Local Lodge 83

Local 83 hosts 60 engineer, construction management graduates

RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES with degrees in engineering or construction management traveled to Local 83 (Kansas City, Mo.) last summer to become “a Boilermaker for a day.”

The graduates are employees of Kiewit, which co-sponsored the event with L-83 for the second year in a row. Business Agent Joe Lewandowski said the program seeks to foster communication, trust, and respect between those who design and manage field construction projects and those who build and maintain them.

Boilermakers from 15 lodges work together on major Syncrude job

THE SPRING 2012 Syncrude outage in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was significant for several reasons, according to L-146 (Edmonton) member Denis Lafleur. First, it was one of the largest outages in the Oil Sands region, involving work on Syncrude’s 37-1 plant that included two furnaces and a 256-ft. vacuum tower (one of the world’s largest). Second, the successful project brought together field construction Boilermakers from 15 locals on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border.

Taylor Forge slug catchers reach global market

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING has taken its lumps in recent decades, but one steel fabrication company located in rural Kansas has kept busy exporting quality, union-made products to customers around the world.

Local 83 presented $3,000 scholarship awards to...

THE UNION SPORTSMEN’S Alliance got a nice financial boost from a sporting clays shoot hosted by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Oct. 20.

Thirty-two Boilermaker dependents earn awards totaling $50,000

THE BOILERMAKERS’ International Executive Council scholarship committee announced the winners of its 2012 scholarship program this past April. The committee awarded $50,000 to 32 scholarship recipients, with $38,000 being allocated to U.S. applicants and $12,000 to applicants from Canada.

ON BEHALF OF NAES Power Contractors, I would like to express our gratitude to

Donations build Brotherhood’s political strength

LODGES, VICE PRESIDENTIAL sections, and individual members that excelled in raising money for CAF and LEF in 2011 received special recognition during the LEAP conference in Washington, D.C., April 23-26.

CAF stands for Campaign Assistance Fund. As the Boilermakers’ political action fund, CAF money goes to support worker-friendly candidates for the U.S. House and Senate.

Eighteen members of Local 83 (Kansas City, Mo.) completed a steward’s training class Feb. 17, 2012, at the lodge’s union hall. Front row, l. to r., Joe Lewandowski, Dale “Skipper” Branscum (Director – Construction Division Services and class instructor), Jason Hennigh, Brad Smith, L-83 President Tom Dye Jr., Chris Brown, L-83 Vice President Chris Urie, Gordon Gorajewski, and Robbie Gant. Back row, Paul McCarthy, Brian Williams, Joe Navarro, Gerald Calvert, Kevin Coones, Randy Kalleck, Ryan Oliveira, Bob Devereux, Rich Peve, and Danny Coones.

Twenty attend MOST training session

MEMBERS FROM A dozen local lodges met in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15-20 to expand their skills under the MOST Project Management Training Program. MOST (Mobilization, Optimization, Stabilization, and Training) is a pioneering labor-management trust fund designed to address issues in the construction industry through innovative programs and collaboration.