NEWS

#NOTABLE LEADER 

Congratulations to Alicia Garcia-Abner, President of Trinal, a woman- and minority-owned company committed to improving equality in both the construction and transportation industries, and administrator of day-to-day operations. She’s been named “Crain’s Notable Leader.” Creating career pathway programs for Walsh-Fluor on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red and Purple Modernization Project, a collaboration with Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago, is one of her recent accomplishments. Additionally, she secured contracts with large construction projects such as Bally’s Chicago, the Shedd Aquarium, TranSystems/CSX Transportation, and Norfolk-Southern to serve as workforce development and DEI compliance consultants. Garcia-Abner is a member of the African American Contractors Association, the Hispanic American Construction Industry Association, and the U.S. Minority Contractors Association. She also serves on the committee for DEI for the Chicagoland Associated. General Contractors. Association.

Trinal, Inc was pleased to partner with the Walsh-Flour Design Build team on the Red Purple Modernization (RPM) workforce outreach for  CTA. With over 134 attendees, there were opportunities to speak with PRIME and SUB contractors. They were shown current and future job opportunities, apprentice programs offered by various unions, and pre-screening interviews and applications. Walsh-Flour, CICSO, CTA RLE Outreach, Pinto Construction, and others were among the exhibitors. This was a successful initiative that offered subcontractors with information about job opportunities on the RPM project and beyond.

Trinal, Inc. was tasked with facilitating and administrating a virtual workshop which specifically connected individuals seeking career opportunities into the railway and general building construction industry with union representatives working on the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program. The CREATE program is a partnership between the U.S. DOT, State of Illinois, Cook County, City of Chicago, Metra, Amtrak and the nation’s freight railroads. CREATE will invest billions of dollars in critically needed improvements to increase the efficiency of Illinois’ regional passenger and freight rail infrastructure.

The workshop was hosted by the CREATE Program partners to educate participants on the various career pathways into union construction career opportunities on the 75th St. CIP and other relevant projects. The workshop informed the attendees that many of the contractors that will be working on the CREATE project will be signatories to the various unions and the educational and financial benefits offered through pre-apprentice and union apprenticeship programs were discussed. See the attached “Union Construction Career Pathway to the Union” Presentation.

Union Construction Career Pathways Workshop #1: How to Get into the Union

Trinal’s commercial, regarding the professional services and cloud based solution offered aired on December 18, 2021. Val Warner featured the segment on WLS ABC channel 7.

Get Shovel Read Session September 1st

SOPHY Hyde Park Makes Donations to Hyde