” pipe, make their field welds. this new role. Glad to have you on the before determining whether or not to dig into seal will be replaced and a low pressure test for STEP Scope B M227 Booster Pump. including fittings and valves. We also had Continued on page 6 team, Jim! the lower portion. 2 Fall 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 3 3 Hunting Safety (cont’d) Line 2B (cont’d from page 1) SAFETY CORNER • Let your fellow hunting mem- bers know when you plan on Water Acquisition Safety Incentives Holiday Safety Tips returning to camp, the trailer, The 6th great lake (pictured on page 1) has or vehicle. begun to disappear; the great “Badger Lake” By Kathryn Cooley By Jason Beckner • Wear a watch. Don’t guess if is now empty and will be in the process of The Safety Incentive Plan was officially This Thanksgiving, more than 13 million driveway you are hunting during legal getting erased within the next couple weeks. rolled out in September and it is going Americans will travel to spend the holiday hunting hours. Leftover water from the water acquisition very well. All employees are eligible for • Use timers to operate lights with friends and family, leaving their homes • Carry a compass or a hand pond was treated, tested, and discharged this program and can earn points in the • Notify your local police to do a check empty for opportunistic burglars. held GPS device. Make sure back into its source, the Red River. The following ways. while you are gone massive 12 acre pond will soon be complete- Water Treatment setup at Tank 42 inside the the Superior Follow these safety tips to ensure your you to know how to use the Points are earned on the basis Also, according to the National Fire ly erased by removing the lining and filling it Terminal • family’s safety this holiday season. device you take with you. of hours worked. For each safe Protection Association, Thanksgiving is Decide ahead of time the di- back in. This work will also include restoring 35 treatment was completed on October • Remove fall-related objects that might hour worked, the employee will the leading day for home-cooking fires. rection to head for should you the agricultural fields it was built in. Orvie 21st, with a final treated volume of just allow access to your home (ladders) earn .25 points. Protection 1 suggests these fire-safety tips get lost or disoriented. Haugen and the gang have done a knockout roughly 7,000,000 gallons, for a total treated job up in one of the most diverse parts of the • Salaried and office employees • Don’t post travel plans on social media to ensure everyone has a safe and healthy volume of approximately 28,350,350 gallons. • Bring a simple survival kit. At world, with extreme heat, wind, rain, light- will accumulate points on the letting people know that you will be out holiday: Treating the test water was a multistage a minimum, this kit should ning, and tornados. It is likely that they will basis of 40 hours per week. of town • Be sure to keep a fire extinguisher in have a rope, knife, water, process involving pumping water from the even end up seeing some snowflakes tickle hydrotest through a number of carbon media • Bonus points are available • Turn your telephone ringer down so the kitchen in case of emergency, and waterproof matches, an the tips of their noses here shortly. for Safety Opportunities. The no one outside can hear repeated teach your family how to use it emergency shelter, and first- vessels and monitoring the “contact time” the water had with the media to assure con- points will be awarded by the rings; review your answering machine Be cautious when using turkey fryers aid supplies. It also would not Water Treatment • taminants were removed. During treatment, Safety Manager on a scale of message to make sure it does not imply as they pose a number of distinct hurt to throw a candy bar or It was a short time ago that the work for water between these stages is monitored 0.25 to 5 points based on the that you are away safety concerns, including burn and fire some jerky into the kit. treating the Line 2B Hydrotest water started, and tested to verify the treated water meets quality of the observation. Make sure to have all mail, hazards • If hunting in an elevated stand, • and now it is completed. Water from the the compliance requirements of the hydro- Once points are earned employees can newspapers, and deliveries stopped or use a fall restraint device. • Keep a First Aid Kit up to date and hydrotest was split between two tanks at static test water discharge permit. The turn them in for items specified in the picked up stocked • Raise and lower rifles to