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NUCA NewsNUCA of the Carolinas Holds AugerBoring School“It opened my eyes to manynew possibilities of boring.”“It was very thorough andwell prepared.”“Leo Barbera was veryknowledgeable.”NUCA of the Carolinas held anAuger Boring School May 13-17 inAberdeen, N.C. The chapter partneredwith Leo Barbera of HorizontalEquipment Co. to facilitatethe training. Students traveledfrom North Carolina, Texas, Minnesotaand South Dakota to attendthe school. Sullivan Easterndonated a Liebherr excavator andoperator, United Rental TrenchSafety donated trench boxes andsheeting and a Safety Talk was given by John Knighten from United Rentals priorto the start of the school. Hobas Pipe provided hard hats and FastMed UrgentCare, BRS Inc. and Bailey Contracting sponsored the school lunches.Students thoroughly enjoyed the school and had these comments to share: “Itopened my eyes to many new possibilities of boring.” “It was very thorough and wellprepared.” “Leo Barbera was very knowledgeable.”NUCA of the Carolinas thanks all the students and sponsors for helping to make thisevent a great success.NEW MEMBERSCONTRACTORSVico Construction Corp.Sam Viola, PresidentP.O. Box 6168Chesapeake, VA 23323Phone: 757.487.3441vico@eaviola.comASSOCIATESTo join NUCA call, 703.358.9300.Carolina EnvironmentalContracting Inc.Joanne CheathamP.O. Box 1905Mt. Airy, NC 27030Phone: 336.320.3849joanne@carolinaenvironmentalcontracting.comSprayroq Inc.Jerry Gordon, President248 Cahaba Valley Pkwy.Pelham, AL 35124Phone: 205.957.0020jgordon@sprayroq.comwww.sprayroq.comTrench TechJoe Belcher2324 Eskow Ave.Halethorpe, MD 21227Phone: 267.256.9093jbrlcher@shoringsolutions.comwww.shoringsolutions.comAttention NUCA Members:Has your chapter been involved in an event or activity that makes you proud and want toshare it with other industry leaders? Then, let us hear about it! We know you do a lot foryour community and the underground utility industry as a whole. From fundraisers andvolunteering to educational scholarships and employee certifications, we’d like to shareyour story in the pages of Utility Contractor.Send the topic and your chapter name to anne@nuca.com or call 703.358.9300. Voice yourpride in what your association does. It’s important, and other industry leaders should know about it.38 Utility Contractor | August 2013