Vol. 69, #5 May 2011

MembersMembers gogo vertical,vertical, horizontalhorizontal onon NewNew IrvingtonIrvington TunnelTunnel For The Good & Welfare By Russ Burns, business manager We respond page 4 A lot is going on today in the world, the facts straight but often don’t. When the country, politics, our industry it comes to information about your own and unions. Some might call it chaos. union, I encourage you to contact your From the devastating effects of Japan’s district office or my office directly for tsunami to the crushing attacks against the straight facts. I want to remind you the collective bargaining rights in middle that this administration is committed to America, if you turn on the television or transparency. My door is always open, open the newspaper, you quickly realize and I am always willing to speak with big things are happening everywhere. members about any issue. Also, please But rather than ignoring these attend your District Meetings, as a lot of events and sticking our heads in the information is discussed at them, which page 12 sand to avoid feeling overwhelmed, this may answer most of your questions. union is proactive. We get mobilized. We We also remain committed to securing Contents respond. After Japan’s 9.0 earthquake work for as many of you as possible. triggered a tsunami that hit Northern We do this by electing labor-friendly On the job with Condon-Johnson...... 4 California’s coast, ravaging several ports politicians and hiring labor-friendly News & Notes...... 5 in our districts, union members quickly lobbyists to secure transportation Unit 12...... 6 responded to remedy the damage. After funds and pass bills directed toward The right ‘price’ for a retrofit...... 7 a 40-foot section of Hwy. 1 washed out infrastructure investment. That is Public Employee News...... 8 during brutal storms this past winter, the main reason why I serve on the Credit Union...... 10 members came together to repair and High-Speed Rail Authority Board (to Looking at Labor...... 10 stabilize the roadway (see page 4). secure its implementation, which will New journey-level operators in Utah..... 11 When the Wisconsin Legislature took create an incredible amount of jobs for We are one...... 12 action in March to strip public-sector this membership) and why we supported Interest explodes in Hazmat training..... 14 employees of collective bargaining Assembly Bill 105, which California rights, our members rallied with other Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in late Fringe Benefits...... 15 union members in the thousands from March. The bill will protect $2.5 billion New Irvington Tunnel ...... 16 the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge in to $3.5 billion of transportation funds, Rancho Murieta ...... 18 the Bay Area to the Cesar Chavez Plaza which were up for grabs during the ATPA...... 19 in downtown Sacramento (see pages 12 state’s ongoing money shortage. Tech News...... 19 and 13). And that’s not all the positive District Reports...... 20 As certain media outlets portray transportation news. The California Meetings and Announcements...... 27 union pensions as the culprit of the Transportation Commission (CTC) Health News...... 30 current recession and anti-union recently allocated $101 million in 90 Swap Shop...... 31 politicians wage wars against the middle new transportation projects. Keep class (see the news story at right), I find reading your Engineers News’ District it humorous, since these reporters and Reports and feature stories to see how Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 politicians obviously don’t understand this work will pan out. Our work hours Russ Burns Business Manager the power of unions. They have picked are up from last year (this full report will Fred Herschbach President the wrong foe to fight, because unions be printed next month), including a 38 have been fighting these battles for percent increase in surveyor work hours, Carl Goff Vice President centuries and have perfected the art. meaning projects are on the books for Jim Sullivan Rec. Corres. Secretary Even though it is a difficult road, unions our four-state jurisdiction. Pages 20-26 Dan Reding Financial Secretary always succeed to right the wrongs done showcase some of this work. Pete Figueiredo Treasurer to the working-class American. Today, More work is also evidenced by the our battles are no different. Today, we Department of Labor’s recent report on Engineers News Staff prove again that we are a force to be the drop in the national unemployment Russ Burns Editor reckoned with. And we respond. I urge rate this spring. It fell to 8.8 percent Carl Goff Editorial Adviser every one of you to do your research and with the addition of 216,000 jobs. Mandy McMillen Managing Editor get the facts straight about the politics, Other important bills to keep an Jamie Johnston Associate Editor or should I say the politicking, going on eye on include a new infrastructure Dominique Beilke Art Director in this country today. For some good, bank bill designed to improve the solid facts, see page 9 in this edition. nation’s infrastructure, while getting Speaking of politics and straight new projects off the ground. The $10 facts, these are trying times for everyone. billion bill would provide loans for large www.oe3.org Unemployment rates continue to be infrastructure projects nationwide. high. Even though we are starting to see While it is still in the planning stages, Engineers News (ISSN 1069-2185) is published monthly by Local 3 of the International Union of Operating an upward trend, work is still slow. The the fact that legislators are trying to Engineers, AFL-CIO; 1620 South Loop Rd., Alameda, results, as you all know, have had a major move in this direction is a positive sign. CA 94502. Periodical postage paid at Alameda, CA effect on our Health and Welfare Plan Your willingness to come together and additional mailing offices. Engineers News is sent and our Pension. This administration for rallies, city council meetings and without charge to all members of Operating Engineers has had to make hard decisions during District Picnics is also a positive sign. I Local 3 in good standing. 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2 | Engineers News Talking Points Members defend pensions at By Fred Herschbach, president recent protest Republican Assemblyman Roger Niello picked Enough is enough the wrong group to attack. The assault against union labor is full-on. I’m sure by now you His recently proposed ballot initiative to have seen what is going on politically. It’s a full attack on our way of reduce pension benefits for California state and life. Enough is enough. local civil servants, including public-employee It is way past the time for the people we helped elect to start union members, was met getting vocal on our behalf. If they don’t want to publicly support us, with strong resistance from labor groups. then they must go. We put a lot of resources toward helping these Members from the labor folks get elected. I know that being a politician isn’t easy. I know coalition Californians firsthand it is hard to please everyone, but elected officials are in that for Health Care and position because they chose to be. Their role is to represent their Retirement Security constituents, and currently, labor is being terribly misrepresented. and Local 3 Unit 12 A real leader, whether a labor or political one, needs to lead, not state workers and staff sit back and watch to see which way the wind is blowing. Right or Sacramento Business Rep. called for a boycott of wrong, a decision must be made. Take public employees, for example. Dan Kern gives the straight facts about California’s state Niello’s family-owned Local 3 represents about 7,600 public employees. They have been workers’ pensions to CBS car dealerships. In late beat up for about three years now because of the economy. The agents Channel 13. March, groups gathered have spent the last three years negotiating the collective bargaining during a protest outside agreements already in place. The members have given back to cities, Niello BMW on Fulton Avenue in Sacramento, counties and the state. The members have done their part. Yet, how urging customers to take their business many times have they been thanked by the politicians? All politicians elsewhere. want are more concessions. Enough is enough! Sacramento Business Agent Dan Kern Construction members are also getting it handed to them. When commented to CBS Channel 13 News: “He you add the lack of work with medical-cost increases and $4 a gallon [Niello] is alleging that state workers’ pensions for gasoline, who can afford soccer, baseball, football or cheerleading are too high, when the truth is, the average state for the kids? Everyone has to fight through the unemployment-insur- worker in this state makes $36,000 a year. It’s ance process, which nobody likes to apply for. Why must we fight the just a clever disguise to take away from working people – that’s always what they’re talking state to receive it? Enough is enough. about.” How much more can the middle class take? I don’t know the Pension grabs seem to be a growing trend in answer, but I can tell you from my vantage point, not much more. states across the country. Unions have mobilized As your Local 3 president, I see it day in and day out. It’s obvious nationwide in response. For more on this, see we all want better times. It’s frustrating for everyone, but let’s not kid pages 12 and 13. ourselves. They’re coming for us – contractors, city, county, state and federal officials, non-union companies and Republicans. They see a budget deficit, and they want our jobs to close it. Now what I’m going to say isn’t politically correct, but it’s time we, and I mean all labor unions, get together with the politicians, and tell everyone enough already. Maybe that means a general strike or a million-man and million-woman march in Washington, D.C. These marches have had quite an effect before, and we need to create a big impact now more than ever. I am not advocating a general strike for the United States, but maybe I should. Something has to happen to wake up America. The middle class is disappearing, and we can’t afford that. Nobody is going to get rich doing what we do for a living. All we really want is what is right for our families and each other. We, as labor, aren’t out to put a stranglehold on our signatory contractors or the municipalities we bargain with. We just want what is fair. Don’t take our bargaining rights away. Instead, let’s bargain in good faith. Let’s stand shoulder-to-shoulder in strength. Keep an eye out for correspondence from the Trust Fund about changes to the California Active Health and Welfare Plan. The District Meetings start again this month, and if you have any questions, ask us, and we will get the answers. Labor coalitions protest outside Niello BMW in Sacramento Be safe, and see you at the District Meetings. after Assemblyman Roger Niello proposed a bill designed to reduce state workers’ pensions.

May 2011 | 3 On the job with Condon-Johnson Members provide emergency repairs to Hwy. 1

A two-mile section of California’s scenic Hwy. 1 between Crews were “under 100 percent direction from Caltrans,” Carmel and Big Sur was closed to traffic in both directions for said Foreman Mike Powell. “We will do what they tell us to do.” over a month following several days of heavy rain. On March That included creating a half-mile pedestrian lane. People 16, a 40-foot section of the highway, the entire southbound who needed to get to and from work or school were escorted lane, collapsed into the ocean and left the northbound through the jobsite at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. lane unstable. With a sense of urgency, Caltrans awarded For Surveyor Ted Link, the job was educational. “I have Condon-Johnson a $2.5 million contract to stabilize what learned a lot about drilling and stabilizing soil,” he said. “This is remained of the roadway. a great team to work with.” Link was hired by Condon-Johnson A Condon-Johnson crew was on the job within a week, to draw up diagrams of the changes made. working seven days a week to drill 25-foot-deep vertical nails For more photos of this job, visit us online at and 40-foot-deep horizontal nails to stabilize the northbound www.oe3.org. lane.

Surveyor Ted Link. From left: Foreman Mike Powell and 10-year member Martin DiSomma.

Jason Noe and Ralph Roby set up the reach-over drill for horizontal soil nails.

Operators Jon Duprie and Kyle Kehoe drill vertical soil nails on the edge of northbound Hwy. 1.

4 | Engineers News News & Notes By Dan Reding, financial secretary On the lighter side … Got gas? Look for more Don’t blow your paycheck at the pump These days, gas (of any kind) is unpleasant work in Hawaii to talk about. Prices stink, as the cost of gasoline continues to rise. Here are a few things you may not At the time of this writing, we monitoring the non-union and know that could provide some relief at the pump. have seen a slight uptick in the work instead became more involved in picture. The economy is volatile, politics. We all know how important Some pumps are inaccurate but hopefully it will continue in a politics are, but we still need to Older pumps or those in disrepair may not positive direction. Unfortunately, continue to fight the non-union to pump gas accurately. A driver could start paying for California had to cut its state budget, protect our work. gas before the fuel enters the car, or the volume and that is going to adversely affect After months of working measurements may be incorrect. Inspectors who some of the work we were supposed through issues with employers, we check for accuracy are often few and far between, to start soon. Only time will tell are finally on the same page and so try to visit newer stations in good condition. how much of an impact these cuts agree that we need to move the will have. department in a different direction Fuel-station credit cards might not be a bargain We have spent a lot of time on – back into the compliance side of Interest rates on gas cards can be higher than Hawaii issues lately. The islands monitoring the non-union. This the average credit card, with fewer perks to boot. are running about the same as will include challenging their bids, Make sure you research all the terms and conditions California as far as the overall work pulling certified payrolls, making before opening a new account. picture goes, but the big positive non-union contractors play on a in Hawaii is the Honolulu Light level playing field with our union Paying with credit could cost more Rail that recently broke ground. contractors and either forcing them A number of gas purchases are made with credit Once it gets going, we may see full out or getting them signed. Industry cards, so when gas prices rise, gas stations have to employment on the islands. The Stabilization will be doing all these pay a higher fee to credit card companies, which District 17 staff played a huge part things to create more jobs for our charge for the right to accept credit. Some stations in pushing this project forward. members on the islands. will charge more for gas if it’s paid for with credit We have also been working on By the time you read this, rather than cash; others simply won’t offer credit to improving Industry Stabilization Industry Stabilization will be up remain competitive. in Hawaii. That department is and running. With some hard work similar to the Foundation for Fair and new direction, hopefully more Brand may not matter Contracting (FFC) in California, but jobs will be created for our District Many gas stations are supplied by oil companies over the years, Hawaii’s Industry 17 brothers and sisters. that share the same fuel pipeline. The only Stabilization gradually drifted Be safe. difference in brands may be a quart of detergent away from its original purpose of added to a truck filled with thousands of gallons of gasoline. Some brands advertise sophisticated additives that keep engine performance at its peak, but all gasoline providers have added detergents to America’s Cup pours more work into Bay their gasoline to help prevent fuel injectors from clogging. It’s a requirement by the U.S. government, As the America’s Cup yacht race enacted in 1994. So, in terms of gasoline quality, it draws closer, Operating Engineers begin may not matter where you fill up. playing a more active role in making the event a reality. Most recently, Sheedy Crane offloaded Oracle’s winning yacht at Pier 80 in San Francisco. The yacht Photo of the month was shipped all the way from Spain. District 60 member Greg Lansdon is an avid Because of the yacht’s careful motorcyclist and rides his Harley Davidson to work handling requirements, its removal, along on a regular basis, “as long as Mother Nature allows.” Gas prices are about $4 a gallon, so getting roughly with related gear, took two full days. From left: Sheedy Crane Operator Danny 40 miles a gallon on his bike, Lansdon’s savings add The entire yacht and sail is constructed Seibert and Oiler Ken Wentworth. up to about $100 a month versus driving a truck. from carbon fiber. According to Fairfield “And it is a lot more fun,” he said. Crane Rep. Jimmy Jacobs, “The sail looks like an airplane wing stood on its Riding his motorcycle also saves him time. end” and measures 185 feet tall when fully raised. An hour’s drive home after work can be cut to 45 Sheedy used a 350-ton hydraulic truck crane to do the job. Crane Operator minutes, he said. Danny Seibert and Oiler Ken Wentworth worked with Team Oracle to get “You are not sitting everything offloaded and into a building at the port. in traffic idling, “This is a good example of the work that having this world-class event in wasting gas with a San Francisco is going to bring us,” commented Jacobs. bike.”

