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rebar - Ironworkers

JUNE/JUly 2012
REBAR:
Raising
the Bar for
Reinforcing
Steel
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President’s
Page
Changes in the
Reinforcing Steel Industry
O
ne thing is evident from this
month’s feature of our work in the
reinforcing steel industry; it is changing and growing as we begin to emerge
from the construction depression of the
last three years. Engineers are finding new applications as technology increases the capabilities of pre-cast and
poured in place construction with reinforcing steel and pre or post-tensioned
cables at the heart of its strength.
Just as methods of construction
must advance and re-invent themselves to stay viable in today’s marketplace, we must also stay abreast of the
latest developments in order to remain
walter wise
competitive and at the forefront of the
General President
reinforcing steel industry. The input
from our contractor and industry partners through IMPACT, the National
Association of Reinforcing Steel Contractors (NARSC), the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) with its
Installers Interest
Group (IIG), the
Post Tensioning In... and now we have a platform to
stitute (PTI), and
show the value and competitiveness
our own Department of Reinforcof the union model of safety, skill,
ing with the Local
Union Reinforcing
and productivity; to provide more
Advisory Board,
opportunities for our members; and
and our members,
is vital to the future
to continue the fight for a better
of the Iron Workers
Union. Our comstandard of living.
bined strength as
stakeholders within the industry is evident as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently issued a Request for
Information to begin the process for the
first new regulations governing the safe
installation of reinforcing steel and tensioned cables since 1974. (See Executive
Director of Safety Steve Rank’s article.)
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But we, also, cannot ignore changes
that take place in our industry and how
it affects our own business model as the
supplier and representative of skilled
ironworkers. Recognizing the changes and
the need to address market conditions is
never easy. Change is not easy, but as the
old adage states; “If you don’t like change,
you are going to hate extinction.”
To make gains in the marketplace—
to double our market share—will require
that we identify threats to existing markets and move quickly to counter, organize, or eliminate our competition. History has aptly demonstrated the result if
we do not respond. In many areas of the
country, we had all but abandoned our
reinforcing steel work, but have shown
that it can be recovered. In the past seven years, the regional Local Unions 846
(Lakeland, Fla.) and 847 (Phoenix) have
recouped over eight million man-hours,
grown to 1,100 members, and stand
poised to make even greater gains as the
economy improves. It took a drastic step
to reestablish ourselves in those areas,
and now we have a platform to show the
value and competitiveness of the union
model of safety, skill, and productivity; to
provide more opportunities for our members; and to continue the fight for a better standard of living.
The one constant is that to gain market share you must take market share
from our competitors or convert them to
signatory partners. We have the tools to
do that through our members’ commitment to safety and quality, the marketing of our value through IMPACT, and
our dedication to organizing the unorganized. We have proven it can be done,
and with your help it will be done.
Thank you for helping to build our
great union.
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On the Cover
Pacific Coast Steel leads in the way
in reinforcing steel, as our members
continue to be dedicated to safety and
craftsmanship.
EDITOR: Scott Malley, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006
ASSISTANT TO ThE EDITOR : Nancy Folks
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Local 416 is Building
Orange County
The journeymen and apprentices of Local 416 (Los
Angeles) are building the Coastline Community CollegeNewport Beach Learning Center, in Newport Beach, Calif.
Hailing itself as the first LEED-platinum facility in the
golden state, it has approximately 122,000 square feet
of space and a green roof overlooking the Pacific Ocean/
Newport Beach. The unique thing about the building is
all the vertical elements (except elevator core) lean seven
degrees, for the full height of the building, 45 feet tall,
about five and a half feet out of plumb.
Pacific Coast Steel, Local 416 ironworkers placed
approximately 1,500 tons, in foundation, walls, and decks.
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TTC Job North Tunnel from
New Finch West Station
Local 721 (Toronto, Ontario)
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The project had challenges with the
lean, all the wall openings, boundary elements, and the long laps at
the intersections and bracing of
the columns to have the right lean.
Pacific Coast Steel was able to meet
the schedule with the help from
Foremen Antonio Hernandez, Mike
Marshall, journeymen Saul Ponce,
Saul Lizalde, Valentin Castelan,
Benjimin Medina, apprentice Ramiro
Vasquez, and General Foreman Ron
Dominguez. The project is being done
on time and under budget thanks to
everyone’s hard work!
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Pacific Coast Steel
Places Rebar for New
Public Safety Building
In November 2009, more than 65 percent of Salt Lake
City voters approved a $125 million general obligation
bond to fund the construction of a new public safety
building. The facility, which includes a new emergency
operations center, will serve Salt Lake City residents,
visitors, and businesses, and better meet the needs of
Utah’s capital.
The building includes four levels of office space
above grade, two levels of secure parking garage below
grade, and comprises approximately 172,000 square
foot of program area with an additional 143,000 square
foot of secured parking. The public safety building will
house Salt Lake City’s police, fire, and emergency operations departments. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker
commented, “We are excited to begin the process of construction of the public safety buildings. I promise that
this construction process will be transparent and efficient. It will be on time, on budget, and a beautiful green
building that this city can be proud of.”
Pacific Coast Steel (PCS) began placing rebar for the
project in September of 2011 with the scheduled concrete
completion date set at September of 2012. By this date,
PCS will have placed over 6,000,000 pounds of reinforcing steel with over a third of this weight placed in the
base slab, which consisted of a three foot thick mat with
#11’s at 16 inches on center each way, top and bottom.
According to Frank Sutera, regional operations manager
for PCS and 30-year union contractor, the rebar in this
mat was installed with “record production.” The Rocky
Mountain region of PCS performs work in the states
of Utah, Idaho and Montana. PCS currently employs
approximately 75 ironworkers from Locals 14 (Spokane,
Wash.), 27 (Salt Lake City), 29 (Portland, Ore.), 118
(Sacramento), 416 (Los Angeles), 732 (Pocatello, Idaho),
and 847 (Phoenix).
Dave Madsen, a 21-year ironworker from Local 27,
is in charge of the job, which employs 8–10 ironworkers from Local 847. To date, the project is injury and
incident free.
Jimmy “James” Hall, Matt Diterlizzi,
Tony Whitaker, Troy Killion, Jeremy
Holt, and Bill Madsen.
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Veterans Way Public
Housing (Tempe, Ariz.)
Local 847 (Phoenix)
19 floors post-tensioned deck
Marcus Spencer, Ronnie Clalson, Luis
Gonzalez, Angel DelCastillo, David Gault,
Felipe Arispe, and Rodolfo Herrera.
Mega Project for
AGF Steel
The new Highway 30 on Montreal’s South Shore is
finally being built.
The skills and knowledge of ironworkers have
again been put to good use as the project presents
many challenges, such as a tight schedule including winter work, and the crossing of several rivers,
a navigation canal, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway
connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
At its peak during summer 2011, there were 190
reinforcing ironworkers working on site from Local
711 (Montreal, Quebec), Local 842 (St. John, New
Brunswick), and Local 7 (Boston).
In total, 42,000 metric tons of reinforcing steel will
be used to complete the project. Both day and night
shifts were used and are still being used.
Serge Gendron, engineer and owner of AGF Steel,
assigned his son Maxime, also an engineer, to supervise the project. Maxime was assisted by four other
engineers and four superintendents.
Mr. Gendron said AGF received full cooperation
from Local Union 711’s officers and members, and he
is grateful to all those who participated in making
the project a success.
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ContraCtor: JD Steel
General foreman: Dave Gault
foreman: Rodolfo Herrera
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Eli Broad Center
Local 416 (Los Angeles)
ContraCtor: Harris Rebar
foreman: Bill Fueglein
Steward: Vidal Zambrano
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Local 847 (Phoenix)
Contractor Pacific
Coast Steel Knows
How to Get It Done
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omy by keeping people, goods and services moving
while the bridge was being constructed.” Dean Ottley,
project coordinator for PCS, was involved in the 2001
I-15 expansion and agreed. “This project seems to be
less confusing with fewer closures.” The Sam White
Bridge was UDOT’s 23rd ABC bridge move which is
nearly double the number of ABC bridges than all
other states combined.
