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REBAR: REINFORCING OUR FUTURE
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Our Growing
Reinforcing Jurisdiction
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his issue of The Ironworker highlights
the rebar industry. I felt it appropriate to discuss the International’s ongoing
efforts to organize and maintain our market share in this very important segment
of our jurisdiction. Since 2006, when the
International created the Reinforcing Department, we have made significant gains
in the recovery of lost market share. In
most of our locals, reinforcing accounts for
a significant portion of the man-hours reported to their benefit funds. Some of our
locals are dedicated rebar locals such as
Local 416 in Los Angeles and Local 46L
in New York City, among others. These
locals have done a tremendous job in the
JOSEPH HUNT
past and continue to maintain their marGeneral President
ket share. Even with our successes, there
is still much to be done. That is why I am
writing this column: to inform our members of the state of the rebar industry.
In 2006, shortly after the Reinforcing Department was created, under the innovative
leadership of Steve Parker, a study was undertaken to determine
what our actual rein“ With the leadership from
forcing market share
our Reinforcing Department,
was. We found that in
21 states we had less
our members can rest assured
than 200 union ironworkers engaged in
that our market share in the rebar
reinforcing work. This
industry will continue to grow.”
data was collected
from reports to the
various benefit funds across the country, and
by interviews with the business managers
in the locals found in these states.
These 21 states were predominantly
in the south and mountain west region.
These states were also ALL “right-towork” states. Our traditional organizing
methods were ineffective. Therefore, we
were forced to take a bold new approach to
organizing in these areas. We created Locals 846 and 847 to reclaim our reinforcing jurisdiction in these 21 states. Locals
846 and 847 were initially viewed with
skepticism, and in some cases, outright
anger by our rank and file members.
I am pleased to inform you that our efforts to reclaim our market share through
Locals 846 and 847 have been and continue to be successful. We currently have
over 1000 members engaged in reinforcing in these 21 states. This is down from
1500 members in 2008 prior to the collapse of the economy. Even with the collapse of the economy, this represents a net
increase in man-hours of 500% over the
last four years. Not only are we increasing market share, but we are also extending the union way of life — higher wages,
pension, and health insurance — to many
newly organized construction workers.
Locals 846 and 847 have 45 signatory
contractors. Their members are working
on such large projects as the Savannah
River Nuclear Plant and Vogtle Nuclear
Powerhouse outside of Augusta, Georgia.
These big nuclear powerhouses represent
a very important step in the reclaiming
of our market share. It has been 40 years
since this country has built a new nuclear powerhouse. Nukes are among the
largest of construction projects and require a highly skilled workforce. Having
a trained, safe workforce is essential to
getting our members on these projects.
Without these two locals, the reinforcing
would certainly be installed non-union.
We knew when we undertook this effort that reclaiming our market share
would be a long and bumpy road. And
it certainly has been. Our market share
is still low in these areas, less than 10%
of the rebar installed is placed by union
ironworkers. The wage and benefit package is not yet on par with our other outside locals. So while we are off to a good
start, it is still only a start and much
remains to be done. With the leadership
from our Reinforcing Department, our
members can rest assured that our market share in the rebar industry will continue to grow. I am confident that in the
not too distant future we will once again
control the rebar industry.
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Local 97 on the Port Mann Bridge Project
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General Secretary Walter Wise Presented
NARSC Reinforcing Steel Industry Award
ERIC DEAN
Eighth General Vice President
205 West Grand Avenue, Ste. 101
White Pines Office Center
Bensenville, IL 60106
Tel: (630) 238-1003
Fax: (630) 238-1006
MARVIN RAGSDALE
Ninth General Vice President
3003 Dawn Drive, Ste. 104
Georgetown, TX 78628
Tel: (512) 868-5596
Fax: (512) 868-0823
RONALD C. GLADNEY
General Counsel
Bartley, Goffstein, L.L.C.
4399 Laclede Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Office: (314) 531-1054
Fax: (314) 531-1131
Headquarters Office:
(202) 383-4868
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RICHARD WARD
Third General Vice President
5964 Dayton Boulevard
Chattanooga, TN 37415
Office: (423) 870-1982
Fax: (423) 876-0774
Email: rjw1943@comcast.net
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Local 97 (Vancouver, British Columbia)
reinforcing ironworkers with VSL
Canada are on site of the Port Mann
Bridge project. Local 97 ironworkers
were praised for being well-trained,
dedicated, and hard working.
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EDITOR: Scott Malley, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006
ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR : Nancy Folks
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Canada Agreement Number 40009549.
n 2009, VSL Canada, part of the
Harris Rebar Group, was awarded
the contract to supply and install
50,000 tons of reinforcing steel on
the Port Mann Bridge Project, a new
10-lane crossing over the Fraser
River near Vancouver, British Columbia. Peter Kiewit Sons and Flatiron General Contractors are the
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joint partners in this $3.3 billion
project, which is scheduled for completion in 2012. The total crossing
with approaches is 1 1/4 miles with
the river crossing a three span cable-stay bridge, (623ft/1542ft/623ft)
comprising two separate bridge deck
structures (steel plus pre-cast panels) suspended from single pylons
located between the decks on 272
cables. The tallest pylon is 600 feet
tall. There are 25 major footings,
with the two largest each containing
3,500 tons of rebar.
Local 97 (British Columbia, Vancouver) is the only building trades
union on the job, with over 150 reinforcing ironworkers at the peak
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150,000 pounds each. Additionally,
Alphonse Lavallee and his crew are
busy at the pre-cast yard placing
6,000 tons of rebar for over 1,200 precast rocks. The main bridge tower,
which has so far risen 400 feet from
the river bottom, will soon have 2-10
day continuous pours to top out the
final 200 feet. Over 100,000 mechanical couplers are also being installed
by Local 97’s members.
Other key Local 97 members on
this job include Superintendents Chris
Bradford, Doug Osborn, and Matt Paradis. This project, which is the largest
ever undertaken in British Columbia
by VSL Canada, will replace a 40-yearold bridge that now faces an amazing
13 hours a day of heavy congestion.
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performing more than a ½ million
man-hours of work. These reinforcing
ironworkers are being led by VSL’s
placing manager, long-time Local
97 member Roger Lussier and Ray
Dodsworth, superintendent, also a
long-time Local 97 member. Also vital
on this job is Jim Jacobs, a 40-year
member of Local 97, who has delayed
his retirement to be the superintendent for the many jigs needed for the
pre-fab yard, as well as lending his
considerable experience for the many
heavy lifts needed on this job.
Local 97’s members have been
busy building 350 pile cages, with the
longest cage being 207 feet long and
weighing 160,000 pounds, as well as
18 heavy starter columns weighing
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VSL Canada, which is British
Columbia’s largest rebar placing
company, attributes its success to its
people. “The backbone of this company is its people ... well-trained,
dedicated and hard-working individuals,” says Jim Bromley, B.C. regional manager.
The Port Mann Bridge project,
which will further enhance Vancouver’s role as the ‘Gateway to the Pacific’,
is a landmark project that is allowing
Local 97’s reinforcing ironworkers to
show the world that their craft involves
much more than just humping and tying rebar. “This project has shown that
the work our members perform is intricate and specialized and is helping
to dispel any notions that skill is not
needed to be a rod-buster,” noted Laurence Baker, dispatcher for Local 97.