May 2011 | 5 Unit 12 It’s not worth it What a blast By Gladys Perry, business representative By Gary Rocha, business representative It deeply concerns me every time I get a call from When I get a call about blowing explosives, they unlocked the steel a member or business agent about someone getting something up, I’m all ears! So boxes where the explosives were a ticket for Driving Under the Influence (DUI). The when Caltrans’ Dave Schroeder kept. They removed the explosives decision to drive while under the influence has called me and asked if I’d like to and prepared them to install devastating consequences. You may have worked for go to Hwy. 180 in Kings Canyon the blasting caps. They mixed the state for 20 years or one year – it doesn’t matter. National Park with the the two parts You may have been at a social event or at home. The blasting crew the next of explosives decision to get behind the wheel after you’ve been day, one thing came together and drinking can be very costly. People take driving for to my mind: Right on! taped them granted, but believe me, some of those people who These crewmembers up. Then they have lost their licenses asked me to share with you: “It’s are Bargaining Unit 12 inserted the not worth it; you can’t afford it.” If it is the weekend members, and they were blasting caps and or your day off and you get called for overtime or a cord and added call out and you have been partying, don’t more tape. accept the offer. This decision can affect Next, they the rest of your life. loaded the holes. You can lose your license and your Equipment Operator Each charge is Roland Hood packs set at different job (if your job requirement is to the powder in the have a valid driver’s license). There hole. depths and gently goes your medical and dental benefits packed in place. and your ability to find another job. They tied in the cord and rolled it You have to go to court (pay court costs), out to a safe distance away from hire an attorney (they aren’t cheap) and pay a fine the boulders. With camera in hand, (determined by the court, and don’t forget the court From left: Caltrans equipment operators I was ready to get a picture of the system is slow). I have heard stories of workers who Brett Tankersley and Chris Bailey. blasting, but then Caltrans’ Mark spent a combined total of up to $10,000 or more. You Peton asked me if I would like to may or may not be able to go to traffic school. There going to blast some boulders set it off. Sorry: No picture of the are sanctions for certain types of infractions. Again: that had fallen during the winter shot. Too busy yelling, “Fire in the It’s not worth it; you can’t afford it! months. hole!” and pushing the button. I have heard it all: “It was the only time,” “I It was more of a training for After the blast, Schroeder only had two glasses of wine” and “I have a family our Unit 12 members, due to the made sure the fuses were burned to take care of. What am I going to do?” Those of decline of licensed blasters within (a safety device to let him know you who have those precious class A and B licenses Caltrans. Our members were all charges went off). It was all safe as a requirement for your job with the state cannot taught about preparation and – Caltrans equipment operators even go to a private employer for work. In the old safety when handling explosives. cleaned it up and hauled it off. I days, if you lost your license, local management was Some of our Unit 12 members want to thank Caltrans and the sometimes able to find you a job in the yard. In some trained in scaling also attended Unit 12 members for a great day. instances, you had the ability to voluntarily demote. to help drill holes in the boulders What a blast! But those days have come and gone. Restricted for the explosives. Hanging from a Remember to slow for the cone licenses allowing you to travel to and from work have rope with a jackhammer? Not me! zone. also become complicated. However, the Caltrans crew made For more photos of this You know the routine: You are pulled over. If it look simple. When the holes Caltrans blasting crew, visit us determined you are under the influence, you can were at the right depth for the online at www.oe3.org. get a ticket or be arrested. Some people say, “Well, they didn’t take my license.” That’s the court’s job. From left: Unit 12 The court notifies the Department of Motor Vehicles equipment operators Billy Perry and Frank (DMV), and the department notifies your employer. It Ketscher get ready to may take awhile to go to court, so you think you still drill. have your license, and the employer does not know. But if you are still driving, it becomes a huge liability for the state, because you are driving a state vehicle with a suspended license. Your employer is notified about anything that affects your license. You will receive a letter from the Sacramento Drug and Alcohol Unit stating that you have a non-punitive termination and that when you get your license back, you can contact the state, which may return you to work. The word “may” is permissive. There is a hiring freeze and limited positions due to budgetary constraints. The costs are extremely high for fines and attorney fees. Some first offenses include jail time. The costs and penalties of second and third offenses are staggering. Please don’t risk your future!

6 | Engineers News The right ‘price’ for a retrofit David T. Price shop performs first-ever D11T retrofit

Story and photos by Mandy McMillen, managing editor Chances are, you haven’t come across a retrofitted D11T – Usually, agricultural work flourishes when the construction that is unless you’ve paid a visit to David T. Price’s agricultural industry is in decline. Hanson recalls how construction equipment shop in Escalon, Calif. Price has the only one in the operators could get year-round work if they landed winter country (retrofitted from a D11N). He also employment with an “ag” outfit. But today’s had the first D10 in 1945. stringent environmental codes have put a You could say he is a man of firsts. damper on the agricultural industry. For instance, his fleet of heavy equipment “Environmentalists are really coming comes “manned,” meaning he also supplies down on us,” said Hanson. “They are the operators and mechanics to service constantly regulating what we can and can’t them. This is unusual. rip up.” For Welder/Operator Gary Ellis and Field Environmental regulations also drove the Mechanic Mike Hanson, this means job decision to retrofit the D11. The new dozer security. has clean air re-power, meaning its emissions Pointing to Hanson, Ellis stated: “I tear are clean as far as new environmental them up, and he fixes them.” standards are concerned. When running Holt Field Mechanic Casey Martens, a beside an older dozer, the difference in the seven-year employee of the company, also amount of exhaust is evident. The older benefits from a good working relationship The difference when using unburned fuel is dozer blackens up the air like a chimney in evident between the old dozer and the retrofitted with Price’s crew. Though a small outfit, one. winter, while it’s hard to tell the retrofitted everyone gets along, and there is nothing one is even running, except for the sound. small about the equipment they service and operate. The shop The price difference between a new D11T and the retrofit currently has two D10s and five D11s, including the retrofit. is also evident. A new D11T costs about $2 million, while the Price used to have scrapers but has since sold those off. retrofit cost about $400,000. Signatory since 1986, Price’s specialty is in agricultural Price’s crew not only maintains and operates the equipment, equipment. He sends his manned equipment to areas that but crewmembers are also responsible for disassembling and need the removal of trees (stumps, roots) or rocky or very moving the machines to jobsites. hard earth for farmland. The dozers provide 6- to 7-foot-deep, Obviously, moving 100 tons of iron is no small feat, and the track-on-track rippers that break up the ground. costs are much higher for these bigger machines. But if the Most of the members retrofitted dozer does what it’s supposed to do (a testing run is onsite come from farming in the works at a job in Farmington later this summer), the backgrounds. Ellis worked in machine will be worth its weight in gold, and retrofits a tree-cutting outfit prior to will be the way to go for an industry hoping to his employment with Price. flourish again. Martens grew up around Stay tuned for updates on the tractors. retrofit and its field test.

From left: Holt Field Mechanic Casey Martens, Welder/Operator Gary Ellis and Field Mechanic Mike Hanson at David T. Price’s agricultural equipment shop.

May 2011 | 7 Pension reform: Public Employee News Get ready to fight public perception By Carl Carey, director By Rick Davis, business representative I have been asked many times by members if I think the ACMEA, Operating issues in Wisconsin could happen in California. I do not believe so, as they pertain to the removal of the collective bargaining process. Engineers prevail The public has been inundated with information about In a time when public employees and labor are continually public-employee-pension benefits. A lot of that information under attack, one begins to wonder if there is any justice in has been misrepresented or distorted; some of it is what it is. this world for those who work in public service. Most will say According to a recent article I read, nearly half of the state’s there isn’t, but I know 13 members of the Alameda County registered voters in a recent poll believe unions do more Management Employees Association (ACMEA) who believe good than harm. When you put that number with the strong otherwise. union-supported legislation in our state capitol, I would be In June 2009, due to a $6 million budget deficit, the Alameda surprised to see any legislative action removing or weakening the County Superior Court laid-off 72 employees. In accordance collective bargaining process. I am not, however, so optimistic with the court’s policies, some of those employees were eligible about pension reform. to demote to positions they previously held. When 13 of those In the same article, 58 percent believed that public-employ- employees requested to do so, they were informed that they ee-retirement benefits should be cut back, because they are were ineligible, as the court had negotiated with a clause that too generous. One of the most revealing numbers was that 69 would disallow any employee who had promoted and been percent of those polled, including two-thirds of the Democrats, out of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for six wanted state and local public employees to pay more toward months or longer to demote to their previously held position their own pensions. This premise was very evident in my recent if represented by SEIU. negotiations in El Dorado County. From talking to other business The Operating Engineers, representing ACMEA, and representatives, the same assertion has also been a major part 13 individual plaintiffs filed suit in Superior Court on of their current and past negotiations. This is something we will several grounds. First, the court did not meet and confer all be dealing with. with ACMEA before entering into an agreement that would The most dangerous and foretelling information in the unilaterally change the layoff rights of their membership; article was that 56 percent wanted guaranteed public-employee secondly, the agreement with SEIU contradicted the court’s pensions replaced with a 401(k)-type pension. We all know policies and violated the Trial Court Employment Protection what has happened to 401(k) accounts during this economic and Governance Act. The case was initially heard in Superior downturn over the last four years. Therefore, it is better for Court, where the judge ruled against the union. The case was public employees to pay more of their own guaranteed Public then appealed to the California Appellate Court. Employment Retirement System (PERS) pensions than be On March 7, 2011, the Appellate Court ruled in part that forced into any type of 401(k). the Alameda County Superior Court had violated the Trial Other interesting results of the poll were that 73 percent of Court Employment Protection and Governance Act and its those registered voters wanted a salary cap on public-employee own policies in not allowing the ACMEA members to bump pensions, 60 percent wanted an increase on the minimum age of down into positions they had previously held. The Appellate retirement and 54 percent wanted local and state governments Court also stated that the Superior Court did not meet and to have the authority to modify existing pension agreements. confer with ACMEA regarding the change in policy that it had Also, 67 percent said they would not be in favor of any type negotiated with SEIU, as this agreement changed the layoff of tax to build up necessary funds for paying current pension procedure for ACMEA members. benefits already owed. The article ended with the statement This case is not only important for ACMEA but for labor that there would be a measure next year to roll back benefits to as a whole. It affirms that an employer cannot unilaterally current employees. That has been talked about for many years. change a policy/procedure if it affects hours, wages and other Fortunately, it has never grown enough legs to get anywhere. conditions of employment without first going through the Let’s hope it stays that way. meet-and-confer process with the effected employees or their There should be no doubt that public employees are under bargaining agent. scrutiny. I do not believe we will lose our collective bargaining Without the union and ACMEA to carry forth this effort, privileges, but we are going to have to tweak our pension benefits there would be no telling what the outcome would have been and contribution rates. We either do it at the negotiation table or for these members. have the voters do it for us. We don’t want the latter. The public As stated, public employment and labor are under attack has a perception that public employees are overpaid and have as evidenced in Wisconsin, where legislators recently voted to too many benefits and indulgent retirements. However, no one I abolish public employees’ right to collectively bargain. All we represent is going to get rich off their pay or live a life of leisure ask for is to receive a living wage, have the ability to care for on their retirement. There is one huge problem: Perception is our families’ health and welfare and retire with dignity. reality, and that is what we are going to have to fight.

8 | Engineers News Don’t believe everything Fighting fiction with fact As the discussion of pension costs continues for state and local you hear government budgets, media coverage of public-employee pensions has increased. Therefore, it is important that we all By Art Frolli, business representative have the facts straight, so that we may combat any “fictional” Like most father-son relationships, I often found information being disbursed. myself at odds with my dad over a variety of issues while growing up. However, the most prominent Did you know? lesson I learned from him was the importance of • 78 percent of California Public Employees’ Retirement System securing a job that provided a good retirement. He (CalPERS) members earn a pension of $36,000 annually or less always said it was more important to look out for • CalPERS’ investment portfolio has gained back $70 billion since the your future than to make big money now. Don’t financial crisis get me wrong – we all want to make more money, • Today’s estimate of CalPERS’ portfolio based on market value of as did my dad. However, he taught me that a assets is nearing 70 percent funded decent-paying job with a defined retirement was a better deal than making a huge salary without • State employees are paying 2 to 5 percent more under new a good retirement plan. My father worked as a bargaining agreements, saving the general fund $300 million county public-works employee for 47 years before • For every dollar paid in pension benefits over the last 20 years, the finally retiring. vast majority came from investments (not employer contributions) Those in our society who are currently taking • Under the case law interpreting California and U.S. constitutions, shots at public-employee retirements forget to public-employee-retirement benefits are a vested contract right factor in that most public employees work for a lesser salary than their counterparts doing the same job in the private sector. I would venture to say that when they talk about those “huge” retirements, they are using the salaries of the We need to stick together highest earners in the public sector, such as large By Mike Minton, business representative city managers. For the most part, these are not the employees I represent. The average public There has not been much been stealing from the taxpayers employee in Northern California earns about $20 change with the District 60 Public for too long, and now is the time to an hour. Let’s say an employee started working Employee units. We’re waiting on a bring them back in line. in the public sector 30 years ago for an employer court date so the Public Employment What these idiots fail to participating in the California Public Employees’ Relations Board (PERB) can go remember is that they are also Retirement System (CalPERS) 2 percent-at-55-re- after the Olivehurst Public Utility public employees. These politicians tirement plan when he/she was 25 years of age. At District, which failed to bargain are responsible for the citizens they 55 years of age, the employee would be eligible to in good faith, and in fact, did not represent, which include public retire with 60 percent of his/her salary, or $24,960 bargain at all. The district just came employees. They don’t want to per year ($20/hour X 2,080 hours = $41,600 X in and dictated to us what they were mention that all the benefits public 60 percent = $24,960). Most public employees going to take away, and then did it, employees have were negotiated after regressing with several of the for and that public employees gave receive little-to-no health-care coverage as part of “proposals” they forced on us. things up to get them. They don’t their retirement. So, how many people can afford We will be opening negotiations want the voters to know that the to retire making $24,960 and continue to provide with Lake County soon, which vast majority of public employees health-care coverage for 10 years until age 65, I’m hoping will go better than past will retire with somewhere between when they can obtain coverage from Medicare? contract negotiations. All the Lake $20,000 and $35,000 each year, This would explain why my father continued to County Employees Association is unlike the public-employee work for 47 years before retiring. asking for is a two-year-contract retirement that most politicians I recently spoke with a life-long friend, and as extension. We will see. and upper management will usual, we started talking about politics. Eventually, As public employees, I’m sure receive, which is closer to $100,000 the conversation got around to public-employee you are all aware that you are under or higher. retirements. My friend exclaimed: “We have to attack from all sides. Politicians are We are in this together, and do something about all these fat public-employee coming at you from every angle, for us to succeed, we need to be retirements; we just can’t afford them.” I then telling anyone who will listen that united. When your shop steward, broke down the math for him and talked about it is you, the public employees, who bargaining-unit board member the importance of not only people but employers are responsible for all the economic or union representative calls for keeping their promises and honoring their problems, not just within the state a meeting, it is critical that you agreements. We discussed how the government of California, but across the nation. attend. Information is passed along had stepped in to dismantle the airline-pilots’ These politicians are spewing at these meetings that is relative pensions and how unfair it was to deny retirements their poison in hearings and to to the future of your career. We all to people who had worked for them as part of any media outlet they can corner, have other priorities that need to their compensation packages. At the end of the saying that unions, especially be attended to, and it is easy to say conversation, I told my friend that you can’t believe public-employee unions, should be you can’t go because of this or that everything you hear on the radio or television outlawed and cast aside, and that and expect your representative to about benefits when they become a political issue. you, the public employee, should call you about what took place, but I don’t know if I completely convinced him to not be allowed to belong to a union they don’t have time to summarize accept my position, but at least I gave him food for or have any bargaining rights. everything for you. We all have to thought. Those of you concerned about preserving These self-righteous egotists are make an effort. the pensions you have worked so hard to earn attempting to convince the voting Hang in there. Let’s all stick should do the same at every opportunity. public that public employees have together, and fight these attacks.

