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August 21, 2008
Airport project flying high

Construction work on the new parking structure at Dane Country Regional Airport con-tinues in Madison. Madison-based J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. is the general contractor on the $24 million project to build a 1,240-space parking ramp, which also includes a 2,000-square-foot ad-ministration building and new exit plaza.

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Audit reveals Barron County ate highway project overages

For what some speculate was as long as 25 years, the Barron County Highway Department swallowed cost overruns on projects rather than billing municipalities.

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The Fonz settles down

Artist Gerald Sawyer (right) and an installation crew install a veiled bronze casting of the “Happy Days” character Fonzie on Monday near the Riverwalk and Wells Street. The statue, unveiled Tuesday, has several different polishes and patinas that make a colorful representation of the Milwaukee icon.

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Brown Deer/Office & Manufacturing Facility

Project: New Office and Manufacturing Facility for Traffic & Parking Control Co., Brown Deer

Developer: Traffic & Parking Control Co., Elm Grove

Scope: The company received a $5.1 million industrial revenue bond from the state to relocated from its Elm Grove location to a 128,000-square-foot building in Brown Deer. Renovations to the new building will be complete by January 2009.

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4,000
Nonfarm payroll employment in August fell by 4,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, the first drop in four years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

2.92
The national average retail price of on-highway diesel fuel hit a 53-week high of $2.92 per gallon, the Energy Information Administration.

4.6
Unemployment rate in construction (not seasonally adjusted) fell from 5.9 percent in August 2006 to August 2007, while holding steady overall at 4.6 percent.

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According to Reed Construction Data, the value of nonresidential construction starts from January through August 2007 climbed 19 percent year-to-date from the same months of 2006.