Form and Function

The construction industry has an audience.

Full Story >>

Work in Progress

McGann builds for two cities and a neighborhood of children.

Full Story >>

Industry Pulse

By Design, Your Honor, Peer Review, On the Horizon, Dotted Line, Wrapped Up, Giving Back, Milestones, On the Move, Best of the Web, Hot Spot, Off the Clock, Burning Question

Full Story >>

Construction Corner

Scott Hassett promotes the benefits of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Green Tier charters.

Full Story >>

County Lines

Jennifer Pfaff explores the world of construction in Bayfield County.

Full Story >>

On the Home Front

Alice Franz takes over at the Central Wisconsin Home Builders Association.

Full Story >>

A room with a view

One construction project is more than meets the eye

No one at J.H. Findorff & Son could have known that the crane sitting outside Madison's Meriter Hospital was the center of one woman's attention. Then she mailed her fan letter. Paul Snyder tells the story of Lucille Kanitz.

Full Story >>

Happily ever after

Employees want job satisfaction

In today's business climate, it's not enough to find the best employees. Companies have to keep them. Jennifer Pfaff discovers what means the most to employees and what employers do to create job satisfaction.

Full Story >>

How to lose an employee

Studies show that more people leave their jobs because of frustrations with their boss than for any other reason, said human resources practitioner and consultant Carl Jaskolski, who also teaches at Concordia University and Upper Iowa’s Milwaukee campus.

And if the boss has so much power over employee retention and satisfaction, it might be worth the time to identify a few of the traits managers should strive to avoid.

Full Story >>

A Page from the Past

Important January dates in history

Full Story >>