Published: April 13, 2011
Tags: American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, Beiriger, mba, Metropolitan Builders Association, prompt payment, Scott Mathie, Steve Stone
By Jack Zemlicka As other states look to adopt prompt payment laws, Wisconsin‘s construction industry remains divided on whether there is a need for similar legislation here. Jeff Beiriger, executive director of the American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin Inc., said subcontractors stuck waiting upwards of three months to receive payment could use some government help [...]
Published: March 22, 2011
Tags: AGC, American Subcontractors Association, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota, Beiriger, KeyBridge, Schmaltz, Skillbred, subcontractors, transparency
By James Briggs When a 12-story condominium development in Milwaukee fell through under the financial stress of now-defunct KeyBridge Development Group, the collapse set off a chain reaction of orphaned projects and unpaid subcontractors. The First Place on the River Milwaukee development, which has been renamed The Point on the River, and Pointe Blue condominiums [...]
Published: January 26, 2011
Tags: American Subcontractors Association, Beiriger, C.D. Smith, C.D. Smith Construction, Gary Smith, Mordecai Lee, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage, Roy Wagner, Wiss Janney Elstner Associates
By Marie Rohde and Joe Lanane As Milwaukee County prepares to spend $6.6 million to repair the O’Donnell Park garage, questions are emerging as to whether the county should — or can — hire contractors involved in the original project. Fifteen-year-old Jared Kellner was killed and others were injured when a 13 1/2-ton decorative concrete [...]
Published: January 18, 2011
Tags: African American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Milwaukee, AGC, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, Ashanti Hamilton, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, Beiriger, Curtiss Harris, DBE, disadvantaged business enterprises, Fabishak, minority contractor, Witkowiak
By Marie Rohde Milwaukee can take its first step toward race and gender equity on projects simply by requiring prime contractors pay subcontractors more quickly, according to an alderman backing the payment change. “This is one of the easiest things we can do,” said Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, whose proposal goes before the Common Council on [...]
Published: January 3, 2011
Tags: Beiriger, Disch, fall protection, Grafton Roofing, MABA, Madison Area Builders Association, National Association of Home Builders, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, osha, Paul Clemins, Roehrig, Roehrig & Savola Builders, Wisconsin Roofing Contractors Association
By Marie Rohde Residential builders are predicting they will lose a lot more than a 16-year exemption from federal fall protection regulations June 16. Builders will lose business, convenience and time, said Paul Clemins, owner of Grafton Roofing Inc., Cedarburg. Homeowners, he said, likely also will come out on the losing end with project price [...]
Published: September 15, 2010
Tags: Beiriger, Department of Health Services, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, lead, Megan Taylor, Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Wisconsin Association, renovation, Samantha Dickman, Shelley Bruce, Testudo LLC, Wisconsin Builders Association
By Joe Lanane Industry groups still are confused over which contractors need lead paint renovation certification even though the Wisconsin regulation has been in place since April. The regulation requires home-renovation contractors be trained in lead paint cleanup before working on any house built before 1978, the year lead paint was made illegal. The law [...]
By Paul Snyder Industry associations are withholding support for proposed contractor debarment rules until the state can prove it will not unfairly prevent companies from bidding on jobs. The threat of debarment is a useful tool for the Wisconsin Department of Administration to make sure contractors play by state rules, said John Mielke, vice president [...]
Published: April 5, 2010
Tags: American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, Beiriger, foreclosure, Lagina, Lagina Plumbing, Lagina Properties, lawsuit, Mechanical Inc., Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., PyraMax Bank FSB
By Sean Ryan PyraMax Bank FSB is seeking to foreclose on Lagina Plumbing Inc.’s headquarters in Milwaukee to collect $283,600 in debt on a loan, according to court documents. Jim Lagina, who owns Lagina Plumbing and Lagina Properties LLC, which owns the headquarters building, declined to comment Monday. Lagina Properties in March 2008 took out [...]
Published: March 30, 2010
Tags: Alex Runner, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, Beiriger, bid preference, business, contractor, Department of Public Works, Milwaukee, Penebaker Enterprises, Preston Cole, property, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
By Sean Ryan An attempt to use a city property to lure a construction company to Milwaukee must overcome the business trends that push contractors away. A Milwaukee Department of Public Works proposal would free up a 2-acre lot at West Holt Avenue and South 21st Street to be sold to a private company. The [...]
By Paul Snyder Time is running out in this legislative session for a bill that would change Wisconsin’s contractor liability law. Subcontractors vow to keep pushing for passage, but the bill is trapped in a Senate committee and has a dwindling chance of escaping before the session ends April 22. “We’ve reached out for other [...]
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