Derek Allen, the new general counsel for the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, is using his decade of litigation experience to keep AGC members on job sites rather than in courtrooms.

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When Rob Henken and his fellow researchers at the Wisconsin Policy Forum set out a few years ago to study Milwaukee city and county’s backlog of need infrastructure repairs and replacements, they knew they were likely to come up with a long to-do list. What they discovered still came as a bit of a shock.

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Holly Lifke describes herself as a lifelong learner who enjoys taking on new responsibilities.

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To many people, nonprofit work might not seem to have much in common with Opportunity Zones and other sorts of federal development incentives.

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The notion that construction is a man’s job is still widespread, but that’s changing — albeit slowly.

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Former Gov. Scott Walker’s first year in office may be best known for producing the state’s Act 10 law restricting public workers’ collective-bargaining rights. But Jake Curtis, a lawyer in the Milwaukee offices of von Briesen & Roper, says 2011 yielded at least one other law whose ramifications extend into just as many types of activity, including the construction industry.

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Summing up a five-decade business career in a 15-minute conversation isn’t easy, but the longtime Kraus-Anderson executive Daniel Engelsma gave it a good shot during a recent interview. Engelsma is retiring after 50 years at Kraus-Anderson, which has its main offices in Minneapolis.

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Although Matt Ostovich got a taste of construction work at a young age, it didn’t exactly prepare him for the job he has now.

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For most people, it makes little difference what material a storm sewer is made up of as long as it prevents flooding by allowing rainwater to drain away. But for Clark Wantoch, sewer lines are far from all being created equal.

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Anyone who complains schools aren’t doing enough to promote careers in construction hasn’t peeked into one of Craig Griffie’s classes at Brown Deer High School.

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