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by Autumne Bruce

Congratulations to all the International Utility Locate Rodeo winners!

The winners are in! The 2014 International Utility Locate Rodeo, held at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, is officially in the books! This premier event showcases the top talent in the world of utility locating. These amazing Utility Locate Technicians came together on August 9th to compete in Gas, Power, Telecom, and Water locating events to contend for number one!

USIC is a proud sponsor of the event and our participating employees. A big congratulations goes to USIC’s own Joe Bartley who placed an amazing 1st in the overall Telecom portion of the competition, while Jim Davidson earned top honors in the “Locate from Hell” division and 2nd in the Electric division. The following highly-skilled Locate Technicians from USIC also participated in the events and won big:

• Larry Sanders – Winner of Gas Event 3 and Second Place Overall LFH
• Tommy Toombs – Second Place Overall Water Division
• Rodney Duke – Winner of Gas Event 1
• Clayton Kornegay – Third Place Overall Telecom Division
• Mike Bons – Winner of Telecom Event 3
• Roger Bench
• Ryan Lane
• William Boyle
• Dustin Lasley
• Josh Williams
• Jesus Gutierrez
• Dave Roberts
• John Fischer
• Jeff Parker
• Stevon Carstarphen
• Kevin Grigsby

Thanks for another successful event and all you do!

For more information about the competition, please visit www.locaterodeo.com.

Congratulations to all the International Utility Locate Rodeo winners!

President's Award Recipient

USIC is the proud recipient of the Common Ground Alliance’s (CGA) President’s Corporate Award of Excellence for 2014. USIC was awarded this honor for contributions to DIRT data as well as an overall dedication to damage prevention at this year’s Annual Meeting at the CGA conference.

A Valued Partnership

USIC is a valued Disconnect/Reconnect partner of Ameren Missouri. USIC represents Ameren Missouri professionally and courteously while performing this critical service. USIC’s performance consistently meets Ameren Missouri's high safety, quality and efficiency expectations.

- Tommie Gray, Revenue Protection Manager, Ameren Missouri

2018 CGA Gold Sponsorship

USIC is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for this year's CGA Excavation & Safety Expo. For more information please visit www.cgaconference.com.

US Infrastructure Corporation (USIC) Acquires On Target Utility Services

USIC is pleased to announce On Target Utility Services as the newest addition to the USIC family. For USIC, this transaction adds more than 280 technicians and strengthens its ability to service new and existing customers in the Northeast. This partnership further expands USIC’s diversification of services with the addition of utility services like metering, storm restoration, telecommunications, smart grid and power line solutions to provide even more support for our customers.

Great Partnership

Working with the team at USIC throughout our RFQ process was the continuation of a great partnership. USIC, not only heard our needs and concerns, they asked the appropriate questions to fully understand where we needed to be in order to award a new contract to them. As a result, we highly recommend USIC as a partner in the protection of underground communications facilities.

- R. Wallace

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Birmingham, AL Technician Keena Dowdell was performing a locate when he heard screams and ran to help. A nearby house was on fire, and the elderly, disabled man inside could not get out of the window or to his phone to call for help. Keena got his shovel and broke the window but could not loosen the security bar enough to get the man out. He began trying to force the front door open while calling the fire department and finally got through to help the man escape. The man was then taken to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. “I just saw the man was in there trapped,” Keena described. “The house was on fire. I just tried my best to get him out of there. I feel really good about it. This is the first time I’ve been in a position to save someone’s life like that.” Thank you, Keena, for your heroic actions, which saved a life!

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