Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, repeal, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, Toles
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Political resistance and timing could spoil the construction industry’s chance to speak out on a bill that would repeal the state’s new prevailing wage law.
“If we’re just looking at repealing all the work we did last year to get this into the budget, I don’t know that I’m going to hold a hearing,” [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: ABC, Assembly Committee on Labor, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Balko, Construction Business Group, Eagle Construction, Kahl, law, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, threshold
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would repeal every prevailing wage law change enacted in last year’s state budget faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Legislature.
State Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, has drafted a bill that would reinstate a threshold of $234,000 as the point at which prevailing wages must be paid on public projects. The threshold [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: A&A Environmental, Ahern Gross, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Badger Well Drilling, Ballwanz, Construction Business Group, DWD, Forrer, Gassman, Jim Doyle, Kahl, Masonry Restoration, Mielke, prevailing wage, Sopha, spreadsheet, Steffes, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Construction companies are disputing the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s claim it adequately prepared the industry for changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
The changes require contractors file monthly reports on prevailing-wage payments on public works projects valued at $25,000 or more. DWD first made the 50-field reporting spreadsheet available in January, weeks [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Dane County Circuit Court, Dipko, DWD, H & N Plumbing and Heating, Henkel, injunction, law, Markson, Mielke, Ortiz, prevailing wage, report, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
By Paul Snyder
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s stated goal of helping the industry navigate prevailing wage reporting does little for a payroll administrator in Fennimore who still is waiting for help.
On Feb. 3, with the Feb. 7 reporting deadline approaching, Mandy Henkel of H & N Plumbing and Heating Inc. sent an e-mail request [...]
Published: February 4, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Carroll Electric, Dane County Circuit Court, DWD, Eckenwalder, Gassman, H & N Plumbing & Heating, Henkel, Jones, Markson, Mielke, Reesman Jr., Reesman's Excavating & Grading, Synowski, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Complying with the state’s new prevailing-wage reporting law is coming at heavy costs to contractors throughout Wisconsin.
Under the state’s new prevailing-wage law, contractors are required to file monthly reports that detail prevailing-wage payments on any public works project valued at $25,000 or more. The spreadsheet the state Department of Workforce Development wants contractors [...]
Published: February 2, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors Inc., Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Dane County Circuit Court, DWD, Mielke, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
The state has temporarily suspended its new prevailing-wage reporting law, according to the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., which has filed a request for an injunction to block enforcement of the law.
But officials with the state departments of Justice and Workforce Development would not confirm the reporting requirements have been suspended. [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Jones, Mielke, prevailing wage, reporting, Thimm, WDW, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Wondra Construction
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
Acting on industrywide confusion over the state’s new prevailing-wage requirements, the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. on Friday requested an injunction to block enforcement of the law.
“On the most basic level, it’s a bad law,” said John Mielke, ABC vice president.
ABC filed the request in Dane County Circuit Court and expects [...]
Published: January 22, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., iron workers, Iron Workers Local 8, ironworkers, Jorgensen, journeyman, master, Mielke, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, safety, state licensure, Teska, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Commerce
By Paul Snyder
Backers of a bill requiring ironworkers to be licensed in Wisconsin say safety is at the core of their effort. But they lack evidence showing that the ironworkers or the public would be safer with state licensure.
Nationally, data show accidents among ironworkers declined during a recent five-year period despite more people working in [...]
Published: December 22, 2009
Tags: Jensen, Lewis, Mielke, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, redevelopment, Ruekert & Mielke, runoff, southeast Wisconsin, storm water, Thur, West Allis
By Sean Ryan
Municipal engineers in southeast Wisconsin will not accept new runoff rules without an explanation of cost and effect for redevelopment projects.
“We just need to think about more of the possibilities and kind of narrow down more of the costs,” said Michael Lewis, West Allis director of public works and city engineer.
The proposed Milwaukee [...]
Published: December 2, 2009
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, Decker, Kaufert, Kreitlow, membership, Mielke, Risser, Sheridan, state Building Commission
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would increase the number of state Building Commission members is facing criticism that more representation further frays the group’s commitment to checking politics at the door.
“Historically, the Building Commission has stayed out of politics and partisanship — until this year when (Democrats) have steamrolled us on every single issue,” said [...]
