Listen in for updates on the Middle and East Tennessee chapters of the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA). We interview your fellow ditch-digging contractor members, the associate members who help make our work possible, and special guests from around the industry. We also provide board meeting follow ups, special event highlights, and anything else that will help you "keep digging Tennessee!"
Excavation contractors have to work around a lot of existing infrastructure. Utility companies mark their public lines in response to a locate request through TN811, but how do we avoid damage to private utilities that aren't owned or maintained by a utility operator? New member Blood Hound Underground is here to help! Listen in to get a taste for their services and then click here to learn more about BHUG.
E-Tank, Ltd. is a new member of NUCA Mid TN that's ready to help rent equipment for your environmental needs. Their local office is in Cadiz, KY, and David can help you with frac tanks, roll-off boxes, pumps, and filtration. Click here to learn more about E-Tank.On January 13th, a trench collapse occurred in Powell, TN -- a small town outside of Knoxville. Information on the incident is limited, but Matt shares what we know and some quick reminders about trench safety.
Incado offers financial coaching and consulting and can even act as your outsourced CFO, but don't let that fool you...Casey Cox, Founder & CEO, grew up around heavy equipment and he's no stranger to hard work. Click here to learn more about Incado Partners.
We catch up with NUCA of KY President Adam Terry and talk about Washington Summit, the KY Chapter Kick Off Event and what's to come.
We talk with Carl Vasquez from NUCA National about how to handle an OSHA inspection on the job site.
Week 3 of our Toolbox Talk Contest features Chad Runnion of Badger Daylighting.
It's the 2nd week of our Safe Digging Month Toolbox Talk Contest! Returning guest Carl Vasquez joins us to review the basics of 811.
We chat with Bill Turner from TN 811 about the dig law and the Enforcement Board.
This week we chat with the new Chairman of the board for NUCA National.
We talk with Tom Connelly and Sean Dailey. Tom and Sean are from People Ready Skilled Trades a new member of the Middle TN Chapter.
We welcome back to the show NUCA CEO Doug Carlson. We talk with Doug about convention and what's to come for NUCA in 2021.
In this episode we catch up with Wendi Mullins, the executive director of NUCA of East Tennessee.
This week we talk about 3 trench collapses that happened the previous week. Two of them happened very near our chapters.
Matt reviews 3 trench collapses that happened in December of 2020.
This week we talk with Carl Vasquez the new Direct of safety for NUCA.
This episode we will hear the audio from the recent NUCA of Middle TN board Zoom meeting.
This week we say Happy Thanksgiving and give a reminder about Coivid-19