Good morning everyone, Last week, at the WTC I continued helping Dan Salkowski with many of his jobs. I was also able to see how new technology can be used on a job site. I went out on-site with Chris…
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Week 11 – U of M LSA / Iron Workers Training Center – Miranda Zamora
This week I had Manuel come visit LSA and gave him a tour on the structure and also the Union. He asked a lot of questions to my superintendent which was really cool because I also got to learn something…
WEEK 9 & 10 – Community Project/ New Projects/ Iron Workers Training Facility – COURTNEY ILER
Hope everyone’s been enjoying their internship so far! These past few weeks have been crazy. We started really diving into the Intern Community Project. This is a great experience for future jobs we may be on. After walking with Linda,…
Week 9 – U of M LSA – Miranda Zamora
This week the interns and I had the chance to go to the Michigan Laborers Training Facility Tour! It was a great day of learning something! We learned about the basics of concrete the history of silica, how to prevent…
Week 8 – MPG, PDPM – Michael Penland
Hello, This past week was GM shutdown at the proving grounds. The biggest jobs going on at the site for shutdown was the paving package and the two steam lines that are being replaced. The steam lines had to be…
Week 7 & 8 – Toyota Ann Arbor/Labors Training – Andrew McElwee
Hello everyone, The last two weeks we have been moving along with the cafeteria project. We are working hard to stay up to date with the schedule even with unforeseen events coming up. It is interesting to see how we…
Week 8 – Michigan Laborers’ Training and Apprenticeship Institute/GM WTC – Jacob Rhodes
Good morning everyone, This week started out with the Build U interns taking a trip to the Michigan Laborers’ Training and Apprenticeship Institute in Perry, MI. While there we were able to tour the training facilities and get classes on PPE, silica,…
Week 6 – Toyota Ann Arbor/Operators Training Tour – Andrew McElwee
This week things are continuing to move along. More and more things are being signed off for the Powertrain expansion as we wrap it up. The demo of the cafeteria is moving forward as well, there was paused when we…
Week 7 – UofM LSA/Operators Training – Miranda Zamora
This week the BuildU interns were able to visit an operators training site! It was a very fun experience because we were able to tour the site to see how the apprentices train there. The interns and I were given…
Week 6 – PDPM MPG – Michael Penland
Hello, This Thursday (6/21) was the Operators Union training center visit. It was a great experience to be able to go and learn about the Operators Union. We were able to hear about the process of applying and becoming an…