Fall 2015 Vol. 3 Issue 3 THE LATEST ON UNITED PIPING INC. ACTIVITIES 12 acre Water Acquisition pond constructed, filled with water from the Line 2B Hydrotest Red River to be used for the hydrostat- Over the course of the summer and extend- Hydrotest ic testing of Line 2B. ing into this fall/winter UPI has performed a The Line 2B hydrotest is complete! Over major hydrotest on Enbridge’s Line 2B. This 90,000 man hours have gone into this test encompassed three varying phases of project without so much as a band aid. work: Hydrotest, Water Acquisition, and WELL DONE!! UPI crews worked around Water Treatment. the clock for just over 2 weeks to complete IN THIS ISSUE The Hydrotest phase includes the prepa- the hydrotest. Testing was officially com- ration of test sites and pump stations (325 pleted on Saturday, September 26th, with WORDS FROM BOB P2 pipeline miles to hydrostatically test) and the line returning to service later that same restoration of the sites. The Water Acqui- day. Months of planning and preparation NEW EMPLOYEES P3 sition consists of the construction of a 12 culminated in the test, which spanned a acre pond filled with water diverted from total of 18 days from the time the first pig EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION P3 the adjacent Red River in order to be used was launched in Gretna on September 9th until the final test was completed and water SAFETY CORNER P4 for the test. The Water Treatment phase involves capturing the test water, treating movement began into Superior Terminal SUPPORTING PIPELINES P6 it, and releasing it back into a natural water on September 26th. Now the next phase Part 3: Why UPI supports national and source. (Read more about each phase of this begins. We currently have 85 sites that are regional pipeline efforts, specifically project below.) in need of coating/backfilling/flange clamps regarding their impact on the country, by or a combination of all of these items. We Bob Schoneberger We would like to give out a big THANK currently have 14 crews spread out across YOU to everyone who was involved in mak- 3 states including ND, MN, and WI. This is CHARITABLE GIVING P9 ing the outage a success; without TEAM- going to be a big undertaking in order to get this completed by freeze up as the frosty COOKING WITH JERRY P11 WORK this would have been an impossible task! mornings have already begun. SAVE THE DATES P12 continued page 5 Words From Bob New Employees Employee Recognition: Young Gun PM’s Shop Happenings By Eva Meierhoff By Bob Schoneberger, President By Mel Olson By Eva Meierhoff Lucie Stein-Cartford Justin Nos Ian Hassenstab Lucie Stein-Cartford was hired in Justin attended the University of Minnesota – Ian joined UPI in May 2011 as a Mechanical The fabrication shop in Duluth is ergy Transfer, Plains All-American, Buckeye September as a project manager. She Duluth for Mechanical Engineering and started Engineering Intern. Right out of the gate he working on the following items for Partners, Enbridge and TransCanada to name was here for a brief time last fall as an internship at UPI in May 2012. At the close began working on estimating and bidding jobs. STEP: a few are steady. part of APi Group’s Leadership Devel- of his internship in December 2012, Justin Soon he transitioned to the Tank Farm to assist opment Program, and she went on to • Scope B Manifold 227 tie- All of our work in MI is going well too. The transitioned into the role of Project Engineer. Nate Rickard with a project where he learned spend time with six other APi Group in spools “Bailers” have teamed up to own the State In this role, he assisted with many projects. more about working in the field. In May 2013 companies throughout the year. Before on MI work and are really setting a high bar At the start of STEP 102 Justin was offered Ian took on the role of Project Engineer and that she served four years in the U.S. • Scope B Manifold 229 of timeliness, quality, and their own “BD” a Project Manager position. He has spent the worked on various jobs. In April 2014 Ian Marine Corps as a Supply Officer and west end tie-in spools Department! Mackinaw Station and the majority of his time on this project since taking was asked to move into a Project Manager was stationed at Camp Pendleton in Eastern Access work keeps on going and it the PM role and has excelled. As a “young position, and happily agreed. Since then he has • Scope D Tank 21 below- San Diego, California. Lucie grew up in looks like the demolition work for several gun” Project Manager Justin has shone, even successfully managed many high profile and ground tie-in spools the Twin Cities and is very happy to be Fall is in the air and year-end budgets need stations in lower MI are going to carry us with a highly complex and challenging project challenging projects. As a “young gun” Project back in Minnesota after her time out to be drained – it is busy. The marquis (the Bailers) through the winter months and as his introduction to project management. Manager Ian shows exemplary people skills, The shop has also started to west. Lucie is very excited to tackle project for the fall is over the hump: Line 2B possibly into spring too. There’s no doubt that Justin’s successes come a very high concern for effectiveness, and receive materials and are prepping the challenges pipeline work pres- Hydrotest. Last week the final section in the from his ability to assess the needs of a situ- financial performance. Some of the qualities for fabrication for the Enbridge ents, and she encourages anyone she 330 miles plus line (in-service) hydro-test As for progress on STEP 2 – that behemoth ation and get to work on problem solving and that have helped his fast advancement are his Marysville job. hasn’t met yet to stop by and say hi. was completed successfully all in less than of a job is still clicking along very nicely. finding answers to questions. Justin’s dedica- optimism, enthusiasm, and commitment to Welcome back, Lucie! two weeks….. Not without a few leaks that Recently completed the hydro-test of the tion to his work is at the highest level and has seeing his tasks through. needed to be repaired, though. In any event, 225 manifold area - the last “big one” left Brent Straub been proven time and again. it was completed within the original time to do! Right now we are about 270 welds On a personal note, Ian is quite the outdoor Brent Straub will be coming on board frame planned for and that is an achieve- away from mechanical completion. Start the When Justin finds himself with some free enthusiast. His activities of choice include hik- at UPI as the Business Development ment. UPI’s General Contractor role account- clock! time he makes the most of it! He enjoys ice ing, biking, camping, and his personal favorite, Manager. The business development ed for about 110,000 man-hours of incredibly fishing and working on his family farm. Justin snowboarding. Ian, along with his wife Nicole, team will be responsible for securing safe and hard work and our subs nearly an- Over all, this year’s Safety performance has has come a long way in developing his palate have been known to go on the road chasing project opportunities by developing other 40,000 man-hours for a total of around been very good (not perfect). We are at last for food. Justin has been witnessed straying snow storms across the country in an effort to long-lasting relationships with key 150,00 man-hours burned in just under three year’s total man-hour mark as of the end of from his “tried and true” cheeseburger order at find the premier conditions for snowboarding. clients. Business development is very months start to finish without as much as a September and that speaks to the amount of lunch and going as far as the Bear Creek Pasta much a team effort, and they will be hang-nail! Congrats to all involved. work that we’ve had. One OSHA Recordable from the Superior, WI Grizzly’s! to date and that is great – and leaves room looking to field personnel as well as Everything else is looking rosy too. We’ve to improve too. We are approaching another project teams to help build on the missed a few projects that we were hopeful incredible milestone around the end of the success UPI has already started. Brent MP 396 – Illinois on but the bidding activity is still very strong year. Not to jinx it – I will hold off on any comes to UPI from working with our sister companies in the APi Group The first phase of work at MP 396 and we are actively looking at work for 2016 more until then. With that, please be safe on Enbridge’s Line 6A was tricky and even some for 2017. Proposals for En- and keep your co-workers safe too! since 2010. He spent some time in Greg Juntunen cutting pipe to be the US Marine Corps prior to earning to say the least. The job involved fabricated. a Bachelor of Science degree from the removing casing and assessing pipe University of Minnesota and an MBA in the middle of HWY 64, one of the from Western Governors University.