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Midwest HVAC News
Mayor Emanuel Breaks
Ground On Plumbers’ Local 130 Training Center.
State-of-the-Art Center Will Support More Than 4,000 Journeymen
and Apprentice Plumbers.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Business Manager James Coyne and
leadership from Plumbers’ Local 130 to break ground on the union’s
new training center in the West Loop. When complete the center will
provide a modern, green learning environment for more than 4,000
journeymen and apprentice plumbers.
“Skilled workers are a part of the fabric of Chicago,” Mayor Emanuel
said. “From the success that comes with advanced training to the
values that come from vital work, this new center is building a
strong foundation for the City of Chicago.”
The 50,000-square-foot new training center will be complete in July
2017. When complete the center will offer a number of
technology-related and green, as well as traditional plumbing skills
courses.
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“The Plumbers Local
130 is building a green building for the City of Chicago that
will serve as a state-of-the-art learning center for the future
of skilled labor,” Business Manager and JAC Chairman James F.
Coyne said. “This 50,000-square-foot, three-story building will
create jobs and pave the way for the future by showcasing
rainwater harvesting, solar energy and grey water systems, and
training thousands of Apprentices and Journeymen who Protect the
Health of the Nation.”
The center will also prepare apprentices to work on projects
involved appliances, fixtures, rain and gray water harvesting
systems and solar systems. Plan reading will be taught, as well
as the safe, correct and efficient installation and maintenance
of systems including underground water supply, storm water,
sewer drainage, fixture installation, and waste and vent piping
both inside and outside of commercial buildings and residential
homes.
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