Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: development, groundwater, Lake Michigan, Madison, McNeely, Milwaukee, Pardee, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Environmental Justice Task Force, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Economic Development, Wade, water, Waukesha, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
By Sean Ryan Planners are going by instinct and best guesses as they try to chart the effect water prices will have on development and population trends in Waukesha. The city has two options: Strike a deal to get its water from Lake Michigan or drill wells to tap into groundwater supplies. According to Waukesha [...]
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 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 [...]