Safety

Our employees are our most valuable asset. The importance of trench safety cannot be overemphasized. In underground construction, trench safety is among the fundamental life saving rules.

Planet Underground TV sponsors The Round Table Live each year during the summer. The event is attended by utility companies, contractors and suppliers. The emphasis is on damage prevention, safety and safe work practices

The final step before tie-ing in a pipe line assembly or pipe segment is the hydrostatic test. This critical test is usually done in a cramped trailer full of fittings and hoses. Midwestern Contractors wanted something better for their customers, operators and inspectors.

Construction is labor intensive. Machines certainly do the heavy lifting but many things still need to moved around by hand. Wood skids, pallets, plywood, small pipe and fittings, pumps, generators, jack hammers, hydraulic jacks and energy packs. The list goes on. These items can weight 30 to over 100 pounds. improper lift techniques can pull muscles, strain backs and tear tendons. Midwestern Contractors believes that these injuries are avoidable. This video explains the proper way to lift.

Pipelines carry products from point A to point B. In the process they go through, under or over surface features, to get to their destination.

In the world of underground construction, safety is the priority. Thanks to organizations like Planet Underground, accessibility to safe working techniques and methods has never been easier to discuss, and share within the industry.

In Illinois late December through March are not pretty months. Wind, temperatures near zero or in the teens, snow and ice, all make conditions difficult for crews. An ongoing injection field project requires precise fitting and welding on thousands of feet of 6" to 12" pipe.

Electric Conduit Construction and it's DBA, Midwestern Contractors, are pleased to announce Jeff Larson’s achievement of Certified Safety Professional (CSP). 

Product moving through pipelines, generates revenue that fuels pipeline transportation companies. As a preferred contractor, our customers recognize that we do our utmost to minimize downtime to their infrastructure. 

Speed to market can be an important consideration for a customer when construction or modification takes place on inservice piping. On one such project the operator had no choice but to replace 2,400' of aging pipe, drilled in, and in service, for many years.

Mr. Weston Countryman earns the DCA Safety Director of the year award. Hard work, dedication to safety and innovation were the reasons Mr. Countryman won. But these same qualities help to maintain our safety standards on every project site 365 days each year.

The Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) held their annual meeting in Naples, FL. the week of February 15th, 2016. Among the many highlights of the annual convention one stood out for Midwestern Contractors, The Arthur T. Everham Safety Award. Mr. Everham was one of the original founders of Midwestern Contractors.