May 2011 | 9 Looking at Labor Credit Union By Pete Figueiredo, treasurer By Jim Sullivan, Credit Union secretary/financial officer & recording - corresponding secretary Building our How to manage your finances way out throughout the years The seasons are turning, both literally and We have a diverse membership at 40s figuratively. After a very cold and wet winter, Operating Engineers Federal Credit • As your income grows, look for the first weeks of spring always bring a feeling of Union (OEFCU), but we all have one investments and savings plans that renewal. thing in common – the need to manage shelter some of it from taxes. There is also a slight sense of optimism growing our money properly. With the help of • Use a retirement planning software in our economy. Our Pension-investment returns Balance, a partner of OEFCU, we have program or see a financial planner for the year, ending December 2010, were strong, been able to support our members’ to figure out exactly how much coming in at more than 11 percent – well above efforts in achieving their goals, from you’ll need to save to maintain your our benchmark of 7-½ percent. That’s good news! consolidating or reducing debt, lifestyle in retirement. avoiding foreclosure or bankruptcy During the first-quarter round of District • Adjust personal and Meetings, the work picture reports from a number and improving their credit report to purchasing or refinancing a home. employer-sponsored retirement of districts were fair to good. A couple of districts savings accordingly. even expect close to full employment this summer. The list below includes certain • Review your investment allocation Although not all had such optimistic reports, financial areas that may need special and make sure you are still well opportunities will present themselves to members attention now or in the near future. diversified. from any district who are diligent and willing to go Bear in mind that our stages are where the work is. Although it’s still early in the generalizations; some people are year, hours reported at the time of this writing are married with children in their 20s, 50s up 5 percent from the same period last year. It’s while others do not have dependents • Review your will and estate plan. until their 50s, if ever. Whatever your possible that we’ve hit bottom and are now on the • Pay off your debts. Depending on situation, it’s important to plan ahead way back up. the going rates for different types of and develop sound financial habits for However, we are by no means out of the woods. investments, it may or may not be a lifetime. We all know we’ve got a long way to go. Many of wise to pay off your mortgage. our employers are also struggling in this difficult 20s • Maximize your savings for time. It’s critical that we remember they are our retirement. partners, and neither of us exist without the other. • Establish credit and maintain a • Make sure your growing assets are If you’re fortunate enough to be working right now, good payment record. Do not charge protected by liability insurance. keep in mind that every minute of every hour of more than you can pay off in three every day that you work, you contribute a little months. bit to our overall recovery. By being as safe and as • Set up an emergency savings fund 60s productive as possible, you improve the ability of (typically three to six months worth • As you near retirement, switch your employer to seek out a profit, which in turn, of living expenses). Keep this money a portion of your investments to strengthens that company’s ability to win the next as liquid (accessible with few, if any, low-risk types to produce income bid and continue to provide employment. Step by penalties) as possible. rather than higher-risk growth. step, we will build our way out of this mess. • Start learning about investing and • With life expectancy increasing, It is equally important that employers be mind- establish an automatic savings make sure a portion of your ful of how difficult things are for their employees, program to reach your financial retirement nest-egg is invested, so it who have been trying to earn a living and provide goals. continues to outpace inflation. for their families when the unemployment rate for • If you can, buy a home or start • Maintain your health and the construction industry has been more than 20 saving for a down payment. long-term-care insurance. percent for two solid years! Some employers have • Make sure you are taking full • Remain wary of scams aimed at been great about considering the circumstances of advantage of the savings benefits seniors. the men and women who make their businesses available to you through your • Research reverse mortgages, if you run. Some have done everything possible to assist employer – a 401(k) or 403(b), etc. are a homeowner. You may need to their employees. Others have not. • Make sure you have adequate tap the equity in your property to We must all give our best efforts and work insurance coverage (life, home, auto, supplement your retirement income. together to provide for our families; to strengthen health, disability and liability). the companies that provide our active members We encourage our members to with gainful employment; to protect our Retirees 30s use the services Balance has to offer. who helped build everything we have and continue Members can contact Balance at (888) • If you have children, begin investing to provide us with guidance and support that can 456-2227. The call is completely for their education. only come from the wisdom of their experiences. confidential and free. We must defend our local union, which is the • Continue to keep credit under We welcome our members’ glue that binds us all together, as well as the labor control, and avoid paying finance comments, suggestions, concerns and movement in general, which supports our efforts. charges and annual fees. compliments. OEFCU always provides And finally, we must stand behind our democratic • Write a will or review the one you the personal service of a small credit system that allows our economy to flourish and have. union coupled with the strength, provides the means to maintain our foothold in • Review your insurance coverage sophistication and convenience of a the middle class of American life. in light of changes in your family large establishment. Join our OEFCU We are battered and bruised, but we got to situation, increasing assets or family. Contact our member service where we are because we are the best of the best. professional activities. representatives at (800) 877-4444. Visit It’s time for each and every one of us to give it all our website at www.oefcu.org for more we’ve got and get things turned around. Together, information on our products, services we can do it! and other “Member Only” benefits.

10 | Engineers News Fourteen new journey-level operators in Utah On March 11, the Utah Joint Ray Pickup and the Utah Department of and Crane CEO Riley Allen were the Apprenticeship Committee (JAC) hosted Transportation’s (UDOT’s) Bryan Adams. outstanding Apprentices of the Year. the 33rd annual Apprenticeship Completion Advice and encouragement were offered to Everyone worked hard and committed and Awards Ceremony at the Little America the graduating apprentices. many hours to their Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. Everyone Several awards were apprenticeship programs. gathered at 6 p.m. to take advantage of the distributed during the event. Congratulations to our newest social hour and catch up with old friends. Ames Construction received journey-level operators: Riley The ceremony began shortly after the Employer of the Year, while Allen, Robert Allred, Melissa dinner buffet at 7 p.m. Lon Stam (Mountain Crane) Beebe, Michael Chesnut, Todd The new journey-level operators was named Supervisor of the Dieffenbacher, Travis Elsbury, and guests heard from Local 3 Business Year. The Iron Man award went Trevor Erickson, Waylon Manager Russ Burns, as well as several to Robert Allred, and the Excel Farnworth, Ryan Gallegos, Adam Business Manager Russ other distinguished speakers, including award was given to Melissa Burns shakes hands with Gardner, Rusty Mounteer, Derek Rec. Corres. Secretary Jim Sullivan, Beebe. Both recipients completed graduate Adam Gardner. Nelson, Terry Pulham and Linda Geneva/Clyde Company’s Krist McFarland, the Construction Equipment Zavala. the Utah Transit Authority’s Raymond Operator (CEO) apprenticeship. Heavy Christy, the Workers’ Compensation Fund’s Duty Repairer (HDR) Todd Dieffenbacher

Apprentice of the Year Todd Dieffenbacher.

Trainer Randy Thacker congratulates outstanding Apprentice of the Year Riley Allen. Training Administrator Jeff Anderson presents graduate Melissa Beebe with the Excel award. From left: Business Manager Russ Burns and Rec. Corres. Secretary Jim Sullivan congratulate Rusty Mounteer.

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May 2011 | 11 Volunteer hopes to rally We are one fellow members Union members join nationwide rally to protect workers’ rights District 80 Crane Operator Camron Dean admits he wasn’t always the By Jamie Johnston, associate editor greatest union member. Like many, Local 3 has a dream. Dean simply paid his dues and went Most Operating Engineers joined the union for the good to work. But all that changed last pay, great benefits and fair working conditions they hope their fall after he volunteered at a Local 3 children will be able to enjoy someday too. phone-banking event. While making However, that may not be the case, if legislators continue to calls to his fellow union members do what they’re attempting in Wisconsin – strip working people about endorsed candidates, he got a of their right to collectively bargain. So, in protest, members wake-up call of his own. joined forces across the country and rallied in solidarity, just After reporting to duty that evening, Dean remembers as Martin Luther King Jr. did exactly 43 years before. (Held on looking at the small group of volunteers – mostly staff April 4, these rallies coincided with the anniversary of King’s members – who showed up to help and asking “Where is assassination in Tennessee, where he was supporting striking everybody?” sanitation workers in their fight for justice.) The sad truth is that not a lot of members get involved Looking at the crowds, King would have been proud. today. They do as Dean used to do: Rely on others to fight Local 3 members gathered in Sacramento, San Francisco, the union’s political battles and protect workers’ rights. A Oakland, Redwood City, San Jose and Santa Cruz. They more enlightened Dean now attends his district meetings rallied in Eureka, Salinas, Stockton, Merced and Modesto. regularly, understands the importance of volunteering, serves They protested in Fresno and Visalia. In Contra Costa and on the Market and Geographic Area Solano counties, members marched from both sides of the “If each member Committee and attends city council Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, eventually meeting in the volunteered eight meetings. middle, where special guest speakers addressed the crowd. “I don’t think the general “What’s happening back there [in Wisconsin] is going to hours, we could make population of our rank-and-file happen here,” said six-year member Donald Dilldine from a difference.” members understands that our right Fresno. A “snowball effect” has already hit Ohio and Indiana, to work is under attack every day. he said, as workers there are also under attack. … A lot of cities are trying to become charter cities,” he “We need to stand up across the United States,” said explained, a move that would eliminate prevailing wages from Dilldine, who helped line I Street outside Sacramento City Hall. their work. “Once they abolish prevailing wage, it’s downhill “This is major stuff. We can’t sit on the sidelines anymore.” from there. We need to pack these meetings to make sure we’re represented.” Instead of “sitting around” and “complaining,” the nine-year member challenges all Local 3 members to “take ownership” and “step up and be a part of it [your union].” “If each member volunteered eight hours, we could make a difference,” he said. With about 35,000 members throughout Local 3’s four-state jurisdiction, only eight hours a year from every member would amount to about 280,000 volunteer hours. “The amount of what we can accomplish with that in Dan Campbell marched from the west side of the supporting our future is big,” he said. “Payroll can’t do it all Alfred Zampa Memorial by themselves.” Bridge to the center, He takes the same help-yourself attitude when it comes where he met other union to being on the out-of-work list. Having “every mobile crane members coming from the opposite direction. certificate possible” as well as Hazmat certification, he Fifth-step Apprentice Javier Martinez carries encourages others to take journey-level upgrade classes, as a handmade sign at the Sacramento rally. it makes you more marketable. He also urges members to read their Engineers News, which he calls “a valuable tool.” Dean looks through it every month, especially when he’s out of work, so he can find out what companies are working in his area and what big projects are coming. That way, he can solicit work early. Dean appreciates those who are involved in union events, because Local 3 is important to him. “This union has been great to me. It’s given me far more than what I’ve given it – wages, benefits, braces for my children … opportunities, training,” he said. Volunteers are rewarded for their time. Prizes like jackets, tools and gift cards are given by Local 3’s Voice of the Engineer (VOTE) program, depending on the amount of hours volunteers give in a specific year. For more information on the VOTE program and how to get involved, visit us online at www.oe3.org, or call your district office. From left: Apprentice Kevin Suarez, 10-year member Greg Gasaway, apprentices Chase Miller, Ken Edgecombe Jr. and Devin Scott and 10-year member Mike Guenza rally in Sacramento. 12 | Engineers News We are one Union members join nationwide rally to protect workers’ rights By Jamie Johnston, associate editor

Dilldine was among Operating Engineers, Teamsters, teachers, electricians, Ironworkers – you name it – who chanted and flashed signs, as evening commuters drove by. Their message was clear: We are one. District 10 Retiree From left: Third-step Construction Equipment Fifth-step Apprentice Richard McCray was also there. Bud Ketchum joins Operator (CEO) Apprentice Opal Connor McCray was first introduced to Local 3 at his high-school ralliers on the Alfred and six-year member Donald Dilldine rally in graduation party. A neighbor attended his party and asked, Zampa Memorial Sacramento. “Do you want a job?” A few days later, McCray was in the Bridge. Apprenticeship Program. “Best gift ever,” he said. “It’s more than anyone else gave me.” And he’s not willing to give it up anytime soon. “I’m all about supporting everybody in solidarity,” said the DeSilva Gates operator. The Sacramento rally attracted members from around California, including San Jose’s Fernando Chan, Redding’s Chuck Jones, Oakland’s Den Belillo and Stockton’s Greg Gasaway. From left: District 10 members James Tim Campbell joined members from Rohnert Park District Spain and Darcy Harlan march with Retiree Joel Lanstra from the east 10 and Fairfield District 04 for the rally on the Alfred Zampa side of the Alfred Zampa Memorial Memorial Bridge, because he feels “it is important to get Bridge to the center, where special involved.” In fact, “my wife and I started our own grassroots speakers addressed the crowd. campaign to get the word out,” he said. For information about other upcoming events or to District 10 Operator Julie Linsley’s sign says see more photos from these rallies, visit us online at it all, as she walks across the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge. www.oe3.org.

Retiree Mark Oswell rallies Tim Campbell heads east to the on the east side of the Alfred center of the Alfred Zampa Memorial Zampa Memorial Bridge. Bridge.

From left: Retirees Rob Eversden and Dave Young rally in front of the Sacramento City Hall.

Retiree Bob Joyce attended the rally Apprentice Richard on the Alfred Zampa Crane Operator Jesse Thayne and McCray shows his Memorial Bridge his 12-year-old son, Austin, rally in support in Sacramento. to support union Sacramento. workers. Eric Will announces Local 3’s presence in Sacramento.

