Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: AGC, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Associated General Contractors of America, Bunning, highway, Highway Trust Fund, jobs bill, Larry Brown, Mississippi Department of Transportation, Traas, Turmail, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
By Paul Snyder
Contractors are waiting for Congress to make a move after lawmakers failed to pass a bill extending financing for highway construction that left projects suspended throughout the country.
The bill would prevent an $11.1 billion reduction in the nationwide highway program. Wisconsin is estimated to have $200.7 million at stake.
“The situation is bad,” said [...]
Published: February 23, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Congress, Craig Thompson, Deery, federal government, highway, jobs bill, Traas, Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Yaksich
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
The federal government will hemorrhage $11.1 billion in 2010 highway money if Congress doesn’t pass a bill by Sunday to temporarily plug the leak.
Wisconsin has $200.7 million at stake in the Congressional debate over jobs bills that would prevent the $11.1 billion reduction in the nationwide highway program.
The federal transportation spending law expired [...]
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Brian Mitchell, Construction Business Group, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, law, Markson, Melli Law SC, prevailing wage, Robb Kahl, wage reporting, wages, Wanta, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, Witte, WTBA
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By Paul Snyder
Three contractor groups are aligning themselves with the Department of Workforce Development in support of changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
Those groups — the Construction Business Group, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association — have filed a motion to support the law changes under review by Dane [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, ABC, AGC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, clean energy, coalition, Dane County, Department of Natural Resources, diesel, DNR, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, Hiniker, Hulsey, idling, John Anderson, Miller, Plale, Tom Walker, Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
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By Paul Snyder
Fearing a diesel emissions crackdown that could cripple construction company budgets, industry groups want new rules approved before the state has a chance to study the issue.
The Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition — with the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and [...]
Published: January 21, 2010
Tags: scholarships, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA, WTBA of Tomorrow
MADISON – The Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association on Thursday announced it has awarded $17,750 in scholarships to state engineering students at universities and technical colleges in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
The 12 scholarships were awarded by WTBA of Tomorrow, the association’s council of
young professionals that is involved in developing the industry’s future workforce, according to a [...]
Published: January 14, 2010
Tags: consultants, Cowles, engineering, Joint Committee on Audit, Klein, staff, Vinehout, Walker, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WisDOT
Paul Snyder
Wisconsin lawmakers have a choice: Accept state agencies’ increased use of private engineering consultants for construction projects or give the departments more money to hire more people.
“I don’t know what the answer is on this thing,” said state Sen. Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay. “I think it does come back to the government making the [...]
Published: January 13, 2010
Tags: Joint Committee on Audit, Klein, Lassa, Vinehout, Walker, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WisDOT
By Paul Snyder
Discussion took a new direction Wednesday in lawmakers’ examination of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s use of private consultants on various projects.
“We need to get over the question of which costs more,” said Tom Walker, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association government affairs director. “And we need to get onto the question of asking what [...]
Published: December 17, 2009
Tags: Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Barker, contractors, Goss, James Peterson Sons, Joint Committee on Finance, Peterson, stimulus, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
By Paul Snyder
The Joint Committee on Finance Thursday got its first report from the construction industry on the effects of stimulus money in 2009.
Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin; Pat Goss, executive director of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association; and Jim Peterson, co-owner of Medford-based James Peterson Sons Inc., [...]
Published: December 16, 2009
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Johnson Controls Inc., Public Policy Forum of Wisconsin, R.A. Smith National, R.A. Smith National Inc., road builders, Smith, stimulus, Stone, Wagner, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
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By Sean Ryan
Contractors and engineers disappointed by the amount of federal stimulus work in 2009 might see more opportunities in 2010.
Different sectors of the construction industry differ in their responses to whether the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act reached its goal of growing private companies in 2009.
Richard Smith, president of R.A. Smith National Inc., [...]
Published: December 9, 2009
Tags: AGC, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Associated General Contractors, California, Department of Natural Resources, diesel, DNR, emission, Goss, grant, heavy equipment, Lawent, Perry & Shaw Inc., retrofit, Shaw, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
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By Sean Ryan
Builders nationwide are fighting a proposed California rule requiring reductions in diesel emissions from construction equipment.
Industry groups fear California’s rule will set a standard for other states to adopt.
But in Wisconsin, regulators are content partnering with, rather than policing, builders.
“It’s always good to stay ahead of regulations,” said Jessica Lawent, air management specialist [...]
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