2021

Carpenters pose at Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field Transformation

Chicago’s Wrigley Field is one of the historic stadiums in baseball. But this past weekend it was the site of a Big 10 college football showdown between the Purdue University Boilermakers and the hometown Northwestern University Wildcats thanks in part to the efforts of our members. Mid-America Carpenters spent several weeks working at the stadium installing goalposts, building platforms, removing nets, […]

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Mid-America Carpenters Leading the Way in Solar Installation

Watt’s up! Check out this video of a community solar project in northern Illinois. The renewable energy sector is kicking into high gear and union carpenters are the best trained and most productive for racking and module installations! The renewable energy sector is kicking into high gear. For best results, hire Union carpenters and contractors!

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Carpenters Build Home with Habitat for Humanity St. Louis

Carpenters Build Home with Habitat for Humanity St. Louis

The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council partners with Habitat for Humanity St. Louis each year to help build a home for a deserving family. This year, 13 Carpenter apprentices and trainers, including team leader William Bell, joined with KMOV-TV to construct the roof of this house on Itaska Street. We are Strong Alone, Unstoppable Together. Watch

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Carpenters and Leaders Break Ground on Dixon Community Center

Carpenters and Leaders Break Ground on $2.9 Million Dixon Community Center

Last week Carpenters Local 790 Business Representatives Len Saunders and Phil Manno joined leaders in Dixon, IL to break ground on a new $2.9 million community center that will be built with union labor! The project has been in the works for several years and will serve as the new Dixon Park District headquarters. Our partner Ringland-Johnson

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Carpenters at timber install training course

CHICAP Included in New Mass Timber Installer Training Program

Our Carpenter Training Center was the first in the country to develop a Mass Timber Installer Training Program. Through a partnership with Woodworks, we were able to acquire some of the material we now use for our shop projects. We have now assisted six other UBC Regional Councils to get their Mass Timber Installer Training

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Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters is now Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council

It’s official! The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters is now the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council! This change reflects our growing jurisdiction after our recent merger with the St. Louis-Kansas City Regional Council. Both the Chicago and St. Louis-Kansas City Regional Councils are rich with tradition as the birthplace of the UBC and the location where

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Carpenters with the Chicago Sisterhood of Carpenters pose together inside a house

Chicago Sisters Help Build Homes for Families in Need

What an amazing experience our Chicago Sisterhood of Carpenters team had at the DuPage Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build! Our Sisters were so grateful for the  experience and chance to be a part of something so life-changing for these families. What is Women Build? Habitat for Humanity Women Build program recruits, educates, and encourages women

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