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 11, 2010
Tags: Cindy Kuhs, grant, Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors, housing, Kuhs Quality Homes, land bank, Mahan, market, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant administration, Milwaukee Neighborhood Reclamation, real estate, Ruzicka
By Sean Ryan
The city of Milwaukee’s growing presence in the real estate business is raising questions about government’s role in the private market.
Milwaukee is considering funneling $3 million in federal money to the city’s subsidiary company, which uses federal grants to buy foreclosed and vacant houses and sell them to new homeowners.
The plan has potential [...]
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 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 [...]
Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: affordable housing, apartment, David Lyon, east side, Greenwich Village Neighborhood Association, Historic Water Tower Neighborhood, Kovac, Maierle, Mercy Housing Lakefront, Milwaukee, tax credit
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
Irate neighbors on Milwaukee’s east side stand between Mercy Housing Lakefront’s $12.7 million apartment building and a March 26 project deadline.
The Chicago-based developer needs preliminary city approval to buy a parking lot for the project. March 26 is the application deadline to receive state affordable-housing tax credits needed to pay for the project, [...]
Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: Cieslewicz, Cnare, common council, Dan Stephans, Edgewater, Gehrig, Hammes Co., Landmarks Commission, Levitan, Madison, Schumacher, Silverstone Partners, Tom Sather
By Paul Snyder
The ongoing Edgewater Hotel debate could lead Madison to clip its Landmarks Commission’s authority over project approvals.
That might be the best approach as long as the cut in power is within reason, said Dan Stephans, commission chairman. He said he would support a change to the city’s landmarks ordinance that would give the [...]
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: butterfly habitat, campus, Dennik, Innovation Park, Jim Schmitt, Lawrence Kean, McCulloch, Regional Medical Center, Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT, Zoo Interchange
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
The first public hearing on the Innovation Park plan showed the contrast between big-picture economic development and concerns about how development affects people’s daily lives.
“We have to make sure that everybody gets a piece of the pie,” said Jim Schmitt, Milwaukee County supervisor, “that everybody has their say.”
Supporters of the proposed $250 million [...]
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