May 2011 | 13 Interest explodes in Hazmat training Story and photos by Jamie Johnston, associate editor What do you do if you’re working with member Eric Estrada knows this to be true. He had to pass hazardous chemicals on the jobsite? on a demo job because he didn’t have the proper certification. Estrada signed up for the class in Morgan Hill so it wouldn’t A. Stop, drop and roll. happen again. B. Call 9-1-1. With several cleanup jobs on the radar, like those at the C. Don’t worry. You’ve been properly trained old Fort Ord military base and the Kettleman City hazardous on how to handle the situation. waste facility, operators with Hazmat certification will be in high demand. Of course, the 9.0 earthquake and ensuing If you haven’t taken proper Hazmat training, your guess is tsunami that hit Japan have also brought Hazmat training to as good as any. But if you are one of the many Local 3 members the forefront, as the worst nuclear emergency since Chernobyl who have taken advantage of the union’s free Hazmat classes, unfolds. Instructor Rodger Gordo said Hazmat certification was the correct answer is C. also required for the wildfire cleanup in Lake Tahoe a few years One such class was recently held in Morgan Hill District 90, ago, and fire season is just around the corner. and 20 members attended. “It’s another skill set. Get as many skills as you can, so The 40-hour Hazmat course includes extensive classroom you can stay busy,” said six-year member and student Ron instruction and wraps up with a hands-on exercise that requires Bellangero. students to correctly assemble a breathing apparatus, put on Companies like Tucker Engineering, DeSilva Gates and the proper safety gear and dispose of contaminated clothing. Students also test their skills on the Rancho Murieta Training Preston Pipelines are also trying to be more marketable and Center’s (RMTC’s) mini excavator simulators, while wearing asked some of their operators to get trained. their Hazmat suits. “I’m more valuable to the company,” said 16-year member Having this training is beneficial for more than just safety Jeffrey Azevedo, who works for DeSilva Gates. “When I’m not purposes. It makes an operator more marketable. Ten-year paving – that’s my forte – I can still work for them.”

Step by step Members get suited up for emergency training

Doroteo Juarez puts on safety 2coveralls.

From left: Operators Mike Castillo and Jeffrey 1Azevedo assemble a breathing apparatus during the 40-hour Hazmat class recently held at the Morgan Jack Johnson Hill Hall. models safety Instructor Rodger Gordo 3gloves. makes sure Greg Miles is 4taped around his ankles, blocking all chemicals from getting on his skin.

Paul Aguilar adjusts his 5face mask.

In full Hazmat gear, Paul Aguilar tests his skills 6on the RMTC’s mini When finished with the excavator simulator. hands-on simulation, Brian 7 Mooney helps Mike Castillo dispose of his Hazmat suit.

14 | Engineers News We’re here to help Fringe Benefits Service Center: (800) 532-2105 Trust Fund Office: (800) 251-5014 Fringe Benefits By Charlie Warren, director How to read your Pension statement Retiree Association Meetings For all Pension Plan participants: Your Pension statement The Retiree Association Meetings begin this month. The provides important retirement information. Below is a guide to Local 3 officers look forward to joining Retirees and their reading your statement. spouses for concise reports, good refreshments and plenty of fellowship. Check the schedule below and keep an eye out for Item No. 1 shows the number of hours reported for you for the the postcard inviting you to the meeting in your area. Plan year indicated. Compare these hours with your records, as they are an important factor in determining your Pension benefit. RENO WATSONVILLE Item No. 2 shows the credit earned during the Plan year and the Wednesday, May 4 2 p.m. Thursday, May 12 10 a.m. dollars added to your Pension for the year. Operating Engineers’ Building VFW Post 1716 Item No. 3 indicates your total future credits and the monthly 1290 Corporate Blvd. 1960 Freedom Blvd. benefit through the Plan year payable at full retirement age for a Freedom, CA normal, regular or service Pension. SALT LAKE CITY Item No. 4 contains important messages regarding your Pension Thursday, May 5 2 p.m. NOVATO benefits. IBEW Hall Thursday, May 12 2 p.m. For help with your Pension statement, please call the Trust Fund 3400 W. 2100 S. Best Western Novato Oaks Inn – Office at (800) 251-5014 or the Fringe Benefits Service Center at Redwood Room (800)
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From left: District 30 Retirees Frank Retiree Picnic: Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Mendes and Gary Abatangle visit at the the upcoming Retiree Picnic at the Rancho Murieta Training March 20 Semi-Annual. Center (RMTC) on Saturday, June 4.

May 2011 | 15 Members working on the New Irvington Tunnel include, from left: Brad Johnson, Richard Valentine, Lee Benge, Russ Mendenhall, Franklin Johnson, Robert Crowell, Brian Lowery, Scott Ball, Bill Dickton, Raymond Arruda, Don Louderback, Jim Willis, Jeremy Jensen, Jeff Cissell and Albert Rogers. Members go vertical, horizontal on New Irvington Tunnel Story by Mandy McMillen, managing editor; photos by Dominique Beilke, art director When the more than 2 million San Francisco Bay Area residents for repairs or maintenance without impacting the water supply. turn on their faucets, they think nothing of that water’s journey. If an earthquake were to compromise the old tunnel, the current (It comes all the way from Yosemite National Park’s Hetch Hetchy system may not be able to provide emergency water. Reservoir.) And when local newspapers began mentioning work It’s hard to imagine the design plans and work schedule of on a water tunnel in Sunol, most people didn’t think twice about the crew responsible for the original tunnel, built between 1928 it, because they couldn’t imagine what a 3.5-mile tunnel from and 1930. Historians believe the tunnel was dug by hand and Sunol to Fremont might look like. wheelbarrow. Is it just a pipe that runs underground? Today, the system is much more efficient with the use of 26-ton Yes ... and no. It’s so much more than a pipe. roadheaders, designed to claw through rock with spinning steel When completed, the New Irvington Tunnel will run parallel balls. As the horizontal tunnel is dug, crews construct steel sets, to the 81-year-old existing Irvington Tunnel and be the product “like the ribs of a skeleton,” said Tunnel Supervisor Curtis Bahten of 734,000 cubic yards of material dug out of a 3.5-mile stretch with main contractor Southland/Tutor-Perini Joint Venture (JV), of dirt and rock using machines called roadheaders. Then, an to keep the surrounding earth at bay. It is Master Mechanic 8.5-foot diameter steel pipe will run through it. Ric Cook’s job, with the help of his son, Dusty, to ensure the Crews began tunneling into the earth at the Alameda West 100-horsepower roadheaders work properly (no pressure!), so Portal in the Sunol Valley off Calaveras Road in early April. By the crews can stay on schedule and finish the project by 2014. Spoils year’s end, the tunnel is estimated to be one-third of the way to from the tunnel are delivered out of what feels like the bowels of the Vargas Shaft, immediately east of Hwy. 680. At the Vargas site the earth by train cars operated by member Bobby Driskell. (considered the midpoint of the project), excavation crews have Inside and outside the tunnel, Operating Engineers provide dug a 120-foot vertical shaft for the second roadheader, which support. Inside, the environment is one of wet shale that covers will start tunneling west toward the Irvington Portal, located east your boots in gray clay; darkness illuminated only by headlamps of Mission Boulevard in Fremont. Once this section is completed, and the loud reverberations of the roadheader. the roadheader will reverse direction from Vargas to the Alameda Members will work in the same environment at the Vargas site West Portal, where the roadheaders will meet. after mining crews are lowered by crane down the shaft Operating Why all the tunneling? Due to the increase of the Bay Area Engineers created over a one-month period, excavating 10 feet a population, the old tunnel can no longer be taken out of service day until they hit solid bedrock. (Once the roadheader is lowered

Mechanic/Welder Ramon Rios, with main contractor Southland/Tutor-Perini, welds brackets for the exhaust pipe at the Alameda West Portal.

Mechanic Mike Sporleder performs a quick coupler repair on an excavator.

16 | Engineers News Members go vertical, horizontal on New Irvington Tunnel

into the shaft for mining, some of this section will have to be blasted.) According to Southland/Tutor-Perini Foreman Robert Crowell, “This is the world’s deepest free-drill shaft.” When inside the shaft, the sky seems miles away, a small hole of light, which was good for the operators during the rainy season. “Rain doesn’t get in the hole. Weather doesn’t shut down this job,” said Operator Bill Dickton, who excavated the first 20 feet of the shaft, before Crane Operator Brian Lowery lowered members with subcontractor Malcolm Drilling below to widen the hole. Not all work has been underground, however. Subcontractor Loader Operator Carl Carpenter. Steve P. Rados provided early grading and other dirt work before mining began and is currently backfilling materials with loaders, forklifts and excavators. Surveyors with Mid Valley Engineering provided construction-staking on the job. Also working above ground on the technical side of things is Southland member Albert Rogers. He is responsible for designing, building and operating the entire new groundwater system, which will use 3,500 gallons of water per minute (a figure that, again, is hard to imagine). Rogers is the only certified operator for this daunting task. When finished with his portion of the project, a complicated operating system will tell the tunnels and filtration systems what to do, so all that Bay Area water runs clean – straight from Yosemite, through that massive water “pipe” and out your faucet!

Operator Matt Sporleder performs backfilling for subcontractor Steve P. Rados.

From the bottom of the shaft at the Vargas site, the sky seems miles away.

Train Car Operator Bobby Driskell (also on cover) removes the spoils created by the 26-ton roadheader, inset, as it bores through Crane Operator Brian Lowery lowers Operating Engineers down the 120-foot vertical rock to create part of the shaft at the Alameda West Portal in the Sunol Valley. New Irvington Tunnel at the Alameda West Portal. May 2011 | 17 Rancho Murieta Training Center for apprentice to journey-level operators By Tammy Castillo, director of apprenticeship Mechanics Corner The history of apprenticeship By Dave Bibby, Heavy Duty Repair (HDR) instructor This is the first in a series of articles based on the history of apprenticeship. The heart of the system Almost every piece of mobile equipment incorporates What it was like to be an apprentice in early New England hydraulics, which is the use of a fluid transmitted throughout is indicated by these words from an indenture in the 1640s: the machine to perform work. Components of the hydraulic “Know all men that I, Thomas Millard, with the Consent system may include the fluid, reservoir, directional control of Henry Wolcott of Windsor unto whose custody and care valve, hoses/tubing and actuator. At the heart of any system is at whose charge I was brought over out of England into the hydraulic pump, which displaces the fluid from one place New England, doe bynd myself as an apprentise for eight to another. yeeres to serve William Pynchon of Springfield, his heirs and A hydraulic pump is a mechanical device that converts assigns in all manner of lawful employmt unto the full ext of mechanical energy (typically supplied by the engine) into eight yeeres beginninge the 29 day of Sept 1640. And the said hydraulic energy in the form of fluid flow. Hydraulic pumps are rated by their displacement, or the William doth condition to find the said Thomas meat drinke volume of fluid displaced by one complete revolution of the & clothing fitting such an apprentise & at the end of this input shaft measured in cubic centimeters. In some instances, tyme one new sute of apparell and forty shillings in mony: pump displacement may also be given in the volume of fluid subscribed this 28 October 1640.” displaced over time or in gallons per minute. As it turned out, Millard lost out on the cash mentioned: All pumps create flow and are divided into two categories “Tho Millard by his owne consent is released & discharged – non-positive and positive displacement. The output flow of of Mr. Pinchons service this 22 of May 1648 being 4 months a non-positive displacement pump will vary or stop depending before his tyme comes out, in Consideration whereof he on resistance to flow, such as with a centrifugal water pump. looses the 40s in mony wch should have bin pd him, but All pumps used in hydraulic systems are positive displacement, Mr. Pynchon givith him one New sute of Aparell he hath at delivering an exact amount of fluid regardless of resistance to present.” flow. These pumps are divided into types – fixed and variable Indentures were forerunners of our modern apprenticeship displacement. agreements. Today, an apprentice’s situation is far different Fixed displacement pumps deliver the same volume of fluid from Millard’s. Apprentices are no longer bound “body and for every revolution of the input shaft. The total volume of soul” to their “masters.” They no longer live in a master’s fluid delivered can only be varied by changing the speedof house or are dependent upon a master for handouts of food, a rotation. The most common type of fixed displacement pumps little clothing or a few uncertain “shillings.” are the gear and vane Today, apprentices are members of a production force as pump, which operate they train on the job and in the classroom. They are paid similarly. Fluid is wages, work a regular workweek and live in their own homes. supplied to a rotating Their apprenticeship agreements set out the work processes unit in the pump in which they are to be trained and the hours and wages for where it is trapped each training period. At the end of their apprenticeship, they between the gears/ receive certificates that are similar to the diplomas awarded vanes and the outside of the pump housing to engineering graduates of universities. and forced out of the outlet. There are nearly 500,000 registered apprentices in the Variable displacement pumps can vary the volume of oil United States every year. They are learning under the guidance delivered, regardless of input speed. These sophisticated of experienced craftworkers in such skilled occupations as pumps have an internal mechanism that varies displacement. computer operator, machinist, bricklayer, dental laboratory The most common type of variable displacement pump is the technician, tool and dye maker, electrician, drafter, electronic piston pump. A rotating plate is attached to several pistons, technician, maintenance mechanic and, of course, Operating which are housed in a cylinder barrel. Fluid is supplied to Engineer. Management, labor and government work together the pump where a piston is pulled out of the cylinder-barrel to promote apprenticeship and develop sound standards for assembly, thus pulling fluid in (think of its practice. In many communities, joint management-labor- a syringe drawing in medicine). As the apprenticeship committees conduct and plate continues to rotate, the piston is supervise the local programs. forced back into the cylinder barrel, Our Apprenticeship Program is forcing the fluid out. Pump displacement one of the best in the nation, pulling is varied by changing the distance the from these ancient traditions and piston travels within the cylinder barrel. the ever-changing technology of the A small piston stroke results in a small

L future. pump displacement, whereas a large P O I C H Stay tuned for more history about piston stroke results in a large pump A S L E displacement. 3 A I C apprenticeship. P P R E N T All pumps create fluid flow, however, they do not create pressure. Pressure is caused by resistance to flow.

