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February 16, 2006

Construction Industry Spotlight: Sheet-metal apprentices top off skate park

  • Three dozen students learn about architectural metal work while building shelter roofs for a new skate park.
    • By JOHN C. RYAN
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photos courtesy JATC
    Sheet-metal apprentices roofed six shelters this winter at Sprinker Recreation Center's new skate park in Spanaway. They learned architectural metal work while the center got free labor.

    SKATE PARKS are popping up around Washington. At most parks, kids learn to shred concrete, but at a new park in Spanaway, apprentices learned how to turn sheet metal into architecture.


     
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