September 14 - Lunch By Built By Pros in Dubuque / ROCK 108

Right now.

It's Wednesday, another Built By Pros lunch today.

Where's Brian?

In Dubuque at a brand new location for Thompson Truck Center with our friends at Portson Construction.

I'll give you more details shortly with Rock 108.

And we kick off the lunch with PowerMan 5000

today.

This is lunch.

Brian Marshall, another lunch by Built By Pros with Rock 108 at Thompson Truck Center, a brand new location here in Dubuque with Portson Construction.

And I'm joined by Kelly, Executive Director of the Dubuque Area Labor Management Council and getting tied in with the Built By Pros to Dubuque.

events like this, this is really important, is it not?

This is really important just to draw attention to all of the opportunities that are available in the construction trades.

And you actually brought somebody along with you, somebody that you helped to get into the trades for the first time.

His name is Noah, right?

Yeah, so Noah was one of our students.

We run a TechWorks program, so we do career coaching with high school students, and Noah was part of that program before he graduated.

So Noah, a question for you.

You have been in the trades now for what?

About two years since you graduated, right?

Yep.

And so what's the plan after this?

What do you

What are you planning on getting involved in?

My plan on...

booming out maybe travel in the country we'll see where it takes me i guess lots of money be made in the trades right yep there is that's awesome another lunch by built by pros we want to thank our sponsors here today built by pros gamble supply united rentals acme tool cedar rapids bank of trust and woodcraft devi with city also food from quiz nose and atlantic bottling of cedar rapids traveling today and it's a lovely day out here just outside of the tri states in debuque at thompson truck center it's ryan marshal on rock 108

It's Brian Marshall with another lunch by Built by Pros.

It's a new Thompson Truck Center here in Dubuque.

And we're guests right now with ports and construction.

And Jamie, the CFO joins me.

Jamie, wonderful day out here in Iowa.

It's beautiful here in Dubuque.

You know, the thing is, is with these lunches by Built by Pros, we were talking off here, what are some of the struggles you guys at Ports and Construction are having right now bringing people into the

trades?

Yeah, it's just tough to find skilled trades workers right now.

Right now, we could hire 10, 15 more workers, and it's just difficult.

But we're trying our darnedest to get out there and get the word out.

With ports and construction, what are some of the benefits for somebody younger getting in for the very first time?

Yeah, benefits are, we're a union contractor.

We have laborers, carpenters, plumbers, truck drivers, and operators.

So five different trades.

Benefits are all paid, health and welfare, pension.

High wages, so it's a great opportunity.

And that's what I love about this, with the lunch by Built by Pros, it gets young people to understand maybe what to look for when they're working with places like ports and construction.

And to get out on here to the job site itself, I mean, I love it.

I've got the hard hat on, today I've got the boots on and ready to go at it.

I want to thank our sponsors here today, Built by Pros, Campbell Supply, United Rentals, Acme Tool, Cedar Rapids Bank, Etrus, Woodcraft of Iowa City, Food from Quiznos and Atlantic, Bottling at Cedar Rapids.

And again, thanks to our hosts here today, Ports and Construction, with another lunch by Built

Pipe pros on site at the Thompson Truck Center.

New one coming up in Dubuque with Rock 108.