Readying the rebar

Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: Black River Falls, College Avenue, General Mitchell International Airport, Lunda Construction Co., Milwaukee, tunnel

Right angle

Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: General Mitchell International Airport, Hilton Garden Inn, Kraemer Brothers LLC, Milwaukee, Plain, South Howell Avenue

Creative Constructors sues Milwaukee County over airport work (UPDATE)

Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: airport, change order, Concourse D, Creative Constructors LLC, General Mitchell International Airport, Karaskiewicz, LaBonte, lawsuit, Milwaukee County, wage
Comments: 2

By Sean Ryan
Creative Constructors LLC is suing Milwaukee County to recover $114,000 from a project at General Mitchell International Airport.
The Menomonee Falls-based contractor has tried to recover the money since 2005, when Creative completed the yearlong project at the airport, said Michael LaBonte, company CEO. He said the lawsuit, filed Wednesday, is the first time [...]

Piece by piece

Published: February 2, 2010
Tags: food court renovation, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Triad Construction Inc., West Allis

Milwaukee searches for freight siren song

Published: December 31, 2009
Tags: Airport Gateway Business Association, Canadian Pacific Railway, cargo, Chicago, freight, General Mitchell International Airport, Howells, intermodal terminal, Larson, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, Port of Milwaukee, Rave, Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association, Witkowski

By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee-area freight carriers see missed opportunities whenever cargo bypasses their city on the way to Chicago.
The people who are losing work — truckers, workers for the Port of Milwaukee and business owners based near General Mitchell International Airport — are trying to team up to learn how to snag more cargo. The first [...]

Republic boosts airport rebuilding effort

By Sean Ryan
Keeping Republic Airways at General Mitchell International Airport is only one step toward stemming the flow of jobs from the Milwaukee airfield.
Three hundred and forty full-time military personnel and more than 1,300 reservists stopped working on a 102-acre corner of the airport property in February 2008 when the 440th Air Reserve Base shut [...]

Airports balance construction needs with passenger fees

Published: July 2, 2009
Tags: General Mitchell International Airport, safety improvements, ticket fee

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A proposed change in federal law that would give airports more money for construction projects also could increase ticket prices and scare away passengers.
Passenger Facility Charges, such as a $3-per-ticket fee at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport, are the primary source of money for airport construction work. The federal government limits the fees [...]