Kyle “Pinky” Carothers, a 35-year Local 27 union
ironworker and project superintendent for PCS,
responded when asked about his biggest challenge,
“Logistics. With 59 bridges spread out over 24 miles,
just getting the right people and the right material to
the right location all on time can be very challenging.”
To date PCS has not had a lost-time injury on this
project while working in excess of 25 men per day.
Front row: Frank Sutera, regional operations manager; Kyle
”Pinky” Carothers, Local 27; Jimmy Hall, Local 847; Lennie
Solis, Local 847; Floyd Poe, Local 847; Colby Sorensen, Local
847; Kevin Francom, Local 27; Ronnie Allen Jr., Local 847;
Jared Bradley, Local 847; Scott Simonsen, Local 847; and Mike
Smith, Local 847. Back row: Joseph Bargas, Local 847; Casey
Rowley, Local 847; Angel Carrasquillo, Local 847; Eddie Cross,
Local 118; Jason Rogers, Local 847; Matt Poe, Local 29; Jeff
Gay, Local 27; Travis Bennett, Local 847, and Ron ”Chief”
Charley, Local 27.
For the Rocky Mountain region of Pacific Coast Steel,
placement of reinforcing steel in bridges has become as
easy as ABC as evidenced by the record setting completion of the Sam White Bridge in American Fork, Utah,
on March 26, 2011. The Sam White Bridge is just one
of the 59 new, rebuilt or modified bridges that makes
up the Utah Department of Transportations (UDOT)
I-15 Corridor Expansion, known as the I-15 CORE.
The $1.725 billion three-year project is UDOT’s largest
to date and involves 24.3 miles of construction in Utah
County from Lehi to Spanish Fork, Utah.
Pacific Coast Steel (PCS) began placing rebar for
the project in June of 2010 with the scheduled concrete completion date set at June of 2012. By this
date, PCS will have placed over 20,000,000 pounds
of reinforcing steel while expending nearly 80,000
man-hours. Approximately 120,000 cubic yards of
structural concrete will be poured along with over
3,000,000 cubic yards of asphalt paving. “It’s so
great to see Pacific Coast Steel be a major part of
the largest bridge expansion in Utah’s history,” says
Frank Sutera, regional operations manager for PCS
and 30-year union contractor. The Rocky Mountain
region of PCS performs work in the states of Utah,
Idaho and Montana. PCS currently employs approximately 75 ironworkers from Locals 14 (Spokane,
Wash.), 27 (Salt Lake City), 29 (Portland, Ore.), 118
(Sacramento), 416 (Los Angeles), 732 (Pocatello,
Idaho), and 847 (Phoenix).
The Sam White Bridge was built utilizing the
ABC (Accelerated Bridge Construction) method. The
354-foot, 3.8 million-pound structure was built in
an adjacent “bridge farm,” hoisted 21 feet in the air,
and moved 500 feet across eight freeway lanes before
being placed onto support columns already constructed over I-15. The entire two-span structure was
moved using two sets of SPMT’s (self-propelled modular transporters), which are hydraulic jacks on wheels
all controlled by a single joystick. The Sam White is
the third of six ABC bridges that will be completed
by PCS, and is the longest two-span bridge moved in
the Western Hemisphere. “Building the bridge using
Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) eliminated
the need for as many as ten full freeway closures,”
Dal Hawks, I15 CORE project director, said, “This
reduced traffic delays and benefited the state’s econ-
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Harris Rebar
Local 97 (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Bayshore Rebar on the Job
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Dan Smith, Fred Gentile, Harry
Staley, Nick Merlino, Marco Merlino,
Steve Gelsleichter (steward), Joe Merlino, Jeff Childs, and Joe Platania.
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Fred Gentile, foreman; Nick Merlino,
superintendant; Marco Merlino,
foreman; Mike Bozutto; Tim Shubert;
Will Pauls, business manager, Local
350 (Atlantic City, N.J.); Harry Staley,
foreman; Steve Gelsleichter, steward;
Jorge Maldonado; Villiam Lemalu;
Rene Solano; Dan Smith; Rich
Decicco; and Ray Phillips, business
agent, Local 350.
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North America’s
First Fully Digital Hospital
Built by Local 721
Local 721 (Toronto, Ontario) reinforcing ironworkers are at
work for Harris Rebar on the new Humber River Regional
Hospital. Local 721 members are placing between 12,000 and
15,000 metric tons of rebar on the project.
Forty-two reinforcing ironworkers are working on the new
1.7 million-square-foot hospital. Four tower cranes are up,
and by summertime, eight cranes will be spread over the
30-acre site. The crew is expected to grow to over 60, and
ironworkers have placed over 1,200 tons in raft slabs.
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Pacific Coast Steel
Reinforcing Work
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Mayo Clinic Proton Therapy
Cancer Center
(Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Local 847 (Phoenix)
JD Steel Company, Inc., is building the caissons for the first phase of
the Mayo Clinic Proton Therapy Cancer Center in Scottsdale, Ariz. Mayo
Clinic’s plans call for constructing a 100,000-square-foot building to
house the proton therapy equipment needed for four treatment rooms.
The equipment includes a cyclotron and a mammoth 100-ton, three-story
motorized machine called a gantry. During the building phase of the $180
million project, a total of 500 construction jobs will be created. When fully
operational, the proton beam program will employ more than 250 new
staff members, including physicians as well as physicists. Proton technology affords doctors superior control and placement of the beams, which
can penetrate deep into the body and release the maximum amount of
energy closer to the tumor while limiting exposure of healthy cells.
The project involves building 220ea caissons ranging from 3 to 8 foot
in diameter and 20 to 80 feet long. The larger caissons have 36ea #11’s
and are in excess of 12,000 lbs. each. Lawrence Young, a member of Local
29 (Portland, Ore.), is the general foreman and his foreman is Local 847
(Phoenix) member Jesus Mosquedo. Dave Robles, field superintendent
for JD Steel and 29-year rodbuster commented, “It’s nice to be involved
with a project like this that has the opportunity to save so many lives.”
Mayo Clinic estimates it will treat about 1,200 patients each year after
its Arizona proton center opens in late 2014 or early 2015.
It is important to point out that this project was originally slated to
be awarded to a non-union company. The International’s Organizing
Department got involved and was able to turn this around resulting in
the project being awarded to a Local 847 signatory contractor. Local 847
sends sincere thanks to Bernie Evers and his entire team for all their
efforts on the project.
Front row: Miguel Angel Salazar, Calexis
Lopez, Pablo Gutierrez, and Arturo
Quezada. Second row: Lawrence Young,
Lauro Mata, Brian Toledo, Angel Mendez,
Margarito Solis, Jesus Mosquedo, and
David Lopez.
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Arizona State University
Downtown Student
Housing (Phoenix)
Two buildings, each nine floors of
post-tensioned deck
General Foreman: Gonzalo Lozano
Foremen: Martin Canales, Gregorio Hernandez
Front: Alan Robles. Back row: Gonzalo Lozano, Lennie
Benally, Gregorio Hernandez, Jose Aguero, Juan Canales,
Victor Canales, Martin Canales, Jesus Sanchez, Jesus
Saldivar, Myron Tom, Robert Gaither, and Miguel Garcia.
Arizona State University
School of Business
(Tempe, Ariz.)
Local 847 (Phoenix)
Five floors of radius
post-tensioned deck
General Foreman: Erwin Antillon
Foreman: Rene Davila
Front row: Saul Herrada, Rene Davila, Jerome Richard,
Uriel Meza, Jerry Johnson, and Erwin Antillon. Second row:
McDaniel Yazzie, Braulio Hernandez, Marcus Spencer, and
Russell Medina.
