Brian Karlow
President Gurtz Electric
Seminars
Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Panel: Advancing Talent Strategies to Grow the Construction Workforce Pipeline in a Heavily Unionized Region
10:30 am
- Understanding how unions are attracting talent, meeting long-term labor needs and scaling skilled electrical and mechanical trades
- Identifying ongoing barriers to union entry and discussing what unions are doing to make recruitment easier
- Exploring how union and non-union teams can better work together on data center projects, the pain points they face and what’s working best
Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Choosing the Right Data Center Projects to Stay Competitive While Aligning With Your Firm’s Capacity in New & Existing Markets
11:00 am
- Clarifying how power, water and land availability shape project viability, and how contractors can assess whether a site is truly ready or likely to face delays beyond their control
- Examining how regional capacity constraints shift decision-making, especially in hot markets like Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana where multiple hyperscale builds compete for the same resource
- Identifying red flags and green flags in an RFP: when are timelines realistic, when do they signal risk and how can start dates affect your ability to deliver?
