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2017 Michigan Construction Career Days

2017 Michigan Construction Career Days

2016 Michigan Construction Career Days from Spearfish on Vimeo. Since 2008, MICCD is Michigan’s premier construction career exploration event. Based on the National Career Day model, MICCD provides Michigan’s young...

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CPWR program leads to successful BAC Apprenticeships for Flint Residents

CPWR program leads to successful BAC Apprenticeships for Flint Residents

Supported through funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), The Center for Construction Research and Training’s (CPWR) Environmental Career Worker Training Program started in June 2016, focusing on...

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MCAA 16th Annual International Masonry Skills Challenge

MCAA 16th Annual International Masonry Skills Challenge

Attention all Bricklayer Apprentices:  You are invited to compete in the MCAA Region C Masonry Skills Challenge on Saturday, September 17, 2016 in Cincinnati, OH. The first place winner of...

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CPWR, Trades Take Action in Flint

CPWR, Trades Take Action in Flint

Locals train for lead pipe replacement, construction careers Hard-pressed Flint, Michigan hit national headlines last fall, when independent researchers showed that drinking water there contained dangerously elevated levels of lead....

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Michigan Bricklayer Apprentices compete in International Masonry Skills Challenge

Michigan Bricklayer Apprentices compete in International Masonry Skills Challenge

The Mason Contractors Association of America held the annual International Masonry Skills Challenge on February 3, 2016 at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in Las Vegas, NV. Three apprentices...

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BAC Apprenticeship FAQs

BAC Apprenticeship FAQs

What do Bricklayers do? Bricklayers do heavy lifting combined with precise positioning of components. The work involves the placement of a wide variety of brick, masonry block, stone, marble, terra...

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