18 | Engineers News Tech News Leaning on learning By Joanie Thorton, NCSJAC administrator ATPA Angle Have you ever heard the saying: “No one has ever By Bob Miller, Associated Third Party Administrators completed their apprenticeship?” We certainly hail our (ATPA) senior account executive graduates and upper-class members (Certified Party Chiefs), but there is always room to learn, and education is right in front of you. Check out the Northern California Surveyors Delayed Retirement Incentive Joint Apprenticeship Committee (NCSJAC) website at Today, you are the oldest you have ever been but the youngest www.ncsjac.org for the Surveyors Apprenticeship and you will ever be again. This is something to think about when www.oe3.org (follow the links) for the Testing and Inspection contemplating your retirement date and its monetary impact. Apprenticeship. This brings to mind the Pension Plan’s Delayed Retirement Both programs offer a wide range of opportunities. The Incentive, often referred to as the “Supplemental Pension.” This Surveyors Apprenticeship not only offers its first- through fiscally prudent Pension incentive was implemented July 1, 2008 eighth-period apprenticeship, which includes classroom study, by Business Manager Russ Burns, the officers and the Trustees at on-the-job training and numerous hands-on opportunities, but the recommendation of the Trust Fund actuary. also has a module for the journey-level operator to upgrade his Generally, the longer you work after your supplemental benefit eligibility date, the more you can earn (see the chart below), or her training. Currently, we are scheduling Plan Reading for however, the value of your incentive may decrease as you get Surveyors as a summer hands-on offering. This will include closer to your Social Security normal retirement age, due to fewer construction and architect plans and plans used widely by the delayed payment months. Your supplemental benefit eligibility date field and construction surveyor. Milpitas Instructor Socorro is the date you are first eligible to retire with an unreduced early Vera will author and present the class, which, with the help of retirement benefit under a Service Pension, but not before July 1, our staff, will offer students an excellent insight into a side of 2008. work they may not have had much exposure to. Rohnert Park Instructor Ted Rollheiser has also authored a new and exciting Years worked after supplemental module on Laser Scanning. The curriculum is already written, benefit eligibility date Percentage and the hands-on portion is being designed by Sean Finn of 1 year 10 percent F-3 Surveys. 2 years 25 percent Other classes include hands-on Data Collection, Advanced 3 years 50 percent GPS and Digital Levels. All of these will strengthen the 4 years 75 percent journey-level operator and help with the goal of attaining Party 5 years 100 percent Chief status. Each additional year 20 percent (per year) Remember: These classes are open to all members. The Journey Upgrade Program will provide the member with our During our recent round of Pre-Retirement Meetings, a significant classroom curriculum, the credentialed instructor who is a number of participants eligible for the Delayed Retirement Incentive professional surveyor and all of the tools for learning the trade attended. – all paid for by employer contributions. That’s right – it’s a The questions below were compiled from those members. free education. For those of you who had to leave the program for personal How do you qualify for the Delayed Retirement Incentive? reasons, we are researching and broadening the requirements If you delay retirement and continue to work at least one year (350 for Party Chief status. Think about rejoining, finishing, hours) past your supplemental benefit eligibility date, you may graduating, taking your LSIT, taking your LS, etc. Your earn the Delayed Retirement Incentive. education will never end – just like the apprenticeship! Lastly, be sure to also look into the Testing and Inspection How long do you receive the incentive? Program. Orientations for beginning-level apprenticeships are Your incentive is payable for the same number of months you delay scheduled during several months, and this orientation is the retirement past your supplemental benefit eligibility date, but your beginning of the entry process. Testing and Inspection has checks cannot extend past your Social Security normal retirement held its own during the past few years, and its apprenticeship date. has grown to nearly 70 students. We applaud our Coordinator Sherry Chapin, our two tireless working business agents John How is the amount you receive calculated? Rector and Michael Strunk, Director Bruce Noel and the officer The amount you receive is based on a formula applied to your in charge, Financial Secretary Dan Reding. All work together Pension-benefit amount, as of your supplemental benefit eligibility to make the department an educational powerhouse! date. To receive credit for a given month, you must have at least 30 hours of Pension contributions for that month, and you must have at least 350 hours of Pension contributions in the year that starts on the anniversary of your supplemental benefit eligibility date. Annual surveying competition this month Attention surveyor apprentices: Grab your tool bag Do you have to apply for the incentive? and come out on Saturday, May 14 for the 21st Annual No. The incentive is payable as a monthly benefit or a lump sum Apprentice and Journey Upgrade Hands-On Competition. (your choice). Associated Third Party Administrators (ATPA) will Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the Northern California calculate these amounts (with help from the Trust actuary) and Surveyors Joint Apprenticeship Committee (NCSJAC) will contact you shortly after you have retired to complete the office (1620 South Loop Road, Alameda, CA). Competition process. begins at 8:30 a.m. As always, lunch, a raffle drawing and the announcement How are these benefits paid? of winners will follow the competition portion. Winners will If you choose monthly payments, a separate check is issued by receive cash prizes! ATPA at the beginning of each month, in addition to your regular Please note: Attendance is mandatory. Pension check. May 2011 | 19 redding I 20308 Engineers Lane, Redding, CA 96002 • (530) 222-6093 Don’t miss our 40th District Picnic on June 18 District 70 proudly welcomes Darren Taylor Construction Trinity River and Minnehaha Creek in Trinity County. Tullis to the Local 3 family. This new signatory company fills the void Inc. added additional paving projects in Siskiyou and Trinity left by an employer that performed grinding and paving before counties. Northwest Paving is busy with paving, dig-outs and recently going out of business. The crewmembers working for seal-coating in Hayfork. Traffic Solutions is working in … well, Darren Taylor Construction are familiar employees from Ron where isn’t the company working? The company has too many Hale Construction. We wish you the projects to name. best in your effort to prosper with us. We appreciate the effort of the Anderson Drilling joined the task of membership in helping our signatory getting to the bottom of Shasta Lake on employers stay as competitive as the Antlers Bridge project. The drilling possible with those who would be more on this job has been a less-than-pleasant than happy to take from the Local 3 experience for everyone involved, family. Please continue to help in the because the lake level has been hard fight to keep the city of Redding from to gauge, especially with this year’s becoming a charter city. Call the Hall, back-and-forth weather. read the local paper and stay as informed Most of the paving projects in the as you can. We cannot afford to lose any district are underway and providing Members work for J.F. Shea Aggregate Products. job, let alone all prevailing-wage work. employment for the membership. Remember: Saturday, June 4 is the Steve Manning Construction was awarded a $4 million Retiree Picnic at the Rancho Murieta Training Center (RMTC). cold-in-place recycle paving job in Lassen County. Blaisdell Wednesday, June 8 is the Retiree Luncheon in Anderson at the Construction has a couple of bridge projects on Hwy. 97 in Frontier Senior Center and the night of our District Meeting at Siskiyou County and Hwy. 99 in Tehama County. J.F. Shea 7 p.m. at the Hall. Last but not least, District 70’s 40th District Aggregate Products continues to employ our members. Golden Picnic is on Saturday, June 18 at Anderson River Park. You don’t State Bridge is working on a $4 million bridge job over the want to miss this one!

Fairfield I 2540 N. Watney Way, Fairfield, CA 94533 • (707) 429-5008 About 120 wind turbines to be erected this summer In Jameson Canyon, R.J. Gordon Construction is doing In Birds Landing, two separate wind-farm projects will start waterline adjustments at three sites in preparation for the this summer. Enexco awarded Shiloh III to White Construction, proposed widening of Hwy. 12 from Fairfield to Napa. This is a and Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) awarded good sign of more work in the future. Solano Phase III to Michels Construction. About 60 wind At the Mare Island Dry Dock, the second ship has arrived turbines will be erected at each site. and is being prepared for dismantling. This project is gearing up We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday, June 25 with the whirley crane in operation and the dismantling of the at our Second Annual Joint District 04 and District 80 Picnic first ship well underway. at Country Club Park (4513 Putah Creek Road in Winters). In Vallejo, work on the parking structure and the downtown Tickets are available in both district offices. Adults are $10; streetscape continues, and Team Ghilotti picked up a small job Retirees and children under 12 are free. If you have any new at Lake Dalwigk, which consists of improvements with habitat raffle-prize suggestions, we would love to hear from you. Please enhancements. MCK Services has some paving on Hwy. 29 give us a call. north of Calistoga set to start, and O.C. Jones should be moving forward with the on- and off-ramps for Fairfield. These jobs should get the Syar rock quarries producing plenty of asphalt.

From left: R.J. Gordon Construction Foreman Joe Brown and Surveyor Justin King.

Fifth-step Apprentice Ken Edgecombe Jr. works in Jameson Canyon.

Operator Frank McIntyre works for R.J. Gordon Construction.

Operator Scott White picks the slide rail. Operator Stephen Lewis performs waterline adjustments. 20 | Engineers News district reports fresno I 4856 North Cedar, Fresno, CA 93726 • (559) 229-4083 Housley Demolition Co. joins Local 3 There is a lot of work going on or about to start in the C.W. Roen is upgrading the wastewater treatment plant in southernmost part of District 50. Woodlake for $11.7 million. Flatiron is working on Hwy. 198 from Hanford to Hwy. 99 – a Teichert will widen Road 108 from Visalia to Tulare for $11.2 $45 million job to widen “Blood Alley” from two to four lanes. million and has many smaller jobs throughout the district. Diablo is about to start the $67 million widening of Hwy. Signatories Pacific Boring and Bill Nelson also keep our 99 from Kingsburg to Goshen. When finished, the highway will members busy. have three lanes each way. District 50 welcomes our newest signatory employer, Housley Lee’s Paving is working on an $11 million overcrossing of J Demolition Co. Street and railroad tracks in Tulare. We would like to invite everyone to our District Picnic at the American Paving is working on an overcrossing of railroad Fresno County Sportsmen’s Club on Sunday, May 15 at noon for tracks in Goshen to align Betty Drive. great food and a great time. Emmetts has a $14 million job to widen Road 80 in Tulare County from Dinuba to Avenue 384 and a $4.5 million overlay on Hwy. 43.

Pacific Boring’s John Vindish. Clay Beavers works for Pacific Boring. Operator Todd Housley owns Jacinto Sandoval works for Bill Nelson. Housley Demolition Co., District 50’s newest signatory employer. stockton I 1916 North Broadway, Stockton, CA 95205 • (209) 943-2332 Road work abounds in district The Stockton District has several multiple-year projects from Country Club Boulevard to Eight Mile Road, reconstruct starting, and we’re all eager to move some dirt. the Hammer Lane/I-5 and Eight Mile Road/I-5 interchanges and As for ongoing work, the prison construct the Otto Drive interchange. medical facility is finally underway on This project also includes sound walls Arch and Newcastle roads. and auxiliary lanes. RGW is performing work on The El Dorado Street widening the North Stockton Railroad project will widen the roadway from grade-separation project. This Yokuts Avenue to Mariposa Avenue includes constructing eight-lane and requires sidewalks, curbs, gutters overpasses at Union Pacific Railroad and center median landscape, which (UPRR) located between Davis and includes planting more than 150 trees Lower Sac roads and at Leach and along the widened corridor. Micke Grove roads and a six-lane The Thornton Road widening underpass between Grider Way and project will widen Thornton Road to Marlette Road. This is a three-year, Members fill the Hall for the Pre-Retirement Meeting held March 2. six lanes from Pershing Avenue to $38.8 million project. Bear Creek. RGW is also working on a $20.8 million project on I-5 that We had a Pre-Retirement Meeting on March 2 that was well will replace Plain Cement Concrete (PCC) slabs and resurface attended. ramps with Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) from Hammer Lane to the Sacramento County line. Apprenticeship Spotlight The Delta Water Supply project starts its second year with Teichert, Preston Pipelines, Vadnais, Monterey Mechanical and Fourth-step Heavy Duty Repair (HDR) Apprentice Blue Iron working there. Albino Espinoza is a success story District 30 can be The Lodi Energy Center continues work with general proud of. Espinoza came into the OE3 contractor ARB and subcontractor Granite Construction. Apprenticeship Program through Job AM Stephens is building ponds at the Lodi Wastewater Corps and has been adamant about his Treatment Plant. training from day one. He currently works As for upcoming work, the $30.1 million Sperry Road for George Reed Construction out of the extension will extend Sperry Road from French Camp west to Modesto Yard and is under the watchful eye I-5, therefore connecting Hwy. 99 to I-5. The extension will of Shop Foreman Nic Villarreal. Villarreal require the construction of elevated roadway and five bridges has been instrumental in Espinoza’s that will cross railroad, roadways and French Camp Slough. training and continues to encourage him Crews will also install retaining walls, roadway lighting and to seek out opportunities that will expand his knowledge in traffic signals. the trade. George Reed Construction is a great company to The I-5 North Stockton widening and interchanges project work for and one that understands that our apprentices are has an engineers’ estimate of $77 million. Crews will widen I-5 our future.

district reports May 2011 | 21 utah I 1958 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 • (801) 596-2677 Work on Kern River expansion continues Utah District 12 has been having a great year. With the Ruby The Utah Master Agreement will expire on June 30, and Pipeline coming to a close, many of our members have been able Wheeler Machinery Company’s agreement expires on Oct. to find work with Copper Hills Constructors on the Mountain 31. Get involved early in pre-negotiation meetings, and bring View Corridor and Ames Construction on the I-15 Core project. your ideas to your business representatives. It is only through These projects will keep most of our members working for the our unity that we are able to achieve better wages, fringes and next couple of years. working conditions. Abercrombie Pipeline will be working on the Apex Line Please plan on bringing your families to the District 12 Picnic most of this year, going over the bountiful mountains to finish this year on June 11 at the Draper City Park (North Pavilion). the Kern River expansion. Many of you worked on the Kern Raffle tickets will be sold early at the Hall and through your River expansion in 2003, and after Abercrombie is done, this business representatives. We hope to see you there! line will be fully operational. Snelson Pipeline started work on a With an ever-changing economy, the Utah Health and 16-inch line in Morgan, which should be completed in June. We Welfare Fund Trustees have made changes, including some anticipate other pipeline work this year, and as that information enhancements to the health and welfare benefits. With these is available, we will let you know about it here. changes, there are money-saving opportunities for you, the W.W. Clyde’s project in Blackridge is ahead of schedule. The participants, as well as the Utah Health and Welfare Fund. company also has the “9 Mile” project with an expected start of Participants in the Utah Plan will receive notices in the mail May 1. regarding these changes. Be sure to read this notice, and keep Aggregate Industries is working on a cold-recycle plant yourself and your family up-to-date on the changes. If you have in Blanding, and Granite Construction was awarded the next any questions, don’t hesitate to call the Hall. phase of the Dixie Interchange. yuba city I 468 Century Park Drive, Yuba City, CA 95991 • (530) 743-7321 Remember: You’re our eyes and ears on the jobsite Knife River’s plant in Orland is keeping members busy. The secure the work, and it may discourage a non-union employer company also has work on Hwy. 70 in Belden and on Hwy. 162 from even bidding the work. If the non-union can’t cheat, in Kelly Ridge and Jarbo Gap. Teichert Construction is paving they can’t get the job. When you see a non-union company or Hwy. 70 (McGowan Parkway) in Yuba County and Hwy. 20 anything that looks out of place on the jobsite, call the Hall, and (Humphrey Road) in Sutter County. George Reed has some let us know. We will check it out. We need your eyes and ears. work in Wheatland in Yuba County and a $19.5 million project Timing and opportunity is everything in organizing. When we in Colusa and Yolo counties. American Civil Constructor also know about work before it starts, we can check into it. has work in Yuba County. DeSilva Gates has a $7.8 million job We want to remind everyone not working to stay current on in Butte County south of Gridley Road on Hwy. 99. the out-of-work list. Remember, you must re-register before the Caltrans crews throughout District 60 did a great job keeping 84th day of being on the list, or you will lose your position. the roads clear this past winter. Thanks for all the hard work, so District 60 invites all our members and their families to the we could travel during the extreme weather we had this year. As always, we must pursue organizing opportunities in all District 60 Breakfast Picnic on Saturday, May 14. It starts at 8 our districts. We are meeting with non-union employers, local a.m. at the Butte County Fairgrounds (Butte Hall), 199 E. Hazel politicians, local governments and other awarding agencies to St., Gridley. Adults are $7; children under 10 are $2; Retirees let them know we are watching to make sure the non-union are free. Pre-sale tickets are available at the Hall. Come for some companies play by the rules. With the lack of private work, home-style cooking and good entertainment for the young and public-works projects are what’s left. When we attend a pre-bid young-at-heart. As always, we’ll have some great raffle prizes. meeting, it shows our signatories that we are trying to help them The staff at District 60 looks forward to serving you.

