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03.03.20

Rocking and Framing for the Shockers

Javier Dominquez is a framer and sheetrocker building a tidy living laying out studs and track, and framing up walls as a subcontractor in the commercial construction industry. Recently, he helped build the YMCA on Wichita State University’s campus. Framing and Sheetrock Framers are carpenters, but they don’t always deal in farmhouse tables and furniture […]

11.05.19

The “Big Wall” Guy

Wes Shinkle is known as the “big wall” guy on the Wichita baseball stadium’s construction site. Why? Well, he built a really big wall. In fact, he built the first wall to go up at the stadium, the outfield wall that frames the field. Red dirt and grass field on one side. Stadium seats rise […]

11.05.19

Build Up Kansas with a Skilled Trade Job

As the chamber of commerce for the Kansas construction industry, members of the Associated General Contractors of Kansas love seeing the blockades and orange cones of construction — but that’s not all we see. More than detours, more than new landmarks and, yes, even more than progress, we see a vast array of craft professionals […]