BAC Apprentice Training Center Local #1 MN/ND

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Construct Tomorrow - Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center

On December 7, we set up a booth at the Construct Tomorrow event at the Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center.

Recent News

Tradeswomen Build Nations 2022

RNohava on Tuesday, November 1 2022 - 2:47pm

Annually in October, NABTU (North America’s Building Trades Unions) hosts a conference for all Union Tradeswomen and their allies. It’s been three years since this event was hosted in person, and attendance at this year’s conference in Las Vegas was record-breaking! Thirteen members of Local 1, joined 65 other members of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers for a weekend of empowerment, leadership training, and comradery with 3300 union sisters from trades across the US and Canada.

Training with Schluter Systems

RNohava on Monday, October 31 2022 - 1:29pm

In October, we had product representatives for Schluter Systems at the Training Center for two nights of hands-on demonstration featuring their uncoupling membrane and complete shower system. The uncoupling membrane is designed to reduce cracking in the subfloor and increase the longevity of the tile by adhering to the subfloor and allowing the mortar bed to float.

The International Apprentice Contest

RNohava on Tuesday, September 27 2022 - 11:13am

The International Apprentice Contest took place on September 23-24 in Boston, Mass. Seventy-five of the top apprentices in the International Union competed to earn the title of International Craft Champion in the following crafts: brick, pointing-cleaning-caulking, stone, tile, marble, terrazzo, cement, and plaster.

Onward to the International Apprentice Contest!

RNohava on Monday, August 29 2022 - 11:44am

This year the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers' and International Masonry Institutes' International Apprentice Contest will take place September 23-24 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center. This contest draws the BAC's top apprentices from the U.S. and Canada to compete for the title of International Champion in each of the BAC's trades: brick, cement, tile, marble, terrazzo, plaster, pointing-cleaning-caulking/restoration, and stone.