Utility Resource Group LLC

**bobcubs** · December 15th, 2009, 09:44 AM

URG............Utility Resource Group, LLC has posted ads for locators in the Chicago market. Does anyone know who they are working for?

**boblocates** · December 15th, 2009, 10:29 AM

Yes...UNIBAR is URG (Utility Resource Group LLC). They both have the same MMBDC info. on their pages:

Unibar: Partners & Affiliates
UNIBAR is a minority-owned business and a member of MMBDC [www.mmbdc.com], ... UNIBAR/Aramark LLC is a minority-owned and operated facility service company ...
www.unibarinc.com/partner/partner.asp - Cached - Similar -

Just good to know who is who, and who is hiding out.

**boblocates** · December 15th, 2009, 10:43 AM

And...all I am going to say about UNIBAR operation is ask around...you will find out fast....

Happy Locates!

**Goldenboy** · December 17th, 2009, 09:00 AM

So what contract did they pick up? They are hiring all over the area but no one seems to know what contract they got.

**locatepro76** · December 18th, 2009, 04:51 PM

I dont think these are the same companies.

**beyond help** · December 18th, 2009, 07:19 PM

They are also here in this area.

**boblocates** · December 18th, 2009, 11:02 PM

They are both owned by UNIBAR INC MAINT.

**6feetunder** · December 19th, 2009, 06:11 PM

URG pays their people crap and they have crap locating skills. Paint everything in sight is their motto it seems. They are a bunch of low ball bidding not knowing how to locate bunch of hacks. Crappy company and ownership all around, wouldn't plan on them making it very far.

**paintdown** · December 20th, 2009, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by 6feetunder

URG pays their people crap and they have crap locating skills. Paint everything in sight is their motto it seems. They are a bunch of low ball bidding not knowing how to locate bunch of hacks. Crappy company and ownership all around, wouldn't plan on them making it very far.

maybe that where locating is still headed ,bunch of lowballer,who are dumb enough to take liability off utilities for peanuts,,clled contract locators

**fiberlocator99** · January 8th, 2010, 02:24 AM

yeah they just picked up the city of chicago contract for sewer/water and strrret lights. adesta group had the contract for the last ten years. they lost it and urg won the bid. i know a guy who works at adesta. 60 of them are losing their jobs jan 8th 2010.

**Mke** · January 8th, 2010, 08:41 AM

Hope some of those 60 can find work elsewhere. I'm not sure, but 6feet might be a bit biased, if he is not, I hope this other company knows how to locate Sewer/ water, and street lights. I doubly hope that if they do have quality contrlol issues that they don't have to locate traffic signals...

just another uninformed thought

mke