Building Trades News

Marvin Kropke, Bus. Mgr.
297 N. Marengo
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 243-9700

We were honored to host the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor ‘Martin Luther King Labor Breakfast’ and sponsor the Kingdom Day Parade this January. A virtual who’s who of elected officials, labor leaders, clergy, and union activists were among nearly 700 attendees at the ETI this month to celebrate the legacy of Dr. King.

One of the exciting new developments highlighted at the breakfast was The Los Angeles City Community Construction Initiative.

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Plasterers’ Local #200 and the Southern California Plastering Institute J.A.C were proud to host the eleventh annual Old-Timers’ luncheon and Apprentice Graduation last October 15, 2006.

The luncheon is a wonderful opportunity to bring together retired plasterers’ and their younger counterparts.

IBEW Local 11
Marvin Kropke, Bus. Mgr.
297 N, Marengo
Pasadena, CA 91001
(626)243-9700

There are now more than 80 members who have taken the new contracting class at the ETI. Eleven of these brothers and sisters have signed up as union contractors already. Tom Martinez, from our Business Development Department (LMCC), has been working his very hardest to make sure we have a full classroom.
“We have had students from as far away as Illinois taking our class. The word is out,” he said.

Boilermakers Local 82
Ed Marquez, Bus. Mgr.
2260 S. Riverside Ave.
Bloomington, CA 92316
(909) 877-9382

Boilermakers from Local 92 played a leading role in a job that brought a major power plant project in Southern California out of mothballs and into full operation by early 2006 — three-and-a-half months ahead of schedule and on budget.

The $460 million Mountainview power plant in Redlands, Calif., 65 miles east of Los Angeles, is a 1,056-megawatt combined cycle facility fueled by natural gas. Owned by Southern California Edison and engineered and built by Bechtel, Mountainview generates enough power to service 685,000 homes.

The facility is 30 to 40 percent more efficient than older gas-fired plants. Each of the plant’s two units includes two combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), and one steam turbine. HRSGs capture exhaust heat from the combustion turbines and use it to create steam for the steam turbine.