In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, we learn about a career that includes building new and restoring old buildings as we feature the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers of Wisconsin (BACWI). We start the Building Advantage Construction Career Fair in Milwaukee where high school students, joined by Milwaukee Bucks president Peter Feigin, learned about bricklaying, tile setting [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule that will require the removal and replacement of all lead pipes from the country's water systems within 10 years. Coincidentally, President Biden will visit Wisconsin to talk about the 2021 infrastructure law which provides $15 billion to find and replace lead pipes. It's estimated that [...]
Join host Stuart Keith from Building Wisconsin TV as we meet up with the members and contractors of Ironworkers Local 8 at the Baird Center Project (formerly the Wisconsin Center) in Milwaukee, WI. We’ll see first-hand what it’s like to be one of the “Cowboys in the Sky” and all the facets of [...]
Residential 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’ll show how residential sewer laterals are replaced as host Stuart Keith meets with Steve Breitlow from Plumbers [...]
States and non-profit groups can apply for $27 billion in funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund created by Congress. The program provides low-cost funding for projects intended to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. This video from Building Wisconsin TV features members from Wisconsin Operating Engineers Local 139 at a solar energy project near Wisconsin Rapids. [...]
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 [...]