Directory INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS 7154 Columbia Gateway Drive • Columbia, MD 21046 Phone: 410-953-6150 • Fax: 410-953-6169 OFFICERS of the INTERNATIONAL UNION of ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS FRANK CHRISTENSEN, General President JAMES K. BENDER, II, Assistant General President LARRY J. McGANN, General Secretary-Treasurer VICE PRESIDENTS LEONARD R. LEGOTTE, Local 1, New York, NY ANTHONY T. GAZZANIGA, Local 18, Los Angeles, CA MIKE FUNK, Local 82, Vancouver, BC, Canada JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Local 5, Philadelphia, PA PATRICK STRAFER, Local 19, Seattle, WA TIMOTHY D. MORGAN, Local 4, Boston, MA BRAD BRAVE, Local 90, Hamilton, ON, Canada JOHN J. O’CONNOR, Local 10, Washington, DC JUAN GONZALEZ, Jr., Local 2, Chicago, IL JOHN R. DeROSA Jr., Local 91, New Haven, CT IUEC SAFETY DIRECTOR MIKE LANGER, Telephone: 508-947-8680 Fax: 508-947-8525 IUEC ASSISTANT SAFETY DIRECTOR ERIC MCCLASKEY, Telephone: 925-270-6118 IUEC POLITICAL ACTION DIRECTOR MIKE HALPIN, Telephone: 917-335-1516 IUEC DIRECTOR OF CODES & STANDARDS DAVID GRIEFENHAGEN, Telephone: 651-653-4265 REGIONAL DIRECTORS NEWTON J. BLANCHARD, IV, Telephone: 504-354-9950 Fax: 504-381-4222 STEVEN A. BRUNO, Telephone: 860-529-0517 Fax: 860-529-0518 TERENCE P. CARR, Telephone: 631-864-3406 Fax: 631-864-1345 JAMES CHAPMAN, III, Telephone: 816-847-6633 Fax: 816-847-6969 ED CHRISTENSEN, Telephone: 773-924-2086 Fax: 773-924-0864 JERRY CLUFF, Telephone: 623-561-9368 RUSTY GILBERT, Telephone: 804-432-0234 KEVIN McGETTIGAN, Telephone: 603-822-7127 Fax: 603-821-1653 WAYNE SIMS, Telephone: 515-274-9671 IUEC I.T. DIRECTOR GIL DUNCAN, Telephone: 757-312-0428 Fax: 757-312-0429 ORGANIZERS PATRICK J. McGARVEY, Director, Telephone: 415-895-1456 Fax: 415-895-1191 DANIEL BAUMANN, Assistant Director, Telephone: 312-735-0047 Fax: 815-923-7571 ABEL ARABITG, Telephone: 786-261-1253 VANCE AYRES, Telephone: 540-625-2243 Fax: 540-625-2162 CLARENCE BAKER, Telephone: 214-304-6630 Fax: 469-264-7535 ROBERT CAPUANI, Telephone: 630-855-6700 JOE DUPONT, Telephone: 303-933-2501 Fax: 303-933-2503 Jason Gray, Telephone: 404-290-1012 JOSH JOSOFF, Telephone: 402-210-7543 JIM LOWERY, Telephone: 301-373-2174 Fax: 301-373-2174 BLAIR MACMILLAN, Telephone: 778-547-0822 FRED McCOURT, Telephone: 732-955-6990 Fax: 732-279-6906 BEN McINTYRE, Telephone: 416-678-5856 KEVIN MOODY, Telephone: 678-583-6205 Fax: 678-759-2759 STEVE SIMPSON, Telephone: 712-314-0874 MARIO VICCHIULLO, Telephone: 702-844-2020 ELEVATOR INDUSTRY WORK PRESERVATION FUND Director: R. ALLEN SPEARS 8221 Snowden River Parkway, Columbia, MD 21045 Telephone: 410-312-1474 Fax: 410-312-1473 NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Director: Dave Morgan Assistant Director: John J. Caughey 11 Larsen Way, Attleboro Falls, MA 02763-1068 Telephone: 800-228-8220 or 508-699-2200 NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY BENEFIT PLANS 19 Campus Boulevard, Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073-3288 Telephone: 800-523-4702 Executive Director: ROBERT O. BETTS, Ext. 2200 Director, Health Claims Administration: JOHN McGOWAN, Ext. 2600 CANADIAN ELEVATOR INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Director: DAN VINETTE, 1795 Ironstone Manor, Unit 3, Pickering, ON, Canada L1W 3W9. Telephone: 905-837-2347 Fax: 905-837-2349 Toll Free: 1-888-GO-CEIEP Email: danv@ceiep-program.com The ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTOR VOLUME XCX NUMBER 3 MARCH 2023 ISSN 0013-614X–Published monthly by the International Union of Elevator Constructors, 7154 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046. Phone: (410) 953-6150. Address all communications to James K. Bender, II, Editor. The publisher is not responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. Periodicals postage paid at Columbia, Maryland, and additional mailing offices. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of November 3, 1917. Authorized July 31, 1918. Subscription rate $18.00 per year. POSTMASTER; Deliver all PO Form 3579s to IUEC, 7154 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046. Lithographed in U.S.A. by Kelly Press, Inc., Washington, D.C. Publication Mail agreement No. 7111661. Canadian Publications Mail Agreement #41464576. Canada Post: Return undeliverables to P.O. Box 2601, 6915 Dixie Road, Mississauga, ON L4T 0A9. In Your Best Interest.......................................2 Editor’s Corner................................................3 For Your Benefit.............................................. 4 NEIEP’s Corner...............................................6 From a Legal Standpoint................................ 7 From the Directors of Safety. ........................ 9 IUEC Scholarship Fund............................... 15 New Arrivals..................................................20 Local Roundup..............................................22 CONTENTS March 2023 5
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