Be sure to check out Building Wisconsin this weekend. We're on in Milwaukee on Sunday, October 2 at 10:30 am on WTMJ TV-4. Schedules in other parts of the state are subject to change so check your local TV listings for the time and channel in your area. Special thanks to our sponsors: [...]
We're adding to our pipeline infrastructure in this video from Building Wisconsin TV. See how pipelines keep things moving in Wisconsin and throughout the US as we cover reclamation and safety, show how pumping stations operate and visit a pipeline construction site where Joel Zielke explains how to train to be a Rig Welder with Steamfitters [...]
In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature training for Welding and Pipe Fabrication with Plumbers and Steamfitters UA Local 400. Host Stuart Keith starts at the UA 400 Training Center where Business Mgr. Trevor Martin talks about available apprenticeship programs. Then it’s on-the-job training at Bassett Mechanical with company President Kim Bassett and Fabrication Foreman Cody Blauert. Finally, apprentice Maddy DeJardin [...]
Check out how whiskey is made at the Dancing Goat Distillery and see how the work of steamfitters is an integral part of the process. Building Wisconsin TV host Stuart Keith starts the show at the Steamfitters Local 601 training center in Milwaukee with Joel Zielke. We then head to Cambridge, WI to [...]
Here’s this weekend’s TV Schedule for Building Wisconsin: Madison – Saturday, October 3 at 5:30 am on WKOW TV-27. Milwaukee – Sunday, October 4 at 8:00 am on WVTV TV-18. Special thanks to this week’s sponsor: Steamfitters Local 601. Subscribe to the Building Wisconsin Blog to learn about major construction initiatives in Wisconsin, check out our Roku channel and be sure [...]
In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature Wisconsin Operating Engineers Apprenticeship Training. Host Stuart Keith meets with Terry McGowan from Wisconsin Operating Engineers Local 139 at the Training Center in Coloma WI to learn about the classroom, heavy equipment and on-the-job training that comes with a Wisconsin Operating Engineers apprenticeship. Click here to learn more and you [...]
So many events have been cancelled because of COVID-19 which has resulted in watching a lot of replays of past triumphs. Today's video from Building Wisconsin TV features the 2019 Wisconsin Pipe Trades Apprentice Contest held at the Steamfitters Local 601 Training Center in Madison. Apprentices from around the state competed in exercises [...]
As more buildings and businesses reopen, owners and managers must take precautions to insure water safety for employees and customers. Stagnant water in pipes can cause elevated lead and copper levels and is a fertile breeding ground for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ Disease. Building and business owners looking for detailed web information [...]
As Stay At Home restrictions begin to ease, more buildings and businesses are starting to reopen. Experts will tell you that buildings and particularly their plumbing systems are not designed to be shut down for weeks at a time. Before employees and customers can occupy a shuttered building, steps must be taken to [...]
Here’s this weekend’s TV Schedule for Building Wisconsin: Madison – Saturday, March 7 at 5:30 am on WKOW TV-27. Milwaukee – Sunday, March 8 at 8:00 am on WVTV TV-18. Special thanks to this week’s sponsor: Steamfitters Local 601. Subscribe to the Building Wisconsin Blog to learn about major construction initiatives in Wisconsin, check out our Roku channel and be sure [...]