TRAINING & EVENTS: Please check ABC-VA's event calendar for updates on postponements and cancellations.
 

ABC VIRGINIA APPRENTICESHIP SUSPENDED FOR AT LEAST TWO (2) WEEKS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNOR NORTHAM’S ADDRESS TODAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020, ABC-VA WILL CONTINUE TO POSTPONE IN-PERSON APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  WHILE GOVERNOR NORTHAM DID NOT STATE A SPECIFIC DATE, HE SUGGESTED THE “NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.”  REGIONAL EDUCATION STAFF WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH EMPLOYERS, INSTRUCTORS, AND STUDENTS REGARDING OUR COURSE OF ACTION.  WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

Please contact your region's respective Education contact for any questions or further details:

NORTHERN VIRGINIA - Amanda Ruckman, (703) 968-6205
CENTRAL VIRGINIA - Sherrie Dickerson, (804) 346-4222
HAMPTON ROADS - Jamie Carrow, (757) 855-8220

ABC Convention Rescheduled to August 17 - 19, 2020

Due to the current medical advisories, health warnings, travel restrictions, speaker/vendor/exhibitor cancellations and shutdowns by numerous essential persons and entities, in addition to the recent declaration by the World Health Organization that the outbreak of COVID-19 is a pandemic (a recognized health threat constituting a national emergency—a “force majeure”)—it has become impracticable and/or impossible for Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. to hold its convention at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, March 23-27, 2020. As a result, ABC has rescheduled the convention for Aug. 17-19, 2020....READ