New lawsuits likely after O’Donnell reopening (UPDATE) 

Published: June 28, 2011
Tags: Chris Abele, Jack Takerian, Jared Kellner, O'Donnell Park, O’Donnell Park parking garage, parking, Summerfest

By Jack Zemlicka Lawsuits against Milwaukee and Milwaukee County loomed Tuesday as officials announced the reopening of the O’Donnell Park parking garage on Lincoln Memorial Drive. In a small ceremony, County Executive Chris Abele declared the renovated structure safe. He lauded the work of the contractors — Madison-based KBS Construction Inc. and RAM Construction Services [...]

O’Donnell Park garage to reopen year after accident

Published: June 24, 2011
Tags: Jack Takerian, O'Donnell Park, O'Donnell Park parking garage

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A downtown Milwaukee parking garage is set to reopen a year after an exterior concrete panel fell and killed a 15-year-old boy. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the O’Donnell Park garage is slated to reopen in time for Wednesday’s start of Summerfest, an annual music festival. Jared Kellner of Greenfield was on [...]

Cullen wins O’Donnell repair job 

Published: February 17, 2011
Tags: J.P. Cullen & Sons, Jack Takerian, O'Donnell Park parking garage, O’Donnell Park

With a bid of $538,433, the Janesville-based J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc. was awarded the contract to do the repair work on the O’Donnell Park garage, according to Jack Takerian, Milwaukee County director of transportation and public works.

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 [...]

Stimulus definitions fall short for low-income areas

Dustin Block dustin.block@dailyreporter.com The federal stimulus bill places a priority on road and bridge projects in low-income areas, but local officials requesting money say they do not know how that provision will play out. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act states economically distressed areas — those with incomes 80 percent of the national average or [...]