From the Desk of President Troy Garland,
The spring season brings apprenticeship competitions to BAC 3.
On Saturday April 2nd, we held our Local Tile Contest at our training center in Livermore. The Tile Setter apprentices floated, set tile and grouted a shower for the competition. The Tile Finishers hustled all day to keep the progress going. There was a jumper for the kids and great food from CaliBama BBQ donated by Local 3. We would like to thank all the members and families who showed up to watch the apprentices in action. All the winners took home great prizes and free dues. Thank you to our judges, Daniel Agamao, Darin Compton, and Daniel Terry Hall (Ardex).
All the Tile Setters and Finisher Apprentices did an outstanding job.
1st Place- Julio Alanis Bernal
2nd Place- Cristian Cardona
3rd Place- Erick Soto
1st Best Finisher- Angel Sotelo
2nd Best Finisher Michael Matias
The following week on April 5th we held our local apprenticeship contests for Brick, PCC, Marble and Terrazzo at the Mason Development Center (MDC) in Tracy. What a great day for the contest with perfect weather and a great turnout of members, family and friends. There was a bounce house for the kids at this contest as well, along with more good food. These winners also took home some excellent prizes and free dues.
Bricklayer Winners
1st Place: Matthew Mills
2nd Place: Bradley Nelson
3rd Place: Ashton Sollars
PCC Winners
1st Place: Miguel Angel Chiyal
2nd Place: Jose Amaya Chavez
3rd Place: Jacob Wood
Marble Winners
1st Place: Elias Perez
2nd Place: Bernardo Chavez Soto
Terrazzo Winners
1st Place: Devin Sisson
2nd Place: Trevor Moore
3rd Place: Stanley Anaya
Thank you to all our Judges: Brick: Travis Stockman, Jerry Prater and Paul McCloskey. PCC: Oscar Jimenez, Rigoberto Florean and Noel Bermudez. Marble: Mason Steed and Patrick Coyne. Terrazzo: Williams Lopez and Danny Danielson.
Congratulations to all our contestants for doing a fantastic job competing. The eligible winners at our local contests will be heading to Las Vagas for the Western States Apprenticeship Contest on May 10th. We wish them all the best of luck.