National Deconstruction Training Program
In September 2001, the Institute for
Local Self-Reliance kicked off its national deconstruction training
program at the 4th Used Building Materials Association (UBMA)
Conference in Portland, Oregon. The training program will
provide worker and entrepreneur training throughout the country to community
development organizations and small businesses. The program
will be headed by Jim Primdahl, a nationally recognized deconstruction
trainer with extensive business development experience. Primdahl
helped establish DeConstruction Services, the highly successful deconstruction
arm of the ReBuilding Center in Portland, Oregon.
ILSR is launching the program with assistance
to the Umpqua Community Development Corporation in Roseburg, Oregon;
the Metropolitan Development Council in Tacoma, Washington; the Pioneer
Valley Project in Springfield, Massachusetts; the New Community Corporation
in Newark, New Jersey, and Just U Wait N’ See, CDC in Washington,
D.C (See Below).
Deconstruction Training Program Launched
In D.C.
ILSR provided deconstruction training
to Just U Wait’N See, Inc., CDC (JUWNS) and the NOAH
Group as they deconstruct the Stanton Dwellings public housing complex
in Southeast D.C., the single largest deconstruction project in the
U.S. encompassing 348 units.
ILSR provided intense programmatic training
in all aspects of deconstruction to 48 D.C. men and women. The
project is expected to take eight months to complete.
Interested in starting a deconstruction program in your area? Contact ILSR at info@ilsr.org
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