“This project, and the many other high
profile jobs we have recently complet-
ed for the 2010 Winter Olympics, are
attracting new apprentices to the field,
as these young people come to realize
the satisfaction they can have at seeing their work form the foundation for
so many iconic structures being built
in British Columbia,” concluded Laurence Baker.
Special thanks go to the general
foremen on this job: Alwyn Billings,
Bob Aebig, Ben Anthony, Cliff Axten,
James Brown, Jack Belanger, Dave
Cartwright, Harry Cavanagh, Kevin
Del Puppo, Pete Hayes, Tim Jurgielewicz, Cory McLaughlin, and Renaud
Thiboutot, as well as their excellent
crews of journeymen and apprentices.
All of the pictures which have been
provided to Local 97 since the inception of the project have been taken
by Rob Hudson, a long-time member
of Local 97 and placing manager for
Harris Rebar.
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Access to clean, potable water is an important issue in the drought-prone region of
Southern California, and the region’s water
infrastructure is crucial for the Southland’s
long-term prosperity. Approximately 30
members of Local 416 (Los Angeles) working for Pacific Coast Steel are constructing a water reclamation plant in Fountain
Valley. This critical infrastructure project
will purify an estimated 60 million gallons
of water every day and will replenish and
protect ground water that provides 50 to 70
percent of the water supply for the northern and central areas of Orange County.
With the county’s projected population
growth of another 300,000 to 500,000 people by 2020 and with the rising cost of importing water from the Colorado River and
Northern California, the project is expect-
ed to save the county a significant amount
of money. Currently, the county pays $530
per acre-foot of imported water, versus
$520 per acre-foot of reclaimed water.
Work on the $12 million reinforcing
iron contract began in December of 2007
and is expected to continue for another
18 months. In total, Local 416 members
will lay 7500-8000 ton of rebar on the
project including a total 3800 tons in the
project’s aeration basin—1925 tons of
which are walls—and six clarifiers each
with approximately 350 tons or rebar.
The project has been going smoothly
according PCS General Foreman Gary
Koscielak. “This is the busy phase of
the project. We are laying about 100,000
pounds a day at the moment,” he said.
According to Koscielak, the water
treatment facility has presented several
challenges, but they were easily overcome by the skilled crew.
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fact that the project contains clarifierss
and other round structures. “We havee
straight iron but we have to build round
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walls, that presents us with a challenge
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right there,” Koscielak said.
In addition, Koscielak said that thiss
project doesn’t have the typical repetition
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of elements that occur on high-rise proj-ects that allows crews to become more
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efficient as the project goes on. The lack
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of repetition reduces the margin for thee
contractor, making it even more criticall
that the crew get the job done right thee
first time around.
“On this job, I’ve probably got 16 dif-ferent elements and the crew has to con-stantly learn those new elements. On a
high-rise project where every floor is basi-cally the same, the crew gets faster as thee
project progresses,” Koscielak said. “A com-pany’s efficiency and production costs gett
better when you have typical elements likee
that. Then it’s not typical, you’ve really gott
to get it right the first time or you’re justt
throwing money away by having to come
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back and revisit something.”
According to Koscielak, PCS hass
worked closely with the general contrac-tor, Kiewit Construction, to ensure thatt
the jobsite is particularly tidy. “They alll
about clean-up and keeping the jobsite
clean,” he said. Koscielak is a thirty-year
veteran of the industry. He as some advice
for ironworkers who want to run work
one day: do your homework. “Get plans—
structural drawings—take them home
and study them,” he said. “In my first ten
years running jobs I spent probably two
hours a night studying shop drawings and
another four hours on Sundays doing paperwork and studying. You don’t get this
knowledge just by showing up.”
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Local 416 (Los Angeles) members working
for PCS recently finished a 10-million gallon above-ground, drinking water storage
tank in Nohl Canyon in the City of Anaheim. The Nohl Canyon Water Storage
Tank will help meet customer demand for
water, particularly during the typically hot,
dry, high-demand summer months. It also
will provide emergency storage to help supply water during short-term service interruptions from Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California, meet the high water flows required to fight fires and deliver
water by gravity flow to a wide area in the
event of power outages.
The floor of the tank is being constructed using a bonded slab post-tension
system, said PCS General Foreman Rory
Brill. This design provides the highest
level of structural integrity and reliability. The cables are pulled into tension after the concrete slab is poured and before
it is completely dried. The tension trans-
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it a level of strength that exceeds that of
normal reinforced concrete. In addition
to creating an exceptionally strong structure, this design also provides an inherent resistance to corrosion and structural
deterioration.
The eight-month long project took approximately 500 man-days of work, said
Brill. There was over 1.1 million pounds
of reinforcing steel in the project and 632
post-tensioning cables.
“The crew I had on this job was excellent,” Brill said. “This project really illustrates what skilled ironworkers can do.”
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job at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge
project in Washington, D.C.
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project in Phoenix, Ariz. for the Phoenix Children’s Museum. All of the materia
als and labor were donated from various companies and individuals including JD Steel.
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ssteel. On the job were Crisanta Romero (JD Steel secretary), Steve Barron (LU 847 trainiing instructor), Brian Ellis (JD Steel regional manager), Mike Braun, Joey Tinsley, Abel
Rodriguez, Adam Scoggins, Saul Herrada, Ramon Espinoza, Francisco Aguilar, Cruz SanR
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Total Value:
General Contractor:
Rebar Contractor:
General Foreman:
Reinforcing Steel:
Post-Tensioning Cables:
Manpower:
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General Foreman: Anthony Cruz
Value: $114 million
Reinforcing Steel: 8,300,000 lbs.
Permanent Post-Tensioning Steel: 845,800 lbs.
Temporary Post-Tensioning Steel: 1,500,000 lbs.
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General Secretary Walter Wise Presented
NARSC’s Reinforcing Steel Industry Award
ARSC, founded in 1969, has worked jointly with the
Iron Workers on a multitude of issues over the years.
These include, amongst other things, safety, insurance,
training, work jurisdiction, and market recovery. At its
winter meeting, Walt Wise, general secretary, was presented the NARSC’s Reinforcing Steel Industry Award.
In announcing the award, Fred Codding, NARSC executive director, stated that General Secretary Wise has had
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“a unique experience in that after working in the field,
he served as a business manager, then general organizer, trustee for the National Training Fund and IMPACT,
general vice president, general treasurer, and now general secretary of the Iron Workers International. Among
other industry efforts, he helped develop and teach the
Ironworkers National Training Program’s MSHA course,
which recaptured substantial work on mine sites.”
Steve Parker, director, Ironworker Reinforcing Department; Keith LaPage, president, NARSC, and Whitacre
Engineering Co.; Richard Jordan, Local 17 (Cleveland); Robert Ledwith, Local 46 (New York); Paul Lenkowski, Local
399 (Camden, N.J.); William Livingston, vice president – Labor, NARSC, and Quality Re-Steel, Inc.; Walter Wise,
general secretary, Iron Workers International; Edward Penna, Local 405 (Philadelphia); Fred Codding, executive
director, NARSC; Samuel Malone, Local 405; Michael White, executive director, apprenticeship and training, Iron
Workers International; Joseph Merlino, secretary, NARSC, and Bayshore Rebar, Inc.; Albert Frattali, Iron Worker
fund administrator; Marco Frausto, Local 416 (Los Angeles); and James Ayersman, first vice president, NARSC, and
Genesis Steel Company, Inc.
