On June 27, 2018, The UBC held its Drywall Olympics at the International Training Center in Las Vegas. The competition placed the five District champions competing against each other to claim the title of “The Best & Fastest Drywall Installer”. Jose Reyes, from Local 181 in Chicago, represented the Midwest District in this competition. The [...]

For the fourth year in a row, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in a combined effort with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Center to Protect Workers Rights (CPWR), among other partners, announce the construction Fall Safety Stand-Down during the week of May 7 thru 11, 2018. The [...]

On Saturday, April 21, 2018, the Midwest Drywall Olympics were held at the Greenwood, IN Training Center. Jose Reyes from Local 181 represented the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters. Jose competed against the four other Regional Councils that make up the Midwest Council to see who was the fastest Drywaller in the region. After the [...]

Congratulations to Kiba Kemp from Local 58 for being the 2017 Grand Prize Winner of the Xtra program. Her name was chosen from over 1000 raffle tickets distributed to those that completed a Skill Advancement class. There were also 10 winners of a Dewalt 29-piece Drill Bit Set drawn as runner ups to this grand [...]

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On Friday night, September 22, 2017, the apprenticeship program celebrated those apprentices that have completed their 4-year apprenticeship and are now Journeymen. There were 206 individuals that started their career by going through the apprenticeship and completed the necessary hours for work and schooling to gain the title of Journeymen. Not all those that graduated [...]

On June 3, 2017, the Carpenter Training Center held its Open House and had numerous prizes for those in attendance. The Grand Prize was a 55" 4K Smart TV that everyone was eligible for as long as they got their map punched at each of the selected shops. With over 750 entries that were eligible, [...]

On Saturday, June 3, the weather couldn't have been any better for another successful Open House. Months of work went into getting the facility ready for this big event and some of the finishing touches were completed late Friday night. The school opened it's doors to everyone even before the official 9:00am start time. We [...]

Congratulations goes out to the XTRA raffle winners from the 1st Quarter of 2018. The January thru March quarter had 498 tickets entered into the raffle with 4 tickets being drawn on April 3, 2018. The following winners each received a Dewalt 20V Compact Driver/Drill Kit:   From left to right: Arthur Frierson   [...]