Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Insulators Help Upgrade Kansas City International Airport

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.

The Kansas City International Airport is undergoing a massive transformation, with more than 850 construction workers building a new terminal for the travel hub. When word of the project got out several years ago, Heat and Frost Insulators (HFIU) Local 27 and the Greater Kansas City Building & Construction Trades Council immediately became involved.

“We worked with city leaders helping to inform the public of the benefits,” said Local 27 Business Manager Scott VanBebber (not pictured). “The largest benefit for the building trades for this project includes working with pre-apprenticeship programs to aid those seeking construction jobs to ultimately grow the Kansas City workforce.” Members of Local 27 working for Pro Insulation started on the project last fall and will be on the job through the spring of 2023. They are working to cover more than 120,000 feet of piping in what is the largest single infrastructure project in the city’s history.