Applications are now open for our Concrete Form Building Apprenticeship Program. Come learn from the best of the best and start your rock solid career today! The application period for the Concrete Form Builder Program is now open and will close on February 19, 2026, at 3:00 PM. Applications are only accepted during this time frame, so we encourage […]
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There may not be a lot of sunshine these days, but when it returns there’ll be a new spot to catch some shade at the South Boeing Gallery in Chicago’s Millennium Park thanks to a new reclaimed timber pavilion crafted and installed by MACRC carpenters! This partnership with Chicago Architectural Biennial, Millennium Park, Skidmore, Owens
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Recently, Butler Community College partnered with Mid-America Carpenters’ Regional Council of Apprentice & Training Program and Pittsburg State University to enhance technical careers in carpentry. This partnership offers apprentices a pathway to a two-year associate degree from Butler and a four-year bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State. This was a group effort led by Training Director
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Recently, a group of Mid-America Carpenters Sisters partnered with the Union Sportsman’s Alliance to build a raised archery range at Cuivre River State Park northwest of St. Louis.
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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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The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council welcomed seven new apprentices at signing day events in Kansas City, MO and Belleville, IL.
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Two Business Reps in St. Louis recently gave a behind-the-scenes look at what they do for the Regional Council.
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Now he heads to the International Training Center in Las Vegas to see if he can win it all.
Local 58 Carpenter Wins Midwestern District Drywall Competition Read Full Article »
As seen in the Quad-City Times. EAST MOLINE – The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters today broke ground on a new 55,000-sqauare-foot Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in East Moline located less than a mile from Northeast Junior High School. The new building will create hundreds of jobs, bring significant tax revenue to the region,
Some of our expert carpenters and floor layers are competing for the chance to win $5,000 at the UBC’s Drywall & Flooring Olympics in Las Vegas.
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