Milwaukee-based C.G. Schmidt Inc. and Providence, R.I.-based Gilbane Building Co., the general contracting team for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s new downtown Milwaukee office tower, will host a pre-bid meeting and networking session Wednesday for contractors interested in working on the project.

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Crews have finished demolishing Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s east building in preparation for its future downtown Milwaukee office building.

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Rogers, Minn.-based Veit & Co. Inc. is deconstructing one of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s downtown Milwaukee office buildings to make way for a 32-story tower.

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The towering orange and white crane is about to come down at the site of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s future downtown Milwaukee office building.

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Northwestern Mutual Van Buren Office Building To passersby, the 1920s building at 733 N. Van Buren St., Milwaukee, may have seemed past its prime. But Northwestern Mutual saw potential and put together an impressive team to transform the property into ...

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The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Inc. will design and oversee a workforce development program tied to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s downtown Milwaukee tower project.

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Milwaukee-based C.G. Schmidt Inc., collaborating with Providence, R.I.-based Gilbane Building Co., has been selected as the general contractor for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s $450 million downtown Milwaukee office tower.

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The consulting company hired to track compliance with federal low-income hiring requirements on Milwaukee’s Westlawn Gardens housing project is overseeing similar, though not federal, efforts on Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s downtown office tower.

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Contractors should expect more opportunities for work in 2014. They also should expect to struggle getting that work done.

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