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 16, 2010
Tags: abatement, Ausavich, Carl Krueger Construction, contractors, Department of Health Services, Ellarson, Ken Peterson, lead, license, Micech, renovation, Shelley Bruce, West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency
By Sean Ryan
The state is simultaneously slogging through a backlog of applications for lead removal licenses and reassuring contractors they will not be penalized for violating the new rules.
Wisconsin on April 22 enacted new rules requiring home-renovation contractors train workers in lead abatement to get a state license before working on houses built before 1978. [...]
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 13, 2010
Tags: blog, Hot Topics, license, Snyder
By Paul Snyder
staff writer
There’s a lot of talk in the state Capitol these days about licensing — crane operators, heavy equipment operators and ironworkers.
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: February 11, 2010
Tags: bill, Doyle, Joint Examining Board of Architects, landscape architect, Landscape Architect Accreditation Board, Landscape Architects, landscaping, law, license, Professional Engineers, Risser, Shilling
Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday signed a bill into law requiring a license to practice landscape architecture in Wisconsin.
The bill — authored by state Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, and state Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison — upgrades the definition of a certified landscape architect in the state to a licensed landscape architect.
To gain licensure, a [...]
Published: January 8, 2010
Tags: American Institute of Architects Wisconsin, architect, Babcock, Hoppe, Johnson, license, Madison Area Technical College, rule, Shonkwiler, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
A looming change in state licensing-exam requirements for architects may wipe out the value of Wisconsin colleges’ two-year architecture-training programs.
The rule change would be “a step in the direction of requiring an accredited degree,” said Josh Johnson, past-president of the American Institute of Architects Wisconsin and head of Wausau-based Becher Hoppe’s architecture division. [...]
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: bill, certification, Elections and Urban Affairs, Kelly, Kelly Design Group, Kelly Design Group LLC, Landscape Architects and Professional Engineers, landscape architecture, license, Risser, Senate Committee on Labor, Wisconsin Joint Examining Board of Architects, Woods
By Paul Snyder
Shawn Kelly’s 20-year-old California landscape architect license gives him a competitive advantage landing jobs in Wisconsin.
But he’s doing everything he can to sacrifice that advantage.
“My focus goes far beyond Wisconsin,” said Kelly, the founder of Williams Bay-based Kelly Design Group LLC and a fellow with the American Society of Landscape Architects. “I’m interested [...]
Published: August 27, 2009
Tags: engineer, license, licensing bill, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association Inc.
Comments: 4
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Wisconsin’s procedure for licensing professional engineers is, at least according to one state lawmaker, “suspect.”
“Right now, there’s confusion and conflicting language,” said state Rep. Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point.
“We need to clarify exactly what Wisconsin requires to put ‘professional engineer’ behind a name.”
Molepske is leading that charge with a bill that would change the [...]
Published: July 2, 2009
Tags: decorator, interior design, license
Katie Nelson
AP Writer
Hartford, CT — A federal judge has struck down a Connecticut law that requires people calling themselves interior designers to get licenses or face fines and possible prison time.
Tuesday’s ruling came after the Institute for Justice sued the state’s Department of Consumer Protection last September on behalf of three Connecticut residents who said [...]
