The $2.2 million project for Marathon County Jail was funded through an emergency declaration in August. Estimates originally pegged the cost at $1.5 million, but an extra $500,000 in funding was approved in October for additional shoring and upgrading to stabilize the building. It was a significant undertaking. But overall the budget that we had estimated for the project, we came in at or under that budget.

Construction on the new Verona Area High School is more than halfway complete. The district decided to make the move to the new building to accommodate some of the enrollment growth Verona area schools have experienced since 2015. The new school was purposefully designed to service any future remodeling needs as the Verona area continues to develop.

When Alton Slane walks around the newly constructed areas of McFarland High School, he can see the fruits of his labor. Slane, a member of the swim team, recalls removing gear from the pool where he spent countless practice hours to later be placed in the new pool area.Slane started a Youth Apprenticeship (YA) program with J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. as a junior in October 2018 and has worked on the school since the pool and auditorium were “just holes in the ground with some walls,” he said.

Representatives from Wangard Partners, the building’s owner and developer, in addition to reps from J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., the project’s building contractor, and the Building2Learn Consortium, a nonprofit focused on introducing students to careers in skilled trades, will provide an overview of the building’s history, plans for the building’s rehab, and opportunities for the students to get hands-on training once construction begins.

Students at Bradley Tech High School interested in construction trades toured the historic Eagleknit building in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood on Wednesday Jan 8th, launching a new education program that will allow a cohort of sophomores and juniors from the school to get on- the-job training as the building is converted from an old manufacturing site into modern office space.

Workers continue to make progress underneath Bascom Hill, where they’re using a custom-made borer to excavate a 640-foot-long tunnel to carry utilities. The project is being managed by the state of Wisconsin’s Division of Facilities Development and Management (DFDM), and the machinery was custom-made by Minger Construction of Jordan, Minn. for the project, under contract of J.H. Findorff and Son, the general prime contractor.

The new Poynette elementary school, which will house grades kindergarten through fourth, is estimated to cost $23 million. Also included in the referendum funds is money for security upgrades at Poynette High School and general building improvements district-wide.“It’s the (school district’s) first brand new building since 1963,” Shappell said. “… This community supported the district many times with additions, which have been great, but this is a generational, educational solution that we’re incredibly excited about.”

Associated Bank has started on the first phase of renovations to the Milwaukee Center office tower in the city’s downtown. Working with architecture firm Rinka and construction firm J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., Associated Bank has started updating the 373,000-square-foot tower at 111 E. Kilbourn Ave.

Findorff, a Madison construction company, has hired about 20 people who have been trained with the Urban League through the HIRE program, a county-wide initiative that aims to help people find jobs. Company president Dave Beck-Engel said the specific training “helps set people up for success.”

“The more employers we have participating, the more people we’re going to have employed and the more success we’re going to have as a community,” Beck-Engel said.

D.C. Everest seniors in the Construction Trades course are getting the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a building expansion at their school. As part of the $60 million referendum that voters approved in April, the schools within the D.C. Everest School District are undergoing a lot of renovations. One of the largest projects is the expansion at the high school because several new classrooms are being added to the building. Findorff is the construction firm overseeing the project.