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 [...]
Take a look at the Tributary Hub and tour the new Plumbers Local 75 Training Center in Madison WI. Building Wisconsin TV host Stuart Keith meets up with Steve Breitlow and Cory Thompson from Plumbers 75 and we also catch up with Abbi Kruse from The Playing Field, a child care provider looking [...]
Road building and transportation infrastructure are top of the mind in this episode of Building Wisconsin. Host Stuart Keith will start with Wis Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson who'll provide an update on some of the current construction projects going on around the state and explain how the federal dollars from the [...]
In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we’ll learn how side boom tractors are used in excavating. Host Stuart Keith meets with Terry McGowan from Wisconsin Operating Engineers Local 139 and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services. Stu first travels to Coloma WI to check out the required training and then to Wrightstown WI to watch the installation of a natural [...]
Whenever schools and colleges decide to re-open, online learning will certainly be a component for the foreseeable future. Wisconsin Operating Engineers Local 139 was among the first Trades to offer an online elective pre-apprenticeship program for high school students. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature this program which is among [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in online virtual learning for students from kindergarten through college. For high school students who are handy and like the outdoors, there are online elective courses that can lead to a rewarding career. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Pre-Apprenticeship Courses [...]
In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with Terry McGowan from WI Operating Engineers Local 139 and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services to learn about side boom tractor operation. Stu goes first to Coloma WI to check out the training required and then to Wrightstown WI to watch [...]
We may be anxiously waiting for spring to come but flowers are always blooming at the Mitchell Park Conservatory in Milwaukee WI affectionately known as the Domes. In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with industry guests and checks out a water conservation project at the Domes featuring Plumbers [...]
If you know a high school student who's handy or likes the outdoors, there are elective courses that can lead to a rewarding career. In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Pre-Apprenticeship Courses which are among the electives offered online at Destinations Career Academy. Subscribe to the Building [...]
Today's video from Building Wisconsin TV features excavating using side boom tractors. Host Stuart Keith travels to WI Operating Engineers Local 139 Training Campus in Coloma WI to check out the training required. Then he meets with Terry McGowan from Operating Engineers Local 139 and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services at a [...]