Local and national leaders, family and friends celebrated the accomplishments of 155 students during ABC Pelican Chapter’s fall 2018 graduation at the L’Auberge in Baton Rouge on Jan. 24. ICC Chairman Troy Bergeron of Turner Industries, ABC Pelican’s 2018 Industrial Contractors Council chairman (shown above left), said that the Baton Rouge Training Center had achieved a 75% retention rate.
Nine of the center’s craft students will be going to Long Beach, Calif., to compete in the 2019 National Craft Championships, including two January graduates. Ryan Langlois with Excel will represent the chapter in the electrical competition and Alvin Allen with Jacobs will compete in pipefitting.