SALINA — The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (NASRCC) says its training facility in the town of Salina has tripled in size to “meet [the] demands of regional development.”
NASRCC on Oct. 2 formally opened its $3.6 million training center expansion. It’s located at 6920 Princeton Court, just off Buckley Road and Vickery Road in the town of Salina.
NASRCC represents more than 28,000 men and women employed by residential and commercial general contractors and carpentry subcontractors in the region.
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The union has spent the last year redeveloping its 6,000-square-foot facility into a space that now occupies 18,000 square feet. The expanded center was built in preparation for the development needs of the region, most notably the arrival of the Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) chip manufacturing campus in Clay, and the Interstate 81 viaduct-replacement project, NASRCC said.
“I’ve been in this business for over 40 years. This is the best project I’ve ever been involved with,” Tom Fischer, executive director of the North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund, said in his remarks at the formal-opening event.
The expanded facility will meet the needs of a rapidly growing regional construction industry that requires both traditional and modern skills and will include instruction on preparing carpenters for the specific work of building clean rooms that are required for chip manufacturing.
Salina–based C&S Companies built the addition.
“I’ve been involved in several projects throughout my career and this project will stand out in memory for several years to come as one of the most organized, cleanliest, and unchaotic ones,” Jim Mason, NASRCC Central New York business manager and president of local 277, said in his remarks. “The entire C&S team’s professionalism and extensive communications throughout the project were key in not only the success of this project, but also in the ability to maintain our operations here without any interruptions.”
Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh was also among the speakers at the Oct. 2 event.
“Look at the carpenters. Look at this building. The carpenters are going to be ready for this opportunity and we need to make sure that everyone else, every other trade and every other part of our community is preparing in the same way for this moment, for this opportunity,” he said.
NASRCC says work performed by carpenters includes wood framing, concrete, interior metal framing and drywall, ceilings, window installation, flooring, doors and hardware, finish/trim, mill work and furniture installation, pile driving, marine construction and diving.