your the terminal. Tank 42 held the main volume water was ultimately routed from the tank Safety Incentive Program Brochure. We • Never leave a key hidden outside - stand with a rope. of test water, and Tank 35 held the initial/ areas down to the 2nd outfall near Gate 3 of are currently offering a variety of items • Never wear loose-fitting clothing when burglars know all the best hiding places • Read the deer hunting reg- final volume of “slop” from the test. With the terminal. The project was successful and and we will continue to rotate and add cooking - long, open sleeves could ulations. Many regulations help from ProAct Services Corporation, a took coordination on the parts of all parties, additional items in the future. • Secure all windows, including those ignite and catch fire from a gas flame or upstairs, and reduce the chance of easy a hot burner change from year to year. 3000 treatment system was set up at both between UPI, ProAct, Enbridge Special If you have any questions or would like Case in point, the firearms Tanks and was ready to begin treatment Projects, Enbridge Safety, and the Superior entry by cutting tree limbs away from Utilize these safety tips this holiday season, to see a brochure please contact either transportation law is a good on September 15th. Treatment of water Terminal personnel. It took every one of second-story windows and be thankful for your home and your your foreman or the safety represen- example. The new law allows began on October 5th. Tank 42 treatment these groups to make the project flow well Have a friend move your car family’s safety. tative for your project. Hourly field • for transporting unloaded / was concluded on October 16th, with a total due to the 24/7 operations that took place employees can find their updated point occasionally if it is parked in the uncased firearms in certain cir- treated volume of 21,350,350 gallons. Tank once treatment began. totals on their weekly paychecks. cumstances but it still requires Hunting Safety firearms to be cased in others. Best of luck to all of you hunters in By Shawn Helmer Lower MI Update Minnesota, Michigan, and as much By Joel Bailer as this pains me, Wisconsin. (Sor- It’s hard to believe it, but the Deer Hunting read the proverbial article or hear on the We got off to a great start in Lower Mich- they were able to finish up just in time to Opener in Minnesota has come and gone. news that someone had a rifle discharge and ry, I really, really hate the Packers). Let’s make it a safe hunt this year. igan right where we left off on the old 6B help with the hydro test in Minnesota! John There is always great excitement at this it went through the camp wall and injured line. We took out sections of the suction and Mitchell replaced Mike Elliott and hit the time of year - at least that is what it is like a deer camp member. That said, it is worth Make sure you come back to discharge pump stations at several locations. ground running, completing what was left of at our hunting camp. Relatives and friends reviewing some safety tips to ensure a safe work to talk about the incredible Of course, there were large amounts of wiring and restoration in no time. get together and tell stories of hunts past and successful hunt for all of us. shot and the big buck you nailed. oil to remove before the lines could be cut (sometimes greatly embellished). Any way • Never load your gun at camp or next to You can also come back and and removed, most of which was done last Outside the normal scope, we had a couple you slice it, deer hunting is almost a religious your vehicle. Never load or unload your talk about the monster buck you year. After that, we needed to take care of restoration jobs to complete, one of which experience if you live in this part of the gun in a group. Always keep the muzzle whiffed at too. a few punch list items on line 79 in St. Clair, was a racetrack that the new line went This should sound familiar - It’s been country. Ask a tradesman if they will work pointed in a safe direction. Michigan. Mike Elliott came down to help through. This included fixing the grading Bob’s saying for years, and now UPI overtime on deer opener and the majority of Happy hunting! of the track that wasn’t done right the first • Scout your hunting area. Know loca- with a dozen sites or more. They had to deal has adopted this on as our safety folks will probably look at you cross – eyed. time. The guys did the resurface which tions of nearby roads, landmarks, other with lots of rain and a few pretty remote slogan! As fun as deer hunting is, we seem to have locations, but with the use of aqua dams Watch for