Sites of Interest

Apprenticeship Sites

The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee

The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee The NJATC was created over 58 years ago and has developed into what perhaps is the largest apprenticeship and training program of its kind.

Construction Associations

The American General Contractors of America - Wisconsin

The AGC of Wisconsin site provides timely association news, regulatory and legislative information and an extensive catalog of seminars and traning courses. Visitors will also find a section dedicated to workplace safety, a video and audio library, AGC builder's exchange information and a calendar of upcoming training seminars and events.

Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin

ABC offers its members a wide range of services such as apprenticeship training, safety education and industrial information.

Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association

The Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association site offers information relating to transportation infrastructure in the state. The site includes many documents that are downloadable in Adobe Acrobat format.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - Wisconsin

This site is a gateway into the home pages of Wisconsin's IBEW locals in Appleton, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Janesville, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine and Stevens Point. Each home page provides different levels of information, but all include contact and membership information.

International Union of Operating Engineers

The International Union of Operating Engineers site provides information that is of value to workers as well as contractors. It also contains a section relating to apprenticeship programs within the organization.

Design/Build

AGC Design/Build Documents

The Associated General Contractors of America offers a package of contract documents for design build projects.

AIA articles on Design/Build

Hosted by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), this site posts a solid selection of design/build articles and related resources.

Design/Build Business Online

This online magazine posts all of its print content for free and offers users several value-added services such as live chat, message boards and a project gallery.

Design/Build Institute of America

This association site offers design-build project owners and practitioners a wealth of resources, including ongoing educational courses, extensive publications library, several newsletters and design-build conference information.

DesignBuildResource.com

Billing itself as "The Online Resource to Locate Design, Building and Decorating Professionals, Products and Services, Nationally and Locally," this site offers visitors an interesting selection of content choices, including a design/build bulletin board; request for proposal service; project portfolio creator and a business background check service.

Government

GovCon

A community for government contracting professionals.

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Association

Department of Commerce

Questions on workplace safety can be directed to the Department of Commerce.

Department of Health and Family Service

Health Questions can be directed to the Department of Health and Family Services.

Human Resources

Attracting & Retaining Employees

Offering some hints about what entices people to join a company, and what keeps them there.

Attracting, Hiring and Keeping Good People

Your business can only be as good as the people that you attract and keep.

Top Ten Tips to Attract, Retain and Motivate Employees

Ten tips for attracting, retaining and motivating employees.

Plan Rooms

La Crosse Builders Exchange Web site

Provides builders and contractors along with plan developers and building administrators a communication link to facilitate their tasks.

Safety Programs

Operation Safe Site

Operation Safe Site offers information dealing with safety in the construction workplace. The site features articles and book reviews on subjects realting to the industry.

Department of Energy - Environment Health and Safety Portal

Department of Energy - Environment Health and Safety Portal This site offers technical studies and government documents relating to safety and health issues.

National Safety Council

The National Safety Council site offers safety and injury information at home and in the workplace.

OSHA - Construction Industry Safety and Health Outreach Program

OSHA - Construction Industry Safety and Health Outreach Program The OSHA - Construction Safety Outreach Program provides information about the program and how it has changed the relationship OSHA has with business.

National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards

The National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards site promotes the development of an efficient, cooperative system of building regulations to ensure the public’s safety in all buildings, residential and commercial.


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