Published: July 8, 2010
Tags: David Frey, Federal Highway Administration, Gwen Moore, high-speed rail, Hoan Bridge, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Kelda Roys, McGowan, Plale, Sinicki, TIGER, Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
Comments: 5
By Paul Snyder
A request to shift federal high-speed rail money to repair the Hoan Bridge is reigniting the road vs. rail debate, despite the inquiring lawmakers’ insistence it’s not an either/or matter.
“To me it’s just about priorities,” said state Sen. Jeff Plale, D-South Milwaukee. “If you’ve got a hard asset that’s falling apart, you fix [...]
Published: June 28, 2010
Tags: Construction Business Group, Craig Thompson, election, Finding Forward Coalition, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, IUOE Local 139, McGowan, state Legislature, transportation budget, Transportation Builders Association, Transportation Development Association, transportation spending, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Campaigns for the state Legislature and the growing debate over transportation spending are likely to collide in the November elections.
Many Wisconsin counties are lining up advisory referendums to ask voters if they support a constitutional amendment protecting Wisconsin’s transportation budget from raids to support the general budget. Those referendums would be on the [...]
Published: June 9, 2010
Tags: Gottlieb, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Local 139
The coalition to protect the state’s transportation budget has another member.
The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 on Wednesday announced its support of a constitutional amendment to keep the transportation budget segregated, protecting the money from lawmakers’ use on non-transportation related budget items or programs.
The coalition wants advisory referendums placed on November ballots in [...]
Published: April 22, 2010
Tags: bill, Construction Business Group, crane, Grabel, heavy equipment, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, license, Local 139, McGowan, operator, Parisi, Robb Kahl, Wisconsin County Highways Association
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Union officials are blaming counties for killing a bill that would have required licenses for crane and heavy equipment operators.
Counties wanted their employees exempted from licensing, said Robb Kahl, executive director of the Construction Business Group, a joint labor-management organization.
Unions, he said, would not agree to that exemption, so county representatives opposed the [...]
Published: April 21, 2010
Tags: Chernobyl, Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CUB, Higley, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Local 139, McGowan, nuclear energy, Soletski, Three Mile Island
Comments: 6
By Paul Snyder
Nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin likely will be just as difficult to accomplish after the legislative session as it was before.
“It’s definitely disappointing,” said state Rep. Jim Soletski, D-Green Bay. “I’m not saying we should ring Lake Michigan with 20 new plants, but we need to have the option on the table.”
Soletski [...]
Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: ABC, ABC of Wisconsin, Associated Builders and Contractors of America, Charles Palmer, executive order, federal project, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Local 139, McGowan, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, nonunion, Obama, PLA, project labor agreements, Steve Stone, union, Zignego, Zignego Co.
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
The federal government Tuesday officially shifted toward project labor agreements, confirming the fears of nonunion contractors.
Starting May 13, federal agencies can require PLAs on projects that receive more than $25 million in federal money.
Mike Zignego, secretary/treasurer for Zignego Co. Inc., Waukesha, said he does not like the prospect of PLAs on highway jobs [...]
Published: March 30, 2010
Tags: Amtrak, Brett Davis, Department of Transportation, high-speed rail, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Joint Committee on Finance, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Lehman, Rail, Traas, WisDOT, WTBA
Comments: 6
By Paul Snyder
A state lawmaker wants Wisconsin to tap the brakes on high-speed rail between Milwaukee and Madison.
State Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon, announced Tuesday he will introduce a bill that would prohibit the Wisconsin Department of Transportation from spending federal, state or local money on planning or building high-speed rail until the full Legislature approves [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy protection, Chapter 11, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Kerkman, Kerkman & Dunn, Local 139, McGowan, PLC, Powers Lake Construction, reorganization, Wanta, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
By Paul Snyder
Twin Lakes-based Powers Lake Construction Co. Inc. has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code.
Jerry Kerkman, an attorney with Milwaukee-based Kerkman & Dunn representing Powers Lake Construction, said the construction and excavating contractor expects to know by July the details of a proposal to restructure more than $7 million [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Alberta Darling, Doyle, high-speed rail, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Joint Committee on Finance, Klein, Kliewer, Madison to Milwaukee, McGowan, Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, operating cost, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Comments: 5
By Sean Ryan
State legislators want hard figures on the annual cost of running a Madison-to-Milwaukee high-speed rail line before approving construction.
That is unlikely to happen.
People around the country are asking the same question about operating costs for rail lines, said Laura Kliewer, director of the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission. There really isn’t an answer, [...]
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 [...]
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