Published: July 11, 2011
Tags: Boullion, budget, DPW, Emerging Business Enterprise Program, Jim Boullion, Kathryn Block, local preference, MJ Construction, Residents Preference Program, Scott Maly, United Sewer & Water, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
By James Briggs The Milwaukee attorney’s office Monday reported the state budget bill had rendered unenforceable a two-year-old local bid preference ordinance. The budget, which passed in June, includes language mandating that “except when necessary to secure federal aid, a political subdivision may not use a bidding method that gives preference based on the geographic [...]
Published: December 16, 2010
Tags: AGC, AGC of America; Jay Zahn, AGC-Greater Milwaukee, Craig Caliendo, Elm Grove, Fabishak, Ken Simonson, Kingsway Holding, Menomonee Falls, R&R Insurance Services, Scott Maly, United Sewer & Water
By Joe Lanane Scott Maly’s day-to-day reality as vice president of United Sewer & Water Inc. doesn’t match up with the optimism over 2011 coming from national construction trades groups. “We are completely shut down with nothing on the books,” Maly said of the Menomonee Falls contractor. “That’s the unfortunate thing. The majority of contractors [...]
Published: August 9, 2010
Tags: blogs, common council, Hot Topics, local preference, MJ Construction, Public Works Committee, Rohde, Tomasini, United Sewer & Water
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
It would seem that MJ Construction’s owner, Michael Tomasini, made a very smart decision when he moved at least part of his Menomonee Falls business to a building on Kaul Ave. that he owns with his wife.
It would seem that MJ Construction’s owner, Michael Tomasini, made a very smart decision when he moved at least part of his Menomonee Falls business to a building on Kaul Ave. that he owns with his wife.
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: American Sewer, Department of Natural Resources, DRN, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, local preference, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, Schueller, Scott Maly, Tomasini, United Sewer & Water, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
By Marie Rohde The Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association will ask Congress to ban bid preferences by amending the Clean Water Act, the association’s top official says. Richard Wanta, WUCA’s executive director, said the Milwaukee city ordinance has cost taxpayers an additional $83,087. “That would fix a lot of potholes or buy some new squad cars,” [...]
Published: June 17, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, appeal, bid, Biondich, Department of Public Works, Korban, Maly, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, preference, repeal, United Sewer & Water
By Sean Ryan M.J. Construction Inc. fell $17 short of winning its seventh Milwaukee contract under the city‘s local preference law. The law requires Milwaukee give a 5 percent bid preference to city-based companies, and a sewer project bid by Milwaukee-based M.J. exceeded that amount by $17. That means the city will accept a $143,550 [...]
