As economy goes, so goes ‘construction obstruction’

Milwaukee County to open bids for courthouse Safety Building repairs

Published: July 27, 2012
Tags: bids, parapets, Safety Building

Plans will be available Monday for a Milwaukee County project to repair and replace deteriorated masonry on the courthouse’s Safety Building.

Remediation bid misses by billions

Published: September 21, 2011
Tags: asbestos, Balestrieri, Balestrieri Environmental & Development, Benji Timm, bids, environmental cleanup, Mike Bricco, Robinson Brothers, Robinson Brothers Environmental, Tower Automotive

A standard environmental remediation project has drawn what could be the highest bid in Milwaukee’s history.

Builder beats town in bid fight

Published: May 3, 2011
Tags: bids, Boyer & Franzen Construction and Cabinetry, Hiller, lawsuit, North Twin Builders, Superior Design & Construction, Volkmann, Waier

By Jack Zemlicka Contractor John Volkmann scored a bittersweet victory Tuesday against the town of Phelps in a state appeals court. The owner of North Twin Builders LLC, Phelps, won $3,000 and a sense of vindication but spent more than $20,000 in legal fees. That number could grow if the town appeals the appellate court [...]

Vista offers low bid for O’Donnell rebuild

Published: February 9, 2011
Tags: bids, Jack Takerian, Kellner, O'Donnell Park parking garage, O’Donnell Park, Shoewe, Takerian, Wosinski

By Marie Rohde Milwaukee-based Vista Design & Construction LLC’s $345,000 bid is the apparent low offering to rebuild the O’Donnell Park parking garage, said Jack Takerian, Milwaukee County director of transportation and public works. Five other companies bid on the project, but a Minneapolis contractor submitted its bid two minutes late and then withdrew the [...]

Bids are out for Hoan Bridge redecking project

Published: October 19, 2010
Tags: bids, Hoan Bridge, Milwaukee, redecking, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

A request for bids is out for the Hoan Bridge redecking in Milwaukee. State Highway Project-Hoan Bridge Deck Repair Structure B-40-400, Lake Freeway, Interstate Highway 794, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Work for this portion of the 1977-built bridge includes about 41,252 square yards of preparation decks, 22,000 square feet of concrete surface repair, 3,840 cubic yards [...]

Ohh, those wacky bids

Published: July 9, 2010
Tags: BidBlog, bids, blog, Moore

By Jeff Moore Here’s some more from the bizarre bid file: 1) Faust Company Inc., Milwaukee, entered an ambitious bid of $127,239,500 for a sanitary bypass pump, lift station inspection and bypass pump testing project at various locations. The project estimate is $108,000. • 2010 Sanitary Bypass Pump & Sanitary Lift Station Inspection and Bypass Pump [...]

WisDOT shifts schedule for Mitchell Interchange

Published: May 7, 2010
Tags: bid date, bids, Milwaukee, Mitchell Interchange, Mohr, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
Comments: 1

By Sean Ryan The state has advanced to July 27 the bid date for the estimated $220 million reconstruction of the Mitchell Interchange. The interchange project, which officially goes out to bid May 25, will be the largest individual contract for the reconstruction of Interstate 94 between Milwaukee and the Illinois state line, said William [...]

What’s in a word? In the bidding world, a great deal

Published: April 23, 2010
Tags: BidBlog, bids, blog, Moore

By Jeff Moore As one of four data reporters at The Daily Reporter, we’re inundated daily with bid notices. And with those notices come permutations of a bid expiration notation. We must be most attentive to get the exact working transcribed accurately for each architect/engineer/municipality or some vague thing may happen. It would help my [...]

Contractors connect with two-minute dating

Published: April 15, 2010
Tags: bids, Carolina Environmental Contracting, Department of Transportation, The Lane Construction Corporation
Comments: 1

Charlotte, NC — Joanne Cheatham smiled as she talked to Michael Grey. The two strangers chatted briefly, exchanging phone numbers before parting. Cheatham beamed hopefully as she walked away.