Work Picture as of March 4, 2010

Must be State Certified

707-251-9180, ext. 180 after 5 pm for recorded work picture/book info - as in, "where did the calls go?" or email the dispatcher.

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MOST employers are not accepting ET's. Local 180 follows the IBEW & NECA Substance-Free Workforce Program. PLEASE, do not call with questions on State Certification or the Work Picture - it is all here on the web site.

new"In light of the economic environment and lack of calls, I am as of today's date March 3, 2010 temporarily suspending strikes on all job calls until June 1, 2010." Dan Broadwater, Business Manager. Read more.

  • Valero Refinery in Benicia
    • The following are required and shall be presented when taking the job call:
    • BAT CARD,
    • TWIC Card Required starting Feb 2009,
    • SS Card & one government ID card (driver's lic. or passport)
    • Drug Test, No Facial Hair, Steel toed boots will be a requirement on the Valero Site. Newtron will reimburse up to $150 with a receipt for the boots. This will be a condition of employment just like drug testing and TWIC/BATT.

    BUTAMER

  • The Butamer unit was completed in Nov. 2009.

SCRUBBER

  • The Scrubber project is estimated to involve 180,000 man-hours. The scheduled peak for our craft is over 160 Wiremen in May/June of 2010 with a completion of August of 2010.
  • Currently 55 people are on site.
  • newStart date, was March 1, 2010
  • The project is required to be completed by August 2010.
  • As of 7/27/2009 - Valero calls are not subject to refusals and all past refusal were reversed.
  • We have no projections of "when or how many" for job calls
  • Job calls will "normally" be as follows:
    • Dispatch Monday to report Wednesday
    • Dispatch Wednesday to repot Friday
    • Expect two shifts
  • newLast Job Call:
    • 3/4/2010
    • 7-JW, 2-Apprentices
    • Went to #12 on book one
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  • American Canyon High School:
    • Project is manned
    • No further hiring
    • Completion is Aug 2010
  
  • High Winds - Rio Vista windmill project
    • Rumored to start in the spring.
    • These projects typically require at least 30 hands sometimes more.
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  • Solano County:
    • Solano County Health & Social Services Building in Vallejo
      • Project is near completion
    • Solano County Forensic Lab in Fairfield
      • Project is near completion
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  • Solano Community College:
    • Vacaville Campus
      • Started in Fall 2008
      • Duration is 14 months
      • Project is fully manned
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  • Verizon Call Center in Fairfield:
    • This project has started and will begin hiring in the early spring or sooner if the weather permits.
    • The projected manpower they will need is 15 to 20 hands
    • Duration is 11 months
  
  • Solano County Government Center in Vallejo:
    • This will be a fast track project with a major remodel of an existing structure which the Health and Social Services used to occupy.
    • The project will require 15 to 30 hands and run approximately 3 months.
    • Hiring is expected to ramp up mid January.
    • Weather will not affect this project as it is a remodel.
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  • North Bay Medical Center in Vacaville:
    • Project hiring to begin in the spring.
    • The project will require 30-plus hands for at least a year in duration.
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  • Touro University on Mare Island:
    • Project put on hold due to the economy
  
  • The Solano County Jail Project
    • back on the radar.
    • There is a PLA on the project and it is quite large—a 318-bed facility near the existing Clay Bank facility.
    • Additional information will be provided as project planning advances.
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As with anything in the world of construction, current market conditions, the above is subject to change.  This is only a projection of the work in our area.