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DEPARTMENT of REINFORCING IRONWORKERS
Steve Parker
Reinforcing Advisory Committee
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he Department of Reinforcing recently formed
an advisory committee to include representatives
of various local unions. The purpose of the advisory
committee is to solicit input from a team of business
managers so the Department of Reinforcing can formulate recommendations and strategies to address
market conditions, events, and activities affecting the
reinforcing steel and post-tensioning industry.
Advisory Committee members include
the following business managers:
Robert Boskovich, Local Union 1 (Chicago)
Michael Durant, Local Union 7 (Boston)
Tim McCarthy, Local Union 17 (Cleveland, OH)
Jim Hamric, Local Union 25 (Detroit)
Robert Ledwith, Local Union 46 (New York)
Steve Pendergrass, Local Union 86 (Seattle)
Kevin McVeigh, Local Union 201(Washington, DC)
Bill Kelley, Local Union 372 (Cincinnati, OH)
Emilio Rivera, Local Union 378 (Oakland, CA)
Tom McNeil Jr, Local Union 396 (St. Louis, MO)
Sam Malone Jr, Local Union 405 (Philadelphia)
Hart Keeble, Local Union 416 (Los Angeles)
Gaetan Sigouin, Local Union 765 (Ottawa, Ontario)
Luis Quintana, Local Union 846 (Lakeland, FL)
Donald Zampa, Local Union 847 (Phoenix, AZ)
Reinforcing Advisory Committee Objectives:
t To research and service the important issues of all regions.
t To promote partnerships, the union, and
safety in all regions.
t To work as a team and secure work for
union rodbusters.
t To determine the best direction the Department of Reinforcing Ironworkers should go.
Our overall goal is to maximize the use of union
rodbusters for steel reinforcing concrete construction in the United States and Canada.
Negotiated Rulemaking
The Department of Reinforcing Ironworkers Advisory Committee is involved in an industry coalition
urging support for the Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA) to pursue negotiated rulemaking of the development of new safety standards
and regulations to address specific workplace hazards
in the reinforcing and post-tensioning industry. The
petition outlines the merits of pursuing new OSHA
AUGUST 2010
regulations for the reinforcing steel and posttensioning industry and
requests support to establish negotiated rulemaking in order to achieve the
best regulations. The aim
is to expedite the process
as previously done for the
Subpart R - Steel Erection
Standard.
The industry coalition
petition consists of experts
from labor, management, and organizations involved
with reinforcing steel installation and post-tensioning throughout the country. The Department of Reinforcing will be working closely with the Ironworker
Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust
(IMPACT), the National Association of Reinforcing
Steel Contractors (NARSC), the Concrete Reinforcing
Steel Institute (CRSI), the Post Tensioning Institute
(PTI), the Western Steel Council, and the Center for
Construction Research and Training.
Part of the petition included an examination of
fatalities, accident trends, and causation factors pertaining to column collapse due to lack of guying and
bracing, deck collapse due to lack of shoring, impalement due to improper or lack of dowel covers, improper rigging of loads, inadequate site conditions,
improper use of post-tensioning equipment, and lack
of training. All district councils and local unions are
encouraged to answer the memorandum regarding
the request for accident information during reinforcing steel and post-tensioning activities sent by General Secretary Walter Wise in April.
Nuclear Power Plants
With nuclear construction on the rise, the reinforcement needs (in tonnage) equate to about 2.25
million tons.
Outlook
t Concrete – 500k to 600k cu yd/unit
t Nuclear Island – ABWR:62,000 T
US EPR: 82,000 T
t Balance of Plant - Other Facilities:
10,000 – 20,000 T
t Estimated for 26 COL units
Union rodbusters are being placed on a range of
projects as the demand for nuclear power generating facilities continues to grow.
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APPRENTICESHIP DEPARTMENT REPORT
Mike White
Reinforcing and Post-Tensioning Training and Certification
T
he Apprenticeship and
Training Department and
National Training Fund have
been supporting reinforcing and
post-tensioning training for several decades. During the past
six years we have also supported nationally recognized certification programs in bonded and
unbonded post-tensioning.
We currently have three
training packages available entitled Reinforcing Concrete for
Ironworkers, Bonded Post-Tensioning, and Unbonded Post-Tensioning. Each training
package is designed for use by both the ironworker instructor and student. Each training package contains
five components that the instructor and students use
during classroom and shop sessions. The components of
each of these training packages include:
t Reference Manual with color photos and images
t Instructor Guide containing teaching guidelines, tests and answers
t Student Workbook containing assignment and
job sheets
t Blueprints (attached to the Student Workbook)
t DVD for classroom presentations
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three train-the-trainer courses during our annual training program. During the 26th Annual Ironworker Instructor Training Program held at Washtenaw Community
College in Ann Arbor, Michigan during July of 2010 the
following three courses were available for local union instructors:
t Reinforcing Concrete (20-hour course)
t Post-Tensioning (Unbonded) (40-hour course)
t Post-Tensioning (Bonded) (20-hour course)
Apprenticeship coordinators are able to order these
training packages through our online bookstore. Materials are shipped immediately so that apprenticeship
training and journeyman upgrading courses can be conducted whenever needed.
To ensure that our instructors have the required reinforcing and post-tensioning knowledge and skills we offer
The Iron Workers are working with the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) to ensure that our members
have the required nationally recognized certificates. The
Post-Tensioning Institute is recognized as the worldwide authority on post-tensioning. They are dedicated
to expanding post-tensioning applications through marketing, education, research, teamwork, and code development while advancing the quality, safety, efficiency,
profitability, and use of post-tensioning systems.
At the conclusion of the two post-tensioning courses
offered during the annual instructor training program,
a representative from the PTI administers certification
examinations. Those successfully completing these examinations will be qualified to teach these same certification courses at the local level, enabling their apprentices and journeymen to take the PTI certification
examinations and receive their certificates.
We are confident that our new reinforcing and posttensioning training packages, coupled with our posttensioning certification programs, will help ensure
that our members have the knowledge and skills required to meet the needs of our employers. For more
information on reinforcing and post-tensioning training and certification, please contact this department at
202-383-4870.
Reinforcing Concrete for Ironworkers Training Package
Bonded Post-Tensioning Training Package
THE IRONWORKER
SAFETY and HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT
Frank Migliaccio
Dangers in the Reinforcing Industry
A
pril of this year, General Secretary Walt Wise
requested I put together a list of fatalities that
occurred to ironworkers performing reinforcing
and post tensioning job task. I began looking back
through our safety records and located the first recorded reinforcing fatality. It occurred March 9, 1984
when a bundle of reinforcing steel was being lifted
and broke free of the crane. The load struck the rodman, killing him. Now, this is not the first time we
have lost an ironworker performing a reinforcing
task, just the first one that I have in my records.