stickers coming soon! an accident or worse every season. You’ll camps, and adjacent stands. Continued > Continued on page 7 4 Fall 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 3 5 Employee Spotlights Lower MI (cont’d from page 5) Supporting Pipelines: GOOD for the Country Employee Spotlights... cont’d included culverts, but the most difficult por- The next job was station demos. First up Part Three of a Three Part Series By Bob Schoneberger the Union Hall by Troy Johnson and Mike tion of the job was finding the correct track was Stockbridge station, which is growing Schoneberger. Previously, Nate worked as The static over pipelines these days really isn’t are more trains on the track, there will be more surface. The surface consists of a softer, less very fast. We have removed all piping, a Foreman doing heavy highway construc- about pipelines as much as it is specifically about fatalities because of it! Transportation of oil by dusty material than limestone called dia- wiring, and valves. There has been a lot of tion with an asphalt company. oil pipelines. So are they bad?? Well, let me pipeline is by far the most economic transporta- mond dust. We literally found it on a boat in hydrovacing and mechanical excavation. Nate is from Randolph, Wisconsin and tell you what the options are. We move between tion option. It is also about 6 to 10 times cheaper the bay and had to pick it up at the harbor. We removed all of the old 6B as well as the has a 4 year old son, Jameson, whom he 8MM and 10MM barrels of oil a day domestically, than trucking and 3 to 5 times cheaper than by majority of line 17 piping. There were a few lets choose their activities that they do depending on what report you want to believe, rail. This monetary savings has a huge impact areas that were difficult to access due to the together. Nate enjoys fishing, anything NOT counting refined products pipelines (gaso- on our national economy. The fact is, our country installation of the new piping in the terminal outdoor-related, going to concerts, and line, diesel, etc.). That is equivalent to 54,000 benefits from local oil, moving in the safest way expansion. There are 5 more to get done trucks on any given day that are full of oil and possible. Americans use these fuels every day to spending time with his son. His fun fact Beth Johnson this year. The crew is working diligently, driving on the roads somewhere. Given that travel, heat homes and businesses, and in the use about himself is that he had a metal plate Before working at UPI I was employed at 11-13 hour days, to get this done before the they have to come back empty to load up, and and purchase of hundreds of household products. put in his head from an accident in 2012, Cirrus Aircraft for just shy of 18 years. In snow flies. Hoping to finish by year end so assuming that the average run is 3 days, you’d This local energy source and transportation recovered quickly, and went back to work. 2011, while working in their accounting we don’t have to work in the freezing cold need over 300,000 ADDITIONAL trucks on the generates American jobs, promotes public safety, Nate’s goals for the future are to become department and going to Lake Superior conditions of January again! a Foreman with UPI, finish his career out, College, I was approached about a job road at any given time of any given day. It is also reduces risk, and boosts our economy. retire, and travel the world. opening at APi Electric. I interviewed with equivalent to about 12,500 additional tanker cars I would like to thank Wayne Davis for all the So pipeline transportation of oil is economical One of the highlights of his career at Paul Javorina (name sound familiar?) and loaded and on the rails every day and again, if help with one calls. We have done about and safer; what else is there? To the extent UPI was pulling out a floating pipe from he hired me, but six months later the com- you assume the average trip is 3 days (it is more 150 sites so far. I also want to give thanks that some people look at the environment as a the Kalamazoo River last January. “That pany had been bought out. Thanks to APi than that), then you’d need about 75,000 more to Greg Helmer and his warehouse crew for separate sub-set of safety, (I believe it is part of was pretty intense. I have had nothing Group, Bob, and Connie, I made my way to rail cars than what’s already on the track today – their hard work on supplying us and building operating safely), then the only point that has but great experiences working with UPI. UPI in 2012 and filled the role of Accounts every single day… a warehouse trailer for us. Thanks