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 [...]
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: June 2, 2010
Tags: American Sewer, Biondich, Circuit Court, lawsuit, local preference, Milwaukee, MJ Construction
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan American Sewer Services Inc. is facing the loss of a fifth contract to Milwaukee’s local business preference. American Sewer, Rubicon, on Wednesday morning submitted a low bid of $600,880 for a Milwaukee water main contract. But the Milwaukee Department of Public Works recommended the city accept Milwaukee-based M.J. Construction Inc.’s $602,865 bid [...]
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 [...]
Published: January 14, 2010
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, American Sewer Services, Aquino, Biondich, Davis, Department of Public Works, Mantes, stimulus
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 [...]