Optima Condominiums
(Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Local 847 (Phoenix)
Seven floors of
post-tensioned deck
General Foreman: Manual Montano
Foremen: Rudy Santillano, Mike Harrison
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Local 847 (Phoenix)
Raul Saldana, Paul Ramirez, Rodolfo Santillano,
Ernesto Ortiz, Alejandro Hernandez, Vicente Robles,
and Luis Guerrero. Not pictured: Manual Montano
and Mike Harrison.
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Cedars Sinai
ContraCtor: Pacific Coast Steel
foreman: Ronnie Dominguez
Steward: Tony Hernandez
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The Shores at Marina
ContraCtor: CMC Rebar
Foreman: Eric Vargas
Steward: Pedro Zelaya
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Mile High Rodbusters
Installs Reinforcing
for 400MW Wind Farm
Bottom mat crew: Brad Garcia, Joel
Flores, Moises Soliz, Jamie Loya, Jose
Chavez, Omar Vasquez, and Constanino Tula.
Top mat crew: Jose Castillo Jr., Elias Castillo, Davis Castillo, Brad Garcia, Abimael
Villarreal, Beradino Arriaga, and Jose
Castillo Sr.
Pedestal crew: Miguel Vasquez, Jorge
Tula V, Luis Renteria, Cerilio Obregon,
Jesus Nino, Jose Guajardo, and Brad Garcia.
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Mile High Rodbusters, a Denver-based Local 847 (Phoenix) contractor, is
placing 12,000 tons of rebar in the foundations for the Los Vientos Wind
Farm in Lyford, Texas. The wind farm, to be sited on 30,000 acres of leased
land, will be capable of generating enough electricity to power approximately
60,000 homes. Duke Energy Renewables will build, own, and operate the
400-megawatt (MW) Los Vientos I Windpower Project in Willacy County,
approximately 120 miles south of Corpus Christi and 20 miles inland from
the Gulf of Mexico.
Duke Energy Renewables, part of Duke Energy’s Commercial Businesses,
is a leader in developing innovative wind and solar energy solutions for
customers throughout the United States. The company’s growing portfolio
of commercial renewable assets includes nine wind farms and four solar
farms in operation in five states, totaling approximately 1,000 megawatts
in electric-generating capacity.
The Los Vientos project involves Mile High Rodbusters placing approximately 140,000 lbs. of rebar in each of the 171 foundations. Each foundation
is 6’6” thick and consists of a bottom mat of #11’s at 6” OC each way and
a top mat of #9’s at 6” OC each way. In addition, each foundation contains
approximately 750 cubic yards of concrete. The schedule calls for three
foundations to be completed each day, which translates to 420,000 lbs. of
rebar placed, and 2,250 cubic yards of concrete poured every day, six days a
week, in order to achieve commercial operation by December 2012.
Wanzek Construction, a MasTec, Inc. company, is the general contractor
for the project and has been in operation since 1971. Wanzek’s dedicated
wind teams have installed more than 3,300 MW of wind generation capacity across the country for some of the biggest names in the industry.
Mile High Rodbusters was started in 2008 and owned by third generation
ironworker Brad Garcia. His father and project manager on Los Vientos,
Bob Garcia Sr., who started his ironworking career in 1973, described the
project as “challenging.” “Any project that calls for the placing company to
install 10-11 truckloads of rebar every day is challenging and compounded
by the fact that the project is spread out over 76 square miles.”
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DEPARTMENT of REINFORCING IRONWORKERS
Daniel S. Parker
T
he Department of Reinforcing Ironworkers
and Advisory Committee continues efforts to
support and help create/implement standards to
improve safety performance in our industry.
Steven Rank, executive director of safety and
health for the Iron Workers International gave us
the following update on the industry coalition urging the support of OSHA for negotiated rulemaking
for the development of new safety standards and
regulations to address specific workplace hazards
in the reinforcing and post-tensioning industry:
“The International Association and IMPACT are
pleased that our persistence to pursue new safety
standards for reinforcing steel and post-tensioning
activities has paid off. On March 28, 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued
a Request for Information https://s3.amazonaws.
com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/201207510.pdf (RFI) that seeks comments on how to
prevent injuries and deaths from reinforcing concrete activities in construction. OSHA will use the
comments received to learn more about how workers get injured and what solutions exist to prevent
injury and death, including possible regulatory action. Our members face potentially life-threatening
hazards including impalement, collapsed walls,
and slips, trips, and falls. OSHA data indicate that
more than 30 workers died while performing these
activities from 2000–2009.
“Our pursuit of new safety standards to protect
our members was initiated by our general officers
and representatives from IMPACT in a meeting
with agency officials in 2010. Safety hazards relating to reinforcing steel and post-tensioning operations were brought to OSHA’s attention and a petition submitted by the International Association
of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing
Iron Workers and IMPACT. The petition included
an Industry Coalition of Stakeholders consisting of
the Iron Workers International, IMPACT, National
Association of Reinforcing Steel Contractors, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Post Tensioning
Institute, Western Steel Council, Department of Reinforcing Ironworkers Advisory Committee, and the
Center for Construction Research and Training.
“After many meetings with agency officials and
support letters from district councils, local unions, and
contractors, the agency finally agreed that new standards for reinforcing steel and post-tensioning activi-
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ties were warranted and
included this in the agency’s regulatory agenda.”
Concrete
Reinforcing Steel
Institute (CRSI)
At the CRSI Spring
Technical Meeting held
in March 2012, the Engineering Practice Committee established the
CRSI Safety Committee.
Lyle Sieg, executive vice
president of safety for Harris Steel Group Inc. is
the chairman for the committee, and I was appointed co-chair for the Placing Safety Action Group.
Placing concerns for the committee include:
❚ Fall protection and vertical work
❚ Excavation
❚ New/proposed OSHA regulations
❚ Training
❚ Safety culture
Also, at the CRSI Placing Reinforcing Bars
meeting, the committee established a task group
to review the Canadian and Spanish version of
the revised CRSI Placing Reinforcing Bars book.
Gaetan Sigouin, Reinforcing Advisory Committee
member and FST/business manager of Local 765
(Ottawa, Ontario), is part of the task group assigned to review the Canadian version.
National Association of Reinforcing
Steel Contractors (NARSC)
I attended a NARSC meeting with General
President Walter W. Wise. At this meeting, we
met with Fred H. Codding, executive director
of NARSC and James Ayersman, president of
NARSC and owner of Genesis Steel Services, Inc.
NARSC works to strengthen the industry that
keeps concrete reinforcement safe, cost-effective,
and versatile. The International Association of
Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing
Iron Workers and its local unions have partnered
with NARSC since 1969 with the goal of promoting
union reinforcing in the industry. We would like to
see more reinforcing union contractors join NARSC.
If you would like more information on NARSC,
please see their website at www.narsc.com.
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APPRENTICESHIP DEPARTMENT REPORT
Lee Worley
Rebar Welding Certification
A
s the 28th annual
ironworker instructors training program
nears, I’m looking forward
to greeting the participants
who signed up for a course
being offered for the very
first time—Rebar Welding
Certification. As the training coordinator for Local
29 (Portland, Ore.) for 13
years, I’ve seen new weld
procedures in the structural field grow and grow.
What really surprised me a few years back, though,
is the number of calls I received from rebar contractors who were awarded a job requiring rebar
welding certification. A large number of remodels or seismic upgrades were taking place in the
Northwest, and many included projects needing an
ironworker with rebar welding certifications. After
meeting with contractors and receiving a copy of
their weld procedure, I realized the importance of
having a qualified rodman who can not only read
blueprints and install iron, but also weld on rebar
when required. Since then, rebar welding has been
introduced to all apprentice and journeymen welding classes, and many of our members have successfully completed and passed the qualification
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test. Many of the welding procedures for rebar can
be found in the Quality Assurance Manual available to our training centers that are accredited
testing facilities.
