Biotech firm tries to dock at Milwaukee port

Published: April 21, 2009
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Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
The success of a 64,000-square-foot project at the Port of Milwaukee hinges on how well one CEO can keep a secret.
Ed Waters wants to build a manufacturing plant to convert wood into pellets to be burned as power plant fuel. But, he said, he needs to keep the details of the process, which he [...]

Code makers struggle with sustainability

Published: April 6, 2009
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The development and practice of sustainable building techniques are pressuring municipalities to keep pace with updating building codes to accommodate the changes.
Ann Beier, director of Milwaukee’s Office of Environmental Sustainability, said most of the city’s commercial building code is based on state, national and international rules.
“We have started to look at our building codes on [...]

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The tree architect

Roald Gundersen’s ideas are as big as the trees he shinnies up like a man half his age. The Stoddard-based “tree architect” wants to take wood construction far beyond the rustic cottages with which people associate him, but first he has to convince builders and architects of trees’ potential. Caley Clinton heads to western Wisconsin to see what future the forest holds.

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