Common Council approves Talgo, Ingeteam projects

WisDOT seeks money for train building

Published: December 1, 2011
Tags: Amtrak, Canadian Pacific Railroad, Hiawatha Line, high-speed rail, John Oimoen, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Milwaukee Intermodal Station, Rail, Scott Walker, Talgo, Tower Automotive, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

The state Department of Transportation will request $5 million from legislators next week to start preliminary engineering and design for a passenger rail car maintenance building near the Milwaukee Intermodal Station.

Remediation bid misses by billions

Published: September 21, 2011
Tags: asbestos, Balestrieri, Balestrieri Environmental & Development, Benji Timm, bids, environmental cleanup, Mike Bricco, Robinson Brothers, Robinson Brothers Environmental, Tower Automotive

A standard environmental remediation project has drawn what could be the highest bid in Milwaukee’s history.

EPA awards $3.6M in grants to state (UPDATE)

Published: June 6, 2011
Tags: brownfields, Century City, Chicago Iron and Supplies, Dave Misky, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, grants, hazardous materials, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Tower Automotive

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Six Wisconsin communities, as well as Marinette County, will receive a total of $3.6 million in Environmental Protection Agency grants to clean up contaminated properties. Milwaukee will receive $600,000 for three sites, two at Century City — the former A.O. Smith/Tower Automotive manufacturing complex — and a third at 143 E. Lincoln [...]

Midwest Rail turns demo bid upside-down

Published: February 15, 2011
Tags: Bruce Rogers, Century City, Champion Environmental Services, Gerald Blomberg, John Bode, Marcoux, Midwest Rail & Dismantling, Mike Duffek, Milwaukee Gray Iron, Milwaukee Industrial Trade Center, Mykonos, Stibal, Tower Automotive, West Allis

By Marie Rohde There was a surprise waiting for John Stibal when West Allis opened the bids for the demolition of a long abandoned foundry and nearby restaurant: Midwest Rail & Dismantling Inc. offered to pay the city $6 for the job. The other bids, all seeking money from the city, ranged from the highest [...]

Fast tracked: High-speed trains making their way to Milwaukee

Published: October 8, 2010
Tags: blog, high-speed rail, Hot Topics, Jeff Fleming, Nora Friend, Rail, Rohde, Talgo, Tower Automotive

By Marie Rohde

staff writer

The trains are coming — not by rail, but by flatbed truck.

Contractor dispute puts lien on former Tower Automotive site

Published: September 24, 2010
Tags: Champion Environmental Services, high-speed rail, lien, PERI Formwork Systems, Rail, Talgo, Tower Automotive

The Milwaukee-owned Tower Automotive location had a $53,000 lien issued against the property last week following a dispute between two contractors. PERI Formwork Systems Inc., Elkridge, Md., is seeking $53,028 in unpaid work and labor conducted on the high-speed train manufacturing plant. The company claimed it still has not been paid by the hiring contractor, [...]

Talgo project rolls on despite rail debate

Published: July 13, 2010
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Area E, ARRA, high-speed passenger rail, high-speed rail, Jeff Fleming, jobs, Mark Neumann, Milwaukee, Rail, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Robert Bauman, Scott Walker, stimulus, Talgo, Tower Automotive, train, Veit Environmental
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By Scott Carlson Special to The Daily Reporter Milwaukee is on track with the remediation of an industrial site for a Spanish train manufacturer despite threats from gubernatorial candidates that they would kill the state’s high-speed rail project. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee on Tuesday reported Veit Environmental Inc., Milwaukee, was the [...]

Jobs group wants MORE for Talgo project

Published: May 28, 2010
Tags: Brusky, contracting, goal, hiring, Marcoux, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Opportunities for Restoring Employment, MORE, ordinance, Randy Crump, Talgo, Tower Automotive
Comments: 1

By Sean Ryan The lack of construction hiring and contracting requirements for work at the former Tower Automotive site in Milwaukee is raising red flags from policy watchdogs. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee in April awarded two contracts to renovate a building at the site for Talgo Inc., a Spanish manufacturer of [...]

Talgo project sidesteps local preference (VIDEO)

Published: April 7, 2010
Tags: bid, Hunzinger Construction, J.P. Cullen & Sons, Jeff Fleming, Katherine Block, local preference, Milwaukee, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Talgo Inc., Tower Automotive, train

By Sean Ryan The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee eliminated a local bidder preference from the Talgo Inc. project to avoid any chance a lawsuit would delay work. The authority, under a lease agreement with Talgo, has until July 1 to complete renovation of a 300,000-square-foot building at the former Tower Automotive site [...]