Operator John Hood works Scotty Hethcoat, Neil Miller and Mike Louderback work at at the Knife River plant. the Knife River plant in Orland.

A Caltrans crew in Marysville includes Ed Custer, John Johnson and Joe Stephens.

22 | Engineers News district reports nevada I 1290 Corporate Blvd., Reno, NV 89502 • For all branches, call (775) 857-4440 Increased workforce at Rossi Mine Work is slowly getting underway in the Drive rehab. The Nevada Department of Elko advertised a project to rehab Idaho Truckee Meadows. Granite Construction Transportation (NDOT) received bids for Street. The engineers’ estimate for the started a project at Cave Rock and has the design-build project for I-80 through renovation is $10 million. projects on I-580 (US 395) and the city Reno but had not officially announced We would like to congratulate our of Reno sewer rehab. Q&D Construction the winner as of press time. By the time members who were elected to the Market has projects on I-80 near Fernley, on state you read this, our office should know who and Geographic Area Committee – Dan Route 28 near Crystal Bay and at the was awarded the contract, and we will let Collins, Ken Retherford and Larry Baxter Yerington Water Treatment Plant. Sierra you know next month. – and the Grievance/Political Action Nevada Construction has road projects In the eastern region of the state, Committee (PAC) – Mitch Gallagher, on state Route 278 in Eureka, state Route Frehner Construction is working on Rodney Friesen II and Fran Lane. 339 in Yerington, state Route 447 north of I-80 at the Ruby Valley Interchange. The Reno staff is currently working Nixon and state Route 726 (Airport Road) Road and Highway Builders is starting on Rock, Sand and Gravel and Concrete in Fallon. Road and Highway Builders is the I-80 project at Pilot Peak and Rees’s working on I-80 east of Lovelock. Rees’s Enterprises will perform the crushing. Pump agreements. If you have any Enterprises is crushing on a road project N.A. Degerstrom, Inc. increased its questions regarding theses contracts, on US 95 near Mina, and Valentine workforce at the Rossi Mine near Carlin please contact the Reno Hall. Surfacing will be grinding on the project. and continues work at the Robinson Mine We look forward to seeing everyone at The Regional Transportation Commission near Ely. W.W. Clyde is scheduled to Nevada’s Retiree Picnic on Saturday, June (RTC) advertised some of its scheduled begin work on the transmission line that 18 at the Lazy 5 Regional Park in Sparks. projects; the first one is the Mayberry runs from Ely to Las Vegas. The city of morgan hill I 325 Digital Drive, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 • (408) 465-8260 I-880 freeway improvements should start soon We had a long winter that winter rebuilding the plant created many delays. The and batch facility after a fire recent rain washed out a destroyed the batch room. section of Hwy. 1. Luckily no Looks like things are starting one was hurt, but it did create to turn around for District 90, some work. (See story on page but it’s a long way from the 4.) The unfortunate damage “blow-and-go” days of a few and devastation of the tsunami years ago. was even felt locally, as the Don’t forget to attend our Santa Cruz Harbor had about District Picnic on Sunday, June $20 million worth of damages 26. It’s going to be something and called on Local 3 members new – a day at the ballpark with to do some emergency work. the San Jose Giants. Tickets This story was highlighted last are $7 for adults; Retirees are month. free. You’ll have your choice Currently bidding are Cleveland Wrecking works at the old San Jose medical building. of a hot dog, hamburger or projects like the Calaveras chicken sandwich along with a Dam replacement, a $300 the $7.5 million classroom Theresa Bay Point Light Rail to side and a beverage. It should million earth and rock-fill improvements at James Lick Gordon N. Ball. Other projects be a great day at the ballpark. dam to be built immediately High School. Some private include asphalt resurfacing We look forward to seeing downstream of the existing work is also starting to and concrete repairs in Los everyone there. dam. This would be a great job develop. Gatos by Bay Cities Paving to put operators back to work. Granite Construction’s and underground utilities Other projects bidding include $72 million Prunedale in Santa Clara by Mountain the $31 million academic Bypass project should have Cascade and KJ Woods. The building at California State started in April. Foothill De I-880 freeway improvements University, Monterey; the Anza College’s $62 million by DeSilva Gates should start new, $30 million Hollister City projects are underway with soon. Hall Courthouse; and the $25 work performed by McGuire Cleveland Wrecking million tactical equipment and Hester, J.J. Albanese finished the demolition of the maintenance center at Fort and Conco. RGW, Vanguard old San Jose medical building. Construction and Foundation Members Jeff Ulrich, Abe Member Abe Hunter Liggett. These are just Magana. a few projects in the design-bid are working on the Tully Magana, Steve Villareal and stages of development that will Road/Hwy. 101 overpass, as Joe Baratti are thankful to hopefully start soon. There weather allows. The Valley have worked steady hours are also some small projects Transportation Authority through this ugly winter. going on, such as the $5 (VTA) recently awarded a Finally, Reed and Graham million gas-line replacement light-rail extension from Alum is looking forward to producing for the city of Palo Alto and Rock Station to the Santa asphalt again after a long Member Joe Baratti.

district reports May 2011 | 23 Rohnert Park I 6225 State Farm Drive, Suite 100, Rohnert Park, CA 94928 • (707) 585-2487 Work to start in Willits District 10 had its first training/salting class on March 23. The margin, the contractor will hopefully tell others about the class focuses on the importance of membership involvement experience. and what it takes to become a salt. Salting is necessary in This is a win-win for everyone, so in solidarity, please try organizing the non-union. There will be follow-up classes, so if and join us. you’re interested, call the Hall, and get signed up now. If you’re Some of the work coming to District 10 is in Willits. from another district and would Mendocino Construction Inc. was like to request a class in your home the low bidder on the Railroad district, call your hall and speak to Avenue Bridge project, which will a district rep., who will coordinate provide some much-needed jobs a class with Organizing Director for our members in the Willits area. Bruce Noel. The project should start on June We recommend this class to 15. Crews will remove the existing everyone, because it is crucial bridge, drive pile and perform all for members to help create more new construction. work opportunities by signing new Penhall and Granite contractors to a Local 3 agreement. Construction are working on Hwy. Once the contractor experiences 101 north. top-notch Local 3 hands and sees Work safe, and let’s hope for a the job getting done on time, under prosperous year. budget and with an increased profit Penhall and Granite Construction re-profile Hwy. 101 north.

sacramento I 3920 Lennane Drive, Sacramento, CA 95834 • (916) 993-2055 Medical complex being built in Elk Grove Our signatory contractors have been hopefully some of our members will go able to win some solid contracts because back to work at the aggregate plants. of their creative bidding. Sukut Construction was the low bidder A revitalized Granite Construction on the next phase of the Sacramento was the low bidder on the $41.5 million River East Levee project 3B, worth about Sacramento Railyard track-relocation $19 million. project and the $58.6 million I-5 overlay C.C. Myers has a $2 million project from the San Joaquin County line to on Hwy. 50 in Sacramento and up the Florin Road. hill from Echo Summit to Meyers with Teichert picked up the $2 million concrete barrier and culvert work. Infrastructure projects, such as overlay on I-80 from the Solano County hospitals, have also created some work for line to 1.4 miles west of the Yolo Causeway. our members. In downtown Sacramento, With all of this road work planned, Sutter General Hospital on L Street and Mercy General Hospital on J Street have been underway for awhile. Catholic Healthcare West, the largest Catholic hospital system in the Western From left: Tobin Vannier, Derek Recob, Bryan Camara and Dan McCoy work on the Mercy Hospital United States and operator of the local complex. Mercy hospitals, purchased 30 acres of land in Elk Grove. The land, located near the June 25 at the Creekside Country Club intersection of Elk Grove Boulevard and Park in Winters from 11:30 a.m. to Bruceville Road, is being developed into 4:30 p.m. The menu includes barbecue a medical complex to serve health-care chicken, tri-tip, hot links, hot dogs, needs in the south area. The first phase beans, salad and beverages. There will be of the complex started in February, with a bounce house for the kids, and Kelly the D.A. Wood Construction from Modesto Clown will be making her famous balloon starting the ground work. Maxim Crane characters. Other activities include came in with a 2250 Manitowoc 300-ton volleyball, horseshoes and of course a raffle Crawler to set the three-story panels, and with some great prizes. This year, tickets Mid State Steel Erectors Inc. set all the inside steel. for adults are $10; Retirees and children A reminder for our Retirees: Our under 12 are free. Get your tickets early annual Retiree Picnic will be held at the at either district hall or through one of Rancho Murieta Training Center (RMTC) the agents in the field. Directions to the on Saturday, June 4. Also in June is our event are available at the halls and online Second Annual Joint District 80 and at www.oe3.org. Mid State Steel Erectors works on the Mercy Hospital District 04 Picnic scheduled for Saturday, complex.

24 | Engineers News district reports Burlingame I 828 Mahler Road, Suite B, Burlingame, CA 94010 • (650) 652-7969 Project underway in Chinatown In San Francisco, Balfour Beatty started working in Kentfield, Precision Crane is in on the $187 million excavation and shoring Novato and Shimmick is continuing work work for the new Transbay Transit Center. on the northern end of the Golden Gate The job requires excavating three city Bridge. blocks to a depth of 60 feet and maintaining In San Mateo County, more than 100 operable cross streets on trestles above the union craftsworkers, including more than excavation. Subcontractor Malcolm Drilling 15 Operating Engineers, packed the Civic will construct the perimeter wall, and Becho Chambers in support of a Project Labor will construct buttresses to stabilize the Agreement (PLA) for $160 million worth adjoining high-risers. of construction projects in the city’s school Work on the Bay Bridge self-anchoring district. Shift work continues on the section continues with American Bridge San Bruno grade-separation project with Flour. Granite Construction and subcontractor At the federal building at 50 United So Pac Rail. At the Bay Division Tunnel Nations Plaza, Hathaway Dinwiddie will for the San Francisco Public Utilities use Malcolm Drilling, Johnson Western Commission (SFPUC), assembly of the Gunite and Sheedy Hoist. In Chinatown, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is underway. Plant Construction is working on the new Ranger Pipelines was awarded a $32 million recreation center with subcontractors A&B contract for the Crystal Springs Pipeline No. Construction and Foundation Constructors. 2 replacement. Ryan Oku and Kevin Alger stage the cap for the The job location presents some challenges, single tower of the new Bay Bridge self-anchoring District 01’s annual including the residential neighborhood, section for American Bridge Flour. picnic is on June 12 tourists and two passing cable-car lines. from noon to 3 p.m. at In Marin County, Ghilotti Bros. Inc. has a parking lot project Coyote Point picnic areas 1 and 2. Be sure at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Operators onsite include to get tickets for you and the family. Adults Eric Magoulas, Adam Holtzinger, Chris Giordano, John are $12.50; Retirees and kids under 10 are Bles and Michael P. Alten. At the College of Marin, plans are free. The menu includes tri-tip, hot dogs, underway to move the daycare and the new, 43,000-square-foot salad, beer, soda and cake. There will also be academic center project forward, which helps pave the way for a bounce house for the kids. See you there! Jim Bles checks grade more Local 3 work in Marin County. Team Ghilotti is currently for Ghilotti Bros. Inc.

Eureka I 1213 Fifth St., Eureka, CA 95501 • (707) 443-7328 Unit 12 members help with tsunami, storm damage Parts of District 40 are still recovering ones called when roads are blocked and After a brief hiatus, Golden State from the damage caused by the tsunami work long hours to keep us all traveling. Bridge continues work on the Mad River that hit Japan on March 11. Crescent City’s Millions of dollars in destruction Bridge job, which is slated to be completed harbor was virtually destroyed. Seventeen caused by the tsunami was followed by by January. It looks like our operators boats sank, and 47 boats were damaged. steady rain, but work will go on even in will have it finished on time or ahead of About 20 vessels made it down the coast these tough times. schedule. to find refuge at Eureka’s Woodley Island Work is starting on more complicated Mercer-Fraser kept many of our Marina. The disaster created a need, and demolition at the Humboldt Bay Power operators busy these past three months our construction workers rolled up their Plant, and several companies, including paving in Redding. The company has sleeves and got the job done. Day Zimmerman, have trained some of several paving jobs coming up and is still Many of our Unit 12 members also our members to prepare for dealing with working at Bear River Rancheria. worked hard during the crisis and the radioactive material. Though at low levels, We look forward to the summer subsequent storms, clearing roads and all our union companies are taking every months and more work on the horizon. dealing with landslides. They are the first precaution to keep workers safe.

