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WisDOT grants Marinette shipyard $29M for improvements for Navy work
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is awarding a $29 million grant to support improvements a shipbuilder needs at the Port of Marinette to produce larger vessels.
Wage-theft task force OKs policy recommendations to combat misclassification
A state task force has signed off on a series of policy suggestions to step up the enforcement of rules governing wage-theft and misclassification, ills that undercut honest contractors and exploit workers.
Foxconn awards $20M in work to 17 firms for Fii manufacturing plant
Foxconn Technology Group has awarded contracts to 17 companies for work on a so-called smart-manufacturing center at its campus in Racine County.
Wisconsin Center District seeks construction manager for $300M expansion
The Wisconsin Center District is seeking a general contractor to oversee a $300 million overhaul of its downtown Milwaukee convention center.
Foxconn picks two firms to build out Green Bay innovation center
Foxconn Technology Group announced Monday it has picked two contractors to turn a property it owns in Green Bay into a so-called Innovation Center — more than a year after first seeking proposals for the job.
Report: As Wis. construction lags, affordable housing running short
Construction hasn’t been occurring as rapidly in Wisconsin in recent years as it has on average throughout the country, contributing to a lack of affordable housing and commercial space, according to a report released this week.
Foxconn awards $83M to build out manufacturing building
Foxconn Technology Group announced on Wednesday that it has awarded $83 million worth of contracts enlisting more than a dozen companies in the fleshing out of the frame of its main manufacturing building in Mount Pleasant, as well as various other sorts of work nearby.
TRAINING DAY: Groups take various approaches to combating worker shortage
Construction groups at the forefront of combating Wisconsin’s labor shortage are seeing few signs that it is letting up.
High school training program creating the future of the industry (VIDEO)
Jared Frentz felt like he was finally playing in the big leagues.
Mass-timber tower, already to be one of world’s highest, to get a little taller
The planned Ascent tower in Milwaukee — which has long been on course to be one of the tallest buildings built with a timber frame — would get a little taller under a proposal before city officials.
Foxconn pulls plans for nine-story building at project site (UPDATE)
Foxconn Technology Group is planning a nine-story, globe-shaped building for its campus in the village of Mount Pleasant, according to plans submitted to local officials.
Another chance for ‘Second Start’ bill meant to give college dropouts apprenticeship info
A bill being circulated by state lawmakers would revive a plan to send information about apprenticeships to recent college dropouts, a step aimed at curtailing the state's persistent shortage of qualified construction workers.
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- Kenosha firm completes largest private affordable housing project in Wisconsin
- After federal DEI rollback, Wisconsin DBE recertifications plummet
- Milwaukee Tool plans 141,000-square-foot expansion in Menomonee Falls
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of June 1, 2026
- Milwaukee County investment helped bring Whitefish Bay development to life
- Milwaukee considers 12-story, 200-unit Harbor District apartment plans
- Wauwatosa students take next steps to ‘irreplaceable’ construction jobs
- Racine starts $130 million lead service line replacement project
- Federal court shelves lawsuit seeking to dismantle DBE program
- Oshkosh to buy City Center for $12.5 million
- Warehouse hoped to be hotel suffers fire in Milwaukee
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)