IUOE News - Winter 2012

District 1
Another year
past! It was
another great
year for work for
the Members. With so much work
around the Province, some of it camp
work, it created some openings in
Districts to give opportunity for new
Members to join this great organization.
With other work in the planning
stages, along with the controversial
Gateway pipeline project (if or when
that gets the green light), the Members
in the Local should have many great
years to come.
Locally, with the two tunneling
projects. Frontier Kemper on the North
Shore has about another two years of
work left; they are installing the pipe,
and shotcreeting the tunnel walls with
a few modifications along the way. On
the Fraser River crossing, McNally/
Brother Frank Pecenka
Brothers Charlie Williams
and Doug Hildebrand at the
Pollard Equipment Shop.
6 News December 2012
Steady work brings new members
Everett Cummings, Member Representative
Aecon JV has the shaft on the Surrey
side dug out, and scuba divers are tying
the rebar.
Its interesting to see the two different
styles of shafts and tunneling that
are being used. Bencor, which is doing
the slurry walls on the Coquitlam side,
should have the last few panels poured
in the next few weeks. Once the last
panel is completed, McNally/Aecon
will go on that side to start clamming
out that shaft and ready to start lowering
material down on the Surrey side,
getting ready to start boring.
B.A. Blacktop has been busy paving
on Highway #1. They have finished
many of the sections with a few areas
still needing the top lift to be laid.
Imperial Paving has been paving the
South Perimeter Road with a lot more
asphalt to lay down. The South
Perimeter Road goes from Surrey out
to Delta, merging with Delta Port Way.
Recently I signed up a company
called Moodyville Excavation; they
team up with Atlas Leasing when Atlas
is too busy to take on some of the excavator
work. They have small excavators
and stay busy around new developments,
especially in some areas where
you can’t get the bigger machines in.
I would like to say thanks to all the
shop stewards that help out; it is a difficult
job at times, but the Reps really
appreciate your dedication to help us.
To serve the Members is what belonging
to a real Union is all about.
In closing, I wish you and your
families a Merry Christmas, and prosperous
New Year. Please play safe, and
think ahead when going out over the
Holidays.
Work Safe!