Teerlinck finds plenty to keep him busy in and outside of work

October 25, 2017 10:04 am Leave a comment

Scott Teerlinck believes in community.

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Jefferson cleans up in construction industry

September 27, 2017 2:54 pm Leave a comment

A year before the Great Recession, Shannon Jefferson was already on the back end of her second layoff.

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ON THE LEVEL: Over course of long career, Witzling helped transform Milwaukee

September 21, 2017 12:10 pm Leave a comment

Want a telltale sign of whether a neighborhood is reviving? “When you go into urban coffee shops, one of the things I look for are how many strollers are in the coffee shop,” said Larry Witzling, who taught architecture and ...

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Algiers wants fruit of her design work to be go-to places

August 17, 2017 11:25 am Leave a comment

Patricia Algiers has a simple goal in her design work.

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Clark Dietz’s Emir finds new home, career in Milwaukee

July 20, 2017 3:21 pm Leave a comment

For Mustafa Emir, civil engineering was a practical pursuit.

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Best Buy, Shopko lead to construction career for Lemirande

July 13, 2017 11:17 am Leave a comment

Going from a job at Best Buy to one at Shopko to yet another at Northern Metal and Roofing might not seem like the usual path to a construction career.

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No mystery to Vajgrt’s career choice

June 29, 2017 9:36 am Leave a comment

Bob Vajgrt knew he wanted to solve puzzles. He just figured he’d end up solving a slightly different kind.

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Debbink sets sail from Navy for construction career

June 1, 2017 10:32 am Leave a comment

Dirk Debbink was pretty sure he was never going to join the family business.

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Singing Scala’s praises: Monroe salesman has chops for crooning

May 25, 2017 1:15 pm Leave a comment

Joseph Scala (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

Joseph Scala isn’t your typical HVAC guy — and not just because he sings the National Anthem at more than 100 sporting and charitable events a year.

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Building bloodline: Cullen family continuing long-standing tradition

May 18, 2017 10:58 am Leave a comment

J.P. Cullen started in 1892 in Janesville and was originally called Cullen Brothers. Later known as J.P. Cullen & Son, it was that incarnation of the company that began construction of Janesville High School in 1921. The company went on to build the city’s library, several public schools, First National Bank, Gazette Printing Co. and Trinity Episcopal Church, among other structures. With offices in Milwaukee and Madison, the 125-year-old company still has its headquarters in Janesville. Pictured are Mark Cullen, J.P. Cullen’s great-grandson and current chairman of J.P. Cullen, and Laura Cullen, Mark Cullen’s daughter and the company’s marketing coordinator. (Staff photos by Kevin Harnack)

Out of 600 employees, there are seven members of the Cullen family working at J.P. Cullen & Sons. Their ties to the company stretch back five generations, when first-generation Irish-American and carpenter John Patrick Cullen started building homes in Janesville in 1892.

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