2009 Spring (PDF) - Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association

Summit panel of damage prevention techniques discussion with industry experts.
Wisconsin Common Ground
Alliance Summit Held
A Wisconsin Common Ground Alliance (CGA)
Summit was held February 12, 2009 at the office of
Ruekert & Mielke in Waukesha, Wisconsin with about
100 people in attendance and it was excellent. It
began with a one-hour presentation by national CGA
president Bob Kipp who provided numerous
informational slides on national damage prevention
activity. Other speakers, presenters, or panelists
included:
Bob Kipp
Carl Thiesen, Payne & Dolan, Inc.
Steve Nachreiner, Edgerton Contractors, Inc.
Don Coe, We Energies
Debbie Griffith, AT&T Communications
Mike Parilac, publisher, Underground Focus magazine
Rich Eberhardt, Ruekert & Mielke, Inc.
Randy Bern, Vanguard Utility Partners
Darin Stalbaum, SM&P Locating
Chad Krueger, Wisconsin Diggers Hotline
Dennis Miller, City of Milwaukee
George Glocka, R.A. Smith Engineering
Harold R. Winnie, U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline Safety Program
Saul Lopez (Co-chair CGA Wisconsin & We Energies) and Darren Muljo,
Musson Brothers, coordinated the Summit and took questions from the
audience. Handouts included the CGA Best Practices book published March
2008 and Wisconsin Diggers Hotline Excavator Handbook. Other handouts
included a copy of a publication called Damage Prevention is a Shared
Responsibility, and CGA - DIRT Annual Program Report (damageinformational
reporting tool). There was discussion on the impact of 811 on
damage prevention and updates on local damage prevention initiatives.
Finally, there was an Underground Focus magazine safety video presentation
by Mike Parilac, publisher.
George Glocka, R.A.
Smith & Walt Kelly,
formerly with Office of
Pipeline Safety attending
the CGA Summit. Glocka
spoke on the topic
Emerging Role of Global
Positioning Systems
(GPS) in Wisconsin.
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