Published: May 2, 2011
Tags: 60th Street, Harnack, lateral, National Avenue, Pierce Street, R.A. Smith, Rodger Bergeron, Underground Pipeline Construction, West Allis, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT, Zignego
Published: September 16, 2010
Tags: 60th Street, New Berlin, trench, Underground Pipeline Construction, West Allis
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, appeal, Brian Mitchell, law, lawsuit, local preference, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, Palmer, Pocan, public works, Public Works Contract Appeals Committee, Underground Pipeline Construction, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan Contractors trying to win public works contracts in Milwaukee are continuing their attempts on multiple fronts to overturn the city’s local preference law. American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, and United Sewer and Water Inc., Menomonee Falls, on Wednesday lost the fourth challenge to the city’s decision to award a contract to Milwaukee-based [...]
By Paul Snyder Underground Pipeline Construction Inc. intends to sue the city of Milwaukee for discrimination in failing to award a sewer contract to the company even though it was the low bidder for the job. The city instead enforced its local preference law and awarded the contract to Milwaukee-based MJ Construction Inc. According to [...]
Published: January 13, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, appeal, bid, contract, local preference, MJ Construction, sewer construction, Underground Pipeline Construction, United Sewer and Water
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan MJ Construction Inc. owner Michael Tomasini on Wednesday won a third sewer contract under Milwaukee’s local preference law but spent the morning defending his bids. “This is the cheapest we have ever bid,” said Tomasini, whose company is based in Milwaukee. MJ’s operating costs are higher than those for some other construction [...]
Published: January 12, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, bid, contract, law, local preference, Maly, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, sewer, Underground Pipeline Construction, United Sewer and Water, Wade
By Sean Ryan Milwaukee has invoked its local bidder preference on three sewer project awards, and contractors have challenged every contract. Builders filing the latest challenge argue the local preference law hurts Milwaukee residents looking for work because, in the long run, fewer people are employed. One contractor, MJ Construction Inc., has received each sewer [...]
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: American Sewer Services, Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland, Briant, Clean Water Construction Coalition, Clean Water Fund, contractors, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, EPA, Iacoboni, Iacoboni Site Specialists, Iacoboni Site Specialists Inc., local preference, Middleton, Milwaukee, MJ Construction Inc., Underground Pipeline Construction, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
By Sean Ryan The battle contractors are waging against Milwaukee’s preference for local bidders has sparked nationwide opposition to similar laws across the country. “This isn’t just in Milwaukee,” said Elaine Middleton, executive director of the Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland. “It’s just that Milwaukee seems to have been slapped by it hard.” So far, [...]
By Sean Ryan Two contractors are taking their fight against Milwaukee’s local preference law to a state agency after a judge Thursday rejected their arguments. Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., New Berlin, and American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, sued Milwaukee over its 5 percent bidding preference for local companies but could not convince a judge the [...]
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