guys!! merit in this debate is that a significant pipeline It’s always a good work crew and office Payable Manager. In the state of Minnesota, there is on average oil spill is potentially larger (and possibly more personnel.” A proud moment in my career was when I (over the last 10 years) a train derailment every harmful) than a significant rail or truck spill. That received my Associate of Applied Science week. There are less than 2 significant pipe- can be a long discussion of whether or not the 47 Accountant degree after 3+ years of line spills per year. Again in Minnesota, there innocent people killed in Lac-Megantic Quebec attending school while working full time. have been 135 train related fatalities and only 2 derailment of 2013 is more or less significant/ Blackberry Station I am currently enrolled at Colorado State After that we went right into the cathodic pipeline related fatalities over the last 10 years. harmful than the Kalamazoo River spill by pipeline University (online) and hope to graduate By Justin Dittmar protection work on the new 6B, as well as These statistics are similar on a national scale. in 2010, with no loss of life. I will let you decide summer 2016 with my Bachelors of Sci- other lines close to Enbridge’s line. There SO, it is pretty easy to extrapolate that if there what is best. UPI was recently contracted to com- ence degree in Accounting. I plan on stay- plete the fabrication and installation were dozens of sites and with the help of ing with UPI as long as they will have me! of a small delivery meter station at Wayne Davis we kept both crews rolling I’m so thankful to have a job I love and to smoothly through all the work. cont’d from Page 2 TransCanada’s existing Blackberry enjoy the people I work with. I have lived Manhattan... Station’s valve setting. my entire life in the Hermantown/Duluth We also used low-strength mortar backfill that needed. This The shop is currently completing the area. I live in the (new) city of Rice Lake was delivered to the site and placed by cement is a new fabrication of the 2” piping and making (MN) with my boyfriend of 13 years, Noel, trucks. AKA (flow-able fill) was used to support company and preparations for painting and coating. PLM Crew and our cat, Stella. I love spending time and bed the pipe because in most cases we could they did a Meanwhile, Rich Olson and crew have with friends and family, boating, camping, not have a worker in the trench because of the professional been on site making preparations for biking and watching Wild hockey! depth and lack of room to slope the sidewalls to and safe job UPI has been working with Enbridge Operations a the field install. To date the crew has meet access requirements. of installing lot over the years. Thanks to Adam Rudebeck and assisted with two hot taps, hydro-ex- the sheet Ron Peterson (Enbridge Coordinators), we were At our peak we had 18 UPI employees on site, cavated the ditches, and have begun able to pick up enough work to split the crew piling. different stations in three different neighboring including UPI Superintendents John Moore and pouring concrete foundations. Next into two. Our crew includes: foremen Chris Lillo states. The work has included excavating valves Jeff Bergkamp, Foreman Jim Winklesky, and This was week the crew will be looking to and Matt Oja, operators Terry Lillo (not pictured) for small piping repair, pipe support replacement, Welder Dan Mitchell. We also had support from the wettest summer on record in Illinois for quite field fit the fabrication and nitrogen and Jim Gustafson, oilers Josh Myhre and Derek coating repair, digs for pipe inspection, excava- Tom Ecklund, Greg Juntunen for hydro tests, Todd some time, and it made our job interesting to say test on site before final installation. Elliott, laborers Bob Bridge, Dan Hautamaki, Ja- tion for trap removal, whistle installation, prepa- Kroll and crew for painting, and Greg Helmer and the least, causing more than a few job delays. Once installed, Rich and his crew will son Graber, Kyle Felce, and Ross Waldofski, and ration for flow meter installation, stopple work, Scott Sertich for equipment supply, materials, and During the course of the project we received complete the site restoration and inspectors Jake ROW road washout repair, riverbank restoration, delivery. many comments on our safety measures and for demobilization. Wickstrom and Jim Nate Margelofsky and assisting PLM with pipeline maintenance. Nate is currently a Laborer from the Local maintaining a well-organized and clean worksite. Thanks to the fabrication shop for Sevarns (& Polly!). Our civil contractor was Four Star