Although they are keeping their lips sealed in public, construction officials are settling in for plenty of chin wagging at the bargaining table as the expiration dates for some of the industry’s biggest contracts quickly approach this spring.

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On Jan. 1, contractors in Milwaukee will find themselves subject to modified resident-hiring goals for various local construction projects.

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Local governments have been busy issuing construction permits this year, and the estimated construction costs associated with these permits have already surpassed last year’s totals in at least one big Wisconsin city.

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The Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee has announced that Nathan Jurowski has been appointed to the Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund by the AGC Board of Directors.

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Kahler Slater has promoted Housing and Hospitality Team Leader Thomas Miller to a principal at the firm.

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Nathan Jurowski wasn’t always an attorney. “I was a manager trainee with Hertz Rent A Car for a couple of years,” Jurowski said.

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Following two years of record-breaking growth in new hotel construction, the start of 2016 seems to be headed for another banner year in the hospitality building market.

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The Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee will be offering three classes in late February on crane rigging, first aid and crane signalperson training.

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With the industry’s recruiting efforts bringing more young workers with little experience into the trades, what can contractors do to ensure their worksites remain safe?

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Construction jobs and revenue are on the way up. But with rising prices and a shortage of qualified labor, there is no guarantee of greater profits.

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