Read letters from:
T.R. Eggert Construction        Marriot Int'l           Hunt/Lydig

Turner Construction                 BAC (Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers)

Hunt-Kiewit (on Safeco Field)        Turner (on World Trade Center)

Hoffman Construction (letter of recommendation)

Last night The Bravern Signature Residences was awarded the “Honor Award for Weatherproofing” at the 2010 Excellence in Masonry Design Awards Banquet.  The project award is highlighted in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce on Friday March 19, 2010.  I have attached the page for your viewing. 

Thanks to Unipro (Wayne Belcher) for the work well done and the leg work in submitting the project!    

Jason L. Goetz - DBIA, LEED® AP
Project Manager
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
THE BRAVERN Signature Residences
600-108th Ave NE Suite 522
Bellevue, WA 98004

GO TO SITE!             Read about it in the Seattle Journal of Commerce

Dear Wayne,

Greetings from Shanghai. On the long distance flight, I finally found sufficient time to read your book “Installation of Joint Sealants – Standards & Guides” cover-to-cover. This is an excellent book indeed and one dearly needed. The book describes in quite some detail essential considerations for a successful joint sealing operation. As you mentioned in your book, the joint sealing operation is often only considered as an after-thought and consequently not sufficient time is spent on the planning and execution of this important detail. While the installation of joint sealants represents only a minor part of the overall building costs, consequential damages resulting from joint seal failures may be substantial. The book is well written and illustrated – the photos and figures were well selected and are easy to understand. I learned a thing or two about swing stage operation (however, not surprising, since my experience with swing stages is rather limited – I recently had more experiences with bamboo scaffoldings in Asia – these would make an interesting chapter in your book, if you ever were to take it global).

The only area of improvement regarding the readability of the book is its layout, i.e., a more consistent use of highlighted, bolded, italics, etc. text would help the reader in finding his/her way through the book structure.
Otherwise, this book is crème-de la crème, as they say in France.

Best wishes – and looking forward to your ASTM paper.

i.V. Andreas Wolf

Senior Scientist
New Business Development
Global Construction MBU, SCB, Europe

Thanks for the nice comment.  We really do believe in the “team” concept and want our subcontractors to be successful.  I believe we accomplished this goal together.  You should be proud of your field staff as they have done a great job out here and are a trade we don’t have to worry about with safety, job coordination, etc.  It has been a pleasure working with you again (16 years ago) Wayne and look forward to a successful completion of this project.

Thanks
Jeff Luedecker

PCL Construction Services, Inc.
THE BRAVERN Signature Residences
600-108th Ave NE Suite 522
Bellevue, WA 98004

United Professional Sealant Seminars:

Wayne
I cannot express enough how much the BAC appreciates all you do for the industry and I'm sure how much the industry itself appreciates you. Thank You

Dennis Becker
President
BAC Local #1 Washington

Wayne - Thanks again for coming down.  It was nice to shake your hand again. 

You quickly restored faith in the facade consultant and architect that the sealant joints will be top notch.  Ryan appreciated getting a copy of your book as well, it was a nice touch.  Hopefully we both can find some new projects in Portland or elsewhere to do together.  …keep thinking positive, and the opportunities will come.

Thanks
Bill Drinkward
Hoffman project, (Mirabella, Portland)

We are pleased to pass on congratulations on a job well done from the Owner and various Tenants. We along with WRC feel that it is very important to continue the strong relationships we have built on the project. WRC; Paula Cutler or Garrit Pillie, will be contacting your companies directly for warranty and/or maintenance requests.

You should be proud of this accomplishment as you have been selected out of a huge list of subcontractors. Please pass this on to your tradesmen and keep up the good work.

Thank you,

Kurt D. Westover
Engineer – HMC – NJB
Turner Construction Company

Bryon/Wayne,

I believe we are done with our caulking punchlist.  We are very happy with the work Unipro preformed for us under such a tight schedule.  Thanks for your help.  I’ll let you know if the architect comes up with anything.

Thanks, 
Matthew H. Matsumoto
Obayashi Corporation - Beacon Hill Project

Gentlemen:  The Sound Transit project is now complete and today is my last day dealing with the job.  I have kept Daryl and Matt totally informed on all aspects of the job
and specifically in matters performed by your organization. Each of these gentlemen will continue to assist with the “close out” of your subcontract.

