BAC Local 3 California Craftworkers Construct “The Most Technologically Advanced Arena in the World”

JOURNAL: ISSUE 3 - 2016

Over seventy-five BAC Local 3 California craftworkers employed by signatory contractors Townsend and Schmidt Masonry (Sacramento, CA), F.D. Thomas Inc. (Sacramento, CA), Stoney Masonry (Madera, CA) and Fischer Tile and Marble (Sacramento, CA) are constructing Golden 1 Center, the future home of the NBA basketball team, the Sacramento Kings. Scheduled for completion in September 2016, the project has generated over 35,000 hours for skilled craftworkers of BAC Local 3 CA. 

Rated by the industry as “the most technologically advanced and environmentally friendly arena in the world,” this multi-purpose indoor arena is built under a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) known as the Community Workforce Training Agreement (CWTA) between the Sacramento–Sierra Building and Construction Trades Council and Turner Construction. It has provided the basis for organizing 90 apprentices from the Sacramento region and has been deemed a model for additional PLAs in the region.

Local 3 CA craftworkers on the project: kneeling from left, Kent Doman, Brandon Dumlao, John Whisenhunt, Joe Stinson, Daniel Landeros, Anatoliy Didenko, Stephen Newman, Roman Didenko, Dmitriy Yefanov, Jorge Castro, Daniel Rodriguez, and Juan Navarro; standing from left, Sergio Sarabia, Mike Herzog, Dennis Goodwin, Mark Gamboa, Kevin Keeling, Chan Luu, Manuel Lopez, Andriy Biloshytskyy, Josh Silva, Steve Gamboa, Richard Bedel, David Gannon, Antonio Magana, Walter Barrera, and Johnny Luna.