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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021, THE PRICE OF A BLUEPRINT COPY WILL INCREASE!!! Blueprint Copies will increase from $2.00 per copy to $2.50 per copy. The price increase will help us to cover the rise in costs, such as paper, toner and our service contract. Thank you.

This link will provide helpful guidance in preparing workplaces for COVID-19   https://wedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID-19-Construction-Guidelines.pdf

Obituary for Robert “Bob” Hansen – Robert Hansen Painting Robert Jon Hansen, age 62, passed away on March 27, 2021 at the Ladysmith Nursing Home where he had been residing since March of 2020 due to serious health complications after triple bypass surgery on January 29,2020. Bob was born on August 21, 1958 to Robert and Dorothy Hansen in Chippewa Falls, WI. He grew up in Bloomer, WI at the...

We Still Make Blueprint Copies! 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...

These interactive, educational web conferences are open to the public and are held from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Most topics are expanded versions of those presented at DWD's popular Labor Law Clinics and include: 3/12/21 – Avoiding "Loaded" Employment Application and Interview Questions that May Discriminate 4/2/21 – State and Federal Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Laws and Protections Overview...

SEND IT TO US!!!  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...

We hope that you are finding our daily emails to be a useful tool. Recently, we had a group of emails from two different email providers that were bouncing our daily emails back to us as though they were spam.  With the help of our fabulous web developers, we were finally able to solve the problem.  Someone, much smarter than I, figures that one of our members marked us as spam and then the...

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...

if you have used our online plan room, it does not mean that you are automatically placed on the planholders list. If you wish to be listed as a planholder for a project please contact us by phone or e-mail and we will gladly put you on. Please also keep in mind that by using our plans and having us put you on our planholders list does not mean that you are listed on the architect's planholders...