Industry and related links
Building Advantage Member Associations
- Allied Construction Employers Association
- Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee
- National Electrical Contractors Association -- Milwaukee
- Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association
- Milwaukee Building & Construction Trade Council
- Plumbing, Mechanical, Sheet Metal Contractors Association
Apprenticeship Programs
- Carpenters/Southeast Wisconsin Carpenter Training Centers
http://www.carpenterapprenticeship.org - http://www.sewctc.org
- This is an excellent gateway to a whole host of construction oriented issues.
http://www.buildingteam.com
Associations
- American Arbitration Association
http://www.adr.org/contents2.htm - American Society of Professional Engineers
http://www.aspenational.com/welcome.html - American Institute of Architects (AIA)
http://www.e-architect.com/home2.asp - American Consulting Engineers Council
http://www.acec.org/
Federal Government Sites
- OSHA -safety and health standards, inspection data, training materials and many other items related to construction safety.
http://www.osha.com - Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov - General Services Administration site. Everything from selling to the government to buying from the government.
http://www.gsa.gov - Federal Register. Government proposed regulations, final rules and other notices of rules effecting construction.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs - Social Security
http://www.ssa.gov - Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov - United States Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov/topbar.htm
http://www.usps.gov/welcome1.htm - Bureau of Labor Statistics - Consumer price index data
http://stats.bls.gov/datahome.htm - US Census Bureau - Other construction statistical data that can be used for marketing purposes.
http://www.census.gov - ADA - Information contained at this site includes Building and facility Design Guidelines, Enforcement, Publications and recent Updates.
http://www.access-board.gov - Department of Transportation - Everything from CDL's to Statistics
http://www.dot.gov - Environmental Protection Agency - Access to regulations
http://www.epa.gov - Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov - Small Business Administration - Small business help
http://www.sba.gov - Minority Development
http://www.sba.gov/med/ - House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov - Senate
http://www.senate.gov - Library of Congress - Information and a connection point to other areas.
http://www.loc.gov - NOAA National Weather Service - This is the National Weather Service Site. Over 10,000 Web Sites on the Internet tie directly into this site.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov
Local Government
- Ozaukee County
http://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us - Washington County
http://www.co.washington.wi.us - Waukesha County
http://www.co.waukesha.wi.us - Racine County
http://www.racineco.com - Kenosha
http://www.co.kenosha.wi.us - City of Milwaukee's
http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/ - Governmental sites within the State
http://www.state.wi.us/local.html - Milwaukee County
http://www.co.milwaukee.wi.us
State Government Sites
- Wisconsin Legislature Home Page. From here you can access the home pages of your legislatures and leave them e-mail on items of importance to you. You can also review Wisconsin Law (Statutes, Acts, Administrative Code).
http://www.legis.state.wi.us - Annual Prevailing Wage Rate Survey Data
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/pwfnl/PwfnlList.asp - Wisconsin State Codes
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/codtoc.html - Building Codes
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/comm/comm050.html - The Wisconsin Department of Administration
http://www.doa.state.wi.us - Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.wi.us - Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA)
http://www.wheda.com - Commissioner of Insurance - For insurance issues in the Office
http://oci.wi.gov - Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us - Unemployment Insurance (the new terminology for unemployment comp)
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/ui/ - Workers Compensation Insurance - check to see whether or not any employer has workers compensation coverage. At both WC and UI sites you can download actual copies of the regulations.
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/wc/ - Equal Rights Division
http://www.dwd.state.us/er/ - Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/ - Department of Transportation (DOT)
http://www.dot.state.wi.us - Wisconsin Department of Revenue
http://www.dor.state.wi.us - The State of Wisconsin Online Directory - The site lists phone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses for all State of Wisconsin Employees and Departments.
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/government.html - Apprenticeship Division of the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/apprenticeship/