In Ann Arbor, Mich. in July, those enrolled in this
new course will cover the latest techniques for the
welding of rebar applications. The classroom and
hands-on instruction will focus on AWS D1.4 recommendations for SMAW welding; structural details,
workmanship, techniques, electrodes, and inspection. Participants will receive an AWS D1.4 code
book and have an opportunity to complete a welder
qualification test. Certification will be based on successful completion of the weld test examination.
In the future, the National Training Fund will
introduce flux core arc welding (FCAW) to the rebar welding course, and also a blueprint reading
course for coordinators and instructors who teach
reinforcing at their local. At the various meetings
and conventions I’ve attended in the last year, all
future construction reports look similar: Over 60%
of all new construction will be associated with
rebar and post-tension applications. Many highrises today are being built with concrete, and it
is important our members are trained and ready
when future projects break ground!
For information on welding procedures or
training please call the National Fund office.
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SAFETY and HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT
Steve Rank
Preventing IMPALEMENT
One of the Deadly Dozen Hazards
I
n January of 2012, the Safety and Health Department launched several new initiatives
designed to “target the deadly dozen hazardous
activities that lead to fatalities and disabling
injuries.” The focus of this article is to highlight
some of the job site impalement hazards that commonly occur during the reinforcing steel and steel
erection process. Fatality and incident reports obtained from the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) and the International Association revealed impalement as one of the deadly dozen hazards. Following are illustrations of
common impalement hazards our members must
recognize and prevent in the workplace. As part of
our 2012 Zero Fatality Campaign, remember, “You
See Something…You Say Something.” Ironworkers must never work over or near unprotected
protruding dowels.
Avoid Unprotected Rebar Dowels
The photograph
on the right illustrates a double
row of footing dowels that have been
properly covered
to help prevent impalement hazards.
In preparation for pouring concrete in footings,
piers, slabs, grade beams, and other sub-surface
supports, jobsite conditions are often uneven and
create slip hazards. When carrying and placing reinforcing steel bars over or near rebar projections,
the exposed projections must be covered with appropriate materials to prevent impalement. Following is the applicable Federal OSHA standard
pertaining to the guarding of reinforcing dowels.
It should be noted that project contract documents
or state-approved OSHA plans may contain more
stringent safety standards pertaining to impalement hazards and employer requirements.
Federal OSHA 1926.701(b) - “protruding
reinforcing steel shall be guarded to eliminate the
hazard of impalement.”
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Evaluating
Protective Covers—
Take a Closer Look
Not all protective covers
used for rebar covers are design to prevent impalement
and must be evaluated prior to use. In the photograph
below and to the right, the
ironworker superintendent
inspects the plastic rebar
covers that are sometimes
called “mushroom caps.”
These caps are not intended
or manufactured to protect
workers from impalement,
but rather incidental cuts
and scrapes. It is important
to inspect all protective covers to ensure that they have
been designed to provide
impalement protective.
There are protective caps designed to prevent
impalement, and they will usually be flat on top,
and be fabricated with steel plates inside the
covering. This will prevent the rebar dowel from
penetrating the protective cover. The photograph
below and to the right, clearly illustrates the difference between an approved impalement cover
with a steel plate and the “mushroom cap.” The
metal plate is easily seen from the bottom of the
cover. Prior to working over or near protruding rebar dowels,
ironworkers must
verify that approved
impalement covers
have been provided.
Using Wooden Troughs
as Protective Covers
Wooden troughs can be an effective method to
provide impalement protection. The photograph
on the top left of the following page illustrates a
double row of wall dowels that have been properly
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SAFETY
SAFETY and
and HEALTH
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT REPORT
REPORT continued
Steve Rank
covered with wooden troughs to prevent impalement
hazards. However,
the wooden troughs
must be designed
and tested under
the direction of a
qualified person to ensure that impalement protection has been documented. The use of wood
or metal troughs to cover protruding dowels is a
quick and easy method of eliminating the exposure to dowel impalement.
Precautions for Working Over
Dowel Covers
Prior to accessing curtain wall steel, all impalement covers must be installed on the protruding rebar dowels. The photograph below and
to the left illustrates a row of wall dowels that
have been properly protected by impalements
covers. The manufactures of various types protective dowel covers may have a maximum height
at which work can be performed above them. In
some cases, the manufacture will identify the
maximum fall distance
on the top of the protective cover. Additionally,
some state approved
OSHA plans may contain more stringent
standards pertaining
to the design and maximum fall distances for
employees working
over dowels covers.
Impalement Hazards from
Other Projections
Impalement hazards
are not limited to protruding rebar, but other types of projections
commonly found on job
sites. The photograph
on the right illustrates
a potential impalement
hazard from the vertical angle iron used for
a cable guardrail system. Angle iron and other
vertical projects on the job site may not be suitable for protective covers. However, they can
present an impalement hazard to ironworkers
working above them. In this photograph, the
angle iron posts are directly beneath the field
beam where ironworkers move point to point.
Special attention must be given to job site conditions and work activities that are being performed above any type of projection that creates
an impalement hazard.
The “2012 Zero Fatality” campaign will challenge all members to “intervene and prevent unsafe conditions and unsafe acts” in the workplace.
Impalement hazards created by protruding rebar and other similar projections are one of the
“deadly dozen hazards” that has contributed to
fatalities and disabling injuries. This campaign
will include hard-hat stickers and gang-box stickers for training facilities and local unions. I will
continue to work closely with district councils, local unions, and IMPACT regional advisory boards
throughout the United States and Canada to promote the “2012 Zero Fatality.”
August Feature Issue:
“Material Handling, Hoisting and Rigging”
Targeting One of the Deadly Dozen Hazards
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SAFETY and
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT REPORT
CANADIAN
REPORT
2012
Steve
Rank
By
Darrell
LaBoucan
Impact Supports Canadian Activities
T
he Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) continues
to support a variety of Canadian activities.
Foreman Training
Ironworkers at Vale Inco’s commercial nickel
processing facility in Long Harbour, Newfoundland are placing seven thousand tons of reinforcing steel. The rebar work is being done by crews
under the supervision of ironworker foremen. Once
rebar is placed, other ironworker foremen and their
crews will continue the construction process.
To help ensure our employers have the crew
leadership required to meet project safety and
construction requirements, IMPACT recently conducted a foreman training course in St. John’s,
Newfoundland. Working with Local 764 Business
Manager Tom Woodford and Training Coordinator Larry Hawco, IMPACT’s Director of Education
and Training Rick Sullivan, and Local 721 (Toronto, Ontario) Apprenticeship Coordinator Clint
Knowlton, conducted the foreman training course
for 22 participants representing a number of local
contractors.
David Clark, Industrial Relations and Human
Resource Consultant for Vale Inco, spoke to the
course participants focusing on the ironworker
leadership required for Long Harbour and other
upcoming construction projects. Clark commented, “The ironworker’s constant professional improvement with a focus on leadership development for foremen will help ensure quality work is
done on the jobsite.”
Foreman Training for Ironworkers is a three-day
course designed by IMPACT to help develop skilled
ironworker foremen. During this highly interactive
course, the participants learn the roles and respon-
Foreman training course participants.
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sibilities of the foreman.
In addition, they learn
how to create an effective work team, communicate effectively, apply
problem-solving skills,
document and maintain
records, maintain labormanagement relations,
plan and schedule work,
implement a safety program, and ensure the
quality of work.
When asked about
the course, one of the
participants responded, “This course opens up
your mind to the things that a foreman has to face
every day.” Another said, “This course should be
mandatory for all journeymen.”
