Up and Running at Koloa Substation - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
Up and Running at Koloa Substation - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
Up and Running at Koloa Substation - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
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KIUC Honored for Community Service<br />
By the Contractors Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of Kaua‘i<br />
In ceremonies held as part of the Contractors<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of Kaua‘i’s 54th Annual Meeting <strong>and</strong><br />
Install<strong>at</strong>ion Dinner December 1, the associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
presented the Robert H. Rask Spirit of CAK award<br />
for community service to Kaua‘i Isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>Utility</strong><br />
Cooper<strong>at</strong>ive.<br />
Accepting the award for KIUC was former Safety<br />
Manager R<strong>and</strong>y Alcott <strong>and</strong> Fred Pascual, KIUC’s<br />
member represent<strong>at</strong>ive to CAK.<br />
The Robert H. Rask award is named in memory<br />
of the longtime electrical contractor who was an<br />
active member of CAK, in which he held many<br />
leadership positions. Rask had a long history of<br />
community service th<strong>at</strong> included decades on the<br />
boards of the Salv<strong>at</strong>ion Army, Lihu’e Corp, Hale<br />
Opio <strong>and</strong> Lihu’e United Church. He also served on<br />
the board <strong>and</strong> in various leadership roles of the<br />
Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce <strong>and</strong> a variety of<br />
construction industry organiz<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
KIUC was cited for its wide range of community<br />
service by not only the company, but many of its<br />
staff <strong>and</strong> employees—ranging from the AdoptA<br />
Highway project the company has particip<strong>at</strong>ed in<br />
Photo by Shelley Paik<br />
for years <strong>and</strong> helping string the lights on the lawn<br />
fronting the county building in prepar<strong>at</strong>ion for the<br />
holiday season to helping sponsor or particip<strong>at</strong>e in<br />
a range of youth <strong>and</strong> educ<strong>at</strong>ional projects around<br />
the isl<strong>and</strong> throughout the year.<br />
The company also was cited for its partnership<br />
with CAK in providing safety training services to<br />
employees <strong>and</strong> staff of KIUC, CAK <strong>and</strong> many other<br />
companies in the isl<strong>and</strong>’s construction <strong>and</strong><br />
business sector.<br />
KIUC has made working safely <strong>and</strong> providing a<br />
safe workplace for their employees <strong>and</strong> staff a<br />
priority. More than 100 KIUC employees <strong>and</strong> staff<br />
particip<strong>at</strong>ed in safety trainings in 2011, including<br />
in these areas: fork lift certific<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong><br />
recertific<strong>at</strong>ion; aerial lift safety; flagging; fall<br />
protection <strong>and</strong> ladder safety competent person<br />
training; excav<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> trenching competent<br />
person training; driver improvement program<br />
training for licensed commercial drivers; <strong>and</strong><br />
driver improvement program training for<br />
employees who drive company vehicles.<br />
CAK President M<strong>at</strong>t Taba,<br />
KIUC’s Fred Pascual <strong>and</strong><br />
R<strong>and</strong>y Alcott.<br />
DECEMBER 2011 21
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