Building Advantage starts campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccine

January 13, 2021 3:20 pm Leave a comment

The trade group Building Advantage is starting a public-awareness campaign to promote the COVID-19 vaccine and combat misinformation surrounding the virus.

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Industry looks back on year hardly like any other

December 31, 2020 10:16 am Leave a comment

Contractors are hoping that big projects like the Couture high-rise (left) and a planned expansion of the Wisconsin Convention Center, both in Milwaukee, will help them weather a year when the economy is still expected to be weighed down by the coronavirus pandemic. (Renderings courtesy of RINKA and Populous)

When it started, 2020 looked to be off to as good a start as any year in recent memory.

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ON THE LEVEL: Building Advantage’s Jurowski sees upcoming opportunities in Couture, I-94 expansion

July 23, 2020 2:49 pm Leave a comment

Nathan Jurowski is the executive director of Building Advantage, an organization dedicated to advancing the interests of the men, women and companies in union commercial construction in the greater Milwaukee area. For more information about Building Advantage, visit buildingadvantage.org or call (414) 897-1146.

Nate Jurowski sees opportunity for union labor in a global pandemic.

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Milwaukee County Zoo Blood Drive runs June 29-July 1

June 16, 2020 12:40 pm Leave a comment

The American Red Cross, Milwaukee Radio Alliance and the Milwaukee Zoo, along with sponsor Building Advantage, will partner together for the 15th annual Milwaukee County Zoo Blood Drive from Monday, June 29 through Wednesday, July 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the zoo’s Peck Center, 10001 W. Bluemound Road, Milwaukee.

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Jurowski, formerly of AGC of Greater Milwaukee, taking over at Building Advantage

November 4, 2019 3:53 pm Leave a comment

Nathan Jurowski, most recently general counsel of the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, will soon take over as executive director of the Milwaukee construction group Building Advantage. Jurowski, who will start his new job on Monday, is taking over at Building Advantage for Ken Kraemer, who retired at the end of 2018. Building Advantage seeks to promote what it deems the advantages of union construction in southeast Wisconsin. (Photo by Kevin Harnack)

Having gone nearly a year without a top executive, the union-aligned group Building Advantage has hired Nathan Jurowski as its next executive director.

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Kraemer leaving Building Advantage, unsure what’s next

December 21, 2018 11:59 am Leave a comment

On the face of things, now would seem an odd time for Ken Kraemer to be stepping down from the top role at Building Advantage.

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Wisconsin schools earmark cash for trades careers

April 13, 2018 2:29 pm Leave a comment

Carmela Czubakowski (right) a member of the Plumbers Union Local 75, helps Elijah Kirckwood, 16, a sophomore at Bradley Tech High School, sweat fittings during the 2018 Building Advantage Career Fair, which was held on Tuesday at the Waukesha County Expo Center. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

Vashaun Morgan has been tinkering with electronics for about as long as he can remember.

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AFL-CIO housing trust targets Milwaukee for investment in multifamily projects

August 22, 2017 12:25 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee's commercial building boom is expected to get a little louder, thanks to an investment from the AFL-CIO.

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Potawatomi hotel expansion wins Milwaukee panel endorsement

July 17, 2017 3:13 pm Leave a comment

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino plans to expand the hotel at its Milwaukee property with the construction of a second tower.

The proposed expansion of the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino got its first key endorsement from a panel of Milwaukee officials on Monday.

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Proposal would restrict hours that could apply to Milwaukee hiring goals

April 6, 2017 3:07 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee officials moved forward with an ordinance change Thursday that would further restrict what hours contractors could log in trying to meet their resident-hiring goals.

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