This video from Building Wisconsin TV features 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 Welding Fabrication Apprenticeships in the country. [...]
At technical colleges throughout the state, more women are enrolling in trades classes. Madison Area Technical College reports that about a third of the students in their welding certificate program are women. The shortage of skilled workers has caused the Trades to increase recruiting to bring in and train good people, including women. [...]
It's been said that there are only 2 seasons in Wisconsin: winter and road construction. As winter winds down and road construction ramps up, we'll review last season's accomplishments in this video from Building Wisconsin TV. Host Stuart Keith meets with WiDot Secy. Craig Thompson to follow up on a major project near Madison [...]
In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we'll learn about plumbing in waste water treatment plants with the pros from UA Local 400. Host Stuart Keith starts with UA 400 Business Mgr Doug Dokey and then heads to the Heart of the Valley Waste Water Treatment Plant in Kaukauna to meet with District Dir [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]