Federal Contracting – Are you ignoring this business opportunity? When AWC was started in 1995, a handful of the membership was bidding and performing on federal contracts. This number has completely dwindled over the past decade – while membership has …
Founding AWC Member, LouAnne Loewen of J&L Steel Erectors, shares her It Starts With Us Stories from this year: MC Tool & Safety: “It was great to work with Erika. We needed several changes to the order because we were …
Founding AWC Member, LouAnne Loewen of J&L Jobsite Solutions, shares her It Starts With Us Stories from this year: Air Fresh Industries: “We have used Air Fresh on many of our sites. When I purchased J&L Jobsite Solutions they had …
Today I want to talk the failure of the Minnesota legislature this past session. I believe that the divided government should be referred to going forward as “Government of Ineffectiveness” or “Do nothing Legislature”. I can assure you that if …
One purpose of the blog is to make sure members know what AWC is working on behind the scenes. Sometimes that information is not ready for distribution in real time. Today I want to give you an overview of the …
This is part 3 of Barb’s certification series. Click here to read part 1: “You Must Use Me, I’m a Certified Business” and here to read part 2: “Which Certifications Do I Need to Get?”. The term “Good Faith Efforts” …
Gunnar Electric shares how they have hired a number of their fellow AWC members to get the job done: Stay Shaw with Boyum Barensheer was hired to review yearly financials for Gunnar. Joe Zandlo with Minneapolis Financial Group was hired …
Vice President Kendra Kron, with InSite Contracting, shares how her business partners with fellow board member Erika Scherman of MC Tool & Safety: “InSite has worked with MC Tool & Safety the past few years to ramp up the construction …