Articles Tagged with ''Building Trades''

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A Passionate Ironworker Worries About Speed Over Quality

Foreman Vince Gurneau keeps his hands in the construction work

Bruce Buckley

July 6, 2016

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Vince Gurneau calls himself a “working foreman.”

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Construction Workers: Tennessee Boilermaker Has a Special Mentor

For Wendy Overeem, craft work is literally all in the family

Pamela Dittmer McKuen

July 6, 2016

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Wendy Overeem of Tullahoma, Tenn., was exposed to the construction trades early in life.

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Worries About Being Passed Over for Young Apprentices

Thoughts from construction worker Dave Perkins, an industrial steamfitter

Thomas F. Armistead

July 6, 2016

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“Life ain’t easy for a boy named Sue,” Johnny Cash sang. Dave Perkins adds that it’s difficult for an older construction craftsperson too.

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Carpenter Quotes Dalai Lama to Reflect on Global Career

Oregonian Rex Symank, 66, shares job skills with a younger generation on a giant U.S. military base-construction project in South Korea.

Debra K. Rubin

July 6, 2016

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Rex Symank, 66, is sharing four decades of experience with a younger generation on the U.S. military’s largest-ever base-construction project in South Korea.

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Security Is the Reward for Carpenter and Foreman

Construction worker Maurice O'Connor builds interiors of N.Y. skyscrapers, landmarks

Richard Korman

July 6, 2016

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Maurice O’Connor has reached a satisfying place in life by building out the interior walls in Manhattan’s landmarks and skyscrapers.

Recruitment: Let's Unite

Stuart Binstock

March 16, 2016

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When I consider the workforce-shortage issues plaguing the construction industry today, I am reminded of the expression “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.”