In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we show how an empty big box store in Madison was transformed into the new Plumbers Local 75 Madison Training Center. Host Stuart Keith meets with Steve Breitlow and Cory Thompson from Plumbers Local 75 and Brian Hornung from JH Findorff & Son to learn about the renovation [...]
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund created by Congress provides low-cost funding to states and non-profit groups for projects intended to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature members from Wisconsin Operating Engineers Local 139 building a solar farm near Wisconsin Rapids. Host Stuart Keith checks out the project with Terry [...]
In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we'll learn about welding for Straight Line Pipe Fabrication with UA Local 400. Host Stuart Keith starts at the UA Local 400 Training Center with Business Mgr Doug Dokey to check out the training for new and experienced welders and one of the only Pipe Welding Fabrication Apprenticeships in the US. [...]
Don’t miss Building Wisconsin this weekend. Here’s the Statewide TV Schedule:* Milwaukee – Sunday, September 17 at 10:30 am on WTMJ TV-4. Madison – Sunday, September 17 at 5:30 am and 11:30 am on WKOW TV-27 and 6:30 pm on TvW. Green Bay – Saturday, September 16 at 8:00 am on WACY TV-32. Wausau – [...]
In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature the “Cowboys In The Sky” as host Stuart Keith catches up with contractors and members of Ironworkers Local 8 at the Baird Center Project in Milwaukee. From massive still beams being placed to the rebar and reinforcements needed to build a massive structure, Ironworkers [...]
This season’s road construction projects are progressing well. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with WiDOT Secy. Craig Thompsonwho gives an update and explains how federal dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill are being used for state and local road building projects. Stu also meets with Terry McGowan from WI [...]
In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature Pointer Cleaner Caulker Restoration with the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers of Wisconsin (BACWI). Host Stuart Keith starts at the Building Advantage Construction Career Fair in Milwaukee where high school students learned about bricklaying, tile setting and Pointer Cleaner Caulkers (PCC) with Jim Vick, Mike Hyatt and [...]
Don’t miss Building Wisconsin this weekend. Here’s the Statewide TV Schedule:* Milwaukee – Sunday, September 10 at 10:30 am on WTMJ TV-4. Madison – Sunday, September 10 at 5:30 am on WKOW TV-27 and 6:30 pm on TvW. Green Bay – Saturday, September 9 at 6:00 am on WGBA TV-26 and 8:00 am on WACY [...]
In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith travels to Summit Refrigeration Group to learn how Ammonia Refrigeration Systems keep our food fresh. Owners Mike Conti, Rick DeGroot and Fred Anderson give a tour along with members from Steamfitters Local 601. We'll check out the Summit fabrication shop, visit a cold storage construction [...]
Throughout Wisconsin, a construction boom is building new offices, stores and schools with more on the way. Wisconsin Laborers do the unsung work needed to bring these projects to life. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith checks out Wisconsin Laborers at a high school construction site in Verona WI and visits [...]