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WANTED YOU!!! …to serve your fellow NWRBX members.    NOMINEES NEEDED FOR 2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS     NWR Builders Exchange is looking for candidates for the 2025 Board of Directors.  In November, there will be an election of  three directors elected for three year terms.  If you or someone you know is sincerely interested in serving on the board, please contact Dawn at NWRBX today 715-834-2934...

NWR Builders Exchange Seeks Office Space Our lease for our current office space will expire in September of 2026 and our landlord has chosen not to extend it.  Now this may seem like a long ways away, but we are starting to think about it now.  Our landlord has also allowed us to break the lease should we find something earlier than September 2026.  Preferably, I would like to see us have some...

Attention all vendors currently using the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Civil Rights Compliance System (CRCS) system to submit WisDOT project certified payroll reports. WisDOT is preparing to take the next step in phasing out CRCS and transitioning to AASHTOWare Project (AWP) with the implementation of the Civil Rights and Labor (CRL) payroll module. Starting this winter, entry...

DO YOU HAVE  BUSINESS NEWS??? SEND IT TO US!!!  Send us your announcements  of promotions, name changes, business relocation, awards, or anything that your company finds important enough for your fellow members to know about.  You may send us your information by fax 715-834-3590, e-mail info@nwrbx.com , or mail  2228 N. Hillcrest Pkwy, Ste. 2, Altoona, WI 54720

9/3/2024 La Crosse, WI  – First Supply, a major HVAC, air conditioning, industrial pipe, valves and fittings, waterworks and plumbing supply distributor with 52 locations across the midwestern United States, has selected BlueRock TMS to provide its transportation management software system for the company’s newest and most advanced distribution facility now under construction in Wisconsin. The...

Richard "Dick" Piltz passed away at home on August 22, 2024. Dick was born on October 2, 1938 in Minneapolis, Mn the son of Leo and Mildetta Piltz.  He grew up in Oshkosh, Wi then served in the U.S. Air Force.  Dick started his career in the Glass Industry before becoming an entrepreneur where he had founded several businesses, primarily Piltz Glass & Mirror and Five Star Plastics.  Dick was also...

A letter was sent to all of our members regarding changes to our 2024-25 Membership Directory.  A few things to keep in mind about this letter: This is not a membership renewal.   Even if you do not have any changes, we would appreciate you returning this form or emailing confirmation of such. Charges are only applied to those who have more than one Service Guide listings.  One alphabetically...

Please remember that our office still offers large format document copying. Our in-office services have not changed. We can make copies of not only our plans, but those that you receive privately from general contractors, owners, architects, etc. And we will NOT share those projects with any of our other members. We also have the capability to scan hard copy blueprints and transfer them to a...

  NWR Builders Exchange 2024-25 Membership Directory Advertising   We will be distributing our Membership Directory in November/December.  We have advertising space available. Advertising in our directory gives you great exposure at a reasonable cost! Our directory is distributed to all of our 300 members, many architects and engineers in our area and beyond, and many of the surrounding...

Thanks to the Following Firms For Donating Door Prizes  for our Golf Outing: American Express Excavation        RTS Roofing American Engineering Testing       Fabick Cat Overhead Door Co. of the CV        Pulse Products Summit Fire Protection                   Ess Brothers Langford’s Caulking                      Eau Claire Insulation Squeegee Squad                              Culligan/Sterling...

ORGANIZATION EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE      LA CROSSE, WI, July 10, 2024 – First Supply announced today that it is a 2024 Top Workplaces for Distribution winner. Energage, a purpose-driven organization that builds and brands employers of choice, determines the awards. The Top Workplaces program has a 17-year history of surveying and celebrating people-first organizations...

We have had some inquiries recently in regards to plans being available on our website.  There are a couple of things to keep in mind: If a plan is advertised on our website, plans and specs WILL be available.  We do NOT advertise plans that we do not have access to bidding docs. We publish our weekly bulletin every Wednesday.  On Tuesdays & Wednesdays, in order to publish all of the plans that...

SEND IT TO U S!!!  Send us your announcements  of promotions, name changes, business relocations, awards, or anything that your company finds important enough for your fellow members to know about.  You may send us your information by fax 715-834-3590, e-mail info@nwrbx.com , or mail  2228 N. Hillcrest Pkwy, Ste. 2, Altoona, WI 54720

The “Exchange Online” portion of our site is meant for our members only.   Please do not share your username/password with anyone else.  Even if they are a member, ask them to sign up for their own username/password.  Remember do not allow non-members to use your u/p.  The more members we have, the lower we can keep the cost of membership dues.  Encourage those non-members to inquire about...

Here’s a little explanation… Just a reminder since approximately one-third of our membership received a notice via email of their upcoming renewal date with us last week.  These notices are sent out 60 days prior and 30 days prior.  The email will look something like this: NORTHWEST REGIONAL BUILDERS EXCHANGE Your membership will expire on 01/07/2024. Please follow this link and renew online....

It was recently brought to my attention that I had not updated my piece about my daughter’s due date being around the golf outing date.  Well, we all managed to avoid the golf outing date so by the time of the outing all was settled down.  And although I had not forgotten about my granddaughter, I had forgotten how much she may have affected the golf outing. Meet Korraline Kaaj Ntug Yang.   This...

Last month, I celebrated my 29th anniversary with the Northwest Regional Builders Exchange. Many things have changed in those 29 years (including our name and my hair color!). Contractors who have not been in our office for a few years, come in now and look at our plan rack and think we aren’t busy because we don’t have plans hanging as far as the eye can see. We are still busy. In fact, our...