June 5th 2025
Updated Monthly
The Local 697 Business office is located at 7200 Mississippi St., Suite 200, Merrillville, Indiana.

June 5th 2025 
Work Outlook: Several projects on the Horizon which include...
 BP does have the Wastewater Stripper Project going on. We should start seeing calls come in late June for 20-30 JIW needed in July with another 50-60 JIW in October. We will see a peak manpower of well over 100+ JIW needed for this project. BP also has their scheduled TARs for the FCU-600 & 11-pipestill in the Fall. Please keep a look out on the job line for calls. 
U.S. Steel has the 42-stove that has been pushed back and is tentatively scheduled to start in September. The 84'' continues to do maintenance work with discussions of a lot of electrical upgrades within the next 3- years at their facility.    
Commercial work consists of new cold storage buildings, possible multiple Data centers coming to our jurisdiction. Solar projects on the horizon. Battery storage, warehouse spec buildings, hospital work and expansion, hospital medical office building. Various commercial buildings throughout our jurisdiction.                        
                  

Book I – 48  Book II – 38
 

.....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!

Sign-in 7:30 - 4:00 M,T,W,Th,Fri, 

Re-sign is from the 10-16th of each month begining January 2020.

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!