Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: aerial lift, air conditioning, asbestos, Baraboo, Beaudry Services Inc., Bjoin Limestone Inc., Burdick Siding & Roofing, citation, Cross Plains, Delafield, demolition, Diaz Contractor LLC, Eagle River, electrical, Elkhorn, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, fire protection, Fitchburg Plumbing Inc., forklift, Fox Cities Construction Corp., Gary Overcash Siding LLC, glass, glazing, Glen Johnson Construction, Great Lakes Specialty Contractors Inc., head protection, heating, housing, Hudson, illness, industrial, injury, Janesville, Kain Roofing LLC, Keshena, Kuhn’s Home Improvements LLC, ladder, Little Chute, Madison, masonry, Masonry Restoration Inc., Milwaukee, Miron Construction Co. Inc., Mukwonago, Neenah, Olympic Builders General Contractors Inc., osha, Oshkosh, Osseo, Platteville, Plumbing, R&D Exteriors, roofing, safety, scaffolding, settlement, Sheboygan Falls, siding, stairway, survey, Tevi Alfano, Toonen Companies Inc., Town City Construction, training, Tri City Glass & Door Inc., truck, wiring
OSHA reports
• Town City Construction, Appleton, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation Dec. 10 during a roofing job in Eagle River.
• Kain Roofing LLC, Appleton, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: common council, Edgewater, Hammes Co., Madison, Plan Commission, Urban Design Commission
By Paul Snyder
The Hammes Co. on Wednesday submitted to Madison its latest set of plans for redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel.
The plans provide more detailed information on the ideas representatives from the Brookfield-based company presented to the Urban Design Commission at its Feb. 17 meeting, which moved an eight-story tower 15 feet to the east [...]
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: fiber-optic, Google, Internet, Madison
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison is among cities around the country trying to persuade Google to test its new fiber-optic network which is expected to be more than 100 times faster than current Internet connections.
According to Madison officials, the Google Fiber network could bring more than 1,000 jobs and $97 million in infrastructure investment to [...]
Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: Cieslewicz, Cnare, common council, Dan Stephans, Edgewater, Gehrig, Hammes Co., Landmarks Commission, Levitan, Madison, Schumacher, Silverstone Partners, Tom Sather
By Paul Snyder
The ongoing Edgewater Hotel debate could lead Madison to clip its Landmarks Commission’s authority over project approvals.
That might be the best approach as long as the cut in power is within reason, said Dan Stephans, commission chairman. He said he would support a change to the city’s landmarks ordinance that would give the [...]
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: Board of Estimates, Brad Murphy, Bruer, CDA, Cieslewicz, Community Development Authority, Compton, Dean Brasser, executive director, Levitan, Madison, Mark Clear, Olinger, Planning & Community & Economic Development
By Paul Snyder
Madison’s leaders are debating whether to split the city’s top planning-development post into two positions.
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and aldermen Tim Bruer and Mark Clear have introduced an amendment to city ordinances that would create an executive director of the Community Development Authority.
Under current city law, the director of Madison’s Department of Planning [...]
Published: March 5, 2010
Tags: Blue Planet Partners, Common Wealth Development, hotel, Jim Bower, Knobeloch, Madison, Madison Parking Utility, Madison Public Market, Marcus Corp., Marianne Morton, Merritt, parking lot, ramp, Verveer
By Paul Snyder
Design work for an 820-stall underground parking ramp in Madison will stay in neutral until someone claims the real estate on top of the project.
The interest is there, but the Madison Parking Utility needs a name on the dotted line, said Bill Knobeloch, the city’s parking operations manager.
“Until we know who the partners [...]
