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Friday, 09 October 2009 14:48 |
BOWIE, Md. – A group of talented newcomers to the trowel trades won notice late last month during competitions at the International Masonry Institute (IMI).
Eight workers entering the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) earned top honors at the BAC/IMI International Apprentice Contest, held Sept. 28-29 at the BAC/IMI John J. Flynn International Training Center in Bowie.
A total of 103 contestants competed in eight craft categories. BAC apprentices receive their training through union local training programs and the IMI. The contestants, mostly from a series of local and regional contests, came from 20 states and five Canadian provinces.
“These winners represent levels of skill that are truly extraordinary,” says BAC President and IMI Co-Chair Flynn. “It’s a testament to their dedication to their craft, and to the Union industry’s commitment to quality training.”
The first-place winners include:
Marble: Nikolajs Pastuhovs, BAC Local 1 Washington
Stone: Ray Lowden, III, BAC Local 9 Pennsylvania
Terrazzo: Michael Sell Sr., BAC Local 7 New York/New Jersey
Tile: Rey Barrios, BAC Local 3 California
Brick: Darren Tobolt, BAC Local 40 Ohio of the Ohio Administrative District Council
Plaster: Christos Katechis, BAC Local 1 New York
PCC: Daniel McInerney, BAC Local 3 Massachusetts
Cement: Jesse Steger, BAC Local 11 of the Wisconsin Administrative District Council
BAC represents 100,000 skilled masonry-trowel-trades craftworkers in the United States and Canada. IMI is a joint labor-management cooperative program of BAC and the contractors who employ its members. Its core programs are quality craft training and technical assistance to the design and building communities. |
