Spancrete permanently closes Waukesha plant (UPDATE)

OSHA fines Lunda for fatal crane collapse (UPDATE)

Published: January 3, 2013
Tags: Choice Construction Companies Inc., crane, Highway 41, Joseph Bidler, Lunda Construction, Martin DeRidder, osha, Raymond Ashenbrenner, Severe Violator Enforcement Program, Spancrete

Lunda Construction Co. is facing $105,000 in fines related to a July crane collapse that killed one worker and injured another.

Market place

Published: November 12, 2012
Tags: Building Systems, Harnack, Spancrete, Woodman's

A crew with Spancrete Inc., Waukesha, raises a section of precast panel Nov. 5 at the new Woodman’s Food Market in Waukesha.

Easy does it

Published: August 28, 2012
Tags: Harnack, MSI General Corp., RiverGlen Christian Church, Spancrete

An employee of Spancrete Inc., Waukesha, secures a roughly 35-foot-tall by 8-foot-wide, 28,500-pound section of precast concrete wall Aug. 7 while at RiverGlen Christian Church in Genesee.

Getting a raze

Published: August 3, 2012
Tags: Harnack, Spancrete, The Building Systems General Corp., Woodman's

Dust flies July 13 as crews raze the former production plant for Waukesha-based Spancrete Inc. in Waukesha.

Lunda could face increased scrutiny from OSHA after 2nd crane collapse

Published: July 16, 2012
Tags: accident, Butte des Morts Bridge, crane, Dave Dahlberg, Department of Labor, Highway 41, Joseph Bidler, Lunda Construction, Martin DeRidder, Michels Corp., North Central Power, osha, Raymond Ashenbrenner, Rhonda Burke, Severe Violator Enforcement Program, Spancrete, SVEP, WisDOT

A Black River Falls construction company is at risk of being placed in the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s severe violator enforcement program after the company was involved in a pair of crane collapses on the Highway 41 project in central Wisconsin.

Crane operator in deadly collapse identified

Published: July 11, 2012
Tags: accident, Butte des Morts Bridge, crane, Lunda Construction, Martin DeRidder, Spancrete

The operator of the crane that collapsed Thursday on the Butte des Morts Bridge in Winnebago County has been identified as Martin DeRidder.

Making way for Woodman’s

Published: June 15, 2012
Tags: Harnack, Spancrete, Woodman's

Crews raze the former production facility for Spancrete Inc., Waukesha, on May 2. After the site is cleared, Woodman’s Food Market will build a 243,753-square-foot store at the site.

Injury during bakery renovation leads to lawsuits against construction companies

Published: May 31, 2012
Tags: Alexander Maldonado, ESI Contractors, Spancrete

Two local construction companies are the target of a lawsuit filed by a Milwaukee construction worker injured during the 2009 renovation of Joseph Campione Inc., an Oak Creek bakery.

Spancrete to add 30 jobs, recall workers

Published: May 2, 2012
Tags: jobs, Scott Walker, Spancrete

Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday announced the creation of 30 new jobs at Spancrete’s headquarters in Waukesha, according to a news release from the governor’s office.