It is the finest example of what a joint apprenticeship system is all about. IMI's programs help Oklahomans get better jobs, earn more pay and become more productive. Leftwich is Majority Whip of the Oklahoma State Senate and serves on a number of important committees. His impressions were echoed by State Representative William R. Paulk. The real gifts are the skills provided to workers who now have the indispensable training to become valuable members of society.
Work is good around here, and journeymen bricklayers are hard to find.
We simply could not have completed the job without them. Lippert says the new apprentices, once they finished their 12-week IMI training, were put right to work. They knew what to do. The new stadium is built in an old-fashioned style, to better meld into its surrounding older 'Bricktown' neighborhood. Along with fancy corbels and recesses and unusual bond, they left some window openings to be filled later with different brick, to look old.