Local 3 members clean up Crescent City’s harbor where seventeen boats sank and 47 boats were damaged after the March 11 tsunami.

district reports May 2011 | 25 Hawaii I 1075 Opakapaka St., Kapolei, HI 96707 • For all branches, call (808) 845-7871 District 17 welcomes new district rep. Isemoto Contracting is construct- Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund ing a new cargo-hold area at the Hilo as a fair contracting officer for two Airport. Local 3 members on the job years and for the Operating Engineers include Jason Kiaha, Francis Ke, Joint Apprenticeship Committee Kalani Grace, Sonny Boy Kekealani, (JAC) as a state administrator for 3-½ Hauoli Hanohano, Carl Mento, Steve years. Lauro, Jason Egami, Harry Medeiros “I look forward to serving the and Kathleen Kuni. brothers and sisters in District 17,” he District 17 welcomes new District said. Rep. Pane Meatoga Jr. Initiated in Remember: It’s an honor to be February 1988, Meatoga was born and a member of Local 3, the largest raised in Laie, Hawaii. He has worked construction union in the United for Laie Concrete & Aggregate, Site States and Canada. If you have any The Isemoto Contracting crew works at the Hilo Airport. Engineering, Kiewit Pacific, Precision questions, call Meatoga or Secretary Electric and Ron’s Construction. Carleen Elvenia. He worked for the Hawaii Operating oakland I 1620 South Loop Road, Alameda, CA 94502 • (510) 748-7446 Hwy. 4 draws big machines, big work The Hwy. 4 widening work and move is amazing. A project in Antioch is moving new grooving machine follows along well, despite all the behind, and it is also quite rain. Hwy. 4 has always been a sight. Vanguard also has one of the most difficult and its own mobile batch plant dangerous commutes in the onsite. Bay Area. This project is the St. Francis Electric, Pacific first of five planned stages Boring and Foundation to help alleviate the traffic Construction are the last to congestion. O.C. Jones & round out the subcontractors Sons, Inc. is the general on this project, which is contractor for this $65 million getting done on time and project, which will widen Hwy. under budget. 4 from four to eight lanes, with Good news: There are too three mixed-flow lanes and Members work on the Hwy. 4 widening project in Antioch. many jobs to list in District 20. As soon as the weather clears, one High Occupancy Vehicle 7,800 feet. The company is The company is also replacing (HOV) lane in each direction. everyone should be ready to keeping up to 30 Operating the Loveridge overpass and all The HOV lanes will extend work! Engineers working with the the tall retaining walls on this from Hwy. 242 to east of the Reminder: The District 20 help of several subcontractors. project. Loveridge Road interchange. Picnic is on Saturday, May This two-mile project starts Sanco Pipelines performed Vanguard Construction is 21 at Kennedy Grove in El at Loveridge Road and goes to the underground storm also on this project, using a Sobrante. Tickets are $10 at about one-fourth mile west drains, sanitary sewer and Gomaco RTP 500. This new the gate for all the food, drink of Sommersville Road. O.C. water-system improvements machine can extend 24 feet and fun you can have. Jones has self-performed a lot and had up to 20 Operating wide and 1 foot deep and is in of the work on this project, Engineers onsite. Shasta the middle of pouring 31,000 Apprenticeship Spotlight moving about 175,000 cubic Construction will perform all cubic meters. It’s one of the Congratulations to Crane yards of dirt and building the demo work at the Loveridge biggest machines in Northern Apprentice Scott Ross for three retaining walls nearly overpass and Centre Boulevard. California. Just watching it journeying out in March.

Crane Operator Aaron Serjesse Scott Ross. works for Shasta Construction. Glenn Mikulaco and Steve Leonard work From left: Jose Aguilar, Dominic Lawler and Ricky Aguilar. for Sanco Pipelines.

26 | Engineers News district reports 2011 District Picnic Information District 11: Nevada Picnic Details Saturday, June 18, noon to 3 p.m. Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Highway, Sparks Why did you decide to serve on Menu: Pulled pork, barbecue chicken, a Local 3 committee? baked beans, coleslaw, rolls, fresh fruit, ice cream and refreshments Cost: Families (2 adults, 2 kids) – $25; adults – $10; Retirees and children under Eureka District 40: Already occurred 5 – free Stockton District 30: Sunday, May 1 “Looking out for the Other: Clown, face-painting and balloons department’s interests Yuba City District 60: Saturday, May 14 for the kids; lots of raffle prizes – the guys and their Fresno District 50: Sunday, May 15 families.” Oakland District 20: Saturday, May 21 District 17: Hawaii (Hilo) Picnic Details – John Wilson, negotiating committee member Retiree Picnic: Saturday, June 4 Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Utah District 12: Saturday, June 11 Haili’s Tent – Panaewa, 33 Noeau St., Burlingame District 01: Sunday, June 12 Hilo Nevada District 11: Saturday, June 18 Menu: TBD Hawaii District 17 (Hilo): Saturday, June 18 Cost: Free Redding District 70: Saturday, June 18 Fairfield District 04: Saturday, June 25 District 70: Redding Picnic Details “It helps the union. Sacramento District 80: Saturday, June 25 Saturday, June 18, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anytime a member Anderson River Park (barbecue area No. gets involved, the Morgan Hill District 90: Sunday, June 26 union gets stronger.” 1), 2800 Rupert Road, Anderson Rohnert Park District 10: Sunday, July 24 – Randy White, Grievance/Political Action Menu: Pit-roasted beef cross-rib roast, Committee (PAC) member Hawaii District 17 (Oahu): Saturday, Sept. 3 green salad, barbecue beans, bread, fruit, Hawaii District 17 (Kauai): Saturday, Sept. 24 ice cream and beverages Hawaii District 17 (Maui): Saturday, Dec. 3 Cost: Adults – $10; Retirees – $6; children 6 to 12 – $4; children under 6 – free Retiree Picnic Details Other: Raffle, band, dancing and games for the kids Saturday, June 4, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “To be involved in the Rancho Murieta Training Center (RMTC), [negotiation] process 14738 Cantova Way, Sloughhouse District 04 and District 80: Fairfield and and represent your Sacramento Picnic Details guys.” Saturday, June 25, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 District 12: Utah Picnic Details – John Vaars, negotiating committee p.m.; lunch served from noon to 2:30 member Saturday, June 11, 9 a.m. p.m. Draper City Park (north pavilion), 12450 Creekside Country Club Park, 4513 S. 1300 E., Draper Putah Creek Road, Winters Menu: Eggs, bacon, ham, hash browns, Menu: Chicken, tri-tip, hot dogs, hot “As far as I’m waffles, rolls, doughnuts, fruit, juice and links, beans and salad concerned, if you’re coffee Cost: Adults – $10; Retirees and children out of the loop, you Cost: Families – $10; adults – $5; Retirees under 12 – free don’t know what’s – free going on. I think every Other: Volleyball, horseshoes, bounce member should attend Other: Ticket cost includes raffle tickets house and other kids’ activities their meetings. It’s for (six per single, 12 per family); additional their benefit.” raffle tickets for sale District 90: Morgan Hill Picnic Details – Dustin Fowler, Grievance/PAC member Sunday, June 26, 5 p.m. District 01: Burlingame Picnic Details Municipal Stadium, 588 East Alma Ave., Sunday, June 12, noon to 3 p.m. San Jose Coyote Point recreation area (eucalyptus “I think a lot of Other: San Jose Giants vs. Stockton members kind of picnic areas 1 and 2), 1701 Coyote Point Ports baseball game Drive, San Mateo become complacent … and doing service Menu: Tri-tip, salad, hotdogs, cake, soda, work is a good way to beer and lots more get involved, especially Cost: Adults – $12.50; Retirees and during the hard children – free times.” – Mark Freitas, Market and Geographic Area Committee member

Meetings & Announcements May 2011 | 27 DISTRICT MEETINGS Congratulations to District 50: Fresno District 12: Salt Lake City the 2011 Political Leonard “Jess” Harper Jason Archuleta All meetings convene at 7 p.m. Action and Grievance Danny Henry Justin Pentz Committee members Robert Moock Bartt Ratcliffe MAY 2011 District 01: Burlingame 4th District 11: Reno District 60: Yuba City District 20: Oakland David Daneluz Kevin Schmidt Michael T. Colley Operating Engineers’ Building Gene A. Pratt Randall D. Stage Stephen Lorimor 1290 Corporate Blvd. Jeffrey Scott Joe E. Wurm Jerry Thornburg

5th District 12: Salt Lake City District 04: Fairfield District 70: Redding District 30: Stockton IBEW Local 354 Ronald D. Kultti Greg Plympton John D. Baker Frank R. Maxwell 3400 W. 2100 S. Michael J. Tauscher Mark Freitas William R. Pursel David T. Williams Robert Sutliff

10th District 20: Martinez District 10: Rohnert Park District 80: Sacramento District 40: Eureka Plumbers 159 Richard Baker Jr. David Dokes Larry Hoerner 1304 Roman Way Alec M. Giddings Brett Dufrey John Kvasnicka Darcy Harlan Tom Sievwright Joseph M. McKenzie 10th District 30: Stockton District 11: Nevada Italian Athletic Club District 90: Morgan Hill District 50: Fresno Rodney Friesen II 3541 Cherryland Ave. Jack Beale Benito Alvarez Mitch Gallagher Edward F. Estrada III Randall R. DeSantiago Francis K. Lane Larry Watson John C. Newman Jr. 11th District 50: Fresno Cedar Lanes District 12: Utah District 60: Yuba City 3131 N. Cedar Ave. Doug Archibald Congratulations to Chuck Adamson Michael Holliday the 2011 Market and Randy Bailey Gordon D. Purcell 11th District 80: Sacramento Geographic Area Robert (Bob) Dietz Operating Engineers’ Building Committee members District 17: Hawaii District 70: Redding 3920 Lennane Drive (Honolulu) District 01: Burlingame Chuck Jones James D. Arthur William J. Hearon Robert Lake th 12 District 01: Burlingame Trevor K. Hugo Vince M. Morales Martin Mattila Transport Workers Union Eugene R. Kia Cameron Robbins 1521 Rollins Road District 80: Sacramento District 20: Oakland District 04: Fairfield Barton (Camron) Dean Jerry Z. Hunt Nathan A. Inman 12th District 90: Morgan Hill Ralph Gonzales Jr. Roy J. Petrini Stephen Lewis Bruce Lockwood Operating Engineers’ Building Lou Trujillo Chase Williams 325 Digital Drive District 90: Morgan Hill District 30: Stockton District 10: Rohnert Park Steven Bolliger 17th District 04: Suisun City Dustin Fowler Alan Kaehller Joseph Hatchie Veterans’ Memorial Building Nathan Herbert Louis Lovell Jacob Lopez 427 Main St. Randolph P. White Greg Malone

District 40: Eureka District 11: Reno th 18 District 10: Ukiah Michael R. Conway Larry Baxter Hampton Inn Kevin C. Reynolds Daniel Collins 1160 Airport Park Blvd. Frank J. Rojas Kenneth Retherford

JUNE 2011 7th District 40: Eureka Retiree’s donation lives on Best Western Bayshore Inn Local 3 was important to 60-year deserved it, crediting the union and his 3500 Broadway member George Azevedo, from the day Pension for keeping his family afloat he joined in May 1950 to the day he after he was injured on the job. 8th District 70: Redding died on Dec. 20, 2010. “I could not have survived … if it Operating Engineers’ Building Though he passed away, Azevedo’s hadn’t been for the union’s Pension 20308 Engineers Lane commitment to the union continues, checks,” he said in a June 2010 as he graciously left a donation of interview. “The two of us [George and $24,930.56 from his estate to the Local his late wife, Gervis] wouldn’t have 9th District 60: Marysville 3 Scholarship Foundation. This money survived if it was just Social Security. Veterans’ Memorial Center will help pay for the This has always left me with the feeling 211 17th St. education of a child that I owe more to Operating Engineers of a Local 3 member. than I do anyone else in the world.” 14th District 17: Honolulu Azevedo told Just as Azevedo thanked Local 3, Operating Engineers’ Building Engineers News we thank him for his selfless and truly 1075 Opakapaka St., Kapolei before his passing thoughtful gift. that he felt Local 3 July 2011 Retiree George Azevedo at his home in Elk Grove shortly before he died. No meetings scheduled

28 | Engineers News Meetings & Announcements Honorary Members The following retirees have 35 or more years of membership in Local 3 as of March 2011 and have been determined eligible for Honorary Membership effective April 1, 2011. Dean E. Ambrose 1615513 District 10: Rohnert Park David Armstrong 1427795 District 80: Sacramento John B. Averett 1578607 District 12: Utah Robert Boyd 1562897 District 20: Oakland Michael Bruce 2074683 District 30: Stockton Carlyle Burk 0702229 District 99: Out Of Area TOWN HALL MEETINGS Bruce T. Busch 1634746 District 90: Morgan Hill Amante Domingo 1634754 District 17: Hawaii Please see the schedule below regarding Anselme Francoeur 1446874 District 80: Sacramento Town Hall Meetings in Nevada and Hawaii, James Johnson 1231334 District 11: Nevada which includes construction and mine David N. Jordan 1609992 District 80: Sacramento meetings for our Nevada members. Topics Vern Looper 1558161 District 90: Morgan Hill discussed include calendar items, upcoming Peter MacDonald 1175317 District 30: Stockton work and safety issues. Marlyn V. Morey 1196047 District 12: Utah Newell V. Ohelo 1463523 District 17: Hawaii May 2011 Veldon Rodgers 1555748 District 20: Oakland 4th District 11: Elko Byron J. Rowland 1195039 District 99: Out Of Area Newmont Mine Meeting: 6 p.m. Ron Russell 1651747 District 30: Stockton Operating Engineers’ Building Manuel Sequeira 1666120 District 30: Stockton 1094 Lamoille Highway, Elko Patrick D. Shanklin 1118365 District 30: Stockton Earl Lee Shepherd 1392238 District 12: Utah 11th District 11: Elko Albert J. Shropshire 1001704 District 99: Out Of Area Construction Meeting: 6 p.m. Elmer Van Zee 1296284 District 10: Rohnert Park Richard L. Volpi 1615540 District 10: Rohnert Park Operating Engineers’ Building 1094 Lamoille Highway, Elko

