- The Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council broke ground on a 25,000-square-foot addition.
- Findorff serves as general contractor for $8.5 million project.
- New addition includes three training bays and a dedicated CDL maintenance bay.
- Training center expansion is expected to be completed by August 2027.
During a dynamic time in Wisconsin construction where megaprojects rule and registered apprenticeship is taking off, the state’s home of union construction laborer training is growing its apprentice numbers and expanding its schedule.
In September, the Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council broke ground on a 25,000-square-foot addition at its apprenticeship and training center campus in DeForest. With Findorff as its general contractor, the union expects the project to be completed in August 2027. The addition will include three training bays, three classrooms and a dedicated maintenance bay for Commercial Driver License training vehicles.
The training center teaches union apprentices and journeyworkers a range of skills, including heavy highway work, commercial and industrial building construction and utility construction. The district council is made up of five locals representing 10,000 active and retired skilled construction craft laborers statewide. The organization is part of the Laborers’ International Union of North America…