Published: June 21, 2010
Tags: AGC, Assembly, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, candidate, ironworker, Ironworkers Local 383, Ironworkers Local 8, Jorgensen, Kubisiak, license, Marlin Schneider, Reihl, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
An ironworker running for state Assembly wants to revive a licensing bill for his trade even if industry reps consider the proposal little more than a power grab.
“We can’t afford to have buildings falling down in this state,” said Thad Kubisiak, a member of Ironworkers Local 383 who is running as an independent [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Tags: ABC, AGC, apprentices, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, hiring, Iron Workers Local 383, John Schmitt, journeymen, Local 383, Mielke, Pete Stern, Wisconsin Laborers District Council
By Paul Snyder
Contractors working on state projects should have a choice between hiring apprentices and journeymen, according to construction groups asking the state to ease its employment rules.
“We want to see apprenticeship standards used as encouragement; not a hammer,” said Jim Boullion, government affairs director for the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin.
The AGC, he said, [...]
Published: May 5, 2010
Tags: ABC, AGC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Department of Commerce, general contractor, Kaltenbrun, Kaltenbrun Bros. Roofing Co., Mielke, penalty, Quast, registration, subcontractor
By Darryl Enriquez
Longtime roofing contractor Leo Kaltenbrun of Sheboygan is skeptical of proposed penalties as high as $2,000 for generals and subs that fail to register with the state before going on a work site.
When Kaltenbrun, 90, founded Sheboygan-based Kaltenbrun Bros. Roofing Co. Inc. in 1946, a contractor preparing for a job simply went to [...]
Published: April 21, 2010
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Building Commission, construction manager at risk, Kaufert, multiple-prime contracting, project bidding, single-prime contracting, Wisconsin Legislature
By Paul Snyder
The state Building Commission probably will have the rest of the year to decide whether Wisconsin’s bidding process is as efficient as it could be.
The state Legislature is unlikely to vote Thursday on a bill that would expand Wisconsin’s project delivery method to include single-prime and construction manager at risk contracts.
“It’s unfortunate,” said [...]
Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, Construction Business Group, crane, DeBeck, excavator, grader, grinder, heavy equipment, Integrity Grading and Excavating, Kahl, license, milling machine, planer, scrapers, shouldering machine, Speedway Sand & Gravel, Weinkauf
Comments: 4
By Paul Snyder
A proposal to license heavy equipment operators is overkill for an industry already with plenty to lose if the wrong person is running a big machine, according to a 31-year construction veteran.
“There are some operators that shouldn’t be operators, and I understand that you don’t want every Tom, Dick and Harry jumping on [...]
Published: April 2, 2010
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bid, bidding, Boullion, Christensen, Division of State Facilities, H & H Industries, Helbach, Hintz, project, Risser, subcontractors, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Subcontractors searching for state project deliveries perfectly free of bid shopping might have to settle for a good-enough compromise.
“Is trying to stop any bid shopping after the general contractor’s bid better than what there is now? Yeah,” said Jeff Beiriger, executive director of the American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin. “But is that the [...]
Published: March 29, 2010
Tags: AGC, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, ASA, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Beiriger, Boullion, Boycks, contractor liability, Eric Peterson, Lena Taylor, subcontractors, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Time is running out in this legislative session for a bill that would change Wisconsin’s contractor liability law.
Subcontractors vow to keep pushing for passage, but the bill is trapped in a Senate committee and has a dwindling chance of escaping before the session ends April 22.
“We’ve reached out for other ideas, and we [...]
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: 8
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: 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
Comments: 1
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 [...]
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