A new $255 million clinic for specialty care is planned next to the UW Hospital at the American Center on Madison's far east side. Click here for more details. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature the construction of the existing hospital. Host Stuart Keith meets with Ron Babler from Plumbers 75 contractor The Hooper Corporation who provides a behind-the-scenes plumbing [...]
Who helps keep our food frozen or cooled so it safely gets to our dinner table? Steamfitters! In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with the pros from Summit Refrigeration Group to learn about Ammonia Refrigeration Systems. Owners, Mike Conti, Rick DeGroot and Fred Anderson give us a tour [...]
Learn about ammonia refrigeration systems with Summit Refrigeration Group and Steamfitters Local 601 and see how they're used to help keep our food frozen and cooled so it can safely get to our dinner tables.
If one of your New Year's resolutions is a new career, check out the Building Trades. Plumbers, Electricians, Steamfitters, Operating Engineers - all are looking to recruit good workers. You'll get paid while you're learning valuable skills and pay is the same for women and men. You'll also get health care, retirement benefits [...]
December is Plumbing Careers Month on the Building Wisconsin Blog. In our last post, we featured the Plumbers Local 75 Apprenticeship Program. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith travels to Madison Area Technical College to see how Plumbers 75 plumbing apprentices prepare for their Journeyman Plumbers Test. This could be you. Go to Plumbers75Careers.com to get started. [...]
As we approach another Thanksgiving Day, let's remember things to be thankful for: good health, family and friends, good paying jobs and our quality of life in Wisconsin. Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Building Wisconsin TV and the Building Wisconsin Blog! Solving the homeless problem using the Housing First Model is the subject of today’s video from [...]
In today's market, the Building Trades are always looking for good people to enter their training programs. You get paid while you learn and pay is the same for men and women. Today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV series features the IBEW Local 494 Electrical Apprenticeship for Wisconsin. Host Stuart Keith meets with Dean Warsh and Dan Large from IBEW Local 494 who [...]
Starting this weekend, Building Wisconsin will broadcast a new episode statewide featuring the Keep Wisconsin Moving Report. Keep Wisconsin Moving is a report compiled by the Wisconsin Transportation Finance and Policy Commission to help find a long-term funding solution for our state's transportation system. Host Stuart Keith meets with commission members Robb Kahl, Craig Thompson and Mark [...]
Keep Wisconsin Moving is a report completed by the Wisconsin Transportation Finance and Policy Commission to help Wisconsin find a long term funding solution for the State's transportation system. Building Wisconsin TV Host Stuart Keith meets with commission members Robb Kahl, Craig Thompson and Mark Gottlieb, to learn more about the report and [...]
In today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV series, we'll show how to become an electrician through the IBEW Local 494 Electrical Apprenticeship for Wisconsin. Host Stuart Keith meets with Dean Warsh and Dan Large from IBEW Local 494 to go over the application process along with the curriculum and training for an electrical career through the IBEW. Also, Milwaukee-area contractor Henry Hurt from Hurt Electric talks about available [...]