A Message from the Trustees
Mr. Robert Ledwith
Business Manager &
Financial Secretary/Treasurer
Local 46 Metallic Lathers
Welcome! It seems hard to believe that we are about to enter the 10th year of the
21st century. So much has happened to us as a nation and as a people in the past
millenium. Our environment has been transformed by events that very few of us could
have predicted. While we might not agree about which of those changes were for the
best, there is one thing upon which we can all agree. We should never be deterred
from working toward a better future. It is in that spirit we have created this web
site.
The purpose of our new endeavor is to educate and re-educate decision makers about
the practicality, virtues, sustainability and cost effectiveness of the every day
use of cast- in- place post-tensioned reinforced concrete in the construction industry.
From roads to bridges, from residential towers to office buildings, from traditional
power plants to nuclear, from waste treatment facilities to garages, from tunnels
to mass transit; what better method of permanent construction can we, as a society,
pass down to our progeny than cast-in-place- reinforced concrete?
As we all know, the ancient Romans built their aqueducts, viaducts and many of their
structures with concrete. After more than 2,000 years, many of thes engineering
marvels still stand. A great testimony to the vision of 21st century America would
be that future civilizations recognized the wisdom of our widespread use of this
marvelous material in our everyday lives. I hope that the builders, developers and
other consumers of construction products, who peruse this site, find the provided
information useful, informative and enlightening.
Cast-in-place post-tensioned reinforced concrete, as well as genuine lath and plaster
construction, are produced locally and created by skilled craftsmen who just might
be your neighbor. Think about it! There are products readily available to you that
are made in New York by New Yorkers from materials made in the U.S.A.
Mr. Al Gerosa
Chairman of the Executive Committee
of the Cement League
Hello, and welcome to the Website of the Local 46 Labor Management Cooperative Trust.
This is the place where labor and management cooperate with one another in order
to create harmony.
Every day presents a new challenge. What can be done to make us more competitive?
Have there been advancements intechnology? What steps can be taken by both labor
and management to function more efficiently? These are but a few of the important
issues that will remain central to this site, and which invite your comments and
suggestions. We value your ideas.
It is our hope that we can keep all the stake holders apprised of what is new in
our industry, and promote not only our industry, but also industry wide education.
We all know that hiring well-trained, highly skilled workers who are provided with
Pension and Health Benefits, is the best way to build. Those same workers pay taxes
and are a plus to the communities in which they work and live.
What we we also know to be true, because we have learned it, is:
When we work together, all things are possible.