Published: July 1, 2010
Tags: common council, Common Wealth Development Inc., development, Government East parking ramp, high-speed train, Jim Doyle, Madison, Marcus Corp., Rail, station, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Wisconsin Department of Health Services Building, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
City planners have three years to fit an underground parking garage, hotel, public market and office buildings across the street from a new high-speed rail station in downtown Madison.
“Everything will not be done by the time the train arrives,” said Common Council President Mark Clear.
“That’s just not realistic. But parking will have to be [...]
Published: June 23, 2010
Tags: Dan Stephans, Gary Brown, historic, Madison Landmarks Commission, Mansion Hill Historic District, ordinance, preservation, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Zellers, zoning
By Sean Ryan and Paul Snyder
Madison planners’ attempt to update city zoning without weakening requirements for historic properties has generated confusion and concern.
“This seems to be kind of a big to-do about nothing, really,” said Bill Fruhling, Madison principal planner. “I think it’s just more confusion in exactly that, what’s being proposed.”
Madison’s zoning ordinance is [...]
Published: May 10, 2010
Tags: David Miller, Green Building Initiative, Helbach, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, Molepske, Schooff, Shahla Werner, Sierra Club, U.S. Green Building Council, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would mandate green building standards for public projects still faces resistance despite clearing the state Senate and Assembly.
The bill‘s sponsor, state Rep. Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point, said Monday he is discussing the proposal with officials from the Wisconsin Department of Administration and the University of Wisconsin System.
“There isn’t any [...]
Published: April 14, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Carroll Electric Inc., Clean Energy Jobs Act, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, WPPI Energy
Comments: 1
Wisconsin lawmakers’ move to let the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin determine labor standards on energy projects is drawing heavy criticism from construction industry representatives.
Published: April 2, 2010
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bid, bidding, Boullion, Christensen, Division of State Facilities, H & H Industries, Helbach, Hintz, project, Risser, subcontractors, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Subcontractors searching for state project deliveries perfectly free of bid shopping might have to settle for a good-enough compromise.
“Is trying to stop any bid shopping after the general contractor’s bid better than what there is now? Yeah,” said Jeff Beiriger, executive director of the American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin. “But is that the [...]
Published: March 25, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Jobs, bill, green bill, Green Globes, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, LEED, LEED certification, Molepske, Risser, Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations, silver, the Economy and Small Business, The Renscler Co., Truelove, Tuschen, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Witynski
Comments: 4
By Paul Snyder
A Wisconsin lawmaker is easing some of the requirements in his green building bill making its way through the state Capitol. But the changes may not go far enough to gain some municipal groups’ support.
State Rep. Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point, said his bill still would require all public buildings of at least [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: annexation, bill, Ed Huck, Jorgensen, Mikalson, Stadelman, Updike, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Wisconsin Towns Association
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Veterans of the annexation battles between towns and municipalities are split over a bill that would define the rules of engagement.
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Andy Jorgenson, D-Fort Atkinson, would prevent cities and villages from annexing town land that is not contiguous — or adjacent — to municipal property.
The bill also would [...]
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: Division of State, Division of State Facilities, Hursh, Kaufert, Miller, nursing school, Potter Lawson, Robson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW System, UW System Board of Regents, Wisconsin Department of Administration
By Paul Snyder
There’s a catch to the state’s request for architectural/engineering firms interested in designing a university building: The project has not been approved.
The Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Division of State Facilities is accepting consultant questionnaires through Feb. 9 for preliminary design work on an estimated $37.6 million nursing school for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For [...]
Published: December 15, 2009
Tags: Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection, bill, Christensen, construction manager at risk, Division of State Facilities, H&H Industries, Helbach, Hintz, multiple prime, preference, project delivery, Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations, single prime, state Building Commission, subcontractor, University of Wisconsin System, Wisconsin Department of Administration
By Paul Snyder
Subcontractors want guarantees the lowest responsible bid still will win the jobs before the Wisconsin Legislature passes a bill changing delivery methods for state projects.
The bill right now does not include those guarantees, leading some subs to argue in favor of the status quo.
“The system right now is completely transparent,” said S. Michael [...]
Published: October 22, 2009
Tags: C.D. Smith Construction Inc., C.H. Coakley & Co., developer, Division of State Facilities, MSP Real Estate Inc., requests for proposals, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Companies that propose projects for the state might soon be responsible for drumming up local support to shield Wisconsin Building Commission members from neighborhood backlash.
“I think we should look at putting into (requests for proposals) that developers have the responsibility to engage local communities,” said David Helbach, administrator in the state Department of Administration’s [...]
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