BY LINDSEY SALVATELLI Students at South Town Construction Training Center are in week six of the 12-week program, and have just received their OSHA cards, a necessary step to working in the electrical trade. The students who are part of the current class have left their mark on the training center, with a wall they’ve […]
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Building confidence for the future
BY LINDSEY SALVATELLI Six students have taken the opportunity to learn the construction trade at South Town Construction Training Center, 1122 S. Grand Ave E. Students are given hands-on-training through a 12-week program that aims to give unskilled workers potential knowledge and real experience they’re able to apply while working on residential construction sites. By […]
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R.D. Lawrence awarded Coliseum renovation project
By Lindsey Salvatelli R.D. Lawrence Construction Co. has been selected to renovate the crumbling Coliseum at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Owner John Goetz said he’s been given a July 20 completion date to finish the $10.2 million project. R.D Lawrence Construction Co. was awarded the contract on Jan. 4, according to state procurement contracts. Goetz […]
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New class, fresh connections
By Lindsey Salvatelli Calvin Pitts and his wife, Danyel, stood with their backs to the windows lining the front of South Town Construction Training Center and faced their new students. The students came to the center Dec. 17 for an orientation about the Pitts’ expectations of the incoming class and a basic rundown of the […]