Zoo Interchange job could affect other bridges

All broken up

Published: March 7, 2012
Tags: cement, Zenith Tech Inc.

An employee of Zenith Tech Inc., Waukesha, breaks up loose cement Feb. 27 along Interstate 94 in Milwaukee.

Construction Highlights

Published: September 29, 2011
Tags: 2011-finances, B & B Electric Inc., B.R. Amon & Sons Inc., Bray Associates Architects Inc., C.D. Smith Construction Inc., Miron Construction Co. Inc., Olympic Builders General Contractors Inc., Peters Concrete Co., Ptaschinski Construction Inc., Zenith Tech Inc.

A look at work in Wisconsin Eau Claire Bray Associates-Architects Inc. Bray Associates-Architects Inc., Sheboygan, is designing a remodel of Delong Middle School and additions at Robbins, Putnam Heights (pictured above) and Sherman elementary schools in Eau Claire. The projects are estimated to cost a total of $51.85 million. Green Bay C.D. Smith Construction Inc. [...]

The OSHA report

Published: October 22, 2010
Tags: Ad Roofing LLC, aerial lift, Arc Brother Siding Inc., Azco Inc., Badger Roofing of Wisconsin, Brockman Roofing, Brookfield, Burlington, citation, concrete, confined space, demolition, dusts, D’Alie Masonry LLC, Eagle, Eau Claire, education, electrical, excavation, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, fumes, G&R Exteriors LLC, gases, GTO Contracting, hand tool, hazard communication, highway, housing, installation, Interstate Roofing & Waterproofing Inc., Kenosha, La Contractors LLC, La Crosse, ladder, Lonnie’s Roofing & Siding, Madison, Madison Crushing & Excavating Co. Inc., masonry, Menasha, Milwaukee, mists, MJW Enterprises LLC, Moraine Builders Inc., Morgan Contracting Inc., Oak Creek, occupational noise exposure, osha, Plymouth, power tool, R.G. Huston Co. Inc., R.J.’s West Side Demolition Inc., Racine, respiratory protection, Rezin Construction Ltd., Rick Zellmer Construction, roofing, safety, Schofield, settlement, sewer line, Sheboygan Falls, Shorewood, street, Superior, The Spancrete Group Inc., TNT Roofing, Tomah, training, Traska Roofing & Ventilation Inc., Universal Masonry Construction LLC, vapors, water line, Waukesha, Waunakee Remodeling Inc., Wausau, Wauwatosa, Whitewater, wiring, Woodpecker Hill Construction, wrecking, Zenith Tech Inc.

OSHA reports • G&R Exteriors LLC, New Berlin, must pay a $1,500 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation Aug. 11 during a roofing job at 100 Corrina Blvd., Waukesha. • Arc Brother Siding Inc., Kenosha, must pay a $1,050 eye-and-face-protection citation, a $1,050 fall-protection [...]

Rough start

Published: October 6, 2010
Tags: Appleton Avenue, Lilly Road, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Zenith Tech Inc.

Contractor defends winning local preference award

Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: D.C. Burbach Inc., local preference, Snorek Construction Inc., Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, Zenith Tech Inc.

Jim Snorek says fellow contractors should be taking aim at the city of Milwaukee, not him, in their dispute over the ordinance that gives 5 percent bid preferences to city-based companies.

Pile placement

Published: June 29, 2010
Tags: Canal Street, Milwaukee, Valley Passage bridge, Waukesha, Zenith Tech Inc.

Clutter cutter

Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: Good Hope Road bridge, Interstate 43, rebar, Waukesha, Zenith Tech Inc.

The OSHA report

Published: January 11, 2010
Tags: A-1 Excavating Inc., Appleton, Badgerland Buildings Inc., citation, Dan Romenesko Builders Inc., Design Structures LLC, education, Endeavor Hardwoods Inc., equipment, excavation, fall protection, hand tool, hazard communication, highway, housing, J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc., ladder, Lyndon Station, Madison, Menzel Builders, Milwaukee, Mosinee, New Richmond, Northwoods Custom Builders Inc., Oak Creek, Oconomowoc, osha, power tool, record keeping, rough-terrain forklift, safety, scaffolding, Schofield, self-propelled elevating work platform, settlement, Shawano, Sky General LLC, stairways, street, Superior, training, U-Haul Co. of Wisconsin Inc., Zenith Tech Inc.
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OSHA reports • Design Structures LLC, Middleton, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Nov. 4 to pay a $375 hazard-communication citation and reduce a $375 hand-and-power-tool citation to $187.50. The company was issued the citations Oct. 21 during a nonresidential building job at 501 W. Rawson Ave., Oak Creek. • Endeavor Hardwoods Inc., Lyndon [...]

Marquette Interchange contractors reunite for Zoo bid (UPDATE)

Published: December 1, 2009
Tags: Busalacchi, Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc., Klein, Lunda Construction, Lunda Construction Co., Marquette Interchange, Milwaukee Constructors, Pheifer Brothers, Ruzic, Ruzic Construction, Trombino, Zenith Tech, Zenith Tech Inc., Zoo Interchange

By Sean Ryan The Zoo Interchange bridge repair attracted only one proposal because small builders cannot handle the job and three large companies teamed up for the bid. A joint venture called Milwaukee Constructors LLC submitted the only proposal for the repair project in Milwaukee County. The three companies in the joint venture are Edward [...]