Build Me Up

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 ...

8 Mars 202232min

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 y...

22 Feb 202243min

When Semih Ayhan and Tuncay Ozdenak moved to the U.S. from Turkey, they brought their passion for Mediterranean cuisine. When they met in 2014, they decided to bring their family recipes together and ...

7 Dec 20211h 9min

Affordable housing continues to be a challenge for communities across the country. Construction costs continue to rise and developers are facing complicated funding and zoning restrictions, among othe...

23 Nov 202146min

According to CREW Network's 2020 Benchmark Study Report, women make up just under 37 percent of the commercial real estate industry. This number has not changed much over the past 15 years. While the ...

9 Nov 202138min

The construction industry continues to face a labor shortage, and in cities like Duluth, Minnesota, located along Lake Superior's North Shore, ambitious construction and development projects are cloud...

26 Okt 202148min

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a halt in 2020. Every industry was affected, and retail real estate was hit particularly hard. As e-commerce continues to rise and brick and mortar stores ar...

12 Okt 202137min

When Minneapolis Firefighter Jake LaFerriere survived career-ending burn injuries in 2010, he felt little hope for his future. But he soon discovered that his mission in life had changed from firefigh...

28 Sep 202154min