Together, We Build Central Illinois
In 1984 area union construction labor and management formed Tri-County Construction Labor-Management Council (TRICON) with a commitment to strengthen the industry in central Illinois. Membership includes the 6,000 building trades workers in 15 trades unions and the hundreds of union contractors who employ them in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties. Supporting and working with TRICON are the West Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, Greater Peoria Contractors and Suppliers Association, the Builders Association of Tazewell County, and other industry associations.
Through TRICON, building trades and contractors discuss common concerns, implement mutually beneficial programs and activities, and foster a labor-management relationship that ensures union construction projects are built with quality, on time and in budget, which is the premise behind TRICON's Better Built Network. Customers can be assured a quality project with Better Built members.
Building Better People, Better Relationships, and Better Business
TRICON's award-winning, innovative programs and activities focus on workforce development, public relations, safety, green building, and business development. By partnering with education, business and industry, chambers of commerce and other organizations, TRICON carries the spirit of labor-management cooperation into the entire community.
It's through labor-management cooperation contractors and labor build stronger relationships, produce superior products, create and maintain a qualified workforce, develop innovative ideas, give back to the community, and help improve the economy in Central Illinois.
For more information contact TRICON at 309.637.0934 or info@better-built.us.
TRICON Board of Directors
Aupperle, Steve, Aupperle & Sons Construction
Barth, John, Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 6
Bauer, Scott, Wright-Way Interior Systems
Baum, Terry, Otto Baum Construction
Doolan, Mike, Plumbers Local 63
Dotson, Todd, Painters & Allied Trades Local 157
Everett, Mike, IBEW Local 34
German, Nate, Carpenters Local 183
Helfers, Marty, West Central Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council
Higdon, Dennis, Mid-Illinois Companies
High, Mike, Operating Engineers Local 649
Hodel, Rick, N.E. Finch Companies
Kawolsky, Mark, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
Koch, Bernie, River City Construction, LLC
Lawless, Bob, Steamfitters Local 353
Lewis, Jeff, Illinois Piping Company
Potter, Don, Plasterers & Cement Masons Local 18
Oaks, Dana, Greater Peoria Contractors & Suppliers Association
Owen, Kevin, Mathis-Kelly Construction Supply Company
Schmidgall, Tim, Laborers Local 165
Schroeder, Bob, Laborers Local 231
Sharav, Jim, P. J. Hoerr, Inc.
Stanley, Brian, Iron Workers Local 112