Construction The crew would like to thank and show appreci- 563 working at the Mackinaw Station on Dan Waseleski was on site as our safety repre- their timely and high-quality work on and our electrical subcontractor was B&B Electric. ation to Enbridge Operations (Ron and Adam) for Jim Bailer’s crew. He started working for sentative and did a great job of keeping us safe. this piping fab and to the field crew Over the course of We also had Sheet Piling Services (SPS) on site the work they have provided over the years, and UPI in 2012 when he was requested from The end result was a successfully completed, for their continued dedication to the year we have to install piling where additional shoring was we hope to have more work for years to come. Continued on Page 7 nice-looking piping project. excellence. done work on 11 6 Fall 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 3 7 Line 5 Recoat – MI Mackinaw Station Maintenance UPI GIVES BACK Jim Winklesky and crew recently Enhancement Project completed a recoat project on 2015 Duluth Area Walk Where’s the beef? Gnat Warfare Enbridge’s Line 5 in Arnold, MI By Ian Hassenstab for Ron Peterson and the PLM. to End Alzheimer’s For the second year in a row, Rich UPI started its own fundraising Work steadily continued at the Mackinaw UPI’s Mechanical Superintendent, John Oswskey coordinated the purchase This past September, Val Tervo event this year: Gnat Warfare Station in Mackinaw City, MI throughout the Moore, and Welder Foreman, Dan Mitchell, and donation of a steer from the (Billing Department) participated in Shoot. The event was attended summer and early fall. During that time our did an excellent and organized job of install- Douglas County Livestock Auction the Duluth Area Walk to End Alzhei- by 55 individuals from 6 different crews successfully completed the installa- ing the piping and valves. Currently, the final in which local 4-H and FFA kids mer’s. UPI agreed to match employee companies and included several tion and backfilling of concrete foundations structural steel for a large cable tray bridge raise and sell livestock. The steer donations dollar for dollar up to $500, teams shooting sporting clays at for pipe, valve, and cable tray supports. The is being installed. was butchered and the wrapped and we succeeded in meeting that the Old Vermillion Gun Club. The structural steel from Northshore Steel Inc. hamburger was donated to the Faith United goal! Val was personally able to highlight of the event were the drones, some of We ended up with a good amount of extra Methodist Church’s Food Pantry. The service was of the highest quality, and fit perfectly raise $1,905.00, and her team raised which had explosives on their wings and were work on this project in order to replace the provides food for up to 65 households a week. with little or no rework. The structural steel $4,240.83 total. Way to go, Val! fittingly named Total Destruction Drones that platforms were erected efficiently by Roy obsolete pipe supports, recoat piping in the The story was run in the Superior Telegram. exploded when hit 2-3 times. The launched and Ness Contracting and Sales from Escanaba, mainline pump building, and resolve drawing remote-controlled drones flew by the shooters at MI. discrepancies. There will be more extra work Second Harvest North- Track Chair for Jake approximately 90 mph. Each team got 5 passes to come next year too that we ern Lakes Food Bank and 2 shots per pass at the drone. Check out are looking forward to. In 2015 Over the summer, WDIO’s story on the event on their website. we worked closely with Enbridge In August UPI did a collection for the Heath Beckstrom This event raised $16,500 for the Northern Lights The project consisted of recoating Liquids Pipeline Engineering to local food bank in Duluth that serves brought Jake to our Foundation, which assists the families of children 348’ of pipe. The dig began with alter the designs to allow for parts of MN and WI. We collected attention. Jake has with life-threatening illnesses. UPI plans to make approximately 100’ of the pipe over $160 for their backpack program a degree in Water shorter tie-ins in 2016. By mak- this an annual event and expects the attendance located in a swamp. The remaining which provides food for school-age Technology and ing these thoughtful changes to double in 2016. UPI would like to thank the length of pipe navigated uphill, children to take home for their families has had difficulty we will reduce the duration of participants and especially the volunteers that and the crew continually fought on weekends. We also delivered 103 finding work in the