Since then we have lost a total of twenty-five
rodmen to job site accidents. We lost ten due to
collapses, seven due to falls, four due to falling
objects, two due to vehicular accidents, and two
were due to rodmen being struck by an object. Two
were performing post tensioning and the remaining twenty-three were placing, rigging, or welding
reinforcing steel. Of the remaining 23 rodmen, six
were working on columns, six were working on
walls, four were rigging, two were placing rebar
on decks, two were working in stairways, two were
working in footers, and one was welding.
The distance of the falls ranged from two hundred and fifty feet to thirteen feet. The average
distance of the falls was seventy feet. One of the
vehicular accidents occurred when the forklift,
that the rodman was driving, began to tip over.
The rodman tried to jump free of the machine and
was crushed when it landed on him. The other
vehicular fatality occurred when the rodman was
carrying a load of rebar and was struck by a frontend loader. Six of the rodmen, were working with
a crane when they sustained their fatal injuries.
Fourteen of the twenty-five fatalities occurred
to ironworkers who had attended a formal apprenticeship. The remaining eleven had not attended
any type of formal training.
During the same time period when the accidents that took the lives of twenty-five of our
members, we also had seven other rodmen that
were involved in accidents but came away with
non-life threatening injuries. Also during this
same time period, there were other rodmen who
sustained non-life threatening injuries that were
not reported to this office.
AUGUST 2010
Most people really don’t
see the reinforcing industry
as being all that dangerous, but having worked in
the rod patch for nineteen
years before being appointed to work at headquarters,
I have first hand knowledge
of the dangers of the trade.
Post tensioning is one of
the most dangerous jobs a
rodman can perform on the
job site. But due to the exceptional training by the local union apprenticeship instructors, along with the training materials
provided by the Iron Workers National Training
Fund and IMPACT, we are fortunate to have lost
only two members to post tensioning incidents,
but that is still TWO, TOO MANY.
All ironworkers must remember that virtually
every job site has some sort of reinforcing steel on
it. Most of the time it is found in the footers under
walls or columns, but the job could be a poured in
place job where the walls, columns, beams, decks,
stairways, and even the roof include reinforcing
steel. Some jobs also include post tensioning along
with the reinforcing steel. Most of the local unions
are mixed, but there are still five specialty rod locals that consist of nothing but reinforcing ironworkers. They are Local 46L (New York), Local 201
(Washington, DC), Local 372 (Cincinnati, Ohio), Local 405 (Philadelphia), and Local 416 (Los Angeles).
There are also two regional locals, Local 846, out of
Lakeland, Florida and Local 847, out of Phoenix,
Arizona, that perform only reinforcing steel tasks.
Any time you are working on a construction site,
no matter what the task is, you run the risk of being
severely injured, losing a body part or worse, your
life. Everyone must stay alert at all time to their
surroundings. You must stop and think about the
task you are to perform and ask yourself if there is
a safer way to complete it. If you observe a fellow
ironworker performing a task in an unsafe manner,
you must stop them and bring it to their attention.
It is better to face the worker now than to attend a
funeral and face their loved ones later.
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DAVIS-BACON/PREVAILING WAGE REPORT
as provided through IMPACT
Chris Burger, Wage Compliance Administrator
Reinforcing Prevailing Wage Compliance and Enforcement
A
fter a year and half of having proclaimed that
there is a “new sheriff in town,” has the new
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis laid down
the law to shady contractors who cheat on prevailing wage? This remains an open question in
some ways, particularly for union rodbusters and
frankly just about all the trades that I talk with
nationwide. Is it really the Wild West out there?
The complaints I have heard at times are not
too far from what the then head of the Worcester (Mass.) Building Trades told me about twelve
years ago: “it’s a Cheater’s Paradise out there.”
Common problems on federal projects are too
familiar: a failure to pay the prevailing wage
according to the particular trade (listing reinforcing ironworkers as “laborers,” etc.); a failure
to submit true and accurate certified payroll
records; the non-payment of time-and-half overtime; and intentionally misclassifying workers
as “independent contractors” instead of employees. And of course, a contractor who plans to
cheat can swoop in with an outrageously lowbid ... because all of the above are part of the
business plan.
After years of neglect (and worse), the Wage
and Hour Division is, to be fair, righting the ship,
as it is finally being infused with new funds. All
told, next year, the Wage & Hour Division’s proposed budget (just part of the total DOL outlay)
is $244 million, an increase of almost $20 million in one year. As a result, some 90 new investigators will be added, according to BNA, with
a total of 949 overall and more in the coming
fiscal year.
This investment in compliance should go a
long-way towards leveling the playing field for
fair contractors in the public sector. Will it fix it
automatically? No. There’s no getting around the
fact that like any big organization, it can take
work to turn around and implement the “best
practices” and that goes for compliance and enforcement as well, especially for a bureaucracy.
Despite some fair points that the changes can’t
come soon enough, it’s fair to say the agency is
being remade.
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Not all that long ago, a U.S. Government Accountability Office report presented to Congress
said it all in its title: “Department of Labor: Wage
and Hour Division’s Complaint Intake and Investigative Processes Leave Low Wage Workers
Vulnerable to Wage Theft.” The report spelled
out ways in which the Division had come to handle (or not handle) complaints and what loosely
might be called investigations.
As the Secretary of Labor remarked last year
at the annual building trades conference in
Washington: “I am committed to supporting Davis-Bacon and will strongly enforce our laws, including prevailing wages.” With a little help (and
the naming of an administrator at long last), this
enforcement vow may yet get traction. The word
travels fast on public works when there are consequences for playing fast and loose.
After getting an earful recently, I’m confident
that if we continue to monitor and focus on prevailing wage violations, the Department of Labor
might yet get back on track to living up to its
name. For the purposes of this article, the name
of the game is (1) information, and (2) communication. If there’s a violation out there, please
start by communicating it directly to this office,
at (202) 834-9855.
It was rightly said recently by a colleague
with the National Alliance for Fair Contracting
that fair contracting involves a great deal of education about prevailing wage requirements – of
project managers, general contractors, owneragencies (awarding authorities, military labor
bases, cities, towns, boards, etc.). The DOL, incidentally, will be doing training conferences soon
directly geared toward agencies and other public
project owners.
A huge part of the problem has been that for
nearly a generation, people in the industry were
told that none of this stuff mattered anymore. In
partnership with the building trades, their signatory contractors, along with labor-management
fair contracting compliance groups, we will have
to be part of the solution we seek in the DOL’s
enforcement mission.
THE IRONWORKER
President Hunt Pursues
New OSHA Standard
For Reinforcing Steel
and Post-Tensioning
G
eneral officers of the Iron Workers International
and representatives of IMPACT recently met with
Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
to request the Agency to purse Negotiated Rulemaking
for developing new OSHA regulations for the reinforcing
steel and post-tensioning industry.
General President Joseph Hunt provided Dr. Michaels with a petition letter from an industry coalition of stakeholders regarding fatalities and accident
trends that continue to exist in the reinforcing steel
and post-tensioning industry. The Industry Coalition
of Stakeholders included representatives from the
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Ironworker
Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust,
National Association of Reinforcing Steel Contractors,
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Post Tensioning
Institute, Western Steel Council, Department of Re-
inforcing Ironworkers Advisory Committee, and The
Center for Construction Research and Training.