I wish to thank each of you for your full cooperation and assistance during the course of the construction, and to recognize that it was your participation and workmanship
that helped to bring the project to a successful completion.

Very best regards,

Mike O'Leary

Obayashi Corporation

United Rentals Corporation has had a long standing working relationship with United Professional Caulking. It has been a pleasure working with the entire staff over the past ten years.

U.P.C. has been extremely professional in all aspects of business, something that needs to be applauded in the construction industry.  With today’s Economy and Working Environment it has been quite taxing on everyone, it nice to know that they remain resilient through the hard times due there quality and competitiveness.
I only wish that everybody @ United Rentals had as loyal and easy going staff as UPC does.

This letter is being sent in recognition of how valuable it is to maintain a great working environment in all lines of business.

I would highly recommend their services and products as I know that they stand behind their company with the upmost integrity.

Thank You

Senior Sales Representative
Travis Mendenhall

On behalf of the Local, I want to thank you for your donation of PCC tools
to the apprentices that will be competing at the contest in Las Vegas.

The apprentices were extremely grateful and had a chance to use them during
their 3-days of warm up/practice this week.  Getting an entire set of
pointing and caulking tools was a big deal to them. After spending 3 days
with Terry this week at the training center, I think our boys have a good
chance!

Again Wayne, your generosity is appreciated.

William O. Cavin / Secretary-Treasurer
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers
Local #1 Washington

Wayne,
Thank you for updating the Sealant spec for LEED and low VOCs.  …Greatly appreciate your help with this and past assistance,

John Steele | CollinsWoerman www.collinswoerman.com

Thanks for another well done project by you and your team.

Bruce Remmen
Senior Superintendent
Mortenson Construction: Building what’s next.
www.mortenson.com

I wanted to follow up to thank you for your approach on the project.  The Union Gospel Mission is doing outstanding work assisting people get back on their feet.  The Hope Place project will allow thousands of homeless women and children the opportunity for a better life.  UNIPRO has gone above and beyond, donating time and material to the project, showing UNIPRO values its customers and its community.  Thank you for providing professional crews and your support of the UGM’s larger goal.

Sincerely,
Ryan Troy
UGM Hope Place Project
3800 S. Othello,Seattle, WA 98118 -See how we are effecting our community.

You've managed the Big 3 (Schedule, Quality, Budget) well on this job and that usually translates into good projects.

[Microsoft Bldg’s 96 & 97]
Columbia Stone, Inc.
Rob Bacon
Project Manager

I just want to let you know that I really enjoyed working with Troy on the Olivian project.  He was very cooperative and his crew did a great job.  All the sealant I checked was dimensioned properly and all the pull tests I performed were adhered well.  Keep up the good work.

Thanks,
Matt Clarke
IBA -Innovative Builiding and Architecture Consultsnts

I want to extend my thanks to you and UNIPRO for the great work out here at the Ninth and Jefferson Building. We got off to a pretty bad start with the weather and had to wait it out for quite a while. But, UNIPRO came in with an amazing display of force and manned up to complete floor blocks of sidewalk caulking in one day. I am sure we will cross paths again; see you on the next one.

Thank you,

Kurt D. Westover
Engineer – HMC – NJB
Turner Construction Company

I wanted to take a moment to express to you how much I enjoyed working with United Professional Inc. I can see that this is in a large part because James is very valuable and represents your company and your name very well. He presents himself very professionally and has his company and the general contractor foremost in his mind while conducting business. UPI’s finish product on this job is more than satisfactory and efficiently done, especially considering how we had to work the schedule. UPI understanding and professionalism toward our schedule on this job was very much appreciated.

I look forward to working with James in the future. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with him.

Steve Holden
Field Superintendent
Turner Construction Company
206-510-8049
MIRABELLA PROJECT

I have to give you some extra credit.  Over the weekend I found myself caulking some trim at my house, when a little voice started chirping in my ear not to “pull the bead”.  While your man James Johnson is in no danger of being put out of work, my finished product is better due to your unrelenting passion for the business.

Thank you again for all the work that United Professionals Inc. put into making the Mirabella project here in Seattle a success.  Your involvement from the start allowed us to identify problem areas and focus everyone’s attention where we needed it.  As always, your crews did a great job in the field.  They worked safe, they coordinated with other trades and their work was done professionally.  With over a quarter million square feet of exterior wall, it felt good to know we had the best in the business working on it.

