January
1, 2008 - Joseph P. DiRenzo
Scholarship application available here Locals 2, 4 and 5 will be offering OSHA-30 certification (a three day class) on the following 2008 dates: March 25-26-27__April 22-23-24
Dear NJ ACI Chapter Member:
We are pleased to announce that the New Jersey Chapter of the American Concrete Institute will sponsor a scholarship program for the year 2008. The Chapter intends to award scholarships to qualified individuals on a yearly basis. 1) The scholarship is available to active NJ ACI Chapter Members and immediate family. 2) An active member is defined as a member who has paid chapter dues for at least the two most recent years (2007 and 2008). 3) Immediate family members are defined as spouses and children. 4) Applicant must be a full time (12 credit minimum) or part time (6 credit minimum) student at a college and enrolled in a degree program of study working toward an Associate, Bachelor, or Master degree. The scholarship committee will review scholarship applications and select recipients. Total awards for the year 2008 are expected to be approximately $10,000. Individual awards may range from $200 to $2,500. Awards will be based on:
An application has been enclosed with this announcement. Please return completed applications to the Scholarship Selection Committee by the deadline date of April 11. 2008. The award recipients will be contacted in late May and the awards will be presented at the June 5, 2008 NJ ACI Golf Outing dinner. We encourage all eligible members to take advantage of this opportunity. Sincerely, Michael Welch NJ Chapter ACI Scholarship Selection Committee Chairman |
BAC/IMI
International Apprentice Contest
More than 100 BAC apprentices put their skills to the test at the
International Apprentice Contest September 2007. The event also marked
the official dedication of the new John J. Flynn BAC/IMI National
Training Center.Apprentices competing completed hands-on projects in their respective crafts: brick, tile, stone, marble, terrazzo, plaster, cement and restoration. Contestants were judged in workmanship, production value, proper safety procedures, and construction integrity rather than construction speed. Representing the NJ ADC were: Local 4 - Greg Stiehl/Stone & Delip Dervishi/Concrete. Local 5 - Damien Barnes/PCC; Philip Schon/Stone and Michael Carey/Brick. The new, $30 million, 25-acre BAC/IMI National Training Center with over 240,000 square feet of training, classroom and office space offers national level training to BAC members at all stages of their careers, along with education programs for contractors, designers and others. “The Apprentice Contest shows how dedicated these young craftworkers are and the new Training Center demonstrates our Union’s and our contractors’ commitment to the future,” says BAC President and IMI Co-Chair John J. Flynn. |
Masonry
Contractors of NJ Annual Trade Expo Masonry
Contractors of New Jersey , the only Association
in New Jersey for masonry experts, held our Annual Trade Expo on October
15, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick NJ.Over 300 Architects, Engineers and Contractors registered to attend this unique Expo. It promotes the proper design and efficient uses of masonry providing valuable information to increasing knowledge and understanding of each subject. The main objectives is to promote our industry through education about masonry construction. Masonry Contractors of NJ is dedicated to promoting union masonry construction throughout the state of New Jersey.We look forward to continue leading the charge to expand union masonry’s share of the construction market together with the BAC/ADC of New Jersey. The Association Office is located in Suite 2 in the same building as the BAC/ADC and Local 5 in Bordentown and can be reached at (609) 324-1140 |
MASONRY
CAMP: Creating a Craft/Architecture Partnership
Architects and masons got up close and personal with six primary masonry
materials and methods old and new, at the International Masonry Institute’s
Masonry Camp in August. IMI is a joint labor/management trust of the
International Union of Bricklayer and Allied Craftworkers (BAC).The program fosters collaboration between designers and builders by experiencing each other’s professions working on a design/build challenge together. For the BAC apprentices, Masonry Camp is also a great way to experience the other side of equation. Devin DeRenzis, an apprentice with Local 4 NJ says, “I came with an open mind and ready to learn – and hopefully get a chance to teach someone a thing or two!” |
