Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: Building Commission, Capital Heat and Power Plant, Dale Kooyenga, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Madison Gas & Electric, power plants, utility plants, We Energies, Zoo Interchange
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to allow the sale of state utility plants to pay off transportation debt might not even be able to generate enough money to pay off the debt on the plants themselves.
Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: abatement, Beloit, circuit, citation, electrical, fall protection, framing, Gemini Electric LLC, Greendale, installation, ladder, Milwaukee, osha, S&B Valdovinos Construction, safety, Sanders Construction Inc., settlement, training
The Daily Reporter’s weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Daniel LeMahieu, DNR, EPA, erosion, erosion control, phosphorous, runoff, storm water
Dane County is in danger of losing authority that for almost 11 years has let it tailor its erosion-control standards to protect resources such as lakes Mendota and Monona and trout streams.
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Building Commission, Dean Kaufert, University of Wisconsin System, UW System
Nearly a month after postponing a vote on various University of Wisconsin System projects in response to revelations about hefty reserves, a Republican member of the state Building Commission said he is likely to approve the projects when they come before the commission this month.
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Carl Schmitt, Schmitt Challenges
The Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office found Schmitt Challenges Inc., Beaver Dam, and owner Carl Schmitt liable for $70,000 in fines and court costs related to environmental violations.
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: flooring, H.J. Martin & Son
Green Bay-based H.J. Martin & Son Inc. was named No. 26 on Floor Covering Weekly’s list of the Top 50 specialty flooring retailers in 2012.
Published: May 15, 2013
Tags: ABC, AIA, Amcon Design and Construction, American Institute of Architects, Art Dahlberg, building code, commercial building, commercial building code, DNS, international building code, John Mielke, Terry Moulton
Advocates of a uniform code for commercial buildings are developing a compromise they concede would remove much of the uniformity from their proposal.
Published: May 15, 2013
Tags: E. Earl Roland, Roland Machinery
E. Earl Roland, founder and former chairman of De Pere-based Roland Machinery Co., died Monday. He was 90.
Published: May 15, 2013
Tags: dwelling code, Dwelling Code Council
The state Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would have an advisory council review the state’s uniform dwelling code once every three years and produce a report on that review once every six years.
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