--- title: LMCT News | Gina Walsh description: Gina Walsh | --- [![LMCT Mechanical Insulators logo](https://lmct.insulators.org/hubfs/LMCT%20Twenty/_assets/logos/lmct-logo-full-color.svg "LMCT Mechanical Insulators logo")](https://lmct.insulators.org/) [Our Industry](https://lmct.insulators.org/our-industry) [Industrial/Commercial Mechanical Insulation](https://lmct.insulators.org/industrial-commercial-mechanical-insulation) [Asbestos Abatement](https://lmct.insulators.org/asbestos-abatement) [Firestop and Smokeseal](https://lmct.insulators.org/firestop-and-smokeseal) [Mechanical Insulation Evaluations](https://lmct.insulators.org/mechanical-insulation-evaluation) [Mechanical Insulation Energy Audits](https://lmct.insulators.org/mechanical-insulation-energy-audits) [Science of Insulation](https://lmct.insulators.org/science-of-insulation) [Contractors](https://lmct.insulators.org/contractors) [Political Activism](https://lmct.insulators.org/political-activism) [U.S. Federal Issues](https://lmct.insulators.org/us-federal-issues) [Federal Mechanical Insulation Act](https://lmct.insulators.org/fmia) [U.S. State Issues](https://lmct.insulators.org/us-state-issues) [Canada Federal Issues](https://lmct.insulators.org/canada-federal-issues) [About](https://lmct.insulators.org/about) [About LMCT](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-lmct) [About Insulators Union](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-insulators-union) [About Apprenticeship Training](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-apprenticeship-training) [About Contractor Association](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-contractor-association) [Women in the Industry](https://lmct.insulators.org/women-in-the-industry) [Mental Health Awareness](https://lmct.insulators.org/mental-health-awareness) [Media Gallery](https://lmct.insulators.org/media-gallery) [Downloadable Resources](https://lmct.insulators.org/downloadable-lmct-materials) [News](https://lmct.insulators.org/news) [Contact](https://lmct.insulators.org/contact) # Mechanical Insulation Industry News News About Our Industry ## Labor Management Cooperative Trust News --- Posts about ### Gina Walsh --- October 17, 2024 ### [Walsh inducted into the National Academy of Construction](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/walsh-inducted-into-the-national-academy-of-construction) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) In early October, LMCT Deputy Director Gina Walsh was inducted into the [National Academy of Construction.](https://www.naocon.org/) [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/walsh-inducted-into-the-national-academy-of-construction) October 7, 2024 ### [Gina Walsh honored with NABTU Tradeswomen Lifetime Achievement Award](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/gina-walsh-honored-with-nabtu-tradeswomen-lifetime-achievement-award) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Deputy Director Gina Walsh was honored by the [North America’s Building Trades Unions,](https://nabtu.org/) who bestowed upon her a NABTU Tradeswomen Lifetime Achievement Award. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/gina-walsh-honored-with-nabtu-tradeswomen-lifetime-achievement-award) October 1, 2024 ### [Local 78 FMRP educates Fire Inspectors](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/local-78-fmrp-educates-fire-inspectors) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust completed another class designed to increase work opportunities in the firestop industry by educating Fire Inspectors. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/local-78-fmrp-educates-fire-inspectors) March 15, 2024 ### [LMCT hosts HUD leaders at HFIAW Local 24](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-hosts-hud-leaders-at-hfiaw-local-24) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The Mechanical Insulators LMCT hosted leaders from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at the Insulators Local 24 Union Hall/Training Center to discuss Mechanical Insulation and Firestop technologies and how they could benefit HUD. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-hosts-hud-leaders-at-hfiaw-local-24) November 1, 2023 ### [LMCT co-hosts Greening Federal Buildings presentation](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-co-hosts-greening-federal-buildings-presentation) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) On Oct. 30, the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust and BuildingAction hosted an online presentation to highlight the need to pass the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act, H.R. 4663. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-co-hosts-greening-federal-buildings-presentation) June 26, 2023 ### [Local 78 successfully conducts the Firestop Market Recovery Program](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/local-78-successfully-conducts-the-firestop-market-recovery-program) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Mechanical Insulators Local 78 in Birmingham, Ala., hosted the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Firestop Market Recovery Program in early June. The LMCT Firestop Market Recovery Program is designed to bring together Local Union leadership and contractors to gain market share and increase Firestopping manhours.  As part of the training, an assessment of the existing market was conducted and then compared to other areas and best practices to ensure a customized... [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/local-78-successfully-conducts-the-firestop-market-recovery-program) May 15, 2023 ### [South Bend, Indiana, Local 75 tackles the Firestop Market](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/south-bend-indiana-local-75-tackles-the-firestop-market) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Mechanical Insulators Local 75 in South Bend, Ind., hosted the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust Firestop Market Recovery Program from May 8 to 11.  [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/south-bend-indiana-local-75-tackles-the-firestop-market) March 22, 2023 ### [LMCT conducts Firestop Market Recovery Program](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-conducts-firestop-market-recovery-program) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) *Insulators Local 6 Spearheads Firestop Market Recovery Sessions* Insulators Local 6 hosted the Mechanical Insulator’s Firestop Market Recovery Program in early March in Boston. Local 6 signatory contractors and from the New York/New England States Conference participated in the program, which ran from March 7 to March 10. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-conducts-firestop-market-recovery-program) November 7, 2022 ### [Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference empowers women in construction](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/tradeswomen-build-nations-conference-empowers-women-in-construction) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Gina Walsh, Deputy Director of the [Mechanical Insulators Labor Management and Cooperative Trust (LMCT)](https://lmct.insulators.org/), appeared on the [America’s Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/) and discussed the [Tradeswomen Build Nations](https://nabtu.org/twbn/) Conference – the largest gathering of tradeswomen in the world – held in Las Vegas from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/tradeswomen-build-nations-conference-empowers-women-in-construction) March 17, 2022 ### [NABTU hosts TWBN March Webinar](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/nabtu-hosts-twbn-march-webinar) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) March is Women’s History Month, and NABTU, along with NABTU’s Tradeswomen Committee, hosted a Winter Webinar for tradeswomen. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/nabtu-hosts-twbn-march-webinar) [Prev](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/tag/gina-walsh/page/0) [1](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/tag/gina-walsh/page/1) [2](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/tag/gina-walsh/page/2) [Next](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/tag/gina-walsh/page/2) ## Find an LMCT Contractor Our signatory contractors uphold a high standard of quality of work and pay for their employers to receive industry-leading instruction through a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program. 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