Carpenters

Whether with concrete, exteriors, roofs, infrastructure, scaffolding, to the finest trim and finish work, UBC carpentry professionals provide the crucial work on most every type of structure found in our world. From skyscrapers and hospitals to office buildings, prisons, schools, hotels, bridges, highways, infrastructure, and beyond, carpenters are responsible for bringing the blueprints for these structures to life. The High-Rise Concrete Carpenters of Local Union 212 build New York City’s sky scrapers, also known as high rise buildings.

Millwrights

Millwrights are construction professionals who work primarily with machinery and equipment requiring precision. Millwrights install, maintain, diagnose, and repair equipment such as compressors, pumps, conveyors, gas and steam turbines, monorails, and extruders.

Dockbuilders/Timbermen/Floor Coverers

The pile drivers, dock builders, and marine divers work on buildings, bridges, tunnels, docks, wharves, and other land- and water-based structures. They direct cranes; install large, heavy timbers in many settings; and often cut, join, and fasten metal elements using welding equipment and oxy-acetylene torches.  Marine divers work in a team of dive-tenders and dock builders to do full-time underwater construction. Floor coverers install a wide variety of flooring materials, including carpet, resilients, wood, laminates, and sport surfaces. They are experts at estimating materials; understanding pattern layout; and safely and properly using the industry’s many tools, adhesives, and fastening systems.

Shop & Industrial

Cabinetmakers and millworkers fabricate and install both decorative and functional elements, including trim and molding, cabinetry, ceiling treatments, doors, windows, exposed columns and beams, displays, mantels, staircases, and much more. Their skills focus on technology, including the proper operation of intricate machinery.