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Navigating Unprecedented Inflation & Supply Chain Disruption in Construction

Over the last year, words like ‘Inflation’ and ‘Supply Chain’ have become common in many conversations across the country – at the gas pumps, the grocery stores, and especially at the construction jobsite.  While these topics may not be pleasant, the good news is that we are having these conversations.  If you are planning or […]

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Student Jobsite Visit Reflections

Student Jobsite Visit Reflections

Today we are featuring two guest authors from Evansville Community School District on their reflection from their recent visit to our Cedar Crest jobsite. A 76-bed nursing home addition and a 24-unit assisted living complex in Janesville. The students were able to see real-life construction, including schedules, budgets, and career opportunities. Tucker Peterson, Junior at

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From Career Uncertainty to Apprentice: The Journey of the Trades

From Career Uncertainty to Apprentice: The Journey of the Trades

Everyone’s path to success looks a little different, including the path of Caden Lincicum. From starting the Operation Fresh Start program as a reserved, quiet guy who was unsure of what career he wanted to pursue. To becoming an award-winning carpenter apprentice, here is Caden’s story.   JP Cullen is privileged to work with not

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How Coakley managed a tight deadline to convert a Milwaukee warehouse into new DHS offices

How Coakley managed a tight deadline to convert a Milwaukee warehouse into new DHS offices

It’s a testament to a tight project timeline and the construction industry’s current unpredictable supply chain that permanent doors arrived for a new state office space in Milwaukee three weeks after employees began working in the building. To have the office space ready for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to move in at the

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Jeannie Cullen Schultz and George Cullen Make Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders List

Jeannie Cullen Schultz and George Cullen Make Wisconsin 275 Most Influential Business Leaders List

Real Estate and Development | Construction Co-presidents JP Cullen & Sons | Janesville George Cullen and Jeannie Cullen Schultz were named co-presidents of JP Cullen in 2020. The children of company chairman Mark Cullen, George Cullen and Jeannie Cullen Schultz represent the fifth generation of leadership for the Janesville-based contractor. The firm, which has more than

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Leading in Style

Five area women in the C-suite discuss leadership, flexibility, and generational differences. Women have come a long way since 1920, when the 19th amendment granted them the right to vote, but long before that, Anna Bissell became America’s first female CEO, taking the reins at her husband’s carpet sweeper company after he passed away in

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Brick by Brick Another Woman Paves the Way for the Trades

Brick by Brick Another Woman Paves the Way for the Trades

Estimated Read Time: 1 minute 45 seconds In Amber Weissmann’s short time in the industry, she has already accomplished so much – it is clear this is her passion. Amber has been a mason apprentice for us for almost two years and continues to break boundaries. Most recently, she competed in the 2022 Bricklayers &

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