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In 1970, Mr. Leonard co-founded Joyce/Leonard Canada, Ltd.
(Joyce/Leonard). He successfully negotiated a joint venture
contract for the company to perform 600 miles of double jointing3
on the Trans-Alaska pipeline project. Following this project,
Joyce/Leonard was awarded contracts for pipeline construction in
Australia and Indonesia. Mr. Leonard became sole owner of
Joyce/Leonard in 1976 and renamed the company Leonard Pipeline
Contractors, Ltd., the predecessor to petitioner.
In October 1977, Mr. Leonard secured for petitioner a joint
venture contract for 750 miles of double jointing and yard coating
of pipe in Saudi Arabia. In addition, Mr. Leonard facilitated the
fulfillment of petitioner’s contracts for the construction or
reconditioning of over 600 miles of pipeline in the United States,
Canada, and Mexico.
Between 1982-84, petitioner's pipeline work was slow. In
early 1985, Mr. Leonard secured the All American Pipeline project
for petitioner4 wherein petitioner contracted to coat, insulate,
and wrap 325 miles of pipeline in Texas, Arizona, and California.
3 Mr. Leonard developed the “double-jointing" process.
This process consists of cleaning and joining together two
lengths of pipe using semi-automatic welding. It is done in a
covered facility under controlled conditions with the joined
pipes then transported to the field.
4 Mr. Leonard ultimately pleaded guilty to a criminal
information filed against him in the Southern District of Texas
for obtaining the All American Pipeline contract through fraud.
He was sentenced to 3 years of unsupervised probation and fined
$1,000.
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