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Jeff Ableman's Report
Updated On: Oct 28, 2013

October 2013

WORK'S COMING !

Work is picking up a lot and is going to pick up a lot more.  Local 528 has the tester program going again to bring in new members.  If you know any non-union finishers, or any finishers at all, tell them it is a good time to join Local 528...we do have work.  Brett Johnson, dispatcher, has been short handed a few times lately and the bulk of the work has not even started yet.

Seattle has some pension funded jobs starting up that will be all union.  

Also, the South Lake Union area is going to be crazy.  GLY,Turner, Sellen and Skanska all have projects going or getting ready to start in that area.

West Seattle will also be busy.

The Port of Seattle also has a lot of work coming up at Sea-Tac airport that will be done under a PLA (Project Labor Agreement )

Sound Transit also has a lot of work going on and coming up.  Thah will also be a PLA.

Remember we need your help keeping our scope of work.  Please call the hall if another craft is doing our work.

The Bellevue Spring District will be going in at the old Safeway/Coca-Cola site.  HSW has first 2 buildings  and demo has started.  There will be 3 phases streched out 5-10 years.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the battle field, working once again.

           Work Safe.

GO SEAHAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!

Winter 2012

SAK & Associates is now signatory to 528 along with SAK & Patch.

Seattle -Work is picking up downtown and more work coming.  The skyline is going to change with the 40+ story buildings

that have started.  Signatory contractors do have concrete work on these jobs.

Bellevue -The 520 project is ramping up...finishers working steady there soon.  ECC joint venture PCL Granite

finally have finishers on site patching & finishing concrete.

East side of Bellevue has plans for a few new bldgs where Safeway & Coca Cola are now.

UW area still busy with stadium - campus -housing-hospital -station.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

WORK SAFE>

July,19 2012

The new 2012 to 2015 contract is a good one.  98 cents for the 1st year,  $1.05 2nd year and $1.20 for the 3rd year.  Journeyman base wage is now $35.88/hr on the check with $50.13 total package.

Work has picked up a lot the past couple months and looks like it is going to keep picking up.

We now have finishers at all three tunnel projects doing our work -  JCM ,TFK and STP - with a lot of work left.

Please call hall when you see other crafts doing our work on signatory contactor jobs,  NOT just when you get laid off.

Members must have OSHA 10 card to be dispatched to the STP tunnel project , Frank has that class starting

Monday July 23rd - it's a 2 day class.   We just found out that job required OSHA 10 card.

Seattle area is very busy with lots of work going on and lots of work coming up.  UW area also going to be very busy.

We need setup guys -  if you know any good ones now is a good time to sign up.

We are going to be bringing in new apprentices soon so please help train them.

5/19/12 BIG MEETING CITY HALL 5 oclock NEW ARENA LOTS OF WORK.

Future looks a lot better.

Work safe,see you on the battle field ,hopefully the union meetings.

April, Spring

Seattle area is starting to pick up. PCL has two AmTrack buildings going, KING has the flatwork.

Sellen is still at Issaquah Hospital working, Merlino is on site doing sitework.

Children's Hospital is getting closer to concrete work. 700,000 + SF concrete.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is winding down, and working on punchlist.

Mortensen South Park Transfer Station is going. KING has flatwork.

Turner Car Rental Facility is winding down. Working on punchlist and Mid Mountain is still working on sitework.

Lydig has Transfer Station by Airport and Pre Conditional Air project at the airport. RFI has concrete on both projects.

Ferguson has Bus Station by Airport and has started using finishers on this project!

Pankow has started working on Burien Transit Center. Conco has the flatwork.

UW area is the busiest in the Seattle area. A lot of work on and surrounding the campus. There is a lot of renovation, new buildings and street work.

Still a lot of roadwork going, and getting started. Mercer mess will be starting soon for concrete. Merlino has the project.

Mowatt closer to using finishers on 1-5 / HWY 18 project.

PCL still working on Spokane Street Bridge. KODO has most of the concrete work on this project.

Kunney mobing back in at the pass. They will be needing finishers when they start back up - soon!

Skanska Viaduct project is going strong and using in-house Cement Masons and union subcontractors on the project for the paving.

Both link rail projects, UW & Capital Hill are putting together bore machines now! This will take 1-3 months.

Hoffman was awarded UW Station, mobeing in now, and concrete work is still a ways out. They also have the Northwest Hospital add-on project.

Capital Hill has a lot of work coming up. The Street Car project was awarded to Stacy & Witbeck, and we are currently working on a CWA for this project, similar to a PLA. We have worked well with Stacy & Witbeck in the past.

Also, a $35 million demo/rebuild next to Capital Hill Station. Not sure of Contractor for the project yet. The Capital Hill Station has not been awarded yet.


The rally in Olympia on April 8th was a good turn out. Hope to see many more Local 528 member at the next rally - we need your help!

Keep eyes open out in the field, and help protect our work!
Thank you and be safe!




November 2010

The Seattle area is picking up a little and there are a lot more jobs coming up to Bid!

Two new Transfer Stations are coming up. The one in Sea Tac is being built by Lydig, and the one in South Park is being built by Mortenson. 

SODO is building two more building like the one they built last year by the Stadiums. ABI has one of the buildings there right now. 

ABI is also building on 3rd & Harrison for Avalon. It is a good size job, and is just getting going - Olympic. 

Excell Pacific has a 16-18 story building coming up in Downtown - Conco was awarded the flat work.

Sellen - Still working on Issaquah Hospital and is going good. They also started working on Children's Hospital. They have the site fenced off from all of the apartments, to begin demolition. This is a big site - around a million SF!

Burien Transit Parking Garage is starting up - Pankow is the General Contractor and has signed a project agreement. Conco has the flat work.

Turner Car Rental Facility is about 75% complete, and there is still pouring and patching. Mid Mountain has a lot of the site work on this project.

Ferguson - has new bus station by the airport. Work starts in Dec / Jan...

Lydig has Pre Conditional Air Project at the airport. This is a PLA project.

Ferguson's Maple Leaf Water Resorvour is going good.

Roadwork in the area:
Atkinson is still at Nalley Valley, Tacoma & Bellevue. Braids project has a lot of work coming!

Mowatt - I5 HWY 18 Overpass & South Seattle

Kunney - Work to start again in the Spring at Snoqualamie Pass.
Merlino - Mercer Mess Project is coming soon.

Belarde - Working on 3rd Ave in Kirkland for Bayley.

Skanska - Viaduct Project in coming soon.

Snow shed is coming out to bid soon, and that a huge job on the Snow Pass.

UW still the busiest area in town. Hoffman, Webcore & King still busy on campus. There is another phase to that job that will also bid soon.

Skanska & Sellen are both demoing building on the campus right now. 

UW U220 Frontier Project - Link Rail Project will be using Finishers soon!

Capital Hill - Link Rail Project U230 JCM will also be using Finishers soon! 

Keep it safe & Have a Happy Holiday Season! 
Jeff Ableman


 
 

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