Primary considerations of the industry coalition petition to pursue Negotiated Rulemaking listed the following rational.
1. The current OSHA Subpart Q—Concrete and
Masonry standard is antiquated and contains
limited safety provisions for hazards associated
with reinforcing steel and post-tensioning activities.
Fatality and accident trends in the reinforcing
steel and post-tensioning industry indicate a direct correlation between accident causation factors and lack of specific regulations.
The use of steel reinforcement and post-tensioning in poured in-place concrete is expected to
double by 2015 from its 1990 level and may comprise a majority of commercial and industrial
construction.
The Negotiated Rulemaking process will produce the best safety standard and regulations
through the cooperative efforts of OSHA, stakeholders, and experts in the reinforcing steel and
post-tensioning industry.
Eric Waterman, IMPACT chief executive officer; Ed McHugh,
general treasurer, Iron Workers International; Joseph Hunt,
general president, Iron Workers International; and Walter Wise,
general secretary, Iron Workers International
AUGUST 2010
An overview of fatalities, accident trends, and causation factors was presented to OSHA by representatives of the Iron Workers International and IMPACT.
Common activities during the reinforcing and posttensioning process and corresponding workplace accidents focused on material handing injuries, structural
collapse of vertical formwork and decks, structural collapse of vertical and horizontal columns, impalement
by protruding reinforcing steel dowels, and use of posttensioning equipment.
To obtain a complete copy of the “petition letter to
OSHA from the industry coalition of stakeholders” contact the IMPACT office at (800) 545-4921.
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Local 751 (Anchorage, Alaska) Pinning Ceremony 2009
25 Year Members: Kevin Newsom, Greg Kelley, Craig Southern, Mark Krall, William Stein,
Terry Bell, Jason Jeffords, Rod Ramharter, Carl Williams, and Daniel Coonrod. 30 Year
Members: Reed Heath, Tom Anderson, Richard Glenn, Dave Edlund, John McGrath, Don
Watts, Ron Truini, Steven Jeffords, and Curtis Yurcik. 35 Year Members: Robert Porter,
Kenneth Kofoid, Gary Floyd, Kenny Gray, Harry Crawford, James Williams, Larry Bustos,
Jerry Harris, Michael Francis, Gregg Pullen, Rick Carpenter, Joe Ackerman, Bob Binder,
Carlos Gomez, and Pete Dah. 40 Year Members: Myron Duncan, Kenneth Benson, Larry
Chenaille, Donovan Powell, Robert Correia, William Neithercoat III, Dennis Hughes, Gary
Greenwalt, and Larry Hall. 45 Year Members: Richard Gregg, Ray Gates, Mark Meehleis,
Bill Boyle, and James Daggett. 50 Year Members: Kalman Mozes, Alan Down, Merle Williams, Richard Jackson, and Kenneth Palmer. 55 Year Members: John Abshire, Rudulph
Puigdomenech, Fred Seville, and Kendrick Wade. 60 Year Members: Frank Konte and
William Anderson. 65 Year Member: Kenneth Campbell.
Local 373 (Perth Amboy, N.J.) Annual Pin Ceremony and Beef and Brew
30 Year Members
35 Year Members
Gary Kinsman, Doug Jones, Michael Kaj, and Denis
LeBouthillier.
Sitting: President Jim Morgan, Paul Loftin, Executive Board Ed Heffner, Ed “Tippy” Johnson, and Wayne Merwin. Standing: Vice President Tom Kenny, Roger Nagy, and Tom Prenderville.
40 Year Members
45 Year Members
55 Year Members
Bill Crawford
George Nelson, Rich Gardella, and Ed “Red” Halifko.
Retired Business Manager Jim Jensen
Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.)
48th Annual Apprentice Banquet
Top row: Jeff Garrard, Jeremy Jaggers, Brent Patty, Nathan Miller,
Justin McDonald, Jimmy Cline, Juan Munoz, Bradley Beck, and Justin Hacker. Bottom row: Justin Carrol, Edward Poff, Thomas Hoose,
John Wilson, Clint Carlee, Randy Moore, Justin Miller, Donovan
Fair, and Adam Cliett.
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Top row: Bart Maddox, executive board/instructor; Donnie Perry, vice president/instructor;
John Clement, director/consultant; R.P. Nix, FST/BM, JAC; Larry Smith, vice president/BA, JAC;
and Tim Turner, instructor. Bottom row: Bobby Rushen, president, G&R, JAC; Jerry Peters, president, Iron Mountain, JAC; William Poff, Apprentice of the Year; Roy Jones, JAC; and Randy
Whisonant, president, Steel Erector Association, president, Birmingham Steel, JAC.
THE IRONWORKER
Local 22 (Indianapolis, Ind.) 2009 Christmas & Pin Ceremony
Special thanks to Mark Fredericks, Labor News photographer
25 Year Members
30 Year Members
Front row: Martin Wennen, Larry
App, Max Puckett, and Mark Craig.
Back row: Tom Mauser, Earnest
Thompson, Jeff Stinson, and Ralph
Copley Jr.
Front row: Joel Wilmoth, Diana Stidd, Amos Hughes, David Higginbotham, Michael Perkinson, and Tommy Lynch. Back row: Earnest
Thompson, Tom Mauser, Charles Crooks, Ralph Lawson, Paul Jacks,
Don Miller, Phil Markey, Ellis Hinkle, Dwayne Ray, Ralph Copley Jr.,
Scott Prather, and Jeff Stinson.
35 Year Members
40 Year Members
Front row: Joseph Shimrock Jr., James Blackburn,
Ezekiel Jackson, Jeffrey Hebert, and John Gibson II.
Back row: Earnest Thompson, Ralph Copley Jr., Jeff
Stinson, and Tom Mauser.
Front row: Edward Priest, Marty Mohr, Ronald Stuck,
and Dawn Nager is sitting in for Tony Nager. Back
row: Earnest Thompson, Jeff Stinson, Tom Mauser,
and Ralph Copley Jr.
45 Year Members
50 Year Members
Front row: Jim Newman, Donald Potts, and Carl Setty.
Back row: Tom Mauser, Earnest Thompson, Jeff Stinson, and Ralph Copley Jr.
Front Row: Richard Williams and William Sowers.
Back row: Tom Mauser, Earnest Thompson, Jeff Stinson, and Ralph Copley Jr.
Local 392 (East St. Louis, Ill.)
Apprentice Graduates
John Herrington, business agent; Bill Leonard,
president/apprentice coordinator; Bob Radosevich,
instructor; Danny Byrd, Steve Kohrmann; Hank Hunsell; Jason Seibell; Dan Hatcher; Don Koleson, instructor; Robert Graham; Dustin Robbins; Jack Lesko,
instructor; John Laur; Jonathan Kingsley; Robert Lee,
instructor; Joe Loucks; Dan Bauer, instructor; David
Beard, BM/FST; and John Behrman (not pictured).
