Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Continuum Architects & Planners, grant, Luljak, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Grant, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UWM
By Marie Rohde
School of Freshwater Sciences for University of Wisconsin, Phase I Addition on Site of Existing Great Lakes Research Facility (GLRF), Milwaukee
Continuum Architects & Planners SC, Milwaukee, landed the contract for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s $50 million School of Freshwater Sciences.
Ursula Twombly, the principal with the firm, said Continuum will work in [...]
Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Conover, Craig Thompson, Gottlieb, Holperin, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Port Washington; Jon Dyck, Sanfelippo, Senate Committee on Transportation, Transportation Development Association
By Joe Lanane
There is no certainty lawmakers will listen even if Wisconsin counties overwhelmingly approve advisory referendums to protect the state’s transportation budget from raids.
So far, 51 counties are committed to running the referendum either during the primary election in September or the general election Nov. 2. The question varies from county to county but [...]
Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Building Owners and Managers Association, elevators, International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 9, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — As if high vacancies and a lousy economy weren’t bad enough, Minnesota building owners and managers face another challenge: costly upgrades to bring their elevators up to code.
A state elevator code that took effect in January 2007 gave owners five years to comply with certain safety-related provisions, which means [...]
Published: September 1, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Craig Shaffer, Crane Certification Association of America, cranes and derricks, David Michaels, Federal Register, Hildebrandt, Manitowoc Cranes, Miron Construction, Occupational Health and Safety Administration, osha, Safety Works, Stilwil
By Marie Rohde
A construction industry association wants a new crane and derrick safety rule to be delayed until federal officials provide more information about the rule.
The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s 1,100-page rule is to take effect Nov. 8, but Craig Shaffer of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. is asking that the effective [...]
Published: September 1, 2010
Tags: Edgewater Hotel, Madison, Madison Area Technical College, Madison Joint Review Board, Mansion Hill Historic District, tax-incremental financing, TIF
The proposed Edgewater Hotel redevelopment in Madison isn’t moving forward this year and may never get out of city government, according to Madison Common Council President Mark Clear.
The project has been mired in controversies, including an ongoing lawsuit brought by Madison’s Mansion Hill Historic District, and government wrangling for more than a year.
“There is no [...]
Published: September 1, 2010
Tags: Commerce Department, construction spending, tax credits
By Martin Crutsinger
AP Economics Writer
Washington — Construction spending tumbled in July to the lowest level in a decade, as the housing market struggles in the weak economy and without a popular tax credit for homebuyers.
Construction activity dropped 1 percent in July, the third straight monthly decline, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Government revisions showed much [...]
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: Department of City Development, Department of Revenue, Derse Inc., Ehlers & Associates, HSI Properties, Ingeteam, Jean Adler, Menomonee Valley, Palermo Villa, Reavey, Ryan Schultz, Tax Appeals Commission Municipalities, tax-incremental financing, TIF
By Marie Rohde
Milwaukee’s assessor is disputing state figures that show a steep decline in the value of properties in the Menomonee Valley.
In fact, Mary Reavey said, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue is dramatically off-base in its evaluation of a tax-incremental finance district in the valley the city assessed as growing in value. An Aug. 15 [...]
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: Broderick, Bultman, Innovation Park, Milwaukee COunty Board, Milwaukee County Grounds, parks maintenance building, Sanfelippo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wauwatosa
By Joe Lanane
A Milwaukee County supervisor says the county needs a new parks maintenance building and should help pay for it by selling the existing facility and the land it’s on.
But others aren’t sold on the idea.
Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo said the county can build a more modern and spacious structure on the Milwaukee County Grounds [...]
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: Gauthier, Grafton, Grafton Corporate Park
Comments: 1
New corporate headquarters for Gauthier Biomedical Inc. are planned for a 10-acre site in Grafton, a move that will double the size of the company’s current facility in the village.
Construction is expected to begin in January and be completed in October 2011 on the site located on Highway 60 just west of Port Washington Road [...]
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Callisto, PSC, Public Service Commission, setbacks, shadow flicker, standards, turbines, Wiedermann-Smith, wind, wind farm
Comments: 2
Uniform standards for the placement and operation of wind turbines were sent on Monday by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to the Legislature for action.
The rule will govern how municipalities can establish setbacks for turbines, noise and shadow flicker standards and the involvement of neighboring property owners in the decision making process.
Teresa Wiedermann-Smith, a [...]
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