http://dailyreporter.com Wisconsin's Construction Authority Fri, 24 May 2013 20:39:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/11/18/uw-madison-buildings-leader-to-leave-for-johns-hopkins/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/11/18/uw-madison-buildings-leader-to-leave-for-johns-hopkins/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:01:22 +0000 Adam Wise http://dailyreporter.com/?p=77133 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Friday its campus buildings administrator is leaving to take a vice president role at John Hopkins University.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/11/18/uw-madison-buildings-leader-to-leave-for-johns-hopkins/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/06/22/budget-hawk-circles-camp-randall-project/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/06/22/budget-hawk-circles-camp-randall-project/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:49:02 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=70641 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs A state lawmaker warned the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday not to exceed the $76.8 million budget for the Badger Performance Center or it will lose his support. State Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah, said he was worried the university was maxing out its capacity to build projects for the athletics department. Kaufert’s [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/06/22/budget-hawk-circles-camp-randall-project/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/24/uw-power-plant-savings-in-question/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/24/uw-power-plant-savings-in-question/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 21:32:21 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=69564 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs When Gov. Scott Walker axed a biomass boiler from a planned $251 million renovation of Madison’s Charter Street Heating Plant, the governor announced savings of $100 million for taxpayers. That number is wrong, said John Harrod Jr., the University of Wisconsin-Madison physical plant director who is in charge of the Charter Street [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/24/uw-power-plant-savings-in-question/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/21/uw-arena-raises-bidding-trend-questions/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/21/uw-arena-raises-bidding-trend-questions/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:33:33 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=68171 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs State officials disagree over whether a University of Wisconsin-Madison project that drew bids well beyond the anticipated cost signals the end of the rock-bottom bidding era or an example of poor estimating. The state’s Building Commission in October approved the $28.3 million construction of LaBahn Arena, a hockey and swimming venue slated [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/21/uw-arena-raises-bidding-trend-questions/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/16/lawmakers-boycott-state-building-commission-meeting/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/16/lawmakers-boycott-state-building-commission-meeting/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:44:03 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=66898 By James Briggs It was a curious time to be late for a meeting. Alan Fish, vice chancellor of facilities for University of Wisconsin-Madison, on Wednesday walked into the state Building Commission meeting at the Capitol after the meeting was well under way. Fish and the University of Wisconsin System had a crucial last-minute agreement [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/16/lawmakers-boycott-state-building-commission-meeting/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/15/uw-system-seeks-more-from-state-for-building-projects/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/15/uw-system-seeks-more-from-state-for-building-projects/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:29:14 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=66852 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs The University of Wisconsin System is pushing for a pair of key projects that were snubbed in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed capital budget, but state lawmakers are waiting for word from Walker’s office on how to proceed. The state Building Commission meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday to approve the $1.1 billion capital [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/15/uw-system-seeks-more-from-state-for-building-projects/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/29/uw-system-braces-for-budget-cuts/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/29/uw-system-braces-for-budget-cuts/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:07:52 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=61678 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs The University of Wisconsin System expects to receive a smaller piece of Wisconsin’s budgetary pie next year, likely resulting in fewer campus construction projects around the state. The UW System took a 5.2 percent decrease in taxpayer support in the 2009-11 state budget, and Gov.-elect Scott Walker wasted little time warning the [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/29/uw-system-braces-for-budget-cuts/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/17/uw-madisons-proposed-ice-arena-skids-through-building-commission/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/17/uw-madisons-proposed-ice-arena-skids-through-building-commission/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:30:52 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=61345 By James Briggs Kohl Center Addition: Hockey/Swimming Facility for University of Wisconsin, 601 W. Dayton St., Madison, Dane County A pair of Republican state senators expressed concerns Wednesday about the timing of a University of Wisconsin-Madison plan to build a $27.7 million ice arena that would serve as a practice facility for the school’s men’s [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/17/uw-madisons-proposed-ice-arena-skids-through-building-commission/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/16/uw-official-biomass-project-means-jobs/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/16/uw-official-biomass-project-means-jobs/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:14:34 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=61300 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs Engineer, Procure, Construct (EPC) Contractor Services for Charter Street Heating Plant Rebuild, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane County A University of Wisconsin official warns that an initiative of Gov.-elect Scott Walker could prevent rail upgrades and cost jobs. If that sounds familiar, there‘s good reason. High-speed rail advocates have said Walker’s plan [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/16/uw-official-biomass-project-means-jobs/feed/ 0