http://dailyreporter.com Wisconsin's Construction Authority Thu, 23 May 2013 23:39:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/04/solid-days-work/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/04/solid-days-work/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:59:03 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/?p=67543 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/04/solid-days-work/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/07/cover-up/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/07/cover-up/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:24:44 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/?p=66474 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/07/cover-up/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/09/dig-this/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/09/dig-this/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:06:47 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/?p=62080 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/09/dig-this/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/25/directing-the-drop/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/25/directing-the-drop/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:41:00 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=60106 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/25/directing-the-drop/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/30/contractors-lose-again-in-local-preference-fight/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/30/contractors-lose-again-in-local-preference-fight/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:28:22 +0000 Caley Clinton http://dailyreporter.com/?p=55550 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 [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/30/contractors-lose-again-in-local-preference-fight/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/28/local-preference-opponents-lose-court-challenge/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/28/local-preference-opponents-lose-court-challenge/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:04:32 +0000 Caley Clinton http://dailyreporter.com/?p=55445 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, [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/28/local-preference-opponents-lose-court-challenge/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/17/milwaukee-bid-preference-cuts-city-contractor/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/17/milwaukee-bid-preference-cuts-city-contractor/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:26:43 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=55007 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 [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/17/milwaukee-bid-preference-cuts-city-contractor/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/26/judge-upholds-local-bid-preference/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/26/judge-upholds-local-bid-preference/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:00:51 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=44559 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 [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/26/judge-upholds-local-bid-preference/feed/ 2 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/03/14/thats-a-wrap/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/03/14/thats-a-wrap/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:35:56 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=41134 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/03/14/thats-a-wrap/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/02/11/local-preference-fight-fails-again/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/02/11/local-preference-fight-fails-again/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:41:15 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=39663 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 [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/02/11/local-preference-fight-fails-again/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/14/sewer-contractor-wants-less-lining-more-digging/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/14/sewer-contractor-wants-less-lining-more-digging/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:49:51 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=38288 By Sean Ryan The president of a sewer construction company near Milwaukee wants the city to spend more federal stimulus money on sewer construction. Dennis Biondich, president of American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, acknowledges the obvious beneficiary of such a request but argues there is more at stake than just his bottom line. Milwaukee, he [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/14/sewer-contractor-wants-less-lining-more-digging/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/13/milwaukee-rejects-local-preference-appeal/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/13/milwaukee-rejects-local-preference-appeal/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:51:51 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=38235 By Sean Ryan MJ Construction Inc. owner Michael Tomasini on Wednesday won a third sewer contract under Milwaukee’s local preference law but spent the morning defending his bids. “This is the cheapest we have ever bid,” said Tomasini, whose company is based in Milwaukee. MJ’s operating costs are higher than those for some other construction [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/13/milwaukee-rejects-local-preference-appeal/feed/ 2 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/12/contractors-rekindle-local-preference-battle/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/12/contractors-rekindle-local-preference-battle/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:21:30 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=38185 By Sean Ryan Milwaukee has invoked its local bidder preference on three sewer project awards, and contractors have challenged every contract. Builders filing the latest challenge argue the local preference law hurts Milwaukee residents looking for work because, in the long run, fewer people are employed. One contractor, MJ Construction Inc., has received each sewer [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/01/12/contractors-rekindle-local-preference-battle/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/30/local-preference-favors-mj-construction-on-third-project/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/30/local-preference-favors-mj-construction-on-third-project/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:11:17 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=37600 By Sean Ryan MJ Construction Inc., which has won two Milwaukee contracts because of the city’s local bidder preference, may win a third with a bid on a sewer project this week. The Milwaukee Department of Public Works on Wednesday recommended Milwaukee-based MJ be awarded a $547,633 sewer contract even though the company was not [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/30/local-preference-favors-mj-construction-on-third-project/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/29/disputed-sewer-contracts-awarded-to-mj-construction/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/29/disputed-sewer-contracts-awarded-to-mj-construction/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:20:53 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=37480 By Sean Ryan Milwaukee has awarded two sewer projects that were caught in a dispute over the city’s bidding preference for local contractors. The two sewer construction and repair contracts, which have a combined value of $1.2 million, were awarded to Milwaukee-based MJ Construction Inc. Sanitary Sewer Main Relay and Lining Sanitary Sewer Main Relay [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/29/disputed-sewer-contracts-awarded-to-mj-construction/feed/ 2 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/14/dnr-allows-milwaukee-local-preference/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/14/dnr-allows-milwaukee-local-preference/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:24:19 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=36764 By Sean Ryan The battle contractors are waging against Milwaukee’s preference for local bidders has sparked nationwide opposition to similar laws across the country. “This isn’t just in Milwaukee,” said Elaine Middleton, executive director of the Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland. “It’s just that Milwaukee seems to have been slapped by it hard.” So far, [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/12/14/dnr-allows-milwaukee-local-preference/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/12/judge-refuses-to-ban-local-preference/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/12/judge-refuses-to-ban-local-preference/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:51:58 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=35117 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 [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/12/judge-refuses-to-ban-local-preference/feed/ 0