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Jamming with conductors?
Have you ever pulled in conductors with a truck? You shouldn’t!
Tagged with: Faith Technologies Mark Cook wiring
Read More »Learning lessons from hunting
Life is measured by the passage of time and the season of deer hunting gives me plenty of moments to reflect on past memories.
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Read More »Fiscal Facts: Pandemic recovery helps avoid major cuts, expand offerings in Madison’s 2023 budget
The proposed 2023 city of Madison budget offers mostly good news for city services, with few cuts and a range of new offerings. It is made possible by the city’s ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, robust pace of development and use of federal aid.
Tagged with: budget Madison Satya Rhodes-Conway
Read More »Fiscal Facts: Federal funds give Milwaukee a budget reprieve, but debt up as reckoning nears
Federal pandemic relief funds give a temporary reprieve to a mounting array of fiscal woes for the city of Milwaukee, helping it avert large-scale service reductions in Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s proposal for the 2023 budget.
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Read More »Changes to the 2023 National Electric Code
Mid-September, I was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, attending the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (I.A.E.I.) Western Section Meeting where the new 2023 NEC took center stage with a majority of the topics discussed. In the next few Code Corner columns, I will try to arm you with understanding of some of the more significant changes so that you can be ready, if and when, your local jurisdiction adopts it.
Tagged with: electrical code Mark Cook
Read More »Tackling the manufacturing hiring crisis
“We are hiring.” How many times have you seen that this week? Or even just today? It seems no industry is immune from the labor shortage crisis.
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Read More »How (and why) Wisconsin contractors should address employee mental health issues
The COVID pandemic has exacerbated an already serious global health mental health epidemic. While Wisconsin has moved into second place among states in how effectively it provides access to care, the time is ripe for the private sector to step up its game, too.
Tagged with: HUB International mental health
Read More »Can a contractor simply walk off a job?
“It depends” – two words clients hate to hear from their lawyers. “It depends” is (regretfully) also the answer to the question posed in the headline: “Can a contractor simply walk off a job?”
Read More »More efficient payments today; more efficient supply chains tomorrow
