Tag: IBEW Local 96
Electricians Graduate from Joint Apprenticeship Training Program
Worcester, MA – IBEW Local 96 recently held its 2018 Apprenticeship Graduation Ceremony with 13 Local 96 electricians graduating the five-year Worcester Joint Apprenticeship Training Program (WJATP). Local 96 Business Manager/WJATC Chairman Tom Maloney and special guest speakers Tim Murray, president and CEO of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce and Mike D’Amico, international representative of […]
Worcester Union Journeymen Wiremen Receive Specialty Training
Worcester, MA – IBEW Local 96 held a Medium Voltage Splicing class (5kV to 30kV) on February 20 and 21, which was attended and completed by 45 Local 96 journeymen electricians at the union hall in Worcester. The specialized, continuing education program was spearheaded by Local 96 Business Agent Dave Martinelli and conducted by Karl […]
Coghlin Electrical In Progress with WPI Project
Architect: Gensler; GC: Shawmut Construction Worcester, MA – IBEW Local 96 signatory contractor, Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc., based in Worcester, is in progress with the ground-up, core and shell electrical construction of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Foisie Innovation Studio and Messenger Residence Hall project. The new, five-story, 78,000sf building, located at the center of […]
IBEW Local 96 Shows Significant Growth in 2017
Thirty New Members and Seven New Signatory Contractors Worcester, MA – IBEW Local 96 recently reported that in 2017 the local union has shown substantial growth in its membership and also has added seven new signatory contractors. In the period from May through December 2017, the Worcester-based, Central Massachusetts electrical union organized 30 new members, composed […]
Dagle Electrical, IBEW Local 96 Complete MassDOT Project
Skanska McCourt GC Wilmington, MA – IBEW Local 96 signatory contractor, Dagle Electrical Construction Corp., based in Wilmington, has reached substantial completion of the MassDOT Toll Plaza Lighting project on I-90 (MassPike) in District 3, from Exit 13 (Natick/Framingham) to Exit 9 (Sturbridge). The project has included wiring and installation of 145 new LED light poles […]
Mass. Electric Co., IBEW Local 96 Complete 8.1MW Worcester Landfill Solar Project
Worcester, MA – In April, IBEW Local 96 signatory contractor Mass. Electric Construction Company completed electrical installations for the 8.1MW solar farm atop the city of Worcester’s capped 25-acre former landfill. The project, among Massachusetts’ largest municipality-owned solar arrays, is comprised of 28,600 solar panels mounted on 1,430 solar racks. Mass. Electric’s crew of 65 […]
IBEW Local 96 & NECA Central MA Introduce Small Works Agreement
Worcester, MA – IBEW Local 96 and the Central Massachusetts Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) have recently introduced a Small Works Agreement that will enhance the union electrical industry in this region to compete more favorably with nonunion electrical contractors on facilities that do not exceed 50,000sf or four stories in height. […]
