SMART Local 263 was able to award eight scholarships for $1,600 each to the legal dependents of Local 263 building trades members that are paying into the Local Scholarship Fund. Recipient Member Cater Bell Todd Bell Olivia Gieseman Rick Gieseman Carter Hall Chris...

Lots of fun and prizes for the kids on baseball night Dottie Vlasek won the top prize $200 Several other cash prizes were given out thru out the night Thank You SMACNA Contractors and Russ and Chris for their help getting this fun Event Back      ...

On July 4th Cedar Rapids Building Trades sponsor and cooked the pancake breakfast at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena pictured are Russ with Jeff Cooling Union electrician, IBEW 405 President and Candidate for the Iowa House District 77 helping set up and the overwhelming...

Matt Mutert Mat started as a full time instructor August 1st, He has 11 years experience in the trade and five years experience as a night school instructor his specialties are CAD, CAM, BIM,Trades Mathematics, layout, shop equipment repair and maintenance ,HVAC  and...

Solidarity Ride 2021 The 2021 Solidarity Ride was a big fund raiser for the Honor Flights this year with $22,200.00 dollars raised this year and a total of $91,000.00 over the last five rides the Honor Flight s will name the next flight out of Cedar Rapids "The Cedar...

The Scholarship committee has decided to award $1,050.00 to each participant, below are the eleven participants that were awarded the annual scholarship for the 2020 school year. Skyler Aldrich Tate Houser Brandon Mantz Jamison Prull Taylor Bell Danielle Mahnke...