Building Wisconsin TV wants to echo congratulations to Steamfitters Local 601 members Scott Graper (welder) and Justin Lindberg (steamfitter) for placing 1st in the 2019 UA District 4 Apprentice Contest. They moved on to the UA International Pipe Trades Championships in Ann Arbor MI. In today’s video, we feature competition from the 2019 [...]
In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, we'll learn more about our natural gas distribution system as members from Steamfitters Local 601 replace a natural gas service line. Host Stuart Keith meets with Matt Fehler from We Energies to review the project and Jim O’Brien and Todd Nelson from Steamfitters Local 601 cover on-the-job training for PE gas piping. Also, [...]
If you've never seen it, the campus at Epic Systems in Verona WI is massive and continues to grow. Next month, Epic will host approximately 10,000 people at their annual User Group Meeting. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith travels to Epic Systems to learn about Facilities Mechanical System Maintenance with [...]
In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature the Wisconsin Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Contest held at the Steamfitters Local 601 Training Center in Madison. Apprentices from around the state representing different trades competed in exercises requiring exacting tolerances. Union leaders, participating contractors and Dept. of Workforce Development Secy. Caleb Frostman were on hand to observe the [...]
In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith visits Summit Refrigeration Group to learn about Ammonia Refrigeration Systems which make fresh and frozen food distribution possible. Owners Mike Conti, Rick DeGroot and Fred Anderson provide a tour along with members from Steamfitters Local 601. We’ll check out the Summit fabrication shop, visit a cold storage construction site and finish up [...]
Thousands of people take the MillerCoors Brewery Tour in Milwaukee every year. But they don't get the behind-the-scenes hardhat tour that we'll take in today's video from Building Wisconsin TV with members from Steamfitters Local 601. Host Stuart Keith meets with Miller Valley Brewery Plant Manager Ken Litke, Steamfitters Angelo Finaldi and Ed Tonn and Joe Van Beek from Butters-Fetting Co. Subscribe to [...]
In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature training for HVAC service with members from Steamfitters Local 601. Host Stuart Keith meets with Doug Edwards to learn about the training programs available. Then Stu catches up with Howard Schad and Tom and Jim Dillett from Dillett Mechanical on a couple HVAC projects, including a hotel remodel and a large convention [...]
In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature the heated competition at the 2019 Wisconsin Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Contest held in Madison at the Steamfitters Local 601 Training Center. Building Wisconsin wants to congratulate the winners: Justin Lindberg in Steamfitting; Tom Adams in Plumbing; Dennis Komassa in Sprinkler Fitting; Dylan Mercier in [...]
Catch the heated competition at the 2019 Wisconsin Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Contest held this year in Madison WI at the Steamfitters Local 601 Training Center. Winners move on to the District competition in St Paul MN where they will compete against 10 other states, with winners moving on to the UA International Pipe [...]
In today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith goes to a major We Energies pipeline replacement project to learn about natural gas infrastructure. Guests Elizabeth Jost and Matt Fehler from We Energies talk about natural gas pipelines and transmission and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services explains the importance of job safety. Also, Jim O'Brien [...]