Piping Hot News

March Message

We are two-thirds of the way through what will be our busiest 1st Quarter ever. We have worked 163,154 man-hours through February 2018. That is compared to 625,409 man-hours in all of 2017. For all the people working through the winter temperatures and challenging conditions, thank you for your efforts to make us successful! Operations […]

Nushka Lake Re-Route Project

The Nushka Lake project has been in full swing since November 2017, with huge milestones being accomplished recently. The project involves the installation of ¾ of a mile of 48-inch pipe that is being re-routed from a 60-foot-deep swamp. The size of this project is incredible, from the length of the re-route to the pipe […]

Remote Weather Monitoring Station

UPI needed a solution for monitoring outside temperatures, underground temperatures, and solar radiation. The main feature limiting a normal weather station from being used was the need to monitor underground temperatures every three inches down to 48,” as well as send and display data in real-time to a website. As a result, the idea came […]

NEW! EMPLOYEE SUPPORT FUND

UPI has launched a new plan for helping out fellow employees facing tough times. This plan is called the Employee Support Fund Procedure. We are proud to introduce this plan in order to demonstrate caring toward our fellow workers and their families. If you know of a coworker facing a tough time, ask your supervisor […]

UPI Recruiting at Career Fairs

2018 sometimes seems far away…but not in the T&D department! Lucie has been spending the month of September attending college career fairs and interviewing likely candidates for the internships and coops we will offer in 2018. Many thanks to all who have contributed to this effort; each career fair entails 15-20 hours of follow-up work, […]

Isaac Schober

Isaac Schober has been with UPI as a laborer since 2014. He is currently strawing for John Mitchell at the Joliet Compressor Station in Illinois and filling in at foreman when needed. He has been involved in working on mainline pipelines, integrity digs, and maintenance for the last five years. Isaac is from Menomonie, WI […]

Chicago Region Crews

Troy Johnson, Mike Oswskey, Charlie Willis, Chris Kula, Mike Smugala, Bob Humphrey and Robert Humphrey kicked off the Swartz Crossing Pipe Removal for BP in May. A third party was developing a piece of property just south of Indianapolis with an idled 12-inch BP pipeline running through the middle of it. Some of the challenges […]

NEW EMPLOYEES / NEW POSITIONS

Joel Bailer – General Superintendent Joel brings years of invaluable experience to UPI and its clients. He started off as an Integrity Dig Foreman in 2010, then was promoted to a Superintendent. In his role as a General Superintendent, Joel is providing additional support and leadership to the crews in the field, with special emphasis […]