David Beard, business manager and Bill Leonard,
president/apprenticeship coordinator, present Hank
Hunsell the “Outstanding Apprentice” award.
55 Year Members
David Holman, Dennis Jent, Donnie Huff, William Hughes, and Robert Willis.
60 Year Members
Robert Beuke
AUGUST 2010
David Beard, business manager, presents the “Most
Improved” award to Jason Seibel.
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Local 6 (Buffalo, N.Y.) Hosts Pin Ceremony
10 Year Members
15 Year Members
20 Year Members
1st row: Charlie Phillips, Robert Burgstahler, Steve
Cook, Nicholas Huson, Keith Turner, Christopher
Charney, Guy Bugman, and Martin Westfield. 2nd
row: Jerome Halligan, vice president, Brian Coad,
Michael Quinn, Larry Tyger, Eric McBride, James Willis Jr., business manager, William Bohen, FST/business agent, and Thomas Halligan, president.
1st row: Thomas Keefe, Shane O’Meara, Wally Kopinski, William Powers, Joseph Donohue, Joseph Garvin,
Jason Jenkins, James Willis III, and Brian Hart. 2nd
row: Jerome Halligan, vice president, James Willis
Jr., business manager, William Bohen, FST/business
agent, and Thomas Halligan, president.
1st row: Joel Bennett, Mark Mead, James Lockwood,
Daniel Bozek, Joseph Grabar, Joseph Hynes, Joseph Barnashuk, and Harry Manning. 2nd row: Jerome Halligan,
vice president, Seth Halitown Jr., Lee Halitown, Timothy
Jimerson, Scott Harvey, Wayne McNerney, Joseph Bunic,
James Willis Jr., business manager, William Bohen, FST/
business agent, and Thomas Halligan, president.
25 Year Members
30 Year Members
35 Year Members
1st row: Mark Hayes, Richard Buffalo, Dennis Haugh,
Thomas Kinsella, Dale Boelke, Paul Wisniewski, William Garvin, and Roger Prince. 2nd row: Jerome
Halligan, vice president, Wayne Kinney, James Willis
Jr., business manager, Mark Smith, Terrance Prendergast, William Bohen, FST/business agent, and
Thomas Halligan, president.
1st row: John O’Meara, Jerome Halligan, Frederick
Phillips, Michael Kolaga, Art Parker, Bennie Feeney,
Gerald Struzyk, and Daniel Bannister. 2nd row: Paul
Kearns, Allan Kern, William Brox, James Willis Jr.,
business manager, Robert Willis Jr., John Beatty, William Bohen, FST/business agent, and Thomas Halligan, president.
1st row: Jason Bixup, Pete Wade, Jody Watson, Michael Willis, Clifford Meadows, Donald McKenna,
John Grabenstatter, and Butch Schuster. 2nd row:
Timothy Murphy, Anthony Bruni, James Willis Jr.,
business manager, Richard Chudzik, William Bohen,
FST/business agent, Stanley Jimerson, and Thomas
Halligan, president.
40 Year Members
45 Year Members
Gerald Ebert, William Hill, Robert Dunlap, James Held,
Calvin Jimerson, James Willis Jr., business manager,
Daniel Szvoren, Carlton Swetland, Ronald MacNeil,
Nicholas Huson Jr., Michael Hubbard, Thomas Ellis,
David Giannoni, Thomas Halligan, president, and
William Bohen, FST/business agent (in back).
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1st row: Ernest Colern, Joseph Colern,
Joseph Curtain, and Joseph Orsini. 2nd
row: James Willis Jr., business manager, and William Bohen, FST/business
agent.
50 Year Members
David Dahn, Michael Fitzpatrick,
Joseph Colern, and James Willis
Jr., business manager (in back).
60 Year Members
John LaFalce, Joseph DiSarno,
and Robert Willis Sr.
70 Year Members
James Willis Jr., business
manager, and Joseph Colern
THE IRONWORKER
Local 112 (Peoria, Ill.) Awards Banquet 2009
25 Year Members
30 Year Members
Greg Maloney, president; Harrold Hemmelrick; James Bowman; Terry Garlish;
Jerry Godinez; Greg Bledsoe; and Brian Stanley, business manager.
Greg Maloney, president; Ben Short; Jerry Odden; Ben Shirley; and Brian Stanley,
business manager.
35 Year Members
40 Year Members
Front row: Jim Galvin; Greg Jones; David Hunt; and Jamie Lotz. Back row: Greg
Maloney, president; Joe Podabinski; Chuck Wallace; Ed Eden; Bryan Blair; Allen
Arron; George Dingledine; Tim Coile; and Brian Stanley, business manager.
Front row: Ray Martin; Randy Palmer; Willard Willoughby; and Hershel Roberson.
Back row: Greg Maloney, president; Harry Johnson; Jerry Coile; Richard Fuller;
Tom Kleppe; Everett Hart; and Brian Stanley, business manager.
45 Year Members
50 Year Members
60 Year Members
Greg Maloney, president; Jesse Godinez; John Craddock; Mike Filstrip; Everett Fiers; Jim Didonato; Earl
Sheets; and Brian Stanley, business manager.
Greg Maloney, president; Verdie Stanley; Carl Miller;
James Bowman Jr.; Russell Robbins; and Brian Stanley, business manager.
Greg Maloney, president; William L Copeland; and
Brian Stanley, business manager.
Local 21 (Omaha, Neb.)
2009 Apprenticeship Graduation
Standing: Bill Fuller, apprenticeship coordinator; Mike Baker, business
manager; Kyle Maher; Sean Flowers; Spencer Beethe; Nate Laug;
Justin Daugherty; Jacob Andersen; Brian Willey; Terry Dasher, business agent; and Joe Fleck, business agent. Kneeling: Allen Odvody;
Jeff Ehlers; Victor Brown; Dave Johnson Jr.; Rich Pecha III; and Stu
Steffens, president/organizer.
AUGUST 2010
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Local 495 (Albuquerque, N.M.) 2008 Pinning Ceremony
5 Year Members
10 Year Members
Lee Lucero, president; Don Twohy; Leo Kaye; Jimmy Polnaszek; Phil Martinez; Orlando
Lopez; Gabe Ortega; Robert Jaramillo; Glenn Barela; David Walls; Jerry Romero, business manager; Patrick Padilla; Will Masten; Gerard Lopez; and Don Simpson.
15 Year Members
20 Year Members
25 Year Members
Lee Lucero, president; Davy Luevano; Pete Taraddei; Leonard Griego; and Jerry Romero, business
manager.
Ronnie Aragon; Kevin Tecklenberg; Pat Romero; Mike
Herrera; J.P. Meyer; Jack Salazar; Eddie “Lalo” Silva;
and Lee Lucero, president.
Jerry Romero, business manager; Lesman Griego; Leo
Beno; Jerry Sanchez; Toby Maes; Bob Walls; Truman
Baloo; Richard Alire; Pedro Salazar; and Jeff Steele.
30 Year Members
35 Year Members
40 Year Members
Jerry Romero, business manager; Matt Groskie, district council president; Gene Garcia; Mike Mirabal;
Gilbert Sanchez Jr.; Richard Sanchez; Chris Saul; Lee
Lucero; and Leve Otero.
