The Daily Reporter - WI Construction News & Bids » Mitchell airport http://dailyreporter.com Wisconsin's Construction Authority Fri, 17 May 2013 21:38:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Finish line http://dailyreporter.com/2013/04/15/finish-line-2/ http://dailyreporter.com/2013/04/15/finish-line-2/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:20:14 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/?p=97336 Gene Valoe of Valoe Plastering Inc., Cudahy, finishes dry wall March 29 while working on the General Mitchell International Airport Training Center and Administration Corridor.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2013/04/15/finish-line-2/feed/ 0 Mitchell airport to get $4.3 million in renovation projects  http://dailyreporter.com/2012/10/01/mitchell-airport-to-get-4-3-million-in-renovation-projects/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/10/01/mitchell-airport-to-get-4-3-million-in-renovation-projects/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:32:26 +0000 Beth Kevit http://dailyreporter.com/?p=90405 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Gov. Scott Walker on Monday approved $4.3 million in renovation projects at General Mitchell International Airport. ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/10/01/mitchell-airport-to-get-4-3-million-in-renovation-projects/feed/ 0 Bids due Oct. 10 for Mitchell airport facade repairs http://dailyreporter.com/2012/09/26/bids-due-oct-10-for-mitchell-airport-facade-repairs/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/09/26/bids-due-oct-10-for-mitchell-airport-facade-repairs/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:04:57 +0000 Beth Kevit http://dailyreporter.com/?p=90263 Milwaukee County is seeking bids for facade repairs to Concourse D at General Mitchell International Airport.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/09/26/bids-due-oct-10-for-mitchell-airport-facade-repairs/feed/ 0 Mitchell airport gets $1.45M for fencing, pavement work  http://dailyreporter.com/2012/07/26/mitchell-airport-gets-1-45m-for-fencing-pavement-work/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/07/26/mitchell-airport-gets-1-45m-for-fencing-pavement-work/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:39:00 +0000 Kirsten Klahn http://dailyreporter.com/?p=88008 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday approved a $1.45 million project to improve airfield safety, pavement and fencing at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, according to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation news release.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/07/26/mitchell-airport-gets-1-45m-for-fencing-pavement-work/feed/ 0 Mitchell airport to get $6.6 million runway upgrade  http://dailyreporter.com/2012/06/26/mitchell-airport-to-get-6-6-million-runway-upgrade/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/06/26/mitchell-airport-to-get-6-6-million-runway-upgrade/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:16:44 +0000 Beth Kevit http://dailyreporter.com/?p=86776 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Milwaukee County and the state will each contribute $827,500 to a $6.6 million project to repave part of the main runway intersection at General Mitchell International Airport, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/06/26/mitchell-airport-to-get-6-6-million-runway-upgrade/feed/ 0 Mitchell’s Airport Spur work starts next week  http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/15/mitchells-airport-spur-work-starts-next-week/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/15/mitchells-airport-spur-work-starts-next-week/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:36:17 +0000 Kirsten Klahn http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81453 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will close the westbound lanes of the Airport Spur in Milwaukee starting Monday.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/15/mitchells-airport-spur-work-starts-next-week/feed/ 0 Some heavy lifting http://dailyreporter.com/2012/01/06/some-heavy-lifting/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/01/06/some-heavy-lifting/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:04:55 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/?p=79741 Josh Comfort (left) and Dale Keskimaki, both of Vista Design & Construction LLC, Milwaukee, move a 70,000-pound, 94-foot-long beam into position over College Avenue on Thursday in Milwaukee.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/01/06/some-heavy-lifting/feed/ 0 Mitchell airport to get $14 million in projects  http://dailyreporter.com/2011/10/31/governor-walker-approves-more-than-14-million-in-projects-at-general-mitchell-international-airport/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/10/31/governor-walker-approves-more-than-14-million-in-projects-at-general-mitchell-international-airport/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:45:13 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=76352 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Gov. Scott Walker has approved more than $14 million in improvement projects to Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport, according to a state Department of Transportation news release.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/10/31/governor-walker-approves-more-than-14-million-in-projects-at-general-mitchell-international-airport/feed/ 0 Milwaukee contractor sues over airport snow removal (UPDATE)  http://dailyreporter.com/2011/09/08/milwaukee-contractor-sues-over-airport-snow-removal/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/09/08/milwaukee-contractor-sues-over-airport-snow-removal/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:26:03 +0000 Jack Zemlicka http://dailyreporter.com/?p=74022 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A Milwaukee contractor is suing a New York company for failing to pay more than $40,000 it owed on a snow removal contract at General Mitchell International Airport.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/09/08/milwaukee-contractor-sues-over-airport-snow-removal/feed/ 0 Jet lag http://dailyreporter.com/2011/08/23/jet-lag/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/08/23/jet-lag/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:23:34 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/?p=73286 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/08/23/jet-lag/feed/ 0 Milwaukee aerotropolis still in holding pattern  http://dailyreporter.com/2011/06/28/milwaukee-aerotropolis-still-in-holding-pattern/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/06/28/milwaukee-aerotropolis-still-in-holding-pattern/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:07:27 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=70927 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs If talk could erect buildings, construction cranes would rise in legions around Milwaukee‘s General Mitchell International Airport. City, county and business leaders say they’re more unified than ever as they draft plans for an aerotropolis — a business corridor built around a major airport and other transportation hubs — extending from Milwaukee [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/06/28/milwaukee-aerotropolis-still-in-holding-pattern/feed/ 0 Cleared for takeoff http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/18/cleared-for-takeoff/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/18/cleared-for-takeoff/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 19:26:16 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/18/cleared-for-takeoff/ ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/18/cleared-for-takeoff/feed/ 0 Runway work to begin at Mitchell airport http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/13/runway-work-to-begin-at-mitchell-airport/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/13/runway-work-to-begin-at-mitchell-airport/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 21:40:46 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=69093 Gov. Scott Walker has approved a $4.25 million project that will complete the first of a three-phase effort to reconstruct the intersection of two runways at Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport. The governor’s action releases $531,406 in state money for the project. Milwaukee County is also contributing $531,406. The Federal Aviation Administration is providing [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/13/runway-work-to-begin-at-mitchell-airport/feed/ 0 Airport traffic outpaces new construction  http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/06/airport-traffic-outpaces-new-construction/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/06/airport-traffic-outpaces-new-construction/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 20:57:03 +0000 admin http://dailyreporter.com/?p=68751 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> By James Briggs Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport is on pace for another record-breaking year of growth, but the airport’s infrastructure for now won’t keep pace with the bulging traffic flow. While a much smaller airport, Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau, is planning to nearly double the size of its terminal despite decreases in ridership, [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/05/06/airport-traffic-outpaces-new-construction/feed/ 0 Milwaukee airport seeing record traffic, but don’t grab your shovels just yet http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/15/milwaukee-airport-seeing-record-traffic-but-dont-grab-your-shovels-just-yet/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/15/milwaukee-airport-seeing-record-traffic-but-dont-grab-your-shovels-just-yet/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:40:45 +0000 Joe Lanane http://dailyreporter.com/?p=62345

