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October 12, 2023 at Wyndham Lancaster EXPO Center

Open to the public and welcoming students, parents, veterans, underemployed, unemployed, and those looking for a new career—an event to educate and promote residential building industry careers. Come out and meet our building professional BIA members!

BIA Members – registration packets were mailed! Reserve your booth today!

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Want more information? Contact Pauline Wilton at Pauline@lancasterbuilders.org

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Career Day Activities

Explore the many career opportunities with our participating companies.

Speak with each company to learn about employment opportunities within the industry.

Construction Corner: Various Fun “Building” Activities & Competitions

Industry Related Demonstrations:

10:30 am – “Time Saving Solution for Construction of an Outdoor Grill Island” with Unilock. Joe Olszewski, Unilock Territory Manager will be doing a hands on demonstration of constructing an outdoor grill island.

11:30 am – “The Evolution of Weatherization: From House wraps to building envelope systems” with US Lumber and Henry. Join Larry Dawson, Business Development Manager at US Lumber and Kyle Goodyear, Territory Manager at Henry, A Carlisle Company for a hands on presentation and demonstration on building weatherization. Discover why it is important in construction, what are the components in a building envelope system and how and where are those components installed.

Community Project: Help us build items needed for Raven Ridge Wildlife Center

Starting at 10:00 am students can sign up to help build owl nesting boxes, squirrel boxes, and bat boxes to be donated to Raven Ridge Wildlife Center. Learn more about the Wildlife Center and their birds of prey at the 11:00 am presentation.

Variety of Panel Discussions & Presentations

11:00 am – Raven Ridge Wildlife Center – Birds of Prey Program and a Q & A session about their organization.

12:30 pm – A Panel Discussion with Lezzer Lumber on the many career paths within the building supply industry.

Silent Auction Happy Hour Supporting the Lancaster Building Industry (LBI) Foundation: 4:00 – 6:00 pm

The event is being held in conjunction with the BIA Building Futures: Construction Career Day. Join us to support the LBI Foundation which grants scholarships for students entering the building trades and grants monies to local non-profits & more! To attend there is a $50 suggested contribution.

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