https://youtu.be/S4AF3x-1V5E?si=Ki1vPVbZGJapZYm_ We'll meet the cement masons from OPCMIA Local 599 in this episode of Building Wisconsin TV. Join host Stuart Keith as we head to Waukesha WI to see a concrete slab being poured for a new high school grandstand. We'll catch up with OPCMIA Local 599 Business Manager Kilah Engelke and cement mason foreman [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHxGUNSEot0 See the "Best Hands in the Business" with the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers of WI. Building Wisconsin TV host Stuart Keith heads to the BAC training center in Milwaukee to meet up with State Director Jim Vick to learn about how to start a career in the trowel trades. We also head to the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2c6Y-UkkP8&list=PLmMDn5_lY_zEe4nrkTDiZL-T5GiOBHXur&index=1 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 meet [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekfi4oyuZek Join us as we travel to the first featured project on Building Wisconsin TV. It was a 30-story high rise called The Moderne in the old Park East Corridor of Milwaukee featuring the members of Plumbers 75 and since then, the Fiserv Forum was built and the Milwaukee Bucks have won a world championship. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw0qlS-y1PI Building Wisconsin TV features the members of Operating Engineers 139 to learn more about the construction of a Solar Power Project near Wisconsin Rapids. Host Stuart Keith meets up with Matt Benner from AZCO, Matt Mashuda from Mashuda Contractors, Tim Kreft from Alliant Energy and Terry McGowan, President of Operating Engineers 139 in Wisconsin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iw7lh-5BXA Building Wisconsin TV takes a closer look at how Pipelines help keep things moving not only in Wisconsin but throughout the United States. Host Stuart Keith meets up Ron Spoerl from Hawk Industries to learn about reclamation and safety, Trent Wetmore from Enbridge to see how pumping stations operate, Bob Osborn from Michels Corporation [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2b4szT_478&t=14s Learn about welding and fabrication training long with the pipe trades apprenticeship programs offered by Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 400. Building Wisconsin TV host Stuart Keith meets up with Local 400 Business Manager Trevor Martin at their training center and we take a tour of Bassett Mechanical with company President Kim Bassett and [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLCZ0e7kOws&t=5s 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 [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLCZ0e7kOws&t=2s 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 which [...]
[youtube id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ZacZ_r1MQ&t=130s"] We trust in the safety of our fresh and frozen food at the market. In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, we'll learn about Ammonia Refrigeration Systems which make fresh and frozen food distribution possible. Host Stuart Keith visits Summit Refrigeration Group where owners Mike Conti, Fred Anderson and Rick DeGroot provide a [...]