Build Me Up Podcast

Chad Ronchetti, Charity Johnson, and Beth Peppersack joined this week's podcast to discuss their varied involvement in STARBASE, a nonprofit that introduces students to the world of STEM. We discussed the students' day-to-day activities on base, the needs the organization is addressing, how businesses/individuals can… READ MORE

Career development and community retention are hot topics concerning Minnesota’s Iron Range. Paul Noll, Morgan Seopa, and Willie Spelts joined “Build Me Up” to discuss the design and build of Rock Ridge High School, a designated Career Academy, and how the school and its programs… READ MORE

Career development and community retention are hot topics concerning Minnesota's Iron Range. Paul Noll, Morgan Seopa, and Willie Spelts joined "Build Me Up" to discuss the design and build of Rock Ridge High School, a designated Career Academy, and how the school and its programs… READ MORE

Working as a project engineer, Ana Kraft was frustrated by the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for professional women. She regularly went from a meeting room to the manufacturing floor but unlike her male counterparts, had to excuse herself to change from office… READ MORE

We last spoke to Kraus-Anderson’s Rich Jacobson and FMI Corporation’s Jay Bowman in February of 2020, about a month before COVID-19 struck the United States.  We’re sitting down with them again, two years later, to chat about the construction industry’s emerging trends and how the… READ MORE