The center is now searching for more low-income young people to
take advantage of free training as office administrators, certified nursing assistants and, within the next year, manufacturing trades workers.
It’s a rare feat for an established company to nearly double its revenue in one year—from $1.3 billion in 2021 to nearly $2.2 billion in 2022. That revenue ranked the company as Indiana’s sixth largest private company, according to IBJ research.
Founder Francis A. Wilhelm Sr. created the company in 1923. Today, it is the largest construction contractor in Indiana and the 79th largest in the nation.
In more than a dozen school districts across Indiana, construction clubs have formed to interest elementary and middle school students in building-trade careers.
Groups as diverse as religious denominations, state lawmakers, humanities not-for-profits and others are now gearing up to make sure hundreds, even thousands, of members have productive and gratifying visits to Indianapolis over the next several months.
The run was precipitated by the Federal Reserve’s boosting its benchmark federal funds rate seven times last year, taking it from near 0% to a range of 4.25% to 4.5% in an effort to reduce inflation.
Web 3.0 is built upon the core concepts of decentralization and openness. Its features include artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain technology.
Under the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Biden on Aug. 16, some consumers may qualify for more than $10,000 in rebates and tax credits for buying high-efficiency appliances and electric vehicles and other purchases to decrease their carbon footprints.
After decades of gray-dominated interiors, other colors are starting to rise to the forefront, including white, green, blue and yellow.
For the 14 Indiana companies that made Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity, efforts go far beyond diversifying the composition of the executive leadership team or the board of directors.
About 1,800 delegates will gather in Indianapolis this weekend for the Indiana Republican Party convention to select a nominee from among four candidates.
IBJ asked the four candidates to answer questions regarding election security and participation. Holli Sullivan, the current secretary of state, opted not to respond in time for IBJ’s publication deadline.
IU Ventures and its affiliated programs offer “a sense of optimism and sense of constructive change” for entrepreneurs—so much so that one decided to move his company from Chicago to Bloomington.
The deal is with StageClip, a company that uses livestreaming to create 30- to 45-second videos of each graduate who crosses the stage at participating high schools and colleges.
With the highly contagious omicron variant now spreading, technical schools and occupational training programs are still working to ensure the safety of students and staff. But they’ve found ways to cope and keep hands-on instruction going as best they can.
But some Republican legislators still want to cut what they consider the last blemish on the state’s otherwise business-friendly tax structure: the business personal property tax.
Hiring 100% diverse contractors to build a $15 million medical-device manufacturing facility was considered difficult, if not impossible, by many in the construction industry.
The house is on the site of a former river mill established in 1846. The lumber mill was converted into a 5,000-square-foot house in 1950, with four bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths and stunning views of the Flat Rock River.
With landscaped islands of greenspace, trees, benches, decorative walkways, and the refurbished Joseph Fountain and “Bears of Blue River” statue, downtown Shelbyville already is starting to draw more curious pedestrians—and more customers, retailers say.
Cargo Services Inc., an Indianapolis-based international freight forwarder and U.S. logistics provider, helps companies deal with a COVID-fueled convergence of growing consumer demand, a shortage of cargo shipping containers, a crimped supply chain and raging shipping costs.
