Border Patrol Training

On September 14th, Border Patrol agents utilized UPI’s lower equipment yard to conduct K9 training. The dogs are trained to detect concealed humans and the odors of controlled substances, which include marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and ecstasy. Both the agent and the canine are taught proper search sequences and the dogs must remember several verbal […]

October Message

I looked back at my last newsletter message and my introduction described the preliminary public hearings for the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement project. Well the public hearings have now reached the final stage and we need to voice our support now more than ever. UPI, along with other friends that rely on this industry to […]

UPI in Pipeliners Hall of Fame

United Piping Inc is featured in the October/November 2017 edition of Pipeliners Hall of Fame News! UPI’s 20 years of growth, strong values, and commitment to advocacy for the oil and gas industry are the focus of the magazine’s cover and a two-and-a-half-page article. Pipeliners Hall of Fame News is a leading pipeline industry publication […]

ABC News features United Piping

By: Julie Kruse [email protected] There are numerous oil and gas pipelines running through the Northland, with more proposed, and building and maintaining those high pressure lines can a be dangerous job. That’s why more than 450 of workers came out to the DECC on Monday to refresh their training. The crowd was made up of […]

UPI’s safety wins award

July 1, 2011 – United Piping Inc. (UPI) wins the highest award for phase II construction contractors in the U.S. At an awards dinner held May 4 in Houston, UPI was the only facility contractor to earn the Keystone Pipeline Vice Presidents’ Safety Award, a silver medal for outstanding safety accomplishments during the Keystone Pipeline […]