Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: American Indian Chamber of Commerce, Ashanti Hamilton, Craig Anderson, D. Wilson Consulting Group, DBE, Marvin Pratt, minority contracts, Ossie Kendrix, preference, Rhonda Kelsey, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
By Marie Rohde Milwaukee is cautiously building toward a law that would direct more public contract money toward women- and minority-owned companies. The caution stems from a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that established lawmakers must prove past or present discrimination before creating a race-based program. Furthermore, according to the ruling, those programs must be [...]
Published: October 19, 2010
Tags: blog, Deep Tunnel, Hot Topics, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
Comments: 1
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Dick Wanta, the executive director of the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, gave members of the commission that oversees the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District a history lesson the other night.
Published: September 30, 2010
Tags: American Concrete Pipe, Cemex USA, County Materials, County Materials Corp., Department of Workforce Development, Don Olson, DWD, Globe Construction, Globe Contractors, Siegle, The Spancrete Group, Wanta, Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WisDOT, WUCA
By Marie Rohde The pending sale of American Concrete Pipe to County Materials Corp. is forcing underground contractors to assess the industry’s power structure. “There’s still a lot of competition,” said Dennis Siegle, executive director of the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association. “The biggest ones aren’t U.S. companies, and it’s nice to see a Wisconsin business [...]
Published: August 23, 2010
Tags: Alliance for the Great Lakes, Brammeier, Capitol Drive, Dale Richards, Deep Tunnel, Department of Justice, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Estabrook Park, Jill Didier, John Hermes, Kevin Shafer, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, National Power Rodding Corp., Shorewood, Terrence Cooley, Trenton Place, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
By Marie Rohde Property owners wanting a flood of relief from sewage backups during heavy rains will see a dribble instead. They also could get a bigger tax bill and may be forced to spend thousands of dollars to fix the laterals that connect private properties to municipal sewers. The commission that oversees the Milwaukee [...]
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: March 30, 2010
Tags: Alex Runner, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, Beiriger, bid preference, business, contractor, Department of Public Works, Milwaukee, Penebaker Enterprises, Preston Cole, property, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
By Sean Ryan An attempt to use a city property to lure a construction company to Milwaukee must overcome the business trends that push contractors away. A Milwaukee Department of Public Works proposal would free up a 2-acre lot at West Holt Avenue and South 21st Street to be sold to a private company. The [...]
By Paul Snyder Twin Lakes-based Powers Lake Construction Co. Inc. has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code. Jerry Kerkman, an attorney with Milwaukee-based Kerkman & Dunn representing Powers Lake Construction, said the construction and excavating contractor expects to know by July the details of a proposal to restructure more than [...]
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: bid, contract, Johnny Thomas, Lipscomb, local hiring, Milwaukee County, preference, resolution, Sackerson, Wanta, William Sackerson Construction, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan Milwaukee County soon could give a bidding advantage to the contractor that hires the most county residents for a project. The goal of the county resolution, sponsored by Johnny Thomas and Theo Lipscomb, is to eventually offer a preference to public works contractors that hire people who live in the county and, [...]
By Paul Snyder Three contractor groups are aligning themselves with the Department of Workforce Development in support of changes to the state’s prevailing wage law. Those groups — the Construction Business Group, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association — have filed a motion to support the law changes under review [...]
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 [...]
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