upcoming outages. made the day a huge success. mud and water for the duration pounds of food to the food shelf to use field due to the rare inflammatory disease of the dig. They built a dirt road Thank you to all of the crews, in their food Transverse Myelitis, to access the pipe, for which the distribution. staff, subcontractors, and En- which caused his paralysis. Jake wanted a Track landowner was extremely grateful. There is an bridge personnel that made this Chair - a wheelchair designed for rugged terrain enhancement project a success. ongoing food The length of pipe was excavated, collection at the - that would allow him to once again enjoy the outdoors: the beach, hunting, and the winter brush blasted, and then recoated UPI office, so snow. Heath’s account of Jake’s story was met with tapecoat. Jim’s crew restored next time you stop by, drop off with generosity; UPI employees raised $1,750 in the site and completed the project Enbridge Marysville Station a matter of days. UPI matched this donation and with no issues and under sched- some non-per- Eastern Access Phase 11 Marysville, MI ishables! with the $3,500 donation Jake met his goal and ule. The guys did a great job of was even able to get a trailer to haul the chair! Courage Shoot working efficiently and with high Way to go team! quality. The crew would like to By Wayne Davis UPI Gives Blood Since 2011, UPI has sponsored the Courage thank Ron Peterson for the chance This project kicked off with a pre-job meeting construction area. As of now we are nearly a Shoot (Shoot for Fun). The Courage Shoot directly benefits Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Insti- to perform this challenging dig and in late October. We currently have an esti- month into the project and have established The bloodmobile made a stop at the Charitable Golf Outings tute-Northland, which provides seasonal adaptive looks forward to future projects mated project completion date of the end our yard and temporary roadway to the site. UPI office again in August and Octo- sports and recreation programming for youth and of March 2016. The day after the pre-job, We have also identified the buried utilities ber! People from the UPI office, tank In August, UPI sponsored a couple holes and sent with Ron and his team. adults and families of those living with disabili- Jim Bailer’s crew began setting up our yard in our work areas and have begun some farm, GPM, Rockwell Automation, and 4 teams to the Boy Scouts of America golf tournament. It was a great way to support the ties. Along with sponsorships, UPI sends multiple across from the site. This yard/staging area Hydrovac Archer Racing all gave donations. We collected 50 pints that were used to local Boy Scout teams of shooters to participate in the day-long was chosen so as to minimize the traffic on excavations. th clubs and a fun sport shooting event. 2015 marked the 17 annual the small residential road that runs in front The Duluth help approximately 150 patients at the local hospitals. day of teambuild- Shoot for Fun event, which was a record breaking Words With... of the station and bring all of our construc- fabrication ing. The event year; we raised a gross total of $216,399.00! In Ziad K Abdelnour tion traffic off the major roadway. This was shop has Thanks to the coordination of JoAnn was sponsored by the last several years, UPI has donated nearly determined to lessen the impact of our also started Tenpas, we will be routinely giving our sister compa- $20,000 to this local charity, and we look forward construction activities on the surrounding receiving blood every three months. The blood- ny Jamar. to continuing our support in the future. “Life is like a camera. Focus neighborhood. pipe and fit- mobile will be back every 3 months on what’s important. Capture tings so that in 2016, starting on February 2nd. If In September, the good times. And if things This project consists of construction of a new fabrication you’d like to participate please contact the Douglas County Humane Society held don’t work out, just take addition and retrofitting of the existing me- of piping can JoAnn at 218-461-3610 or find a local their first annual golf outing and Oktoberfest. UPI another shot.” tering facility. One of the first tasks we had begin. blood bank in your area! It’s an easy sponsored a hole and sent one team to partici- was to move a metal building out of the new way to save a life. pate. Another great cause to support! 