Published: March 14, 2010
Tags: Marinette Marine, shipyard
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marinette Marine Corp. is getting more production space.
The owner of Marinette Marine Corp. has started expanding its ship erection building.
According to Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A, it will start the second phase of its five-year, $100 million plan to modernize its U.S. shipyards and support the construction of the Navy’s littoral combat [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: aerial lift, air conditioning, asbestos, Baraboo, Beaudry Services Inc., Bjoin Limestone Inc., Burdick Siding & Roofing, citation, Cross Plains, Delafield, demolition, Diaz Contractor LLC, Eagle River, electrical, Elkhorn, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, fire protection, Fitchburg Plumbing Inc., forklift, Fox Cities Construction Corp., Gary Overcash Siding LLC, glass, glazing, Glen Johnson Construction, Great Lakes Specialty Contractors Inc., head protection, heating, housing, Hudson, illness, industrial, injury, Janesville, Kain Roofing LLC, Keshena, Kuhn’s Home Improvements LLC, ladder, Little Chute, Madison, masonry, Masonry Restoration Inc., Milwaukee, Miron Construction Co. Inc., Mukwonago, Neenah, Olympic Builders General Contractors Inc., osha, Oshkosh, Osseo, Platteville, Plumbing, R&D Exteriors, roofing, safety, scaffolding, settlement, Sheboygan Falls, siding, stairway, survey, Tevi Alfano, Toonen Companies Inc., Town City Construction, training, Tri City Glass & Door Inc., truck, wiring
OSHA reports
• Town City Construction, Appleton, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation Dec. 10 during a roofing job in Eagle River.
• Kain Roofing LLC, Appleton, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, lumber prices, National Association of Home Builders, Random Lengths, Rottlund Homes
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Rising lumber prices are putting the wood to homebuilders who are still smarting from the industry’s worst downturn in decades.
Lumber costs hit a four-year high in February, although prices have been coming back to earth in recent weeks, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
Citing numbers from Random [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: ABC, AGC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated General Contractors, bill, Boetcher, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Helios USA, IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Wisconsin, Manley, Ostrenga, PSC, Public Service Commission, renewable energy, solar, Todd Stuart, wind, WMC
Comments: 5
By Sean Ryan
A manufacturer and union predict more construction work from a state renewable energy bill, while business groups argue the measure would drive jobs out of Wisconsin.
The bill would support energy-conservation projects by increasing the amount the state charges ratepayers. It also would set a 2025 deadline for 25 percent of state electricity to [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, bill, Mary Williams, prevailing wage
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would repeal every change made to the state’s prevailing wage law in the 2009-11 budget has been referred to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.
The bill, authored by state Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, would reinstate a threshold of $234,000 as the point at which prevailing wages must be paid on [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: common council, Edgewater, Hammes Co., Madison, Plan Commission, Urban Design Commission
By Paul Snyder
The Hammes Co. on Wednesday submitted to Madison its latest set of plans for redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel.
The plans provide more detailed information on the ideas representatives from the Brookfield-based company presented to the Urban Design Commission at its Feb. 17 meeting, which moved an eight-story tower 15 feet to the east [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Bies, builder, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Hagen, landowner, Pat Stevens, permit, Rodrian, Slottke, survey, The Sigma Group, wetlands, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Justice
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
Disputes between the state and builders over construction projects near wetlands have prompted a lawmaker’s attempt to force better communication between the sides.
State Rep. Garey Bies, R-Sister Bay, has introduced a bill requiring the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provide information about wetlands to landowners, builders and local governments that issue building permits. [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy protection, Chapter 11, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Kerkman, Kerkman & Dunn, Local 139, McGowan, PLC, Powers Lake Construction, reorganization, Wanta, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
By Paul Snyder
Twin Lakes-based Powers Lake Construction Co. Inc. has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code.
Jerry Kerkman, an attorney with Milwaukee-based Kerkman & Dunn representing Powers Lake Construction, said the construction and excavating contractor expects to know by July the details of a proposal to restructure more than $7 million [...]
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: Astronautics Corp. of America, Bauman, Beitzel, Brewery Project, headquarters, Jeff Fleming, Mervis, Milwaukee, Pabst Brewery, Russek, TIF
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee officials next week will ask Congress for $750,000 to persuade Astronautics Corp. of America to build a new headquarters in the city.
“Astronautics is, I would say, one of the most important companies in the city of Milwaukee that not a lot of people have heard of,” said Alderman Robert Bauman, who will [...]
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of America, Simonson
The construction workforce was smaller in every state and the District of Columbia year over year, according to new analysis of federal data released by the Associated General Contractors of America.
The data indicates how widespread the construction downturn is, association officials said, noting that 38 states and D.C. experienced a double-digit percentage drop in construction [...]
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