OEs Meet at Centre of Gordie Howe Int’l Bridge for Ceremonial Handshake
Written by Local 793 Staff
Local 793 President Dave Turple shakes hands with Chief Steward, Rich Hutchinson.
Local 793 President Dave Turple and Operating Engineers 324 President Ken Dombrow
(L to R) Operating Engineers 324 Financial Secretary Heath Salisbury, Local 793 Recording-Corresponding Secretary and Southwestern Ontario Supervisor Steve Booze, Local 793 President Dave Turple, and Operating Engineers 324 President Ken Dombrow.
Local 793 President Dave Turple and Local 793 Recording-Corresponding Secretary and Southwestern Ontario Supervisor Steve Booze (centre) stand alongside some of the hundreds of Local 793 members that are helping build the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
President Dave Turple speaking to Local 793 members.
President Dave Turple speaking to Local 793 members.
L to R: Local 793 Steward Kelly Moran, Local 793 Deck Foreman Dave Beaudoin and
Chief Steward, OE 324, Rich Hutchinson.
Operating Engineers from IUOE Local 793 and Operating Engineers 324 Michigan met at the centre deck of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge for a ceremonial handshake on Tuesday. Hundreds of Operating Engineers worked, and continue to work, on the project, with 50 to 65 Local 793 members working daily on different aspects of the project.
Construction on the bridge began October 5, 2018, and will be completed late summer or early fall 2025. Once completed, the bridge will have the longest main span of any North American cable-stayed bridge. The total length of the bridge is approximately 2.5 kilometres.
