b'INDUSTRY TRIBUTEIN MEMORIAMROBERT BOB NICLIA tireless advocate for OSWCA and the industryI n July 2019, the OSWCAwhen talking about Bob is honest. community lost Robert BobHis word was his word. In addi-Nicli. Bob was a respectedtion, says Dixon, Bob was always sewer and watermainpassionate about safety and cared industry leader whose effortsabout the environment before it to build our Associationwas trendy he was a man ahead are reflected in OSWCAsof his time.achievements and advocacy work that, today, benefit us all. Similarly, Ken Kennedy, a retired A dedicated construction profes- Contract Manager at Elgin sional and President of ElginConstruction Company, remem-Construction Company Limitedbers Bob as a very hard-working in St. Thomas, Bob served on theman and extremely loyal to his OSWCA Board of Directors fromemployees, subtrades and suppliers. 1983 to 1992 and as president forHe would be at the office when I two terms during 1984-85. He wasarrived at 6.30 in the morning and committed to improved businessstill there at 6.00 p.m. and then conditions for the industry, fortake bids home to review that night example his work with the Ontarioprior to closing the next day. Provincial Standards Committee. Robert Bob Nicli, a longtime industry advocateKennedy also remembers that Bob Bobs daughter, Anne-Marie Nicli,liked to pursue and was successfulBOB WAS AN who has taken over as presidentat projects that were different or difficult. Whether it be Landfill of Elgin Construction Company,Gas Collection in the early 90sADVOCATE FOR FAIR remembers her Dads commitmentor 10-metre-deep open cut trunk to his company, its employees and his family. She also rememberssanitary sewers through the narrowCONTRACT WORDING his pride when, in 2019, Elginstreets of Stratford, he loved the challenge and the never-ending Construction Company celebratedlearning curve. We didnt seeTHAT PROTECTED ALL its 75 thanniversary. Bob on-site very often, but it was Equally, Anne-Marie is proud of herobvious by the barrage of questionsCONCERNED PARTIES. on Monday mornings that he Dads commitment to OSWCA andhad been to the sites over the his efforts that were instrumentalweekendwhetherin Hamilton,HE TOOK GREAT ISSUE in helping to create OSWCA andFergus, Mount Forest, Port Elgin his role as a passionate and a strongor Ridgetownhe had madeWITH CONTRACT advocate for the work that thethe rounds.Association does. RESOLUTION WORDING Moreover, says Kennedy, Bob ADVOCATE FOR THE INDUSTRYwas an advocate for fair Bob is remembered as a hard- contract wording that protectedTHAT READ THAT THE working, honest advocate for theall concerned parties. He construction industry and OSWCA.took great issue with contractENGINEER WOULD BE Wes Dixon, who worked with Bobresolution wording that read as a dewatering subcontractor, saysthat the Engineer would be the the first word that comes to mindSole Judge. THE SOLE JUDGE.16 H 2 OSWCAFall/Winter 2019'