What a great day for Local 283 125th celebration at Topgolf in Augusta on Saturday, April 20, 2024! Families had a blast and enjoyed an excellent BBQ buffet, plenty of activities and music, and lots of great prizes that went home with a bunch of members. Many local elected leaders came by to celebrate with us, and we were surprised with two official state proclamations to commemorate the Local’s achievement!

Local 1823 was chartered in Augusta, GA on April 15, 1899. Today, its 800+ brothers and sisters live and work in 13 Georgia, 37 South Carolina, and five North Carolina counties.

Thousands of Local 283’s professional area men and women carpenters were instrumental in completing major, iconic projects over 125 years. Most notable were Plant Vogtle Units 1 through 4 and the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site’s multiple projects, such as the Defense Water Processing Facility, the former Mixed Oxide Facility now called the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, the Tritium Extraction Facility, multiple nuclear reactors on the site, and much more. Local 283 was also recently honored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with an Excellence in Partnerships Award nomination based on work at the J. Strom Thurmond Lake, a multi-phase ADA Fishing Pier project. Local 283 volunteers donated their time to many project tasks, including relocating a fishing pier and building 24 life jacket loaner stations.

Congratulations to everyone from Augusta Local 283 on your continued achievement and commitment to creating an excellent career and quality of life for its members and their families!