Jerry Romero, business manager; Martin Padilla; Rick
Meyer; Doug Padilla; Richard Lente; Leonard Sanchez; Michael Luna; and Lee Lucero, president.
Jerry Romero, business manager; Delfy Anaya; Richard Tapia; and Lee Lucero, president.
50 Year Members
Jerry Romero, business manager and Cliff Hughes
65 Year
Members
Longest living
member, Brother
James Fanning,
102 Years Old
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Apprenticeship Graduates
Irowin Whitehair; Willie Mayes; Jason Jones;
Erasmo Galano; Bernard
Garcia; Mike Wauneka;
Timothy Estrada; Christopher Delgado; Angelo
Cartelli; Chris Steele; Ricardo Gomez; and Donald
Beck.
THE IRONWORKER
Local 15 (Hartford, Conn.) Pinning Ceremony
20 Year Members
25 Year Members
30 Year Members
Joe McGloin, president; Joe Toner, business agent; Joseph
Chambrello; Michael Waite; and (Father) Oscar Waite.
Joe McGloin, president; Joe Toner,
business agent; and Paul Tine.
Joe McGloin, president; Joe Toner, business agent;
James Bennett; Craig Klepinger; and James McHale.
35 Year Members
40 Year Members
45 Year Members
Joe McGloin, president; Joe Toner, business
agent; Oscar Waite; Clive Bailey; Brandon Johnson; Paul Pomprowicz; and Paul Watterson.
Joe McGloin, president; Joe Toner, business agent; Lawrence Gluck; William Overton; Patrick Broderick; Michael
Coyne; Joel Junokas; Norman Koos; David Lynch; Bruce
Lynn; James Martin; Burton Merritt; Paul Paradis; Richard
Poole; Louis Warzecha; and Gary Wellin.
Joe McGloin, president; Joe Toner, business agent;
Paul Letendre; Joseph Salvatore; Edwin Blackburn; John Gacek; Cedric Hakian; Peter Keenan;
Robert Lajoie; Wilmont Lee; William Longhi; Frank
McGloin; Rene Perron; and James Sansone.
55 Year Members
Joe McGloin, president; Joe Toner, business agent; Roger Bouebeau; and Walter Kaczmarczyk.
70 Year Members
2010 Apprentice Graduating Class
Walter Bogacyz received by his
daughter and son-in-law Mr. and
Mrs. Jedidian
Joe McGloin; president; Rick Munroe, apprentice coordinator; Rich Poole, Kerry
Dubay, Ray Haley, and Jessy Powell, instructors; Jeanne Breton; Benjamin Brackett; Michal Czajkowski; Joel Danis; Amanda Flaherty; Kyle Grechika; Michael Harrington; Justin Herbik; Bret Holbrook; John Meegan; Jason Mattoon; Antthony
Quinichett; Israel Santiago; Randolph Stappleton; and Christopher Williamson.
Local 58 (New Orleans) 2009 Graduating Class
Mitchell Fontenot, John “Mickey” Castelin, vice president, Gary Campbell, Aldo Duron Jr.,
Scott Murphy, BM/FST, Dwayne Cox, Bernard “Huck” Mayer, executive board/examining
committee, Michael McPherson, executive board/examining committee, Anthony Roberts,
Kent Demara, David Cole, examining committee, Aldo Irias-Duron, training coordinator, and
Kenneth Caldwell.
AUGUST 2010
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Local 89 (Cedar Rapids,
Iowa) Graduating Class
of 2009
2009 Apprenticeship Graduation for the District Council
of Northern New Jersey Ironworker Training Program
Bottom row: Daniel O’Sullivan; William Lawson, training coordinator; Sidel Wilson; Robert Frisco; Robert Bonner; Joseph D’Elia; Edward Black; Brian McCarthy; Jason Rutkowitz; and Shawn Stueber. Top row: Mark Leyble,
instructor; Richard Locascio, instructor; Charles Hartung, instructor; Aboudou Oumorou; Daniel Lally; Anthony
Farina; Leonardo Gonzalez; Shawn Kenny; Kevin McGinnis; Eric Valentin; Michael Garby; John Forstenhausler;
Art Lemise, instructor; and Allan Fox, instructor.
Father and Son Receive
Service Awards
Robert and James Slendorn, father and son received
service awards from Local 480 (Elizabeth, N.J.). Robert
was presented with a 50 years of service award and
James was presented with a 25 years of service award.
Front row: Chad Smith, William Campbell, and
Matt Roster. Back row: Dave Harris, Thomas Mart,
Jason Poggenpohl, and Steve Coleson (Outstanding Apprentice).
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.
APRIL 2010
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BAILEY, EDWARD C
KRAUSE, JAMES R
SMITH, GERTHA
AGOSTONI, JOSEPH A
CORBETT, KEITH R
JOHNSTON, JAMES M
MILLIRON, FRANK A
SKANDER, ROBERT A
SLAGLE, LARRY E
URBAN, ROBERT M
WOODS, CHARLES E
CLAIRMONT, ROBERT
ROBERTSON, PERCY L
STANEK, FRANCIS
SUITS, MERTON H
HARTUNG, NEIL P
O CONNOR, PATRICK J
WEISNER, BRIAN D
DIMENGO, STEVEN P
HOLCOMB, CHARLES R
KEPIRO, KENNETH D
MATTERN, JAMES H
ROHRER, BERNARD
COCHRAN, CHARLES A
WALDRIDGE, KRIS O
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ALBANY, ALFRED T
EVERSON, ERVIN J
RIZZETTO, GERALD
TOGNOLI, YAROSLAV
CAVANAUGH, THOMAS
BOLES, JOHNNY H
MILLER, DAVID D
CONDOLORA, LOUIS
CAVANAUGH, WILLIAM E
HOSKINS, MITCHELL J
MAY, WILLIAM F
MONTOYA, VINCENT
MELTON, WILLIAM T
BLUHM, LARRY E
BUTLER, JEFFREY M
COOK, GEORGE P
HOFFMAN, JAMES A
BARNES, JERRY P
MURSE, JAMES M
DUQUETTE, ROLLAND
FURBER, ALAN R
WHITE, DONALD J
GRIER, THOMAS G
PECCHIO, GERALD
GERDES, LAWRENCE R
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JORDAN, KEITH L
FAIN, ROBERT L
PRICE, RONNIE L
WALLACE, PAUL L
ROLFE, DALE W
ATTIG, RONALD H
BEAUVAIS, KENNETH V
BENDS, KEITH P
BERMUDEZ, SALVADOR
BOWMAN, MICHAEL J
BRANDON, FLOYD R
BURKETT, HAROLD A
CERVERA, RICARDO
CIENFUEGOS, MICHAEL H
CLEARY, THOMAS F
COFFMAN, GARY D
CORBETT, CARL D
DIX, GARY L
DOSS, ARTHUR L
EIB, RANDAL C
FLORES, DONALD M
GUTHRIE, DONALD J
HARRIS, DELAND D
HOWERTON, GILBERT W
KNOTT, DEREK
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LEADER, DAVID L
MARCHI, ELVIO J
MOORE, JOHN F
MURRAY, DALLAS M
NEIL, WILLIAM E
PAGE, COLONIUS
PITNER, JACK
RISCHARD, EUGENE C
ROBERTSON, DONALD D
SANDERS, BENNY D