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: 4 Seasons Exteriors Inc., abatement, Action Quality Contractors, Appleton, Appleton Acoustical Systems Inc., asbestos, Bechtel Construction Co., Beloit, bridge, carpentry, Chippewa Falls, citation, Consolidated Construction Co. Inc., Corporate Contractors Inc., Cross Plains, Cruz’s Roofing & Construction of Madison Inc., Dale Bennett Construction LLC, De Pere, Eagle River, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Roofing Co. Inc., electrical, excavation, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, framing, Hagen Contractors LLC, hand tool, hazardous, highway, housing, Hudson, illness, industrial, injury, installation, J&J Construction, Jose Enriquez Construction, Kaukauna, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lac Courte Oreilles Development Corp., ladder, LaLonde Contractors Inc., Lightning Lighting LLC, Lunda Construction Co., Madison, Market & Johnson Inc., mechanical, Milwaukee, Nationwide Construction Inc., Oak Creek, osha, Oshkosh, Pahlow Masonry LLC, piling, Primetime Construction LLC, protective equipment, PTS Contractors Inc., RMP Roofing, Roger Bowers & Sons Construction Co. Inc., Romi Construction Inc., roofing, safety, scaffolding, Schweppe Construction, settlement, sewer line, stairway, street, Sun Roofing Inc., survey, Theresa, training, truck, Verona, water line, Waukesha, work platform
Comments: 1
OSHA reports
• Eau Claire Roofing Co. Inc., Eau Claire, must pay four scaffolding citations, totaling $3,000, because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Nov. 23 during a roofing job at 2653 113th St., Chippewa Falls.
• Cruz’s Roofing & Construction of Madison Inc., Madison, must pay two abatement-verification [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: Central Park, Central Park Design and Implementation Task Force, Clausius, common council, crossing, development, Few Street, JJR LLC, Ken Saiki Design, Lucht, Madison, Madison Common Council, Office of the Commissioner of Railroads, Olinger, park, pedestrian crossing, Schreiber Anderson Associates, Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., WSOR
By Paul Snyder
Madison’s only Central Park development plan hinges on the state letting the city open a pedestrian crossing over the railroad at Few Street.
At the same time, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., which operates the railroad, is citing safety concerns for its request that the state close three nearby vehicle crossings.
“I know there is [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: Amtrak, Antonio Perez, Doyle, high-speed rail, Madison, manufacturing, Marcoux, Milwaukee, Rail, Talgo, Tower Automotive, train, Trowbridge, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee won the competition for Talgo’s Wisconsin manufacturing plant, but the company still is considering Milwaukee and Madison for a train maintenance building.
The $810 million federal grant to build a Madison-to-Milwaukee high-speed rail line includes $41.7 million for a building to maintain the trains once they are in service.
Talgo, which would do the [...]
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: abatement, aerial lift, air conditioning, Alejandro Martinez, American Roofing & Home Improvement LLC, Architectural Wall Systems LLC, Bayland Buildings Inc., blasting, Brookfield, Burlington, citation, Columbus, communication line, concrete, Country Development, design, DL Painting Plus LLC, Drywall, Eagle River, Edgerton, electrical, Examish Specialties Inc., excavation, explosives, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, Fond du Lac, Fort Atkinson, Four Seasons Roofing & Remodeling LLC, framing, Franklin, gas, Germantown, Green Bay, hand tool, head protection, heating, Horner Plumbing Co. Inc., housing, illness, industrial, injury, installation, insulation, Intercon Construction Inc., ladder, Lakeland Construction Inc., LaLonde Contractors Inc., Madison, Marden Construction Inc., masonry, Mastec North America Inc., Menasha, Middleton Construction Inc., Milwaukee, Minocqua, Monticello, NEI, Northern Electricians Inc., Oconomowoc, oil, osha, painting, Paschke Drilling and Blasting Inc., pipeline, Plumbing, power line, power tool, protective equipment, Pure Air, Racine, respiratory protection, Restoration Specialists Inc., roofing, safety, scaffolding, Schroeder Brothers Home Improvements, settlement, Sheboygan, siding, Solais Siding, St. Croix Falls, The Roofing Company of Burlington Inc., Town & Country Underground Utility Construction Inc., training, Trim Specialists Inc., Verona, wall covering, warehouse, Watertown, Waukesha, wiring, woodworking tool
Comments: 1
OSHA reports
• American Roofing & Home Improvement LLC, Big Bend, paid a $525 fall-protection citation and a $300 abatement-verification citation Dec. 18. The company was issued the citations Sept. 22 and Nov. 20 during a roofing job at 411 W. Verona Road, Verona.
• Architectural Wall Systems LLC, Jackson, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on [...]
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