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

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

]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/15/milwaukee-airport-seeing-record-traffic-but-dont-grab-your-shovels-just-yet/feed/ 0 Panel falls at Milwaukee airport, injuring teen http://dailyreporter.com/2010/07/26/panel-falls-at-milwaukee-airport-injuring-teen/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/07/26/panel-falls-at-milwaukee-airport-injuring-teen/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:07:38 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=56419 By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — A decorative panel at Milwaukee’s main airport fell and injured a passenger over the weekend, leading to a full inspection of all similar panels, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said Monday. The fiberglass piece fell without warning Saturday about 1 p.m. at Mitchell International Airport. According [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/07/26/panel-falls-at-milwaukee-airport-injuring-teen/feed/ 0 Republic Airways marks third big win for state program http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/10/republic-airways-marks-third-big-win-for-state-program/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/10/republic-airways-marks-third-big-win-for-state-program/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:26:33 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=35002 By Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com State and local officials are hailing the landing of Republic Airways in Milwaukee as further proof that a state program created in June to attract companies actually works. The state is offering up to $27 million to Republic Airways, which bought Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines on July 31, to establish a maintenance [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/10/republic-airways-marks-third-big-win-for-state-program/feed/ 0 Republic Airways to establish hub in Milwaukee (1:11 p.m. 11/10/09) http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/10/republic-airways-to-establish-hub-in-milwaukee-111-pm-111009/ http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/10/republic-airways-to-establish-hub-in-milwaukee-111-pm-111009/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:16:00 +0000 Rick Benedict http://dailyreporter.com/?p=34946 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republic Airways will establish an airline hub in Milwaukee County, a move that will retain 800 jobs and could bring hundreds more to the area. The company said Tuesday the jobs include work on flight crews, in call centers and on aircraft maintenance. Republic bought Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines on July 31 and [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2009/11/10/republic-airways-to-establish-hub-in-milwaukee-111-pm-111009/feed/ 1