Thousands of people take the MillerCoors Brewery Tour in Milwaukee WI every year. But they don’t get the behind-the-scenes hardhat tour 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 and Steamfitters Angelo Finaldi and Ed Tonn as well as Joe Van Beek from Butters-Fetting Co. This video has [...]
Our last post featured the historic preservation of the Germania Building in downtown Milwaukee. Today's video from Building Wisconsin TV features a tour of the completed restoration. Host Stuart Keith meets with Kalan Haywood from Vangard Group LLC who tells how the project began and construction manager Mark Klann from Cardinal Capital Management [...]
Construction continues on the new Verona WI high school set to open in the fall of 2020. Today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV features the construction of the new high school. Host Stuart Keith meets with District Supt. Dean Gorell to learn about the project and Kevin Roth from JH Findorff explains the role of Wisconsin Laborers. [...]
In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with Terry McGowan from Operating Engineers Local 139 and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services to learn about excavating using side boom tractors. Stu goes to Coloma WI to check out the training required and then to Wrightstown WI to watch excavation [...]
In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith and Dave Singer from Steamfitters Local 601 check out the Sprinklerfitter Apprentice Competition won by Dennis Komassa at this year's WI Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Contest. Subscribe to the Building Wisconsin Blog to learn about major construction initiatives in Wisconsin, check out our Roku channel and be sure to like us on Facebook!
We don't think much about quarries as they are out of sight and out of mind. But aggregate from quarries plays an important part of virtually every major road construction project in the state. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with WIDOT Secretary Craig Thompson and other industry guests and travels [...]
There is a growing call for developers to incorporate universal design to make apartments more accessible to all regardless of age, disability or other factors. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we feature an affordable housing preservation project at the Northwinds Apartments in Manitowoc WI. Host Stuart Keith meets with Mark Klann and Carol Keen from Cardinal Capital Management who show [...]
Plumbers Local 75 apprentices receive the best training that's available. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith visits Madison Area Technical College to watch some apprentices prepare for the Wisconsin Journeyman Plumber Test. Click here to find a quality plumbing contractor in the Madison WI area. Subscribe to the Building Wisconsin Blog to learn [...]
Today's video from Building Wisconsin TV features an affordable housing renovation project in downtown Milwaukee. Host Stuart Keith meets with Construction Mgr. Mark Klann from Cardinal Capital Management and Steve Breitlow from Plumbers Local 75. Subscribe to the Building Wisconsin Blog to learn about major construction initiatives in Wisconsin, check out our Roku channel and be sure to [...]
Commercial HVAC systems are large and complicated. Today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV features training for servicing these systems. Host Stuart Keith meets with Doug Edwards from Steamfitters Local 601 to learn about the available training programs. Then Stu catches up with Howard Schad and Tom and Jim Dillett from Dillett Mechanical out on a couple HVAC projects, including a hotel [...]