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Construction begins next year on the Red Wings' new arena, and preparations include a glitzy website that links to information for job-seekers.
The flashy site, designed by Lowe Campbell Ewald, also has details about plans for an entertainment and sports district -- branded as The District Detroit -- and about five neighborhoods within it.
Here's what visitors learn at a page about jobs, as well as contractor and supplier opportunities:
The construction of The District, including the arena, is expected to create approximately 8,300 construction and construction-related jobs. . . .
Whether you’re a skilled tradesman looking for a job or a recent high school graduate looking for a career path, Detroit Employment Solutions in partnership with Olympia Development of Michigan can help.
And if you’re a Detroit-based or headquartered supplier or contractor business, we want you to help build it.
Prospective job applicants are directed to a project-related section of the Detroit Employment Solutions Corp. site. That Michigan Works! agency is setting up a database of qualified applicants.
"DESC is partnering with the lead contractor for District Detroit, Barton Malow Hunt White, to help contractors meet the requirement for hiring 51% Detroit labor," it explains, adding:
District Detroit’ will be a world-class development that will also allow the development of a world-class skilled labor force in the city of Detroit. . . .
New activity will result in major contracting opportunities for Detroit area business in the building trades and complimentary industries.
For District Detroit, many employers will face the challenge of finding the talent they need as contract opportunities carry with them specific residency requirements,. As the workforce agency for the City of Detroit, this is where Detroit Employment Solutions can assist. . . .
if you’re looking for a job, we need to hear from you. We need to know what you are interested in, what experience you have. And we can provide you with more information about the skilled trade jobs that are available. . . . Don’t worry if you don’t have a ‘Journeyman’ card. Don’t worry if you think you may need some training.
Workers in these fields can register here. Qualifications are listed for each trade:
- Boilermakers
- Bricklayers / restoration workers
- Carpenters / floor layers / lathers
- Cement masons
- Construction Laborers
- Drywall finishers / tapers
- Electrical workers
- Elevator constructors
- Glaziers / glass workers
- Iron workers
- Insulators (heat and frost)
- Masons (tile, marble, terrazzo)
- Millwrights
- Operating engineers
- Outside linemen
- Painters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Roofers / waterproofers
- Sheet metal workers
- Sprinkler fitters
In partnership with Illitch family and @DESC_Jobs, 51% of construction jobs for new arena will go to Detroiters http://t.co/koCzpCNrfm
— Mayor Mike Duggan (@MayorMikeDuggan) September 25, 2014