8 Fall 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 3 9 STEP 102 NOTICES: Cooking with Jerry By Jerry Lueneburg Scope A EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS For those of you who know Jerry Lueneburg, small batches as they are coated. Preheat oil Another milestone tie-in date you know cooking up delicious food to share to 375 degrees and fry fish for 3-5 minutes has come and gone in Scope Marine General with those around him is per batch, or until brown and A. The M225 and Tank 45 tie-in one of his passions. He crispy. has been completed success- With proof of employment (re- often cooks for the crews Sweet coleslaw: fully and has now been put into cent check stub), receive a 30% on projects where he works. service. Crews are now working discount on FR Carhartt clothing We will now be including Lighthouse brand dress- on installing the last header to and outerwear. Valid at Duluth, MN a new recipe from Jerry in ing mixed into chopped connect Tank 44 to the M225 to store only. each newsletter. Enjoy! coleslaw mix (both can be ready it for hydrotest. When that is Scope B been working hard on platform installation found in your local grocer’s complete, all piping in Area 5 will be It was another busy month for Scope B. and will finish up this fall. Hunt has been Bear Shoe Works Jerry’s (Famous) Fish produce section). Northland Constructors has completed the working steady to wrap up, and soon all they done, and over 80% of the electrical Coupon available for $10.00 off Tacos Tartar sauce: work will also be complete. Tank 43 major foundation work after successfully will have left is the cabling for the pump pouring the M226 and M227 booster pumps house. As we get into the fall, the pump any pair of boots. Go to https:// Fried fish: Half a cup of mayonnaise, and 44 are not be far behind, and in www.bearshoeworks.com, click the very near future those tie-ins will this month. Nick Oetterer and the layout house installation will start and once that 3-4 pounds of fish skinned half a cup of miracle whip, 1 team had a busy month across all scopes as is complete, we will conclude a successful on PROMOTIONS, select United and cut into 1/2 to 3/4 tablespoon of sweet relish, also be completed, making all of Piping Inc., enter the code: upi and Area 5 100% complete. Atten- project! We want to send out a inch thick pieces. Use your 1 ½ tablespoons fresh print coupon. Valid in-store only tion is now being focused on the big thank you to everyone who has favorite batter mix. My ground horseradish. Mix all at Superior, WI location. Expires M224 area and completing the worked on the site for making the personal favorite is Drakes the ingredients together in a September 30, 2016. final welds that will connect Tanks project a success. Mix if you can find it, Don’s small bowl. Chuck Wagon works well Serve everything in warm 30-35 with the three new Booster Scope D Red Wing Boots Pumps that have been installed too. Coat each piece of fish tortilla shells. Scope D continues to head toward With proof of employment (re- separately and fry them in (BP 4, 5, and 6). The hydrotest for the 10-31-15 ISD items both safely all 6 tanks and the booster pump cent check stub), receive a 15% and on schedule. Dan Berg, Mark discount on Red Wing brand boots, area is planned for the end of the Thomson, Dave Stuard and team and a 10% discount on Irish Setter month. Once complete, all efforts have completed all of the piping boots. Valid at Duluth, MN store will be centered around laying out, and hydrotests related to the big only. building, and installing the complex date. A big thank you goes out to UPI Departments at a Glance tie-in spools on the south side of RJS for responding with additional Steel-toe-shoes.com By Josh Purrenhage M224 as to connect the discharge resources to help achieve our goals header of the new pumps to the and remain on schedule. B&B has 10% off order total at http://www. This is the first of what will be an ongoing more complexity for our friends in Payroll. existing lines. The goal everyone the push to complete final tie-in pieces and ramped up their Scope D effort pull- steel-toe-shoes.com. Select your section of the newsletter to highlight various Every employee has a mix of benefits, child is striving for is for oil to be pumped prepare them for hydrotesting is on. Both ing cables after the completion and re-design items to order and at checkout pieces of this growing team. We all have support, hours, bank verifications, garnish- through the pumps and the new booster pumps and motors are set at the 228 of the tray supports. They are confident that enter code: DISCOUNT in the cou- a part to play to make this whole operation ments, and union disbursements. Currently discharge header by year end. There booster pumps and the piping is complete, all