I personally appreciate UPI taking care of the signature curtain wall rotunda on the corner of Denny and Fairview.  This is a key design element of the project and it felt could to know that it was done right.

Thanks again, and I’ll see you on the next one.

JCB

Jon Bunnell
Turner Construction Co.
Project Manager
PRS Mirabella Project

Wayne,
I really appreciate the great relationship and work you do for Pacific Construction Systems, Inc.as well as for the industry as a whole.

BTW would you be willing do come to a PDCA mtg and do a presentation of caulking for the painters?  

Best regards,
Ron Towers
Senior Estimator
Pacific Construction Systems, Inc.

Hi Susan,

Thank you very much for work your company done for us. …I appreciate your effort and quality.

Regards,

Slavek Piotrowski, M.A.Sc. P.Eng.
Senior Design Engineer,
Con-Force Structures,
a division of Armtec Limited Partnership
7900 Nelson Road
Richmond , BC   V6W 1G4
www.con-force.com

Wayne,
So far Unipro has performed exceptionally well for us [Microsoft 96 & 97].  You are on time and install top notch work.  Plus your crew very responsive.  We/CSI have taken note of this and it will not be overlooked when reviewing future caulking bids.

Thanks again, 

Columbia Stone, Inc.

Todd
Project Manager
tel 503.612.9100
fax 503.691.8515

[Microsoft Buildings 96 & 97, Redmond, Washington]
Thanks for your good work and passion towards safety and quality.

Bruce Remmen
Senior Superintendent
Mortenson Construction: Building what’s next.

Wayne,
It is a wonderful site!!!!  You guys are the best in the business and are not afraid to share your knowledge which emphasizes your commitment to the industry!

I’m here to occasionally give you the reminder that not everyone is as professional and caring as you are.

Thank you,
Kem Hayashi, CIC
Sr. Account Manager
TYRISCO, Inc

Thank you Wayne…your crew did awesome today…looks like 1 guy will finish on the next dry day…

Regards,
David Johnson
Project Superintendent
HMC-Ninth and Jefferson Building
Turner Construction

Unipro has done an exceptional job thus far with caulking B97 and I have no doubt that this will be reflected on B96 as well.  Thanks again for your efforts on B96/97.

Thanks,

Todd Thompson
Columbia Stone, Inc.
18880 SW Teton
Tualatin, OR 97062

Excellent [ job ].  Thanks, Wayne.  The caulking work looks great.

Daryl Coffland, PE
Obayashi Corporation - Beacon Hill Project

Take a look at photos from this project

Wayne, Bobby, and Billy: you certainly made this experience a success for me and my team.  You came to my rescue and I really do appreciate this especially with how busy your teams are in this market.  You all are getting a call for my next project. 

I have been raving about Uniproseal in my management meetings and recently spoke highly of your team in a project management group.  Oh, and I can’t forget to thank you for taking time to educate me on spandrel glass. 

Until the next project…
Jennifer Frey
Project Manager
Sellen Construction Company

I would like to thank United Professional for their outstanding performance at Swedish Orthopedic Institute. The Swedish project was clad in a very complex skin system designed to deflect vertically under floor loading and rack horizontally in a seismic event. This differential movement had our design team, consultants, and subcontractors baffled as to how to deliver a warranted, water tight building to the client. It was not until United Professional was on board that a solution that everyone could agree on was discovered for a particularly troublesome 3” wide expansion joint.

United Professionals’ performance and attention to detail in the field led by James Johnson was also stellar. The tooled joints completed by your team were so far superior to those done by others on the project that it lead our architects to believe that a different sealant was being used – when in fact it was only a difference in the quality of craftsmanship.

Working with United Professional was a great pleasure, and an experience that I hope to repeat on future projects. Thank you for all of your hard work.

Sincerely,

Jaret Johnson
Project Engineer
Sellen Construction Company

Concerning the job you did at my home at 1201 7th Ave West. I am very pleased with you and your company. The people you have are first class. The overall project is first class. Please email your invoice to ME. Please feel free to use my home as a reference for the quality of work you do. Thank you.

Bill Henson
The Henson Company
P (206) 632-5720
F (206 632-5725

I’m not sure if we have met or not, but I just wanted to relay my input in regards to your man Troy Johnson. I’ve been dealing with Troy for the past several months here at the Olivian. Troy has met and exceeded all my expectations for his scope of work on this project.

