Apprentice Contest Awards Best in the West
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| From left, Reyes Masonry President
Augie Reyes, IMI Director of Strategic Programs Greg
Stinner, BAC Region 9 Director John Franco, and BAC
Secretary-Treasurer Jim Boland. |
The 2002 Western States Apprentice Contest held in June
drew contestants from California, Washington, Oregon,
Nevada, Colorado, and Idaho. Both brick and tile apprentices
competed for a range of prizes by building mock-ups judged
on the quality of construction.
The tile project, designed by Local 18 CA tile instructor Mike Menegazzi, consisted
of a 4' x 4' flat wall with a 30-inch high attached semi-circle column. Set
in full mud, the back wall was tiled in 4-1/4" x 4-1/4", while the
column received 2" x 2" mosaics topped with bull nose for a finished
look.
Brick contestants were each required to build a 35-3/4" x
33-1/2" x 42" brick barbeque featuring struck,
brushed, and re-struck joints from a design by Local
4 CA brick instructor James Fagan.
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| Wah Keung Yui, Local 3 CA |
1st Place |
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| Jeff Succuro, Local 18 CA |
2nd Place |
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| Adan Zavala, Local 18 CA |
3rd Place |
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| Norman Cuevas, Local 18 CA |
4th Place |
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| Justin Nabor, Local 3 CA |
5th Place |
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| Jose Cabrera Local 3 CA |
1st Place |
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| Wesley Jeffery, Local 1 OR |
2nd Place |
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| Juan Martinez, Local 4 CA |
3rd Place |
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| Miguel Cabrera, Local 3 CA |
4th Place |
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| Yuriy Sidorenko, Local 1 WA |
5th Place |
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| 1st place tile contestant Jeff
Succuro, left, accepts his award from Local 18 CA
President Chad Boggio, as Local 18 apprentice coordinator
Val Anderson looks on. |
Tile apprentices from across
the West competed in the Western States Apprentice
Contest held in Anaheim, California. |
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