necessary cabling will be safely installed pon box & click redeem coupon. Or function, but we often don’t understand we are making payments for union fringes is a lot of work to get us there, but allowing Northland to re-open the order by phone at 1-866-737-7775. or appreciate the effort that others put in into 23 different unions, and each union can everyone involved in the Project Team high road. UPI is very appreciative to keep this flywheel turning. To start, we have up to seven different pay scales. is on board with making this final that Dave Eckstrom and crew (North- Days Inn at Miller Hill Mall will talk about a department that everyone And then there are the audits, and not just completion goal and date happen, and land) have joined the UPI crews in appreciates on a weekly basis: Payroll. Single or 2 Queen Room the tax agency audits. Each union will regu- to be another shining success! continuing to contribute Sun - Thurs: $59 (plus tax) Obviously everyone knows that Payroll larly audit the records to ensure that wages greatly to the safety op- Rate not available Fri - Sat. produces the paychecks, but have you ever and benefits are being applied correctly. portunity program. Keep To book, call Darren W. at considered the complexity of what goes into This regularly involves going all the way up the great work and 218-727-3110 your paycheck? In a peak season, pay period back to the LEM’s and tracing the payments ideas! Only 5 minutes from UPI. paychecks are processed for 450+ employees all the way through. Every rate, fringe, and Scope C Residence Inn Mariott - Duluth working 20,000 to 30,000 manhours. Every disbursement along the way will be checked. Scope C is wrapping up manhour is cost to a job and a phase, for Corporate rate agreement now Every Friday when you receive your pay- nicely. All of the piping cost control purposes, across dozens of jobs through 12/31/15. Discounts vary check, consider that the Payroll department installation is complete in multiple states. Each job has different on room type and nights booked. processed thousands and thousands of and painting will be rates, fringes, and union codes. Every state Call to make reservations and transactions in order to get everyone paid completed very soon. RJS has different withholding taxes, payroll and terminated with time to spare. We are mention United Piping. Valid at Du- that week. And they get to do it all over has done a great job wrapping taxes, and unemployment insurances. very excited to see how the rest of the month luth, MN location (517 W Central again next week. up the civil work. JR Jensen has progresses and report back soon! Entrance) only. Our diverse pool of teammates creates even 10 Fall 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 3 11 Stay Connected with UPI & Piping Hot News! We want to stay connected with YOU! To scan these on your smart phone or tablet simply download a QR Code Scanner from the App Store Recently, Piping Hot News underwent or Google Play. Then when you use the app to scan the code with your camera it will bring you to the a content makeover to get you more website or program linked to the scanned code. Check them all out! of the information that you want. We also want to hear from you about what you would like to see us cover, highlight and feature in our upcoming issues. 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Save the Dates Winter FR Program Send Us Your Photos! This year’s annual safety training The 2015-2016 Winter FR Program has We always need more photos for the news- and Christmas party will be held begun. This year UPI is offering Carhartt letter and social media! Send yours our way: on the same day, both at the Dulu- gear including a Quilt-lined Coat, Quilt-lined [email protected] or th Entertainment and Convention [email protected] Center (DECC). Bibs, a heavyweight hooded sweatshirt, and a fleece hat all at a discounted price. The Friday, January 8th first item in each category is available at the discounted rate. Additional items are at the regular price. If FR clothing is required for Safety Training your job, please see your foreman to obtain an order form. If you have any questions, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm please contact Sue Krenz @ 218-727-7676. Symphony Hall, DECC

Christmas Party 4510 AIRPORT ROAD, DULUTH, MN 55811 WWW.UNITEDPIPING.US 5:00 pm P: 218-727-7676 Harbor Side Ballroom, DECC NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS: E: [email protected] Please plan on attending. More formal details to follow! P: 218-461-3615 (OFFICE)

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