Archive for October, 2023

SMW Local 24, other trades, request CBA on $2 billion airport project

Posted by SMW24 Admin / October 25, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: Columbus, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Community Benefits Agreement, John Glenn International Airport, McKenzie Quinn, Rodney French, Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 / 0 Comments

Members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 were among a group of Central Ohio building trades members who requested a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) be signed for the $2 billion expansion of John Glenn International Airport in Columbus.

At the SMW Local 24 Union Hall in Columbus, affiliated members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council held a press conference to urge the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) to enter into a CBA on this project and ensure local dollars go to local workers. They also want all workers on the job to earn the Prevailing Wage. Continue reading →

Ohio to simplify state building codes for 2024

Posted by SMW24 Admin / October 9, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: jobs, Ohio Board of Building Standards, Safety, Sheet Metal Workers Local 24, State Building Codes / 0 Comments

The Ohio Board of Building Standards (BBS) recently adopted the 2024 Ohio Building (OBC), Mechanical (OMC), and Plumbing Codes (OPC) rules. State leaders announced this will make it easier for businesses to comply with the various codes.

These changes are important for members of the building trades, including the members of Sheet Metal Workers 24 and their signatory contractors.

The building code changes included the removal of repetitive and unnecessary language and decreased the number of words in the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) by over 610,000 words. Continue reading →

Intel Project deadline pushed back

Posted by SMW24 Admin / October 2, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: Dorsey Hager, Intel, jobs, microchips, Mike Knisley, New Albany, Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 / 0 Comments

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced that the project timeline to produce microchips in Ohio has been pushed back.

While speaking to analysts at a conference in late August, Gelsinger said the company will shift its focus to a two-fab expansion in Chandler, Ariz.

Intel promises that the work in Ohio will still happen. The New Albany Intel site is officially the largest construction project in the history of Ohio. Continue reading →

Archive for October, 2023

SMW Local 24, other trades, request CBA on $2 billion airport project

Ohio to simplify state building codes for 2024

Intel Project deadline pushed back

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