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Sep 22, 2009


The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters recently graduated 281 carpentry apprenticeship students. The graduation marked the culmination of four years of course work, hands-on instruction and on-the-job training by the apprentices. The training that the graduates received was paid for by a state-wide trust that the PNWRCC and its partner contractors jointly pay into.
Sep 15, 2009

Student groups at three universities — Boise State, Kansas State and Cal State Chico — won Outstanding Student Chapter awards from the Associated General Contractors of America. Boise State was selected as the top student group, largely for its work overseeing a complex project to relocate one of the oldest Abraham Lincoln statues west of the Mississippi. For its efforts, the school's Construction Management Association will receive $1,500.
The Master Builders Association of Pierce County received Awards of Excellence in the following categories from the National Association of Home Builders: Best Political Action Program Administered, Best Education Plan Implemented, Best Service Delivered to Members, Best Community Service Project Conducted, and Best Communication — Update Publication. The association's executive officer is Mike Crowley.