Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: abatement, American Sewer Services Inc., Appleton, citation, confined spaces, Eau Claire, Elroy, Excellence Builders, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, Fort Atkinson, Jason Kaiser Construction, Jose Romero Roofing, ladder, Milwaukee, osha, Ron’s Roofing and Siding, roofing, safety, settlement, sewer line, Sun Prairie, T Construction Inc., training, water line
OSHA reports • T Construction Inc., Hillsboro, must pay a $300 abatement-verification citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation June 11 after a roofing job at 114 Main St., Elroy. • Jose Romero Roofing, West Bend, must pay a $1,050 fall-protection citation and a $1,050 fall-protection-training [...]
Published: June 4, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services Inc., bid preference, Biondich, Briant, Brusky, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, City of Milwaukee, Clean Water Construction Coalition, Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods, Neumann, Residents Preference Program, Rubicon, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, Walzak, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
By Sean Ryan A proposed federal ban on bid preferences for local companies could also prevent Milwaukee from forcing contractors to hire local residents on sewer projects. Wisconsin contractors’ concern over Milwaukee’s 5 percent local bid preference spurred the Clean Water Construction Coalition to lobby members of Congress for a law change. The change would [...]
Published: November 23, 2009
Tags: American Sewer Services Inc., Ashanti Hamilton, Baas, bidding, Clean Water Fund, DNR, Klappa, local preference, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, Milwaukee 7, MJ Construction Inc., Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., Wanta, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
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By Sean Ryan A Milwaukee alderman is defending the city’s preference for local bidders against criticism from Milwaukee 7, a group formed to promote regional cooperation. “It seems any type of legislation or a policy objective that benefits the city of Milwaukee, it seems that that somehow gets deemed as anti-regional,” said Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, [...]
By Sean Ryan Two contractors are taking their fight against Milwaukee’s local preference law to a state agency after a judge Thursday rejected their arguments. Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., New Berlin, and American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, sued Milwaukee over its 5 percent bidding preference for local companies but could not convince a judge the [...]
Published: November 5, 2009
Tags: aerial lifts, Altmeyer Electric Inc., American Sewer Services Inc., Appleton, Architectural Metals LLC, Ashland, B&B Electric Inc., Bartingale Mechanical Inc., Beloit, Brillion, Burlington, Commercial Masonry & Concrete Construction Inc., Cudahy, Cumberland, De Pere, DL Painting Plus LLC, Drywall, Eau Claire, electrical, excavation, Exteriors Plus LLC, fall protection, Francis Ziegler Builders LLC, Freedom Fire Protection LLC, Galesville, H.J. Martin & Son Inc., hazard, HC Roofing, health, Horizon Construction LLC, housing, insulation, Irv’s Masonry, Jamar Co., Kadlec Electric Inc., Kenosha, Kevin Srenaski Construction LLC, Krueger Electric & Refrigeration Inc., ladders, lead, Ledegar Roofing Co. Inc., Lee & Winter Construction Inc., Madison, Madison Mechanical Inc., Madson Tiling & Excavating Inc., Majic Painting Inc., Market & Johnson Inc., masonry, Menasha, Middleton, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Marble & Granite Co. Inc., Minocqua, Monticello, MSP Construction Inc., New Berlin, Noyce Painting & Decorating LLC, Olympic Builders General Contractors Inc., painting, Poellinger Inc., Portage, Professional Roofing & Repair LLC, remodeling, Republic Refrigeration Inc., River Falls, Ron Mixon Builder Inc., roofing, safety, scaffolding, Scherrer Construction Co. Inc., stairways, Stoughton, Stretar Masonry & Concrete Inc., Superior, Tall Timber Construction LLC, terrazzo, Thomas A. Mason Co. Inc., tile, Timm Roofing Inc., Tippmann Construction Inc., training, Unistrut International Corp., Up North Masonry, Vonasek & Schieffer Inc., W&L Insulation & Roofing Inc., Waukesha, Waukesha Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc., Waupun, West Allis, West Bend, Weston, Willkomm Excavating & Grading Inc., Woods Construction Inc.
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OSHA reports • Krueger Electric & Refrigeration Inc., Brillion, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on June 1 to reduce a $1,050 aerial-lifts citation to $500. The company was issued the citation May 12 during an electrical job in Menasha. • Republic Refrigeration Inc., Monroe, N.C., reached an informal settlement with OSHA on June 1 [...]
Published: November 3, 2009
Tags: American Sewer Services Inc., Clear Water Fund, Michael Tomasini, Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., William Pocan
By Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Michael Tomasini, owner of MJ Construction, will have to wait another week before he knows whether he will get two more Milwaukee contracts before winter strikes. Two contracts Milwaukee public works officials intend to award to the Milwaukee-based company are caught in a legal battle over the city’s bidding preference for [...]
Published: November 2, 2009
Tags: American Sewer Services Inc., bid, bids, lawsuit, local preference, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Common Council, Pocan, Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
By Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A Tuesday court hearing represents the one chance contractors will have to kill a Milwaukee bidding preference because city leaders remain steadfast in their support. The chances are slim to none the Milwaukee Common Council will reverse the law, said Richard Wanta, executive director of the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association. The [...]
Published: October 22, 2009
Tags: American Sewer Services Inc., bidding preference, Lalonde Construction Co. LLC, law, local companies, Milwaukee, Stark Asphalt Service Inc., Underground Pipeline Construction Inc.
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Contractors that would be welcomed to use Milwaukee’s local-bidder preference under a proposed revision are indifferent to the proposed change. Don Stark, CEO of Stark Asphalt, said his company would qualify under the proposed new rules because all of the land the company leases, rather than owns, is in Milwaukee. Stark said [...]
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