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Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
Wisconsin Underground Contractors' Association Inc.
2835 N. Mayfair Road
Milwaukee, WI 53222-4483
Phone: 414-778-1050
Fax: 414-778-0647
Web Site
Richard W. Wanta, executive director
Purpose
WUCA was established in February 1937 and represents approximately 200 companies involved in water, sewer, tunnel, utility and related services. A listing of our members together with recent newsletters showing industry promotion, legislation, specifications, collective bargaining, charitable fund-raising and safety seminars are available through our newsletters on our Web site. WUCA is the only trade association that truly represents the interests of the underground contracting industry in Wisconsin.
Association Activities
WUCA was successful in lobbying for a change in Wisconsin's One Call legislation to require all overhead and underground utilities to join Wisconsin Diggers Hotline.
WUCA has been active in state hold-harmless legislation as it relates to construction contracts and has strongly opposed design/build in the underground contracting industry. Our industry believes that all tax-funded construction should be competitively bid free of favoritism.
The association's industry-improvement program developed and sold thousands of copies of the publication entitled Standard Specifications for Water & Sewer Construction in Wisconsin since it was first published in 1968. The specification committee consists of numerous volunteer municipal and consulting engineers, contractors, suppliers and a law firm.
Over the past 10 years, WUCA members and industry friends have donated at association events nearly $250,000 to various charities to include the Ronald McDonald House, Child Abuse Prevention Fund and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. A WUCA fund-raiser at the Milwaukee Public Museum last October raised more than $25,000 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. A similar event is scheduled at the Mitchell Park Domes on Sept. 14. These fund-raisers have resulted in two recognition awards from our national affiliate, the National Utility Contractors Association.
The association normally conducts 20 educational, safety or business-related seminars each year. Since 1988, as many as 12,000 students have attended WUCA safety seminars on such topics as working safely in a confined space, competent-person training for trenching and excavation, trench rescue and first aid/CPR for instructors.
WUCA's annual out-of-state Midwinter Conference draws from 30 to 300 people, depending on location. Upcoming WUCA events include a sold-out golf outing at North Hills Country Club in Menomonee Falls, Fellowship/Family Get-together Nov. 2 in Wauwatosa and the 2001 Midwinter Conference Feb. 21-24 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Board Members
The current WUCA board of directors includes:
President Norb Dretzka of Underground Pipeline
Dan Olson of Globe Contractors
Dennis Klumb Jr. of Arby Construction
Dennis Biondich of American Sewer
Scott Maly of United Sewer and Water
Justin Kolster of Super Excavators
Chuck Palmer of Palmer & Finerty S.C.
Richard W. Wanta has served as executive director since 1987.
Very few contractor associations have accomplished more than WUCA in the areas of industry promotion, legislation, education, specifications fund-raising, out-of-state conferences, great social events and collective bargaining.
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