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: February 12, 2010
Tags: A&A Environmental, Ahern Gross, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Badger Well Drilling, Ballwanz, Construction Business Group, DWD, Forrer, Gassman, Jim Doyle, Kahl, Masonry Restoration, Mielke, prevailing wage, Sopha, spreadsheet, Steffes, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Construction companies are disputing the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s claim it adequately prepared the industry for changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
The changes require contractors file monthly reports on prevailing-wage payments on public works projects valued at $25,000 or more. DWD first made the 50-field reporting spreadsheet available in January, weeks [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, ABC, AGC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, clean energy, coalition, Dane County, Department of Natural Resources, diesel, DNR, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, Hiniker, Hulsey, idling, John Anderson, Miller, Plale, Tom Walker, Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Fearing a diesel emissions crackdown that could cripple construction company budgets, industry groups want new rules approved before the state has a chance to study the issue.
The Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition — with the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and [...]
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Beiriger, Boullion, DeWitt Ross & Stevens SC, J.F. Cook Co., J.F. Cook Co. Inc., Larry Michael, liability, risk transfer, Selzer-Ornst, Selzer-Ornst Co. Inc., Taylor, The Brehmer Agency, Voss, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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By Paul Snyder
Associations for subcontractors and general contractors are at odds over a new bill that would ban risk transfer in construction contracts.
State Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, is gathering co-sponsors for the bill, which would invalidate construction contracts requiring a company protect or insure another company.
The impetus, said Taylor’s spokesman, Eric Peterson, is a legal [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: AGC, Assembly Committee on Campaign Reform, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, campaign contribution, election, Schneider, Smith, Stone
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Legislative and industry skepticism is stacking up against a bill that would prohibit contractors on state projects from contributing to political campaigns.
State Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, said he is willing to amend his bill, which in its current state would prohibit any officer or substantial owner of a company from contributing to [...]
Published: February 2, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors Inc., Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Dane County Circuit Court, DWD, Mielke, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
The state has temporarily suspended its new prevailing-wage reporting law, according to the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., which has filed a request for an injunction to block enforcement of the law.
But officials with the state departments of Justice and Workforce Development would not confirm the reporting requirements have been suspended. [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Jones, Mielke, prevailing wage, reporting, Thimm, WDW, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Wondra Construction
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
Acting on industrywide confusion over the state’s new prevailing-wage requirements, the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. on Friday requested an injunction to block enforcement of the law.
“On the most basic level, it’s a bad law,” said John Mielke, ABC vice president.
ABC filed the request in Dane County Circuit Court and expects [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Boycks, Colin Teska, Department of Commerce, Emons, Iron Workers Local 8, ironworkers, Jorgensen, journeyman, legislation, licensure, master, Reihl, Sinicki, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters
By Paul Snyder
Authors of a bill that would require licensure of ironworkers in Wisconsin are working on amendments to quell growing opposition in the construction industry.
Critics argue the bill is a thinly veiled jurisdiction grab and say passage will result in contractors losing flexibility to select workers and nonunion or other unions losing the ability [...]
Published: January 21, 2010
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, credit markets, health care reform, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, private sector projects, stimulus, unemployment
By Melissa Rigney Baxter
Special to The Daily Reporter
This year will be a grim one, according to those who work in the construction industry.
“There are a lot of things lining up against 2010 being overall a good year,” said Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin.
On a national level, AGC released [...]
Published: December 21, 2009
Tags: 2010, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Barker, Dennis Lynch, John Mielke, Johnson Controls Inc., Joint Committee on Finance, Mark Wagner, Miron Construction Co. Inc., road construction, stimulus, weatherization
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Contractors disagree over what federal stimulus money will mean to the industry in 2010.
“Most contractors are feeling the pain right now,” said Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. “Some are doing better than others and have been able to take advantage of opportunities with renovating multifamily [...]
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