Superintendent Training for
Ironworkers
IMPACT recently pilot tested a new course entitled Superintendent Training for Ironworkers.
Several Canadians participated in the pilot course
and plans are underway to bring this exciting new
course to various locations across Canada.
This is a blended-learning course involving
self-study and completion of online exercises.
Those completing the self-study component may
be sponsored to attend a three-day training course.
This group-based course will focus on technical
Fred Woodford, Local 764 (St. John’s, Newfoundland) business agent;
Larry Hawco, Local 764 training coordinator and president; Jacques
Dubois, district council president; David Clark, industrial relations
and human resource consultant for Vale Inco; Tom Woodford, Local
764 business manager; and Darrell LaBoucan, executive director of
Canadian Affairs and eighth general vice president.
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CANADIAN REPORT continued
and personnel issues faced by ironworker superintendents.
work. They also learn how to design and implement shop training programs.
Supervisor Training for Shop
Ironworkers
Marketing Seminar
In April, IMPACT and the National Training
Fund conducted a pilot course of the new Supervisor Training for Shop Ironworkers course.
About half of the course participants were from
various shop locals and employers from Canada.
This course will be conducted in Canada sometime in the coming months.
Supervisor Training for Shop Ironworkers
is a 24-hour course designed to develop skilled
ironworker supervisors. During the course, the
participants learn the roles and responsibilities
of the supervisor. In addition, they learn how to
create an effective work team, communicate effectively, apply problem-solving skills, document
and maintain records, maintain labor-management relations, plan and schedule work, implement a safety program, and ensure the quality of
IMPACT has developed an interactive marketing seminar designed to prepare business managers to market the ironworkers to contractors and
owners effectively.
During this full-day seminar, the participants learn to identify who is responsible for
marketing. They also learn how to describe the
ironworker brand, identify customer needs,
identify what the ironworkers stand for, address customer concerns and objections, satisfy
customer needs, contact a customer to make
an appointment, meet with a customer, and to
close the deal.
Plans are being made to conduct several of
these seminars across Canada.
We will continue to work with IMPACT to ensure that their products and services are made
available to our members and contractors.
Rebar placed by ironworkers at the Long Harbour site.
Ironworkers preparing a building foundation at Long Harbour site.
Ironworker signaling a crane to lift rebar for placement at Long
Harbour site.
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DAVIS-BACON/PREVAILING WAGE REPORT
as provided through IMPACT
Chris Burger, Wage Compliance Administrator
Reinforcing DOL Enforcement of our Classification
“W
hat enforcement?” “Besides, it helps the
non-union worker get our wage, meanwhile they skim that to come in low …” This is
some of the talk you might hear in the rebar industry when discussing prevailing wage.
There’s an element of truth in such claims. Out
of all ironworkers, the union rodbuster ranks have
felt the attacks on the very integrity of the trade.
But on DOL enforcement: Consider some facts.
Last year, the Wage & Hour Division’s budget (just
part of the total DOL outlay) was an estimated
$244 million. That’s an increase of almost $20 million in one year, with greatly restored staffing for
investigations, reversing decades of neglect.
And the end result? The number of incoming
Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor
complaints concerning Davis-Bacon violators has
quadrupled since 2008.
This doubles the number of completed cases
and increasing enforcement hours by six times
since ’08. New debarments that prevent sham contractors from bidding on public work quadrupled
when you compare 2008 to 2011, according to DOL
statistics. How does this square with “there is no
enforcement?” This turnaround is a clear response
to the GAO’s critical report in 2009 that rightly
showed how the DOL was dropping the ball on enforcement.
But are we doing all we can to make sure a
good slice of these enforcement cases are for the
ironworker? The rebar sector has been relatively
quiet compared to what I hear in calls from locals
focused on the structural side and other trades.
The downside of throwing up your hands about a
system we’ve supported for decades is that others
will be happy to fill the void.
Successful structural ironworker cases against
non-union cheaters have been underway in such
labor-strongholds like Louisiana and Alabama.
That’s a testimony to the DOL doubling-down on
this issue on their own, and when presented with
key information from our locals and contractors
working with this office. I re-invite rebar contrac-
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tors and locals to start here. Together, our strategy
will unify our call for a crackdown on rebar wage
violations.
As for the Davis-Bacon Act itself, let’s not forget
it was not (as some argue) designed to protect labor unions, but to broadly support local contractors
vs. fly-by-night operators from low-wage regions. It
was a trade-off that stabilized labor relations away
from industrial strife on public works. It’s had bipartisan support for over 80 years. While a true
Wild West free market would cause many to flock
our way for higher wages and benefits, you might
also say “be careful what you wish for” as certainly
many areas of the nation have seen wage setting
as a net positive.
It’s hard to deny the quiet assault on DavisBacon since the Reagan Administration came up
with a machinery that serves as a rate classification and wage shredder, with many a wage sheet
having no reinforcing ironworker (or other trades).
(Projects without the rodman listed still do have to
pay a rate via the conformance procedure.)
The way the Davis-Bacon law has been administered even under friendly administrations has not
reversed the trend of posting rock-bottom rates.
Some have taken to calling it “the balkanization
of the trades” on prevailing wage determinations,
with every trade carved down to a task or two. All
of this we continue to fight head on.
In the last decade, we saw our leadership take
painful, but necessary steps to bring back the thendeclining union reinforcing contractor base. Then,
we worked with our brothers and sisters in labor
to fight for a new president and an administration
not shy about supporting labor unions, OSHA or
the re-energized WHD as it tries to restore DavisBacon enforcement. But, as Frank Sinatra might
have sung, “I want to be a part of it.” If rebar wage
violators run rampant, let’s start talking projects,
violations and specifics. Call me. Let’s re-double
our efforts to show we won’t stand for lax standards and believe a level playing field is a worthy
public policy.
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IMPACT Gears Up
To Launch All-New Superintendent Training For
Ironworkers Course in Fall 2012
I
MPACT and the National Training Fund will soon
❚ Managing the job site
be publishing the new Superintendent Training for
❚ Managing safety
Ironworkers manual and conducting a blended learning
❚ Demonstrating effective communication skills
course based on the manual. The goal of this training ini❚ Closing out a project
tiative is to develop ironworker superintendents to meet
❚ Describing basic construction finance
the needs of our contractors and local unions.
❚ Describing basic construction law
During this blended learning course (combination of
self-study, online exercises, and group-based training),
In May of this year, a pilot course was conducted to
the participants will learn the roles and responsibilities
finalize the training manual content, test the online exof the superintendent as well as how to manercises, and finalize the design of the groupage project schedules, information, people, the
based course. The new training manual and
job site and safety. Participants will also learn
online learning exercises will be available in
communication skills, how to close out a projearly September.
ect, and basic construction finance and law.
How to Enroll in the Course
This course is designed for ironworkers
Ironworkers interested in enrolling in the
who have completed the Foreman Training
self-study course will need to contact their local
course or have experience as a foreman, genapprenticeship coordinator in early September.
eral foreman, or superintendent. Individuals
The coordinator will order the manual from the
interested who have not completed the ForeApprenticeship Department’s online bookstore.
man Training course are encouraged to do so
The ironworker (depending on local union polibefore beginning this course.
cy) will then pay for the manual.
There are two levels to this new course. Superintendent training for
The coordinator will enroll the ironworker
The first level of training is available to all ironworkers.
in the Superintendent Training for Ironworkironworkers and contractors. This level coners course using the Apprenticeship Tracking System. The
sists of self-study and the completion of online exercises
ironworker (who must have an e-mail address) will then rethrough the Iron Workers new Online Learning Center.
ceive an e-mail with instructions for how to access the online
Those completing level one (and who are then sponlearning center to work on the online exercises. After comsored by their local union or employer) may attend the
pleting the reading of the manual and online exercises, the
level two training, which is a three-day, group-based
ironworker will be able to print a certificate of completion.
course. This group-based course will be offered in variContractors interested in having their ironworker foreous locations in the U.S. and Canada. Courses may also
men, general foremen, and superintendents participate
be offered at the request of IMPACT Regional Advisory
in this course have two options. They can visit the IMBoards (RABs), if there is a need in a specific area.
