GARY/HAMMOND/MERRILLVILLE, IN

March 11th 2026 Updated Monthly The Local 697 Business office is located at 7200 Mississippi St., Suite 200, Merrillville, Indiana. March 11th 2026 Work Outlook: Several projects on the Horizon which include... BP does have the Wastewater Stripper project that is ongoing through midsummer. Calls have been coming in for maintenance work at BP as well, mostly 4/10s. At U.S. Steel, The 84'' continues to do maintenance work with discussions of a lot of electrical upgrades within the next 3 years at their facility. Multiple mini outages ramping up before the Blast Furnace shutdown. Upcoming in May will be the # 14 Blast Furnace Reline. We can start to expect Manpower ramping up around March/April for this project. Commercial work consists of warehouse distribution buildings, a FedEx Warehouse building, and possible multiple data centers coming to our jurisdiction in late 2026. Solar project on the horizon. Battery storage, warehouse spec buildings, hospital work and expansion, hospital medical office building. Various commercial buildings throughout our jurisdiction. Keep a lookout for multiple calls for Industrial & Commercial work. Book I – 34 Book II – 37 BP Access Must pass Background check within the past 7years. Must have clean record for refinery access. Check our website or call Job Hotline for daily calls. (219)-844-2775 Always call the hall to verify. In person signing of the books. .....Sign-in 7:30- 4:00pm M,T,W,Th,Fri, Re-sign on the 10th through 16th of each month. Jobs are updated daily on our website: IBEW697.org If you are registered on the Out of Work list, you can "bid" on jobs on the website, leave a voice message, or you may still call in between 7:30 and 9 am. Please! WATCH the Double BOOKING!!! In Solidarity. Jobs updated daily on our website: IBEW697.org Note: If you are registered on the Out of Work list, you can bid on jobs on the website, leave a voice message or you may still call in between 7:30 and 9 am. Please! WATCH the DOUBLE BOOKING!!!