He is a pleasure to deal with and I never have to talk to him twice about completing his work. The City of Seattle inspector (Eric Lundstrom) has been very impressed with the quality of work that Troy has done. I feel that Troy deserves a much earned pat on the back and look forward to completing this project with him and hope that I have the chance to have his help on future jobs.
Regards,

Craig Harr
Superintendent
The Hanover Company
Olivian Tower

Usually in this industry people are called out for the errors and lack of willingness to do a quality and timely job. So, I wanted to take a moment to let you know that Lorin has done such high quality work, that even our architect described it as the best caulking he had ever seen. Rarely have I come across a person who was as willing and able to handle their work with such professionalism. He neither comes up with excuses, or avoids the work that needs to be done. It has been a pleasure working with him for this project and I felt that you ought to know that you have a high quality employee in Lorin. Both I and others have been impressed by both his work and his work ethic.

Thank you,
Thomas Parks
Field Engineer
Mortenson Construction: Building what’s next.
www.mortenson.com

(Regarding the Tulalip Hotel and Resort)

Personally, I continue to appreciate the efforts of United Professional.  Thank you for your support of Mortenson and this project in particular.  

Ralph D. Brems
Project Manager
Mortenson Construction: Building what’s next.
www.mortenson.com

[On the 600 Broadway project]

The building owner recommended I call Wayne Belcher of Uniproseal Corporation who has done maintenance on their building and who is working across the street on the Swedish Orthopedic Institute. Wayne called in all his favors with friends in the glazing business to help me out of my pickle. 

Wayne has managed to cobble together a mix of companies to get the job done. Wayne has come through for me and delivered excellent customer service along the way.

I would never have thought to call a caulker to find a glazier.  This tactic is not recommended, but if you need a caulker, please give Uniproseal a call.

Jennifer Frey
Project Manager
Sellen Construction Company

Wayne,
Congratulations on another job well done.  PCL Bravern Team is very excited to have the opportunity to work with your company. 

Jason L. Goetz
Project Manager - Structure and Enclosure
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
THE BRAVERN Signature Residences
600-108th Ave NE Suite 522
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone (425)732-4301
Fax (425)732-4329
Mobile (206) 255-7427
www.pcl.com

Wayne:

I hope you are enjoying Fiji!  Let me take some stress off of your shoulders.  We have decided to award the contract to Unipro.  I spoke with Joseph this morning to let him know we will be sending a contract over on Monday.  I am also trying to make arrangements with Chris to come by today to inspect the pressure washing.  I look forward to working with Unipro.  Relzx on the beach for me!

February 29, 2008
...I have NEVER had anything less than stellar performance from you or your team.  It is our responsibility to ensure our subs represent us in a professional manor."

In the case of Unipro, I have zero qualms about having your guys work on site (Swedish Hospital) without direct supervision/oversight from us.

Thanks Wayne, for all you do!

Kevin Peterson
Superintendent
Sellen Construction Company

You've done a great job on the Washington Square project and it's a pleasure working with your company on the site team.

Thanks again!

Chris Comish
Project Mgr / Estimator
Big-D Construction Corp. NW

Dear Mr. Belcher,
I have now had the pleasure of working with United Professionals on two large projects: WSP Expansion ($120 million) and now the Coyote Ridge Correction Center ($180 million).  The level of quality maintained by United Professionals is second to none and I couldn't be more pleased with how things are going. 
Thank you,

Jim Elves
Project Engineer
Hunt/Lydig, Joint Venture
Jobsite Phone: 509-234-2020 (ext. 3103)
Jobsite Fax: 509-234-2028

Hi Wayne-

Thought I should let you know I have sold Eastside Glass to 3 employees effective January 1, 2008. 

It's been a pleasure watching your evolution from caulker to businessman and entrepreneur.....very impressive!  You have elevated the professionalism of the industry to heights I never thought possible, for which you should be very proud.

Good luck to you in all your future ventures.

Sincerely,
Lanny
Eastside Glass

Subject: Letter of Recommendation
To whom it may concern,

I am writing to this letter to provide evidence that United Professional has performed exemplary for Turner Construction at the Washington State Penitentiary Close Security Compound – Phase I.  
United Professional’s contract value for this project is $1,184,065. Throughout the project UPI has demonstrated superior quality of workmanship and the ability to fulfill all scheduling needs. In addition to being a valued asset to the project UPI has been requested to perform other scopes of work that normally would be other trade work. UPI has performed the extra work without impacting the original contract work performance or schedule.
I strongly recommend UPI for any type of sealant, restoration or fire safing job without reservation.
     