PACT website at www.impact-net.org to register and
All course participants will be required to complete the
purchase the manual. They can also refer their foremen,
level one training (reading the manual and completing the
general foremen, and superintendents to their local union
online exercises) before attending the group-based course.
apprenticeship coordinator.
Individuals (often through their sponsors) attending the
We are confident that this new blended learning
group-based course are responsible for all travel costs.
course will help develop
The content of this new
skilled superintendents almanual includes informalowing more ironworkers
tion on:
to assume leadership posi❚ The roles and responsitions with our contractors.
bilities of the ironworker
For more information on the
superintendent
Superintendent Training for
❚ Managing project schedIronworkers, contact IMules
PACT or the Apprenticeship
❚ Managing information
and Training Department.
❚ Managing people
Ironworkers online learning center.
Online exercise.
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Ironworker Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Ironworker’s Poem
(The Eternal Project)
By William Wahlsteen, Local 361 (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Finding the way, and making the move,
that sets the iron to ease,
The character, poise, and strength of the heart,
makes others weak in the knees,
It’s much more than pride, yet it’s taken in stride,
as the workers take to the air,
to fill in the sky, and awaken the eye,
to that which had never been there.
In all of mankind, it’s so hard to find, a job so pure to the soul,
where all of the strain, is everyone’s gain,
and completeness is everyone’s goal.
Maybe a hospital, maybe a school,
perhaps it’s a church we must build,
It’s not just the jobs, but the grace that is God’s,
that continues as the buildings are filled.
To Us—”Top of the Food Chain”
By Ricky “Van Halen” Johnson, Local 378 (Oakland, Calif.)
It’s never the same
The sites they always change
Each and every day
Building up, the good of USA
Topping off, now in sight
Hangin’ irons for the bold
Keep it cool and check your pride
Cause I’m a cowboyOn a steel horse, high rise
Contractors love me,
Cause I’m takin it to the sky
Contractors love me,
All my crew goes home alive
(Acknowledgement to Bon Jovi)
My Father’s Hands
By Zach Payne, son of Myron Payne, Local 27 (Salt Lake City)
When I see his hands
I see skyscrapers & bridges
I see I-beams & cranes
I see steel forged by fire
I see oil & dirt
I see black soot that makes his spit black
black as night
I don’t see the asbestos fibers in his lungs
but it’s there
I see swollen joints, marred with arthritis
I see scars & burns
I see mornings when these hands refuse to close
I feel the frostbite of extreme winters
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hands that try to find warmth in frozen gloves
I feel blistered shoulders burnt by the sun & rebar
In his hands
I see a generation of hands
worker-hands
hands that have built these cities
In my father’s hands
I see a brotherhood
I see tenderness
I see sacrifice
My father’s hands
have wielded, tied rebar, bolted up buildings
but most importantly, they have built a family
forged by LOVE
Untitled
By Eileen Walt, wife of deceased member Perry Walt,
Local 97 (Vancouver, British Columbia)
I’d like to write my feelings down
And say what’s on my mind
About these iron working men
The rough and ready kind.
I married one and learned the ropes
When I became his wife
And traveled with him on the job
In his construction life.
I learned to live in different towns
And it was really fun
To cook and mend and clean for him
While he got his work done.
I got to know the funny words
That they use all day long
Spud wrenches, bolts and big snatch blocks
And things like “come-a-long.”
These guys act tough and hard as nails
They love to curse and swear
But underneath it all you’ll find
They’re just big teddy bears.
You’ll notice that when they’re at work
They spend a lot of time
Discussing all the girls they know
All sizes, shapes and kinds.
But when they’re out with their best girl
On some romantic night
They sit and talk about the job
On their construction site.
They are a most peculiar bunch
You must agree to that
A very special type of guy
A different “breed of cat.”
So, if you fall in love with one
Just do the best you can
You’ll love him ‘til the day you die
Your ironworking man.
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Ironworker Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
No Rain Outs Up Here
The Road of Gold
By Frank Berry, Local 361 (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
By Amber Bone, daughter-in-law of George Bone, Local 492
(Nashville, Tenn.)
As my time comes near
I feel a hand come thru the skies
And when my spirit comes thru the clouds
I see my father, brother, uncle, grandfather.
The first thing I hear
There are no rain outs up here.
So as I climb the columns to my point
I hear a familiar voice
I turn my head to see my brother with a smile on his face
He says, “There are no rain outs up here.”
Family Tradition (Ironworkers)
By Terrie Rogers, daughter, wife, and mother of ironworkers
Iron and steel reach for the sky
Men on the ground stand eagerly by
Who are these men dressed in denim and blue
They’re our family of ironworkers proud and true
Coy Vandall, Steve Rogers and Jason Rogers too
All proud to be ironworkers and part of a crew
A feel for the work proudly passed down
Until God takes them home and gives them their crown.
When the job is topped out and they hang their flag
They walk away proud, yet humbled and brag
All members of Iron Workers Local 397
Two on our earth and one is in heaven!
Tribute
to a Dad
For Daryl Maggio Sr.,
Local 16
(Baltimore, Md.)
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The road he walked when he was little
Was made of dirt and gravel and stone
He vowed to make a better future
And never walk the path alone.
The road he traveled along the way
Was met with twists and turns.
But his two sons Chad and Larry
Gave him that extra fire to burn.
He walked the iron and erected buildings of steel
He built the bridges we travel today.
The road we all travel along now
Is an ironworker’s day of pay.
His hardhat is retired and his hard work a story told
The road he travels now and forever is made purely of gold.
Down the Road
By John Newman, Local 86 (Seattle)
Raising iron, that’s our claim to fame,
Ironworker, that’s our name.
I worked on lots of jobs, some not so big, some not so small,
Whatever the job, I always took the call.
You can readily spot us, we stand out in a crowd.
We probably wouldn’t admit it, but we’re awfully damn proud.
Wearing hickory shirts, Levi jeans, and Redwing boots;
More or less, you could say, our business suits.
I worked in raising gangs with guys named Lefty, Blacky,
and Pete,
A more work-wise bunch you’d find hard to beat.
Some hooking on, some connecting, some bolting up,
Some dragging, decking, and some just dragging up.
I worked on a one day shot in Southern California in a little
place called Fontana
To a one-year job on the missile sites in Montana.
From a box girder bridge in the hot July Barstow sun
To a cold, rainy Astoria town, bridging the mighty
Columbia River
Where it makes its wide, final run.
From high rise in downtown L.A.
To a floating bridge out Seattle way.
From the second powerhouse at Bonneville dam
To a paper mill in Bellingham.
Fearless, tireless, not one of them afraid,
They really were masters of their trade.
They could heat, sheet, beat, weld, or tie.
They loved it most when they are hanging iron in the sky.
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Monthly report of lifetime Honorary Members
Lifetime Honorary members are published in the magazine according to the application approval date. Members previously
classified as Old Age or Disability Pensioners that were converted to Lifetime Honorary membership effective January 1,
2007, will not be reprinted in the magazine.
