Joel Allen began 30 years ago as an apprentice at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 7. By the time he was a full-time glazier, he already was working to improve education for others.
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Absolute Construction president keeps an eye on what matters 
As a college intern at a prominent Racine architecture firm, Tracy Stacy couldn’t believe the design work the professionals around her found themselves too busy to take on.
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Read More »Erdman’s Mike keeps herself set in ‘learning mode’ 
By the time Diane Mike was in her early 30s, she knew all about the beer-and-burgers side of construction.
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Read More »Curiosity draws C.G. Schmidt’s Johnson to site work 
Helena Johnson was in a doublewide operations trailer on a recent Saturday afternoon to cover a safety shift at a construction site at a state college. As was true in her first foray onto a site more than a decade ago, Johnson was there mainly for one reason: She asked.
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Read More »Power source: Gregg settles into career at Muth Electric 
After growing up in Athens and Madrid, Codi Gregg isn’t afraid to venture far afield.
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Read More »Rising from the ashes: Amy Cape learns from the ground up in her ‘second’ career 
When the road-building company James Cape & Sons went into receivership in 2005, Amy Cape doubted anything good could come from it.
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