Published: March 15, 2011
Tags: Alan Fish, budget, Building Commission, capital budget, Division of State Facilities, Health and Human Performance building, Jeff Plale, Maternowski, Nursing Science Center, River Falls, Scott Walker, University of Wisconsin System, UW Board of Regents, UW System
By James Briggs The University of Wisconsin System is pushing for a pair of key projects that were snubbed in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed capital budget, but state lawmakers are waiting for word from Walker’s office on how to proceed. The state Building Commission meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday to approve the $1.1 billion capital [...]
Published: June 11, 2010
Tags: addition, Great Lakes Research Facility, renovation, state Building Commission, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UW Board of Regents, UW System, UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences, We Energies
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee might not have enough money to renovate and expand the Great Lakes Research Facility. The state approved a $50 million budget for the university to build a 125,000-square-foot addition to the research building in Milwaukee. The addition would be the first half of a new UW-Milwaukee School of [...]
Published: December 29, 2009
Tags: bakery, Billings Park, Black River Falls Dam, Black River Falls Municipal Utilities, Borton Construction, C.D. Smith Construction, dam, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Planning and Development, DNR, energy, Ewert, Excel Engineering, Focus on Northern Wisconsin, Ghidorzi Construction, Gorman & Co., Gow, Grand River Station, Hoffman Construction, Kabat, Kwik Trip, Maruska, Mead and Hunt, Millennium Architects & Designers, Miller, Paul and Pauline’s Corner, Pieper, renewable energy, River Architects, River City Masonry, RJS Construction Group, Rubenzer, Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, U.S. Green Building Council, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, UW Board of Regents, water treatment, West Well Field, Western Residence Hall, Western Technical College, Wieser, Wieser Brothers General Contractor
Project: Black River Falls Dam replacement Owner: city of Black River Falls Lead contractor: Hoffman Construction Co., Black River Falls Lead contractor: Project was to go out for bid in December Lead architect/engineer: Mead and Hunt Inc., Madison Completion date: June 2011 Cost: $8.7 million Location: Black River Falls Project challenge: “You’ve got to build [...]