SANDERS, DONALD E
SANDERS, WILLIAM D
SULLIVAN, LEWIS E
TEACHOUT, GERALD R
TENNANT, CHARLES E
THIBODEAU, WAYNE L
TRUJILLO, LORENZO
UDRASOLS, ANDREJS
WARD, ALEXANDER F
BIDLACK, GERRY E
HISSONG, FORREST C
BARNHILL, JAMES
KEANE, JAMES V
WICKS, CALVIN T
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DAVIS, GEORGE E
HUIZAR, ALBERTO G
PHILLIPS, CHARLES E
WACHTLER, LEE
STOKKE, RICHARD
KOMACKO, JOHN M
KOWAL, ALAN C
MARTIN, GARY D
SMOTHERMON, CHARLES C
HEISLER, DAVID R
HIGH, PHILLIP W
REDEL, MICHAEL O
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SAWATIS, NELSON P
PACKLEY, WILSON K
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BRIDGES, RONNIE
BURKHEIMER, JAMES J
FOLSOM, ARTHUR L
LARUE, JOSEPH N
VINING, LEONARD
BISCHOFF, WILLIAM
HACKETT, JOHN S
KOSTKA, LARRY D
NELSON, MERLYN C
COLVIN, DEAN B
MAHURIN, DANNY R
SMITH, GALEN H
SMITH, BILLY R
BOUTWELL, DON R
HOULE, ART
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POIRIER, RICHARD J
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HAYES, BURTON
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GEORGE, HAROLD D
VIPOND, PHYLLIP F
ELLIS, JAMES H
HARRIS, TERRY
RIGEL, STEVEN K
CABRERA, ROBERTO
CALVERT, GARY R
CIOE, MARIO
GREENE, R T
MALNER, ROGER J
PETERSON, ANDREW E
RAMROTH, EDWARD
ROYS, EARL L
TUCKER, LEWIS M
YEAMAN, CARL E
DELL, JAMES
JOHNSON, PHILLIP G
SAGE, TROY L
HENNESSY, CHRISTOPHER M
MESZAROS, JOHN S
MIRANDA, TOM A
FARIA, H W
JACOBSEN, BRIAN T
MC EUEN, CLYDE L
OSBURN, JIMMY D
SCOTT, KEITH D
SEVERSON, RICHARD H
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KNEZEVICH, RONALD J
HRATKO, MILES W
KISTING, THOMAS C
TAYLOR, DANNY
REINHARDT, MICHAEL C
DOWELL, ROBERT L
LIAMERO, JOHN F
MARTIN, DAVID A
LEGIER, NORMAN J
ROTON, CURTIS
CONNER, MAYNARD E
LEWIS, GEORGE F
WHITE, REGINALD
QUINLAN, PETER J
RIELAND, DENNIS
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ROMAIN, EDWARD T
WARREN, LARRY T
MACNEIL, ALEX
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COYLE, VINCENT J
FONTES, DAVID
BAUMANN, THOMAS F
GLOMSKI, LEE
SATORI, JOHN L
MALONEY, WILLIAM J
HEYEN, DORIAN
MARTHALLER, DONALD
FOSTER, JOSEPH A
SMITH, HUGH G
EGELAND, JAMES A
THEIRY, VAUGHN D
ULEPIC, JOSEPH G
EDMONDS, LARRY
MOHR, MARTY L
RETZER, ERWIN
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CUDIAMAT, HARRY G
KINVILLE, RICHARD O
VANSICKLE, ERNEST J
BIGBIE, VERNE H
KENNY, JOSEPH F
FREEWORTH, ROBERT V
OPFER, DELTON
TAYLOR, DONALD A
GOETZ, KLAUS D
WOLF, FRED A
WELCH, LARRY E
BOX, MICHAEL L
DAVIS, RICHARD A
GODBEY, CHARLES D
MILLER, RALPH G
MCKINNON, WILLIAM R
NIXON, WILLIAM R
HARRIS, GENE R
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GERDES, JAMES D
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Local 846 (Lakeland, Fla.)
& Local 847 (Phoenix, Ariz.) are
regional local unions dedicated to
performing reinforcing steel tasks.
(left) Local Union 846 First gang of rodbusters for project in Burke
County, GA. Project includes adding two new reactors to Plant Vogtle;
this is the first time in almost 40 years that a nuclear facility is being built.
Jonah B. Joe (Local 847 steward), Daniel Renteria, Jose Renteria, Raymond
Waters (Local 709, foreman), Brian Waugh, James Masson (Local 402),
Jose Caracheo, Richard Lilly, Daniel Waters (Local 709), Samson Scott,
Kurt Hoffmann (Local 846 president/BA), and Jose Mendoza (Local 846
apprenticeship/training coordinator).
(below) Training Department Project—Local 847 Volunteers for
the Phoenix Children’s Museum project in Phoenix, Arizona. All of the
materials and labor were donated from various companies and individuals
including JD Steel. Local 847 journeyman and apprentice rodbusters were
placing the rebar in the footings for the structure to sit on. The structure
was a three-story jungle gym made of 37 tons of steel. Crisanta Romero
(JD Steel secretary), Steve Barron (LU 847 training instructor), Brian Ellis
(JD Steel regional manager), Mike Braun, Joey Tinsley, Abel Rodriguez,
Adam Scoggins, Saul Herrada, Ramon Espinoza, Francisco Aguilar, Cruz
Sanchez, Troy Scoggins (Local 847 apprenticeship/training coordinator),
and Bobby Mason.
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Local 846 (Lakeland, Fla.)
& Local 847 (Phoenix, Ariz.) are
regional local unions dedicated to
performing reinforcing steel tasks.
(left) Local Union 846 First gang of rodbusters for project in Burke
County, GA. Project includes adding two new reactors to Plant Vogtle;
this is the first time in almost 40 years that a nuclear facility is being built.
Jonah B. Joe (Local 847 steward), Daniel Renteria, Jose Renteria, Raymond
Waters (Local 709, foreman), Brian Waugh, James Masson (Local 402),
Jose Caracheo, Richard Lilly, Daniel Waters (Local 709), Samson Scott,
Kurt Hoffmann (Local 846 president/BA), and Jose Mendoza (Local 846
apprenticeship/training coordinator).
(below) Training Department Project—Local 847 Volunteers for
the Phoenix Children’s Museum project in Phoenix, Arizona. All of the
materials and labor were donated from various companies and individuals
including JD Steel. Local 847 journeyman and apprentice rodbusters were
placing the rebar in the footings for the structure to sit on. The structure
was a three-story jungle gym made of 37 tons of steel. Crisanta Romero
(JD Steel secretary), Steve Barron (LU 847 training instructor), Brian Ellis
(JD Steel regional manager), Mike Braun, Joey Tinsley, Abel Rodriguez,
Adam Scoggins, Saul Herrada, Ramon Espinoza, Francisco Aguilar, Cruz
Sanchez, Troy Scoggins (Local 847 apprenticeship/training coordinator),
and Bobby Mason.