Marcus Hale

Marcus Hale

Ironworker · Connector · Local 25 · 18 yrs experience · 38,420 hrs

Structural ironworker with 18 years connecting steel on bridges, hospitals, arenas, and industrial plants across the Midwest. I lead raise crews, read shop drawings to the bolt, and leave every deck ready for the next trade. Safety briefings, mill certs, and clean punch lists are how I work — not extras.

Jobs

Featured job

I-94 River Crossing — Deck & Girder Package

Midwest Bridge & Steel

Job 241180 · 2024-03-11 → 2025-11-22 · 2840 hrs

Lead connector on the night raise for the northbound main span. Sequenced 42 plate girders, held splice tolerances through freeze-thaw swings, and kept the night deck crew ahead of concrete pour windows. Coordinated crane picks with the floating barge crew and closed every hold-point inspection on the first pass.

  • 0512. — Structural steel erection · 1680 hrs
  • 0516. — Field bolting & splice · 620 hrs
  • 0150. — Crane & pick support · 340 hrs
  • 0170. — Safety / hold-point QC · 200 hrs

Night raise — northbound main-span girders

Splice crew locking flange bolts at pier 4

Deck pan install ahead of pour window

Finished span looking west at sunrise

Lakeside Regional Medical Center — Wing C Steel

Midwest Bridge & Steel

Job 230912 · 2023-01-09 → 2024-02-28 · 1960 hrs

Raised the six-story Wing C structural frame over an active hospital campus. Managed weekend crane windows, protected occupied corridors below, and sequenced ORs so surgery never lost HVAC. Taught two first-year apprentices to read erection drawings and call out clash risks before the pick.

  • 0512. — Structural steel erection · 1180 hrs
  • 0530. — Metal deck & edge angle · 410 hrs
  • 0550. — Misc metals / embeds · 220 hrs
  • 0170. — Hospital campus safety escort · 150 hrs

Wing C frame at level 4

Weekend tower-crane pick over campus

Deck and edge protection before curtain wall

Completed steel package handed to MEP

Metro Arena — Roof Truss Install

Midwest Bridge & Steel

Job 221445 · 2021-08-16 → 2022-07-30 · 1720 hrs

Part of the long-span roof truss crew for a 14,000-seat arena. Set 18 primary trusses on temporary falsework, surveyed camber after each release, and ran the bolt-up with a three-person hanging crew. Zero lost-time incidents across 11 months of elevated work.

  • 0512. — Long-span truss erection · 980 hrs
  • 0516. — Field bolting & splice · 440 hrs
  • 0150. — Falsework & crane support · 200 hrs
  • 0170. — Elevated work / fall protection · 100 hrs

Primary truss land on falsework

Bolt-up crew on catwalk

Camber survey after temporary release

Roof steel complete — bowl view

Northside Water Reclamation — Process Building Steel

Midwest Bridge & Steel

Job 210778 · 2020-04-06 → 2021-05-14 · 1480 hrs

Erected the process building and clarifier walkways while the plant stayed online. Worked tight clearances around live piping, set equipment platforms to ±1/8", and coordinated every pick with plant operations so residual chlorine systems never went offline.

  • 0512. — Process building steel · 760 hrs
  • 0550. — Platforms & walkways · 380 hrs
  • 0516. — Field bolting · 220 hrs
  • 0170. — Live-plant safety escort · 120 hrs

Process building columns set

Clarifier walkway modules

Equipment platform tolerance check

Completed steel over live process

Harbor Freight Terminal — Crane Runway & Transfer Shed

Great Lakes Iron LLC

Job 190334 · 2018-02-12 → 2019-09-27 · 2140 hrs

Past-employer highlight: built the 900-ft crane runway and transfer shed for a Great Lakes freight terminal. Ran night shifts around vessel schedules, set runway beams to mill-spec camber, and left the owner a complete as-built bolt map for future rail maintenance.

  • 0512. — Crane runway steel · 1240 hrs
  • 0530. — Transfer shed framing · 480 hrs
  • 0516. — Field bolting & as-built · 280 hrs
  • 0150. — Night pick / barge support · 140 hrs

Runway beams along the waterfront

Night shift around vessel traffic

Transfer shed under erection

Finished runway ready for crane rail

Experience

Midwest Bridge & Steel

Lead Connector / Raise Foreman · Ironworker · Ironworkers Local 25 · Detroit, MI · 2019–present

Bridge, hospital, arena, and industrial steel packages.

Great Lakes Iron LLC

Journeyman Connector · Ironworker · Ironworkers Local 55 · Toledo, OH · 2012–2019

Port, mill, and heavy industrial steel.

Ironworkers Local 25 Apprenticeship

Apprentice → Journeyman · Ironworker · Local 25 · Southfield, MI · 2008–2012

Completed 4-year apprenticeship with honors on blueprint reading.

Education

Ironworkers Local 25 JATC

Apprenticeship · Structural Ironworker · Journeyman Ironworker · Ironworker · Southfield, MI · 2008–2012

Structural, reinforcing, ornamental, and welding modules.

River Rouge High School

High school · General / Shop · Diploma · River Rouge, MI · 2004–2008

Shop math and blueprint electives.

AWS Educational Services

Certificate · Structural Welding · AWS D1.1 SMAW / FCAW · Welder · Detroit, MI · 2013–2013

Plate and structural qualifications maintained current.

Community

Habitat for Humanity — Detroit

Volunteer · Weekend framing crew lead · 40+/yr · Detroit, MI · 2016–present

Lead volunteer crews on wall raise and roof days.

SkillsUSA Michigan

Mentorship · Ironwork contest judge & mentor · 16/yr · Grand Rapids, MI · 2018–present

Coach high-school competitors on safety and layout.

American Red Cross

Donor / advocate · Regular donor · jobsite blood-drive captain · Detroit, MI · 2014–present

Organize annual jobsite blood drives with Local 25.

Certificates & training

OSHA 30 — Construction

Issued 2024-06-12 · Exp 2029-06-12 · ClickSafety / OSHA Outreach · Dana Ortiz · Detroit, MI · #OSHA30-MI-88421

Supervisor outreach — renewed on schedule.

First Aid / CPR / AED

Issued 2025-03-04 · Exp 2027-03-04 · American Red Cross · James Whitfield · Southfield, MI · #ARC-FA-22901

Jobsite first-response ready.

AWS D1.1 Structural Welding

Issued 2023-09-18 · Exp 2026-09-18 · AWS Educational Services · Elena Vargas · Detroit, MI · #AWS-D11-44190

SMAW & FCAW plate — vertical and overhead.

Qualified Rigger / Signalperson

Issued 2024-01-22 · Exp 2027-01-22 · NCCCO Prep · Local 25 · Chris Novak · Southfield, MI · #RIG-25-1188

Multi-crane and barge pick signaling.

Fall Protection Competent Person

Issued 2025-01-15 · Exp 2028-01-15 · Midwest Bridge & Steel Safety · Priya Shah · Detroit, MI · #FP-MBS-772

Authorized to set and inspect PFAS on raise crews.

Advanced Structural Blueprint Reading

Issued 2022-11-08 · Ironworkers Local 25 JATC · Marcus Hale (alumni instructor assist) · Southfield, MI

Shop drawings, camber tables, and clash detection.

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