Industry recruitment has always been a big task in the Milwaukee area. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made it more so.

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Mike Stern has simple advice for young people coming into construction: Get out of the office after hours and take part in activities that’ll help you get acquainted with other people at similar points in their careers.

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When Alan Antoniewicz first came to construction after decades in the mining and manufacturing industries, he was surprised to see how little use was being made of 3D modeling and similar technologies.

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Jake Castanza sees his job as helping the 40,000 union construction workers in Wisconsin speak with one voice.

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In the 40 years that Jeff Niesen has been at The Boldt Co., many of the biggest changes he’s seen have been meant to make the industry more efficient.

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To most people, the $100 million hole blown in the state’s transportation budget by the coronavirus pandemic would seem pretty daunting.

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When Lafayette Crump became commissioner of the Milwaukee Department of City Development in July, he knew he would be taking over from a tough act to follow.

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When Kilah Engelke entered the trades as a laborer a little more than two decades ago, it was a rare occasion when she would encounter another woman on a construction site.

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Amid a recession caused by the pandemic, Bob Barker has seen some evidence that some contractors might be desperately trying to underbid each other in the hopes of winning whatever work they can.

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Most think-tank pundits are well aware of the likelihood that their best recommendations are likely to take years, if not decades, to bear fruit. So Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation, an organization that seeks to apply free-market answers to ...

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