Plumbers Local 75 transformed an empty big box store into their Madison Training Center and Tributary Hub. The Tributary Hub is a partnership to support working families with career training, child care and affordable housing. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with Steve Breitlow and Cory Thompson from Plumbers Local [...]
The $456 million expansion of the Baird Center in downtown Milwaukee is nearing completion as nearly 400 workers are performing different tasks inside the structure. Here's a slideshow tour of the expansion and in this video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets on site with contractors and members of Ironworkers Local 8. [...]
The Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access has predicted that affordable high-speed internet will be available to all Wisconsin homes and businesses by the end of the decade. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with industry experts to learn about underground directional boring needed to make this happen. Robb Kahl from the Construction [...]
Here’s this weekend’s TV Schedule for Building Wisconsin:* Milwaukee – Sunday, February 11 at 10:30 am on WTMJ TV-4. Madison – Sunday, February 11 at 5:30 am and 10:30 am on WKOW TV-27 and 6:30 pm on TvW. Wausau – Saturday, February 10 at 5:00 am and Sunday, February 11 at 10:00 am and 12:00 [...]
Salt pollution is becoming a problem. Salt pollutes drinking water sources, aids some invasive species, damages infrastructure and causes soil problems. Municipalities are using less salt used on roads and in this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we show how being salt wise with water softeners can also make a big impact in [...]
Sanitary and storm sewer laterals run from the home to the street and are the responsibility of the homeowner. Over time, they can deteriorate and start to leak. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we show how these sewer laterals are replaced as host Stuart Keith meets with Steve Breitlow from Plumbers Local [...]
In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we learn about welding for Straight Line Pipe Fabrication with the pros from UA Local 400. Host Stuart Keith starts at the UA 400 Training Center in Kaukauna with Business Mgr Doug Dokey to see the training required for new and experienced welders and one of the only Pipe [...]
Here’s this weekend’s Statewide TV Schedule for Building Wisconsin:* Milwaukee – Sunday, February 4 at 10:30 am on WTMJ TV-4. Madison – Sunday, February 4 at 5:30 am and 10:30 am on WKOW TV-27. Green Bay – Saturday, February 3 at 6:00 am on WGBA TV-26 and 8:00 am on WACY TV-32. Sunday, February 4 [...]
Milwaukee is making it easier for homeowners to replace lead water service pipes. Recent legislation eliminates the costs and red tape to residential property owners when Milwaukee starts a project to replace the lead pipes that connect water mains in the street to properties across the city. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, [...]
Geopolitical issues and production cuts by other countries make energy independence an important goal and pipelines are necessary to achieve it. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we take a closer look at how pipelines keep things moving in Wisconsin and throughout the US. Host Stuart Keith meets with Ron Spoerl from Hawk [...]