When Matt Wolfert was a junior in high school, he participated in a school-to-work program called Workbound.

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A solution to homelessness, say Anne Franz and Gabrielle Clowdus, has to go beyond simply providing homes.

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Bill Babcock and his wife, Barbara, were vacationing in Wisconsin in August 1976 when their car broke down outside Madison. They took it to a dealership, and while the car was being worked on, they explored the city and fell in love with it.

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As the CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, Mike Fabishak often finds himself trying to elicit cooperation from a group of contractors who are otherwise doing everything in their power to out-compete each other.

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A familiar face has returned to Plunkett Raysich Architects. Mike Bahr, who first joined the firm in 1999, has come back to PRA to oversee its marketing and business development.

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It probably came as little surprise to readers of a recent University of Wisconsin report on Wisconsin construction and real estate that these two industries are only behind manufacturing in their contributions to the state’s economy.

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Whether he's helping design Kenosha's new city hall or building the perfect seaworthy vessel, Tony Layne is acting on his belief that architecture can make the world a better place.

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Chris Smith insists that when he chose to name his company CG Smith, he wasn’t thinking of either C.G. Schmidt or C.D. Smith.

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Ken Collins twice disappointed his parents with his career choices.

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This year makes the 100th anniversary for one of the most recognizable pieces of safety equipment in the world. The hard hat was invented in 1919 by the family-owned company Bullard, which today has its headquarters in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

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