Best Regards,

Robert Mace
Project Engineer
Turner Construction

I wanted to let you know about United Professional, a caulking company that has performed very well for us here in Seattle and has recently begun working in Portland.  Their owner, Wayne Belcher, said he would be interested in pursuing work with Turner in Portland.  They have done both large and small projects either directly contracted with Turner or as a second tier sub to the Curtainwall sub on the job.  Projects include: Qwest Field, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 2200 Westlake, and the Washington State Penitentiary to name a few.  Several Turner references here are available if you need any.  Contact info below. 

Craig F. Greene
Purchasing Manager
TURNER CONSTRUCTION

Wayne,

I just completed a review with Joe Geist of the current status of compliance of all subcontractors regarding submission of safety information for this project. I want to thank you for being 100% compliant in all areas. I am glad to work with a contractor such as yourself who takes safety as importantly as we do. Thank you again.

Eric D. Wildt
Turner Construction Company
Project Manager

I wanted to thank you for Unipro's professional performance waterproofing
the Denny Way blade signs, and ST and WT awnings. Thank you also for the
timely quotes.

Unipro was always ready and standing by to do the waterproofing.  This was
very helpful to me considering the difficult scheduling of the numerous
trades involved and the repeat trips necessary due to the challenging
sequencing. Unipro always performed their work in a timely manner.  This was
largely in part to James Johnson.  He did a great job of coordinating with
Turner and offered helpful suggestions.  On a personal note, James was very
friendly, personable and brought a sense of humor to the job. 

Thank you.

James Van Damme
Turner Construction
Project Engineer 
2200 Westlake Projec

We would like to invite UNIPRO and DOW to give your sealant seminar lunch presentation at our office.  We understand this session will require two hours and includes a combination of sealant chemistry offered by DOW in addition to best practices regarding sealant installation from UNIPRO.  We also understand single and staged sealant joint installation will be covered and that AIA credits are available through DOW.   We will have about fifteen people at this session. 

Many of our staff have expressed a keen interest in this presentation. We are a long time champion of DOW products and appreciate their insight on sealant chemistry and etc, however, many of our newer construction and design staff could benefit from your insight to field installation best practice and your insight on the failure mechanisms you have observed. 

We have Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday available from the week of August 13 forward.   We are located at 701 Dexter Avenue North, Suite 301 in Seattle, 98109.
Look forward to hearing from you. 

Jack Pawlitschek
Senior Associate
Olympic Associates Company

Wayne,

I was actually the one that won your "sealant manual" at the presentation.  Thank you!  I am the envy of several others here in the office. 

Thanks again.

Robin Kotulka, PE
Senior Engineer
Olympic Associates Company

"The Sealant Manual is a wonderful resource -- one of the more pleasant to read reference manuals out there, with visuals and pictures in a well-laid out visual style that speaks to the design professional, the craftsperson, as well as your average Joe homeowner.  But, most importantly, it contains a wealth of information.  The chart on page 14 alone was worth it!  Thank you, Wayne, for your work in summarizing all that went into this resource.  I would say it will sit at a permanent spot on my desk, except that I've borrowed my co-worker's copy and still have to get my own!"
 
Thanks, too, for setting aside a tool set and sealants at Atlas for me.
Will try to pick it up soon.  I truly appreciate it!
 
Konrad Hee, CSI, CDT / Specifications Writer
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, Seattle Office   Architecture / Planning /
Interior Design    

Thanks Wayne for the information.  As always you are a good source for practical application.

John Espe
Collins Woerman (architects)

For CAT caulking tools:

Keith and I saw Pacific Coast Marine today – they build doors and windows for expensive yachts, using a variety of sealants.  Unsolicited by us, they brought out their tooling device of choice….a soapy finger.  Just kidding, they brought out the CAT.  See me or Keith for contact info if you want to pursue.

Todd Bennett
Atlas Supply
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A registered minority woman-owned company
P.O. Box 240 Seahurst, Washington 98062 - Phone 206.248.0077 - Fax 206.248.0099

What do our clients say about us?

"I wanted to thank you for Unipro's professional performance waterproofing
the Denny Way blade signs, and ST and WT awnings. Thank you also for the
timely quotes."

Turner Construction
James Van Damm
Project Engineer