With more than 15 years of experience , Vasquez ’ s position as director of safety and education will clearly articulate NUCA ’ s safety vision , objectives , strategies , policies , and procedures to enhance the association ’ s safety culture .

Carl Vasquez Joins NUCA To Lead National Safety Program

Utility Contractor Association Hires New Safety & Education Director

( Fairfax , Va .) – The National Utility Contractors Association ( NUCA ) announced today that Carl Vasquez , ASP has been hired to lead the association ’ s industry renowned safety and education programs .

“ Safety for our industry ’ s employees is a core value at NUCA ,” said NUCA CEO Doug Carlson . “ Carl is an experienced construction safety professional who has walked in many industry shoes , from project engineer to OSHA advisor to director of safety programs for a major urban city department .”

With more than 15 years of experience , Vasquez ’ s position as director of safety and education will clearly articulate NUCA ’ s safety vision , objectives , strategies , policies , and procedures to enhance the association ’ s safety culture .

Before coming to NUCA , Vasquez worked most recently as a risk management consultant for Travelers Insurance and as a system safety consultant for Caliber

Consulting of Washington , D . C . In his work for these organizations he evaluated hospitality industry activities to minimize costs related to risk as well as developed and managed a safety program for a southern California commuter railroad system .

Vasquez takes over the NUCA safety and education department from industry long-timer George Kennedy , who retired earlier this year after 30 years of service . Vasquez is an expert in identifying and analyzing corporate risk , using definitive risk management tools to mitigate , eliminate , or reduce risk exposures in construction .

As director of construction and engineering safety for the second-largest transit agency in the U . S ., the Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA ), Vasquez led between 2014 and 2017 the risk management planning of the system ’ s capitol programs and implemented a number of major projects to improve the rail , bridge , and tunnel

With more than 15 years of experience , Vasquez ’ s position as director of safety and education will clearly articulate NUCA ’ s safety vision , objectives , strategies , policies , and procedures to enhance the association ’ s safety culture .

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With more than 15 years of experience , Vasquez ’ s position as director of safety and education will clearly articulate NUCA ’ s safety vision , objectives , strategies , policies , and procedures to enhance the association ’ s safety culture .

Carl Vasquez Joins NUCA To Lead National Safety Program

Utility Contractor Association Hires New Safety & Education Director

With more than 15 years of experience , Vasquez ’ s position as director of safety and education will clearly articulate NUCA ’ s safety vision , objectives , strategies , policies , and procedures to enhance the association ’ s safety culture .