Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: Badger Trail, Spencer Black
State Rep. Spencer Black announced Monday the state will request bids this week for construction to close a six-mile gap in the state’s Badger Trail.
Black, D-Madison, announced the state received more than $1 million in federal financing for the project, and coupled with a $497,000 state supplement, the money is in place to begin work. [...]
Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: Carol Holden, DNR, in-line pond, Jonathan Ela, Kaukauna, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Neumeier, retention, rule, runoff, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Witynski
By Sean Ryan
The detention pond design municipal officials say is the cheapest way to satisfy state requirements would be outlawed under the latest proposed runoff rules.
“You just start adding things up higher and higher if you don’t have that option on the table,” said John Neumeier, engineer and GIS specialist for Kaukauna.
The Wisconsin Department of [...]
Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Jobs, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, certification, David Miller, Doyle, energy-efficient, green, Kaufert, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, Milton School District, Molepske Jr., Roehl, the Economy and Small Business, The Renschler Co., Truelove, U.S. Green Building Council, University of Wisconsin System
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
A state lawmaker wants to require public buildings be constructed to green standards despite fears by project owners that the law would bust their project budgets.
State Rep. Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point, has introduced a bill requiring new public buildings or major building additions of at least 10,000 gross square feet achieve Leadership [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Cabrera, E-Verify, Eagle Construction, Holperin, Jerry King, Jim Boullion, Mark Gottlieb, Randy Haak, state contract, The Boldt Co., U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Contractors wonder why they should be forced to use a federal E-Verify system with documented flaws in spotting unauthorized workers.
I-9 forms, contractor registrations, prevailing wage reports and other state documents are good enough, said Jerry King, comptroller for Wisconsin Rapids-based Eagle Construction Co. Inc. Requiring use of E-Verify, he said, just adds to [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, repeal, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, Toles
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Political resistance and timing could spoil the construction industry’s chance to speak out on a bill that would repeal the state’s new prevailing wage law.
“If we’re just looking at repealing all the work we did last year to get this into the budget, I don’t know that I’m going to hold a hearing,” [...]
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: 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 12, 2010
Tags: bridge, National Park Service, Sierra Club, St. Croix River, Stillwater Lift Bridge
Comments: 7
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge in Minneapolis has blocked construction of a bridge over the St. Croix River near Stillwater.
Chief Judge Michael Davis found the National Park Service’s approval of the $668 million bridge violated federal law. Davis said the agency ignored its 1996 position that a massive bridge south of Stillwater would have [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Ajack Black, SealMaster Milwaukee, Victoria Inc.
Victoria Inc., an asphalt coating company, will pay the state $5,000 to settle a water-pollution lawsuit stemming from a 2007 accident.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice on Tuesday sued the Menomonee Falls-based company, which does business under the brand name SealMaster Milwaukee. A Waukesha County Circuit Court approved a settlement on Thursday.
The state sued Victoria due [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, bill, Mary Williams, prevailing wage
Comments: 1
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 [...]
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