Solid day’s work

Published: April 4, 2011
Tags: American Sewer Services, Matt Feutz, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Avenue

Cover up

Published: March 7, 2011
Tags: 700 block of North Plankinton Avenue, American Sewer Services, Harnack, Milwaukee

Dig this

Published: December 9, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, Buffalo Street, Milwaukee

Directing the drop

Published: October 25, 2010
Tags: 36th Street, American Sewer Services, Michigan street, Milwaukee, Rubicon, water mains

Contractors lose again in local preference fight

Published: June 30, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, bidder, contract, Joe Davis, lawsuit, local preference, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, MJ Construction, Pocan, sewer contractors, United Sewer and Water

By Caley Clinton Two sewer contractors lost appeals Wednesday to overturn a project award based on Milwaukee’s local preference law. American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, and United Sewer & Water Inc., Menomonee Falls, filed appeals last week protesting the Milwaukee Public Works Department’s decision to award MJ Construction Inc. a bid for sanitary and storm [...]

Local preference opponents lose court challenge

Published: June 28, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, bidder, contract, lawsuit, local preference, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Pocan, sewer contractors, United Sewer and Water

By Caley Clinton Sewer contractors opposing Milwaukee’s local-bidder preference lost Monday in a challenge of the law. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge William Pocan ruled the city of Milwaukee does not have to analyze the construction market to determine if contractors are making an unreasonable profit under the local-bidder preference law. According to Pocan’s ruling, [...]

Milwaukee bid preference cuts city contractor

Published: June 17, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, appeal, bid, Biondich, Department of Public Works, Korban, Maly, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, preference, repeal, United Sewer & Water

By Sean Ryan M.J. Construction Inc. fell $17 short of winning its seventh Milwaukee contract under the city‘s local preference law. The law requires Milwaukee give a 5 percent bid preference to city-based companies, and a sewer project bid by Milwaukee-based M.J. exceeded that amount by $17. That means the city will accept a $143,550 [...]

Judge upholds local bid preference (UPDATE)

Published: April 26, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, bid, Biondich, Clean Water Fund, DNR, Joseph Olson, lawsuit, local preference, Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Pocan, preference, United Sewer and Water
Comments: 2

By Sean Ryan Milwaukee’s local bidder preference Monday withstood legal challenges filed by sewer contractors that lost projects because of the law. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge William Pocan ruled the city of Milwaukee can apply the preference to sewer and water projects that receive low-interest loans from the state’s Clean Water Fund. Contractors that [...]

That’s a wrap

Published: March 14, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, Rubicon, water pipe, Wauwatosa, West Burleigh Street

Local preference fight fails again

Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, appeal, Brian Mitchell, law, lawsuit, local preference, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, Palmer, Pocan, public works, Public Works Contract Appeals Committee, Underground Pipeline Construction, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
Comments: 1

By Sean Ryan Contractors trying to win public works contracts in Milwaukee are continuing their attempts on multiple fronts to overturn the city’s local preference law. American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, and United Sewer and Water Inc., Menomonee Falls, on Wednesday lost the fourth challenge to the city’s decision to award a contract to Milwaukee-based [...]