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Labor organizations, elected officials paint diverse picture of future infrastructure workforce
NABTU President Sean McGarvey gave a shout out to WRTP | Big Step and empowHER for expanding workforce resources across Wisconsin.
WRTP | BIG STEP, Realta Fusion begin partnership to bring workers into burgeoning energy sector
Both groups will develop developing comprehensive training programs and pre-apprenticeships for jobs needed to support the budding fusion industry.
Inside Evers’ $175.4M transportation, infrastructure budget proposals
Gov. Tony Evers' budget proposals included bridge and road repairs through the state's $7.1 billion surplus.
AGC of Greater Milwaukee donates $15K to ACE Mentor Program
The Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee's Education and Research Foundation recently donated $15,000 to the ACE Mentor Program’s Milwaukee Chapter, an organization that introduces high school students to the wide range of career opportunities in architecture, construction, engineering and related areas of the building design and construction industry.
Money for youth apprenticeship, workforce development in Evers’ state budget proposal
Gov. Tony Evers will propose more than $329 million in new economic development initiatives as part of his state budget proposal on Tuesday.
High school students get Reality Check on life choices
Tyler Raymundo is a senior at Tremper High School, but for a few hours on a recent Wednesday, he was a lawyer and a divorced father of an 11-month old child.
ON THE LEVEL: Fabishak looks back on career building relationships in trades
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.
Former Lt. Gov. Kleefisch joins ABC of Wisconsin as ‘jobs ambassador’
Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch is joining the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin as its jobs ambassador, a role promoting careers in the construction trades.
Milwaukee area has asset in workforce but lacking in other ways
Metro Milwaukee compares well with similar metro areas for its talent pool of knowledge workers, including people in the science, engineering, and technology-dependent fields.
Foxconn announces training program for students
Foxconn is working with various Wisconsin technical colleges and universities to offer training in the sorts of work it will need at its manufacturing campus in Mount Pleasant and other sites throughout the state.
ON THE LEVEL: Collins helps companies fill management ranks in post-recession years
Ken Collins twice disappointed his parents with his career choices.
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- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
