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PUSH INC.
Push Inc.’s specialty is in meeting cleanup
and sanitation standards, as well as sewer
and water construction.
Push is ‘Part of the Whole’
Push Inc.’s membership in the National Utility Contractors Association gives the company an added
advantage, including access to industry resources and information about competition.
P ush Inc., a utility contractor based in Rice Lake,
Wis., has been providing underground cable con-
struction, directional drilling and pipe rehabilitation
since 1974. The company prides itself on meeting cleanup
and sanitation standards, as well as sewer and water con-
struction. It has experienced continuous growth since in-
ception, it says.
Push’s affiliation with the National Utility Contractors
Association (NUCA) – the oldest and largest trade associa-
tion for the utility construction industry – gives the compa-
ny an added advantage, it notes. NUCA represents contrac-
tors, suppliers and manufacturers involved in the water,
sewer, gas, electric, telecommunications and site work in-
dustries. President James King Jr. notes that being a NUCA
member requires commitment.
“It requires a decision,” he said in a statement. “Our con-
tractor, associate and institutional members decided that
NUCA was and will continue to be the association that
best represents their industry’s interests in the advocacy,
safety and professional education arenas.”
Every member is unique in the industry, King added.
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“Each one of us is different in the type of work we do, the
part of the nation in which we do it and the size of our com-
pany in terms of employees and volume,” he explained.
“As a result, we all bring a little something different to the
organization. I believe it is the distinctiveness of each part
of the whole that makes our association great.”
Some of its responsibilities include:
■ NUCA lobbies in Washington on legislative, judicial and
regulatory matters.
■ NUCA’s Foundation for Education and Research provides
training and educational seminars to members’ employees.
■ It publishes the biweekly Washington Report, bimonthly
NUCA Safety News, and the electronic publications of The
NUCA Report, which help members gain competitive ad-
vantage, it says.
■ NUCA’s Institute for Leadership Development offers
classes for current and future utility construction execu-
tives including CEOs, project managers, estimators and
supervisors.
Some of NUCA’s recent developments include training
employees who operate wheel loaders and excavators on