Where’s the ‘official’ push to keep Talgo in Milwaukee?

Inside the census: No population growth = no construction growth

Published: December 21, 2010
Tags: blog, Census, Hot Topics, Lanane

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

Tuesday’s numerical overload probably did not mean a lot to most construction veterans, but the 2010 U.S. Census figures reveal a lot about the industry’s future.

MIT’s life-cycle assessment testing is more exciting than it sounds

Published: December 16, 2010
Tags: blog, Hot Topics, life cycle, life-cycle assessment, Yovino

By Joe Yovino

Web editor

I’ll admit when I think of Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT I see a bunch of eggheads with black-rimmed glasses walking around debating the future of the best way to split an atom or what you get when you combine an alligator with a crocodile. It turns out they’re also doing some good work for the construction industry.

Milwaukee airport seeing record traffic, but don’t grab your shovels just yet

Published: December 15, 2010
Tags: airport, Barry Bateman, blog, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, General Mitchell International Airport, Hot Topics, Lanane, Milwaukee, Mitchell airport, Petri, Scott Walker

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

More passengers may not necessarily equal more money for construction projects at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers hoping proposed Marriott becomes jewel of Milwaukee

Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: blog, Hot Topics, Jackson Street Management, Marriott, Marriott Hotel, Robert Bauman, Rohde, Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers, Tom Dixon
Comments: 1

By Marie Rohde

staff writer

Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers wants to return to its roots.

Death of high-speed rail sends a message

Published: December 10, 2010
Tags: blog, Briggs, high-speed rail, Hot Topics, Rail, Scott Walker
Comments: 2

By James Briggs staff writer I came to Wisconsin on a train. I realize that might not be the norm, but it worked for me. To interview for the job I have now, I boarded an Amtrak a few blocks from my suburban Detroit home and rode to Chicago and then Milwaukee. I would have [...]

Companies about to get chance to fix O’Donnell, but will they bite?

Published: December 9, 2010
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, blog, Hot Topics, Lanane, O'Donnell, O'Donnell Park parking garage, O’Donnell Park

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

Engineers and architects have their turns now, but soon it will be construction companies that will bid on O’Donnell Park parking garage repairs.

As the Edgewater turns

Published: December 8, 2010
Tags: blog, Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Fetters, Hammes Co., Hot Topics

By Tom Fetters

copy editor

The seemingly never-ending saga that is the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment project in Madison took yet another twist this week.

Unusual project has a little something for everyone

Published: December 2, 2010
Tags: blog, Fetters, Hot Topics

By Tom Fetters

copy editor

Sometimes communities have to get creative to meet their needs for the future.

O’Donnell partial facade collapse moving into legal phase

Published: December 1, 2010
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, blog, collapse, Hot Topics, J.H. Findorff & Son, Judiciary, Lanane, lawsuit, Milwaukee County, O'Donnell, O'Donnell Park parking garage, Safety and General Services committee, Schoewe

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Judiciary, Safety and General Services committee will consider hiring legal representation if/when lawsuits are filed stemming from the June 24 accident in which a 34-foot piece of facade collapsed and killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously injured two others.