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Get To Know YOUR NUCAFL LEADERSHIP

Q & A

WITH RICK BOLINGER

Briefly tell us about your professional background . Why you are in the underground utility business and how did you get started ? BOLINGER : After college graduation , I went to work for a large tobacco company . The job required my wife and I to move to Alabama . We loved it there and that ’ s where we started our family . In 2000 , we moved back to Florida to start a new job in the reinforced concrete pipe industry . A friend recommended me , so I interviewed for the open sales position and was hired . The new job allowed me to live in my hometown of Vero Beach . This is where we raised our two kids . I have
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