MOST conducts project management training

Twenty attend course in Kansas City

TWENTY CONSTRUCTION BOILERMAKERS from 15 lodges attended the MOST (Mobilization, Optimization, Stabilization, and Training) trust’s project management program in Kansas City, Mo., July 26-31. The week-long course “provides instruction on how to manage projects in a business-like manner and make decisions that positively impact project goals and provide an overall benefit to the owner, the contractor, the Boilermakers union, and other union crafts,” said Roger Erickson, MOST safety representative.

Attending the course were, front row, l. to r.: Bridget Connors, MOST safety rep; Marty Cochran, Local 110 (Hattiesburg, Miss.); Preston Penick, Local 13 (Philadelphia); Scott Campbell, Local 83 (Kansas City, Mo.); Roman Roulst, Local 502 (Tacoma, Wash.); Chris Strickland, Local 582 (Baton Rouge, La.); Robert Porter, Local 40 (Elizabethtown, Ky.); and Lewis Slade Jr., Local 154 (Pittsburgh). Second row, l. to r.: Jarvis Ranager, Local 110; Patrick Collins, Local 92 (Los Angeles); Kenneth A. Burk, Local 85 (Toledo, Ohio); Greg Devereux, Local 83; James Mora, Local 92; Scott Locke, Local 105 (Chillicothe, Ohio); Jason Cutsinger, Local 363 (East St. Louis, Ill.); Wayne Vickers, Local 112 (Mobile, Ala.); and Roger Erickson, MOST safety rep. Third row, l. to r.: Dale “Skipper” Branscum, AIP/D-CDS; Gerry Klimo, instructor; Michael Stinnett, Local 454 (Chattanooga, Tenn.); Jonathan Mongold, Local 45 (Richmond, Va.); Michael Petraglia, Local 154; Chris Morrell, Local 647 (Minneapolis); Ryan Stauffer, Local 13; and Chuck Connor, instructor.