MARCH 2012
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7
7
8
8
8
12
15
17
21
22
25
25
25
25
25
29
29
33
37
40
40
40
CaPOrale, FraNCis J
GOMeZ, MartiN s
MallO, rOBert r
rYGiewiCZ, rOBert s
rYs, MattHew r
seYBOlD, williaM C
BlaZier, DONalD r
CONwaY, williaM t
KearNs, lYNN K
KestNer, JOsePH C
laNDer, williaM w
strOUPe, DaViD w
twOGUNs, ViCtOr C
BUrGess, warreN B
COrCOraN, tHOMas F
FellOws, GeralD e
GaraVaNiaN, aVeDis G
JeNKiNs, walter C
lONDerGaN, eDwarD P
lOUGHliN, JOHN M
trUDel, riCHarD w
BrillOwsKi, PaUl K
Derr, JaMes l
Halter, DaViD r
MClaUGHliN, JOHN D
PiCarD, PaUl r
reVaY, stePHeN r
PeterseN, sCOtt C
JOrDaN, DeNNis J
CHiVas, rOBert B
COllier, KeitH V
elDreDGe, rOBert w
reNZe, BarrY r
taYlOr, KeNNetH J
MC NeiCe, larrY w
MOwrY, DaNiel F
liNeHaN, JOHN M
BaCON, JaMes M
BarriOs, JUaN V
Hill, rOBert F
HOrCH, JaMes J
44
63
63
63
67
67
75
75
79
79
86
92
97
97
97
97
103
103
118
118
118
155
229
272
272
373
377
377
384
387
393
395
396
396
397
401
416
417
424
424
433
JOHNsON, rONalD l
aNsier, MiCHael F
MiCHeliNi, williaM J
PriDeMOre, JOHN e
alitZ, JeFFreY M
JONes, JOHN w
BOONe, terrY l
NiGHteNHelser, DaViD l
wHeDBee, aUBreY r
wiNeKeN, rONNie
HUsKiNsON, DON w
lOVeCHiO, JOHN
PartON, VerNON r
seatON, eDwarD
stewart, JOsePH C
YarGeaU, MelViN D
CrOwleY, CHris
ralPH, JOHN D
MaC KaY, GarY B
MatlOCK, steVeN a
sPeNCe, terrY l
MaNFreDi, JaMes a
HarsCH, williaM M
KaDaNe, rOBert C
wallaCe, JOsePH H
GODwiN, rOBert s
DawsON, williaM l
GUZMaN, JOse
aDKiNs, CartUs l
Bell, JerrY H
GOlDsBerrY, larrY r
sCHwartZ, CHarles s
BeesON, CHarles w
JeFFersON, FreD e
BUtler, williaM r
steNN, JaMes H
MUsHaNeY, riCHarD
BeNNett, BrUCe
BeaCH, waYNe H
wrOBel, tiMOtHY J
FOGartY, GilBert
433
433
433
482
483
512
512
568
577
580
580
623
623
625
704
720
720
720
720
720
721
721
721
721
721
721
721
721
721
736
736
736
765
765
769
769
771
786
786
842
PaGe, eDMUND J
stePHeN, JaMes a
sZaBO, iMre
rOss, DONalD
DeViNe, KeViN
CarPeNter, terrY F
VOiGt, lON
tasKer, Darrel l
MC Gaw, JerrY M
eDwarDs, CraiG
PaNDer, KeitH G
aiKeNs, rUDY
st rOMaiN, JaMes r
tOYaMa, GarY M
JaCKsON, HerBert D
BlaKeMaN, riCHarD D
Farris, rOGer P
GUaPO, JOse
HOlt, HeNrY
wHite, rOBert C
aUGer, ViCtOr
BerGerON, Gilles r
eMslie, JOHN
JONes, lerOY
NiCOlOPOUlOs, Bill
QUatriNi, GiUsePPe
rOssO, ViNCeNZO
traCeY, JaCK
welliNGtON, rUPert
KaZieNKO, alBert
MaCKeiGaN, stUart D
OUleVeY, alFreD H
laDOUCeUr, rOGer
MatHer, DUaNe
BrYaN, PHilliP M
terrell, KeNNY
BUrGess, willaiM s
aDair, saMUel B
leClair, riCHarD
POirier, Pierre
“IRONWORKERS’ JOB LINE”
Number 877- 884 - 4766 (877- 884 - IRON)
or visit www .ironworkers .org to find out which locals need workers, type of work, and who to contact .
JUNe/JUlY 2012
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APPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR MARCH 2012
L.U.
No.
Member
Number
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
10
12
12
16
16
17
17
17
21
22
22
22
25
25
25
25
27
28
28
29
37
40
44
55
578218
793661
1019757
405972
416642
937549
695703
416647
945119
633708
837829
1419546
490308
1069728
1423248
472711
411229
437026
405009
965585
254217
754082
605192
477435
864667
1278172
550450
885724
655299
770881
1153682
609905
851346
630026
754987
1405817
886038
726700
Name
COLEMAN, LAURENCE P.
HALIK, ROBERT W.
HOLEC, GUY
MC ILRATH, GEORGE W.
HARRIGER, WINFIELD S.
HINES, DENNIS E.
ZUENDEL, RAYMOND R.
JAMIESON, NORMAN
BROWN, DANIEL J.
DOYLE, GEORGE
MOONEY, JOSEPH M.
NAPOLITANO, PETER
NOSEWORTHY, JOHN E.
RICHARD, MICHAEL A.
ROSS, MITCHELL L.
LOMONACO, DOMINICK A.
ROSE, STANLEY B.
BROWN, RICHARD R.
FERRARE, MITCHEL J.
LLOYD, ROBERT
PETZKE, ALBERT A.
SZABO, DENNIS
CAHILL, JAMES B.
GRANT, HUGH A.
SHAFFNER, GERALD D.
TERRY, WILLIAM D.
BYERS, WILLARD R.
JOHNSON, GARY R.
JUROCKO, MICHAEL
SIEGEL, IVAN G.
KAY, KENT D.
BAKER, WILLIE E.
OLIVER, LEWIS W.
CRAWFORD, CHARLES L.
BOISVERT, ALBERT F.
MC GRATH, JAMES P.
TREMPER, CHARLES D.
MAIRE, ROBERT J.
Claim
Number
Amount
101860
101861
101920
101947
101921
101948
101862
101898
101949
101922
101950
101863
101923
101864
101951
101865
101866
101867
101952
101953
101924
101899
101868
101925
101954
101869
101926
101927
101928
101929
101900
101930
101870
101901
101931
101871
101872
101955
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
800.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
500.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
1,750.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
1,750.00
1,150.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
58S
67
68
70
86
86
97
111
112
118
118
155
172
201
201
263
301
373
373
373
378
383
387
387
395
395
395
396
401
404
405
405
416
417
433
440
440
444
1395280
515525
459560
822118
163730
724792
583883
830496
863393
601543
1164283
487849
772113
609743
930343
381189
772484
901097
752909
766284
475534
391038
1305238
715311
619356
698205
751422
1023975
398737
863035
360356
1038287
1268442
1180668
497979
370816
459584
408221
ANDRESS, WILLIE
101759
MIX, VERNON H.
101932
ROMMELL, JOSEPH E.
101956
ALVEY, JOHN L.
101873
BACHMAN, EARL D.
101957
FREIWALD, HANS G.
101933
FALK, WILLIAM D.
101943
MEYER, DUANE R.
101934
CRALLEY, CLIFTON E.
101958
BYNUM, TOMMY R.
101902
RAYMOND, RICHARD R. 101935
DUDLEY, JAMES B.
101903
SCOTT, CARL W.
101874
ADAMS, EDWARD L.
101959
HORNE, VIRGIE L.
101875
HALL, FREDDIE M.
101960
HAMMOCK, JAMES E.
101936
BORUP, DOUGLAS A.
101961
CORDER, GEORGE R.
101962
HALIFKO, RICHARD
101937
BOTTORFF, CLAIR F.
101938
CALLAN, JAMES M.
101904
ENGLISH, EDWARD V.
101876
HENSON, HOMER
101877
BACHICH, JOHN R.
101963
ORSINI, OREST R.
101878
PIERCE, RONALD L.
101879
VANDERSON, L R.
101905
HARDING, CHARLES F.
101880
PISARZ, GEORGE
101881
MARINO, JERRY A.
