About Richard E. Bassi

Since the age of 12 or 13, I have been working on bulldozers and other heavy equipment on weekends at my father’s sandpit and on various excavation and demolition sites. At 18, I got my permit in the Heavy Equipment Operators Union, Local 825 of NJ, and began working out of the Union Hall. My first job was with Mohawk Construction at the Budweiser plant in Newark, NJ, where I operated a D3 dozer and a Terex rubber tire loader and worked as an oiler on a crane. Later, I worked for Jensen-Koerner Crane and learned how to operate cranes.

To gain diverse experience, I continued working out of the Union Hall, learning to operate a wide range of machinery from excavators to large wheel loaders. I even spent time in the Laborer’s Union to learn surveying, grading and pouring concrete while working in Newport City, Jersey City during the construction of the Jersey City Mall. By the time I was 20, I had the confidence and experience to start my own company, Rebco Contracting Corporation, to move large volumes of fill products in New Jersey and New York. Some of my first clients included Vollers Construction, Conti Construction, and Terminal Construction. Eventually, I began buying my own dump trucks and machinery to service my projects. The GM Plant in Linden, NJ, was one of my first contaminated soil projects. Today, I continue to act as a supplier and disposal expert for Fortune 500 companies that rely on my expertise in moving bulk materials.