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Industry Input

  • “I was immensely happy with the carpenters working for me on the Rice University project. Juan was a great steward and his ability to work without direction was extremely valuable to me in allowing me to focus on other tasks. I look forward to working with your carpenters again.” — Mike Yocum, Site Foreman, Wenger Corporation

  • “We were extremely pleased with manpower that CSCRC provided — not only did they meet our needs for the project but they responded quickly and professionally.” — Mike George, superintendent for American Glass

  • “We’ve been pleased with Central South’s flexibility and ability to accommodate our needs. We communicated the skills and experience we were looking for and CSCRC and their training center did the rest and designed mock ups for a typical unit to train on.” — Len Haithcock, General Superintendent for Odom Construction

  • “Thank you for all the help that was provided through your Local there in Houston. The guys were great. I heard a lot of good things from our leads about the men and all had great attitudes and work ethics. I look forward to coming to Houston again and when we do, I know we will be in good hands!” — Scott Dobbins, Operations Manager, Nexxt Show Exposition Services, regarding CAMEX 2016

  • “The Council’s craft workers performed as nuclear professionals, through their application of essential knowledge, skills, behaviors and practices needed to complete their work safely and reliably. It’s clear the Council does an excellent job of selecting and training their members to perform within the nuclear industry.” Day & Zimmerman Site Manager, Alan Bassham

  • “We were extremely pleased with manpower that CSCRC provided — not only did they meet our needs for the project but they responded quickly and professionally” American Glass Superintendent, Mike George

We are thousands of professional carpenters and pile drivers who provide skilled, productive, safe manpower to our contractor and employer partners in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi , Oklahoma and Texas. Our superior training creates a strong, versatile and teamwork-oriented workforce that is tested, certified and specialized to meet the unique needs of each end-user.

Central South Mobile App is Ready for Downloading!

You can now get news and information about the Council with a quick tap, thanks to the new CSCRC Mobile App. Member resources, training centers, local unions — it’s all accessible when you download “CS Carpenters” in your app download center.

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