Even prior to the pandemic, the construction industry was facing a severe worker shortage, as were other industries struggling to find workers with technical skills. Associated Builders and [...]

A dark, empty construction site full of expensive equipment and materials may be the easiest target out there.It’s so tempting, in fact, that the National Equipment Register reports annual [...]

Modern building codes and structural engineering have made U.S. buildings extremely safe places to live and work. That being said, continual maintenance and inspections are critical to the [...]

It was 1948 and Dewey was a senior at Randolph High School when he joined his father, William, providing masonry services to local farmers who needed to expand their milk houses to make room for [...]

There have been a lot of tax law changes enacted over the last couple of years — with potentially more ahead. In times like these, your most effective tax strategy can practically flip from year [...]

Mental health issues flourish in an environment of silence and machoism, and the construction industry seems to create a perfect storm. With its “suck it up” and “get it done” culture, the [...]

President Biden signed an Executive Order that, among other things, instructed the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to ban or limit non-compete agreements and other clauses or agreements that [...]

Wisconsin’s non seasonally-adjusted construction unemployment rate is 27th among the states. The national rate is 7.5%. On a year-over-year basis, the not seasonally adjusted construction [...]

The American Rescue Plan Act will make funds available for utilization by state and local government in Wisconsin for a wide variety of construction and infrastructure projects. While project [...]

In Wisconsin, a UAS is any unmanned aircraft operated not equipped to carry a human operator. A camera or recording device is not required. The federal government’s Federal Aviation [...]