June 2011 Departed Gaspar, Reuben Pearl, Roland Stubbs, Francis Fimby, Phyllis. Members Kealakekua, HI Castro Valley, CA Midvale, UT Wife of Fimby, 1st District 11: Elko District 17 District 20 District 12 Joseph (dec) Alawine, Charles Newmont Mine Meeting: 6 p.m. 01-14-11 02-21-11 02-11-11 01-31-11 Woodburn, OR Operating Engineers’ Building District 99 Hanks, Bill Penello, Vincent Sweet, Norman Gomez, Rick. 1094 Lamoille Highway, Elko 02-08-11 Atwater, CA Maple Valley, WA Santa Rosa, CA Son of Gomez, Mario 02-05-11 Armstrong, District 50 District 99 District 10 8th District 11: Elko Lawrence 02-17-11 12-22-09 02-04-11 Hansen, Nancy. Wife of Hansen, Construction Meeting: 6 p.m. Sacramento, CA Hanson, Phillip Tuft, O Noel Petschauer, Edward Albert Operating Engineers’ Building District 80 St. George, UT West Jordan, UT 02-24-11 Alameda, CA 02-27-11 1094 Lamoille Highway, Elko District 12 District 20 District 12 Beneake, Fred 02-12-11 01-13-11 02-16-11 Herger, Anna. th Burlingame, CA Wife of Herger, 13 District 17: Kauai District 01 Harlan, William Pye, James Jr. Turner, Robert Kasper (dec) Town Hall/Retiree Meeting: 6 p.m. 01-24-11 Cottonwood, CA San Francisco, CA Lompoc, CA 01-11-11 Kauai Beach Resort District 70 District 01 District 99 Bennett, Terrance 02-03-11 02-03-11 Hofman, Wilda. 4331 Kauai Beach Drive, Lihue Grass Valley, CA 01-20-11 Wife of Hofman, Young, Bertus District 80 Huffman, Dale Ramirez, Gabriel John th Ogden, UT 15 District 17: Maui 12-30-10 Oakley, CA Manteca, CA 02-07-11 District 20 District 12 Meeting: 7 p.m. District 30 Kawamoto, Blake, Roy 01-26-11 02-01-11 Maui Art and Cultural Center Anderson, CA 02-25-11 Margaret. District 70 Ickes, Roy Young, Roy Wife of Kawamoto, One Cameron Way, Kahului Rays, Ronald 01-22-11 Marysville, CA West Valley City, UT Tekeshi Bay Point, CA District 60 District 12 02-28-11 th Conley, Roger District 20 16 District 17: Kona 01-14-11 02-16-11 Meeting: 7 p.m. Oroville, CA 02-01-11 Kuhns, Roberta. District 60 James, Robert Wife of Kuhns, King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel Rolfe, Verl Robert (dec) 01-27-11 Mountain View, AR 75-5660 Palani Road Midvale, UT Deceased 02-13-11 Dalton, Bill District 99 District 12 Dependents Nevada City, CA 12-27-10 Lawson, Vana. 17th District 17: Hilo District 80 02-25-11 Barnard, Donna. Wife of Lawson, Meeting: 7 p.m. 02-19-11 Janisch, Richard Wife of Barnard, Richard Gilroy, CA Sampson, Donald Hilo ILWU Hall Auburn, CA John 03-07-11 Dang, James District 90 02-15-11 100 W. Lanikaula St. West Valley City, UT 02-08-11 District 80 McCool, Barbara. District 12 02-22-11 Boyle, Rosa. Wife of McCool, Ohelo, Victor Jr. July 2011 02-25-11 Wife of Boyle, Gene (dec) Honolulu, HI Sherwin, Alan Charles (dec) 02-06-11 6th District 11: Elko Darewit, Harold District 17 Sonora, CA 01-29-11 Nevada City, CA More, Velma. Newmont Mine Meeting: 6 p.m. 02-19-11 District 30 District 80 02-10-11 Ching, Margaret. Wife of More, Earl Operating Engineers’ Building 01-26-11 Osorio, Frank Wife of Ching, Jack 01-03-11 Stevenson, Harold 06-24-07 1094 Lamoille Highway, Elko Delatorre, Ralph Jr. Watsonville, CA Thomas, Barbara. Montague, CA Half Moon Bay, CA District 90 Craig, Nelda. Wife of Thomas, Paul 13th District 11: Elko District 01 01-09-11 District 70 Wife of Craig, (dec) 02-02-11 Construction Meeting: 6 p.m. 02-10-11 Parker, Merle Donald (dec) 02-06-11 02-03-11 Operating Engineers’ Building Farwell, Grizzly West Sacramento, Storms, Lee Watkins, Sharon. 1094 Lamoille Highway, Elko San Jose, CA CA Madera, CA Elliott, Josephine. Wife of Watkins, District 90 District 80 District 50 Wife of Elliott, Jim Arden (dec) 02-02-11 01-08-11 11-03-10 02-09-11 03-05-11

Meetings & Announcements May 2011 | 29 Health News Members respond to health-care changes, Preventive Care Program The information is out. If you’re a California member (active need to take the time to read about it and see or retired) enrolled in the Comprehensive Medical Plan, you what’s going on first.” have received a letter in the mail and the information in last The 2011 annual Plan deductible ($500 for month’s Engineers News about our health-care Plan changes. single participants; $1,500 for families) will be There is a lot of information to review. It’s not always easy reduced by $200 each for members and their to understand it all, so please call the Trust Fund Office at (800) spouses who use the program. While this is 251-5014, if you have any questions. a great financial deal, it is also a great way While change can be hard, some active Operating Engineers to detect health problems early, before they Jose Ocampo is Health and Welfare members are hopeful that the Preventive become more serious (or expensive!). getting all the Care Program’s health-screening benefit (part of the Plan The following comments were made from information he can changes) will improve their long-term health. The screening a few anonymous members who went through about the program before signing up. offers almost 20 health tests, ranging from body-fat composition the screening: to a cardiovascular fitness test. When all “You would never get all of these tests done on your own.” – the results are tallied, members receive a District 80 member one-on-one health consultation and a booklet “The doctor really took his time with me when I asked him with their health information. some questions I had.” – District 60 member Eight-year member Michael Gaza thinks “I haven’t even heard of some of the tests they did; it was the program will be a good incentive for him very thorough.” – District 20 member to get healthier. “It [the program] is a good “My numbers weren’t as good as I thought they would be, but thing. I want to get more into fitness, and I now I know what they are, and the doctor told me things I can Eight-year member can do it now that I have more time with less do to get healthier.” – District 04 member Michael Gaza looks work hours.” “I was pretty impressed. They tell you exactly where you forward to utilizing the Preventive Care When asked what he thought about the stand.” – District 01 member Program benefit. new program, member Jose Ocampo said: “I

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Once you go through the Preventive Care Program, Assuming you have already paid the annual deductible: how is the $200 deducted? You go to the doctor (a Contract Provider) and receive The $200 is credited to the participant’s deductible as soon services that cost $100. In line with the new Plan changes, as he or she goes through the program, which became effective you will be responsible for about $10 of that bill. For every Jan. 1, 2011. visit in the future that costs $100, you will continue to pay $10 until you reach the new out-of-pocket limit ($5,000 for What if you have already paid your deductible individuals; $15,000 for families). Once you reach the limit, you will no longer have to pay for covered services, as the for 2011? Plan will cover nearly 100 percent of the costs. The $200 credit will be rolled forward for use in 2012. Remember: If you are not sick and do not need treatment, none of these increases will affect you. Can my children also receive the $200 credit if they participate in the Preventive Care Program? Operating Engineers are often frugal. For instance, the Swap Shop page of the Engineers News is one of the most popular No. The program is only open to active members and their sections of the paper, as members are given what some may spouses in the Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Trust consider “bargain” prices for used items. While health-care Fund. services are certainly not considered secondhand, they can be “shopped around” for with just as much diligence. Other questions participants had dealt with the out-of-pocket Retiree Russell Pierzina understands firsthand the importance limit increase and its relation to the deductible. of doing this. After injuring his left knee in a These terms are confusing. motorcycle accident in 1965, he had his kneecap The deductible is the up-front cost members removed in an invasive procedure that caused are responsible for before the 90-10 Plan comes much pain to him later in life. Eventually, the pain into effect. The out-of-pocket limit is the limited and arthritis that set into his knee could no longer amount you pay each year. Single participants be ignored. For his next knee surgery, he and his are responsible for paying a $500 deductible. wife, Joyce, took their time interviewing doctors After this responsibility is met, the Plan pays and hospitals to find the right fit for the procedure and our health-care Plan. The surgery took only about 90 percent of covered costs for each doctor Joyce and Russell Pierzina shopped visit or other medical treatment (when Contract around for the best hospital and 45 minutes, and Pierzina was out the same day. Providers are used) until the out-of-pocket limit doctor for Russell’s knee surgery. Several months later, he is happy with the results of $5,000 is met. Therefore, a single participant and pleased with the excellent coverage of our could pay a maximum cost of $5,500 during a calendar year. For Health and Welfare Plan. families, the deductible is $1,500 and the out-of-pocket limit is To compare prices for your own medical needs visit $15,000. www.demo.anthem.com/abcbs/memberdemoacc/index.html. Stay tuned for more notes from the field about health care. 30 | Engineers News FOR SALE: 25-foot Bayliner all skivs and dies ½ to 2 inch 6, 1930-1940 Gilbert & FOR SALE: 302A John Deere Swap Shop ads are offered free of charge to members in Saratoga Chevy V8 with elect cutoff saw and elect Barker visible self-measuring Tractor. Bucket in front, good standing for the sale or Volvo-Penta outdrive. Trim power head for screw together gas pump. Needs work. $1,200 hydraulic tilt on scraper and trade of personal items and/ tabs, ship-to-shore power, fittings. $2,500 for all. (559) OBO. (916) 687-6626. Reg# rippers, safety cab; set up for or real estate. Please notify ship-to-shore radio, depth 269-2513. Reg# 1136255. 2434282. backhoe; has reconditioned the office if your item has finder, lighted compass, FOR SALE: 2003 30-foot FOR SALE: LV 80 2005 New heads, heavy-duty pump been sold. Business-related built-in battery chargers and Wellcraft Martinique boat with Holland skip loader Tractor for backhoe, new valves, offerings are not eligible twin batteries, anchor wench. 2007 Nextrial trailer. Clean. Full, loaded, closed, cab, air injectors, diesel fuel pump, for inclusion in Swap Shop. Has cabin with stove, ice Excellent condition. 2X10 conditioner, 4-in-1 bucket, booster pump and starter, Engineers News reserves the box; table makes into bed. swim deck. White with black two hydraulic tilt scraper and good tires. $14,500. 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Visit antique bottles and buying Custom vinyl skirting and H.R.C., trials tires, aluminum Complete. Near new condition. www.MarysMauiCondo.com old matchbook collections removable storm windows. bars, new paint, new seat, fox $200. (530) 827-3142. Reg# or call (707) 480-4121. Reg# and casino chips. Will give Hitch included. Owned since shocks. Custom aluminum 2077229. 0782777. operators free appraisals new. $5,000 firm. (775) skid plate, custom exhaust 738-2886. Reg# 1968167. FOR SALE: Rare rifle: FOR SALE: Condo in Maui, 2 on antique bottles. (707) with super trap. $1,500. (408) Remington model “B” 722 bd/2 ba. Ready to move in or 542-6438. Reg# 1025301. FOR SALE: 2005 30-foot 848-6031. Reg# 1117488. in 257 roberts caliber in use as a vacation rental. Comes FOR SALE: Practically new Weekend Warrior toy hauler. FOR SALE: Custom-built excellent condition with dies furnished. Ocean-front unit. 35-foot Gooseneck flatbed Separate bedroom with queen cruiser bicycle. New and brass. $825 OBO. Will (707) 747-6727 or vpd412@ trailer. Includes 7,000 watt bed. Tub and shower. AM/FM/ aluminum wheels, wide tires shoot ¼ inch. (208) 734-5540. aol.com. Reg# 0782777. generator. Dovetail, winch, CD player. AC. Microwave. 24-inch X 3.0, orange with Queen bunk with two Reg# 1121987. FOR SALE: 15 treed acres on dually on each side, hauled almond scallops, flat track couches. Very clean. Awning FOR SALE: More than 150 a knoll, easy access, utilities up to 37,000 pounds, 2 bars, stubby rear fender, new and RV cover. Fuel station. copies of True West, Frontier close by, five minutes to Priest heavy-duty Dexter axles. seat. $450. (408) 848-6031. $17,500. (707) 528-9782. Times, Old West and Bad River, Idaho. $115,000. (208) $13,000. Contact Vic at (530) Reg# 1117488. Reg# 1661097. Man. magazines from 1962 to 255-6933. Reg# 2004942. 923-4878. Reg# 1276105. FOR SALE: 1984 BMW 533I FOR SALE: Pistol, Mark II 1978. Good condition; some WANTED: Horse-drawn farm WANTED: Shotguns, rifles, Burgundy. Excellent body Long R. 22 CA. Made by new. $1 each. Also: Hollywood equipment. Also looking for pistols, ammo and reloading condition and leather seats. Ruger. Excellent. $300. (510) Machine shop metallic Winchester mod. 92s, 53s and equipment from one to a Also, like new in the trunk. 895-6543. Reg# 0915793. cartridge reloading press; all Model 65. (775) 754-6232. whole collection. (559) Five-speed standard shift. steel. Will take standard shell Reg# 2559905. 351-6615. Reg# 2123273. FOR SALE: 1988 Mercedes Good tires. Good gas mileage. holders. Like new. $100 and FOR SALE: New backhoe 420 SEL. Needs a little work. $5,000 firm. (707) 843-4506. FOR SALE: OTC 55-ton press, freight. (208) 734-5540. Reg# tires. Two Goodyear front Has fuel problem, but does Reg# 1392504. 1121987. model# 1847: $3,200 – half run. Nice looking car. $1,500. the cost of new. Also: OTC tires 10 ply, size 12.5/80-18: FOR SALE: 1989 18-foot Also: 1954 Oldsmobile 88. FOR SALE: 1988 Prowler engine-hoist, 4,400-pound $550 pair. Two Firestone rear Sunbird ski boat. Open Fixer-upper. $3,000. (209) Lynx 24-foot 5th wheel. capacity, model# 1820 tires 10 ply, size 19.51-24, bough. V6 Chevy engine. King 339-8049. Reg# 2292849. Clean inside and out. $3,000. (foldable): $2,700 – half the $500 each. (209) 786-2736. Cobra package. Runs great. Also: 1981 1100 Goldwing cost of new. Also: Sioux valve Reg# 1144803. WANTED: 1985 or 1986 Excellent condition. Low Honda motorcycle. New tires; and seat grinder, model# FOR SALE: Beautiful F250 4X2 XLT Lariat Diesel hours. $6,500 OBO. (209) recent tune-up. $1,000. Also: 645, straight driver/stones/ 2,430-square-foot home or 1990-1991 F250 Diesel 795-6569 or (209) 404-5083. 1966 Horizon 15-foot VHaul guides/dressing tool: $1,200 on five acres. Open floor 4X2. (775) 754-6232. Reg# Reg# 1040650. ski boat. 85 hp. Johnson OBO. (707) 391-7495. Reg# plan. Large master suite 2559905. FOR SALE: 2005 Harley outboard with trailer included. 1967861. with private deck. Amazing FOR SALE: 1989 Yamaha Softail Deuce. Custom paint. $1,000. (530) 288-1102. Reg# FOR SALE: Excellent kitchen. Pond with waterfall. BigBear 4X4 ATV 350cc. Chrome package. 1,700 miles. 2707216. condition yellow 1978 Honda Shop/garage 30x36. Fantastic Runs good. Need carb rebuilt. $13,000. Will trade for toy FOR SALE: Hyd. hose press Trail 90. 369 original miles, views. Whitmore, Calif. $2,500 (408) 857-3145 or hauler. (530) 889-1081. Reg# Imperial Eastman Kwik Krimp dual gas tanks, chrome rack. $459,900. (530) 472-1934. [email protected]. Reg# 2487022. #2 with elect hyd. power pak $2,500. Also: Antique model Reg# 1142983. 2571285.

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Becoming energy efficient is a big deal, so it only makes sense that when the California Department of General Services’ printing plant made the move in late March, the job required one of the biggest hydraulic cranes on the West Coast. Maxim Crane’s Liebherr 1400 500-ton hydraulic crane was used to hoist evaporative-cooling units onto the roof of the Sacramento plant. These new energy-efficient units are designed to use water evaporation instead of a more costly refrigeration system.

Mike Dickson hoists a 30,000-pound Justin Bozzo and Crane Operator Matt Dunlap use a From left: Tobin Vannier, Dave Ahart and Scott cooling unit over power lines with 90-ton Linkbelt to unload a section of the Liebherr’s jib. Miller help set up the jib. 161 feet of luffing jib.