101882
POLKUS, ALPHONSE J.
101883
FERNANDEZ, JOHN
101939
MINTZ, LINDSEY L.
101964
WILLIAMS, WILLIE E.
101906
BRADLEY, PHILIP P.
101907
MONTOUR, THOMAS
101908
ARAMBASICH, MICHAEL J. 101965
1,400.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
1,750.00
1,750.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
1,750.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
1,750.00
1,750.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
444 413783
444 640942
483 846397
489 803844
502 526222
502 378093
502 828469
508 1092740
508 1420452
509 678780
512 277736
512 455594
518 597606
520 241636
527 444479
527 747633
576 1047674
580 181060
580S 661175
584 675340
623 504184
623 224118
623 824896
623 507508
709 1076702
709 457621
720 1305000
720 525294
771 688607
786 757760
786 1382905
790 602386
809 1312249
KUCER, JOHN
SMUTNAK, CYRIL
CRIBIER, RONALD R.
MARZANI, LEON A.
DOERR, HARRY T.
SZALAHOWSKI, JOHN B.
TROXELL, GLENN E.
CASTLE, GLENN D.
WEATHERBY, HOWARD
GULLA, MICHAEL S.
HANSEN, HANS M.
RYSER, JAMES D.
NORED, ANDREW
HUHN, R G.
GUTENPLAN, EMIL
SENAY, GEORGE
BARAN, FRANCIS
URSITTI, LUCIANO
LACARBONARO, LUIGI
VAN BRUNT, CLINTON R.
CORE, MILTON
MIRE, ARNAUD J.
POURCIAU, JAMES D.
WELLBORN, S A.
BENNETT, CHARLES L.
LANIER, HEWLETT W.
HOLKEBOER, DANIEL
JUDGE, DONALD M.
LUTHER, RICHARD S.
COMTOIS, ERNEST
GILBERT, DENIS
MASON, HARRIS E.
HUTCHINS, MARVEN J.
101909
101910
101940
101911
101884
101941
101885
101886
101912
101887
101888
101913
101914
101915
101889
101966
101967
101917
101916
101890
101891
101892
101968
101969
101893
101942
101918
101919
101895
101896
101944
101894
101945
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
800.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
1,750.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
1,750.00
2,000.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
1,150.00
2,000.00
1,750.00
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
TOTAL DEATH BENEFITS PAID:..................223,500.00
DISAPPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR MARCH 2012
66 1422254 LOFTIN, TIMOTHY C. 101897
489 1157572 BRESCIO, MARIO J.
101946
IN ARREARS
SUSPENDED
Name
International Ironworkers Festival | August 10–12, 2012
City
The 2012 International Ironworkers Festival will be held August 12–14 in beautiful Mackinaw City, Michigan. There
is no better time than now to come together as friends and family to celebrate our union. The IronFest is expanding
every year with new vendors and booths from all over North America, displaying the latest in safety and technology
from our field. Come join in the friendly competitions, including the column climb, spud throw, rivet toss, knot tying,
and rod tying. Family can enjoy the many rides and attractions. Come join your brothers and sisters at the 2012
International Ironworkers Festival. For more info go to www.ironfest.com.
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• No m
• Virgi
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• All lis
CUSTOMIZED GIF T ITEMS AND APPAREL CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE
IRONWORKERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION
ALL ITEMS ARE MADE WITH PRIDE IN THE U.S.A .
Leather Varsity Jacket
NEW ITEM
1.
Moisture-Management Polos
Black varsity jacket with top grade
leather sleeves. Two leather trim
slash pockets, two flat covered
pockets, quilt lining and inside
pockets. Ironworkers embroidery
on left chest.
6.
100% polyester polos with accent
striped collar & sleeve embroidery.
Available in black and white.
(M-XL)$32 (2XL)$34 (3XL)$36
(S-XL)$175 (2XL)$190 (3XL)$200
(4XL)$210
NEW ITEM
2.
with 1/4 zip collar and
left sleeve embroidery.
(M-XL)$38 (2XL)$39 (3XL)$41
(4XL)$43
100% cotton washed long sleeve
denim shirt with button-down
collar. Ironworkers “Elvis” logo
embroidery above pocket.
(M-XL)$34 (2XL)$36 (3XL)$38
(4XL)$39
7.
15.
16.
Ironworkers Seal Lapel Pin
Baked enamel Ironworkers seal lapel pin in clear box.
$3.50
Cap
Quilt Lined Vest
17.
Ash Gray T-Shirt
18.
100% cotton 5.4 oz. short sleeve
with pocket. Has 2-location imprint
on front left pocket & full back.
(M-XL)$13 (2XL)$14 (3XL)$15
(4XL)$16
12.
12oz. 100% cotton duck vest
with 2 side pockets and 8 oz.
quilted lining. Ironworkers “Elvis”
logo embroidery on left chest.
(M-XL)$43.50 (2XL)$48 (3XL)$51 (4XL)$54
Two-toned scratch-resistant sapphire
crystal watch. Includes stainless steal,
adjustable band and case, and is
weather resistant to 330 ft.
Men’s/Ladies - $150
“Elvis” Logo
Cotton cap with velcro closure.
Choose from 3 different logos.
(Please list in description) $15
with Ironworkers seal on chest
and “Union Ironworkers” on
left sleeve.
(M-XL)$16 (2XL)$18 (3XL)$20 (4XL)$22
Two-Toned Crystal Watch
“Reel” Logo
“Tools” Logo
11.
Long-Sleeve T-Shirt
Black 100% cotton long-sleeve tee
5.
Money Clip
Ironworkers seal die struck
with antique gold finish.
$16
NEW ITEM
NEW ITEM
4.
5” lockback with leather carrying pouch.
Logo on pouch & engraving on knife handle.
$49
Hooded Sweatshirt
Ash Gray, 12.5 oz. fleece sweatshirt
with hood and side pockets. Full
zip front with 1-color left chest &
full color back imprint.
(M-XL)$45 (2XL)$47 (3XL)$49
(4XL)$51
10.
8.
9.
Denim Shirt
3.
Lockback Knife
14.
OPTIONAL: full color seal embroidery
on back ADD $25
Fleece Pullover
Black fleece pullover
13.
Belt Buckle
Polished brass belt buckle with
Ironworkers logo emblem. 3-3/4”X 2-1/4”
$30
Lightweight Jacket
Black lightweight voyager jacket with
laundered polyester/cotton poplin
outer shell, nylon taffeta lining, and
embroidery on front left chest.
(M-XL)$55 (2XL)$59 (3XL)$61
(4XL)$64
Men’s Rings
Sculpted in solid 10k gold
or jeweler’s alpha metal
with gemstone.
Call for pricing.
19.
20.
Travel Mug
21.
16 oz. dishwasher-safe
travel mug with snap lid
and Ironworkers seal. $8
ORDER FORM
ITEM #
Name
DESCRIPTION
QTY
SIZE
PRICE
AMOUNT
Address
City
State
Phone
Zip
Local #
Send completed form and check to:
Member #
• All orders are shipped UPS surface.
• Please allow 3 weeks for delivery.
• No minimum orders required.
• Virginia residents add 5% state sales tax to Sub-Total.
• Canadian orders may be subject to GST.
• All listed prices are in U.S. funds.
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Make Check or Money Order Payable to: K&R Industries
IW Fulfillment
P.O. Box 220690
Chantilly, Virginia 20153
Questions? Call: (800) 789-0072
Sub-Total
VA Sales Tax
Shipping
TOTAL
Shipping &
Handling:
Under $50 - $9.50
$51 to $100 - $11.50
$101 & Up - $13.50
All Proceeds Benefit the John H. Lyons Sr. Scholarship
tHeFoundation
irONwOrKer
Shop online at www.iwstore.org for access to our clearance items!
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Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006
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