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Top Projects of 2014
October 22, 2015
Murphy finds in Packers example of well-run team
John Murphy has overseen two large Lambeau Field redevelopment projects since 2001 and says he has learned a lot from the Packers about coaching a well-run team.
Top Projects of 2014
October 22, 2015
LaRue engineers a career in construction
Mike LaRue is a man of ideas.
Top Projects of 2014
October 22, 2015
Failure not an option for Lauret
Jeannie Lauret, owner of a Menomonee Falls-based subcontractor, said she doesn’t think twice about being a woman in construction.
Top Projects of 2014
October 22, 2015
Gebhardt wasted no time getting into development
Otto Gebhardt began in real estate by working in the family business when he was 7, and he made his first offer on a property at age 13. Now a […]
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
General contractors come together for successful library project
The Standard at East Library was a project within a project.
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
Sage on Jackson building takes the LEED
Tight site conditions forced Bredin Building Systems to experiment when constructing Sage on Jackson, the first LEED Platinum-certified residential project undertaken in Wisconsin.
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
Innovative approach keeps reconstruction in fast lane
Poor soil conditions threatened to extend a four-year interchange reconstruction into a six-year project. U.S. 41 and Highway 29 cross in Green Bay, but the interchange was too small for its projected traffic and resulted in high-speed freeway traffic merging with slower traffic on the state highway.
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
Good things to come from wait for Mayfair Collection apartments
When HSA Commercial Real Estate proposed a project for a city-owned site in Wauwatosa, the developer was faced with the difficult task of delivering desirable residential units in a struggling area.
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
Project acts like a beacon for revitalized neighborhood
The Rinka Chung Architecture Inc. team had to strike a balance between respect for history and eagerness to build the Pabst Professional Center, downtown Milwaukee’s first office development in more than a decade.
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
Packers show must go on, even amid construction
Every stage of Miron Construction Co. Inc.’s renovation of Lambeau Field was designed to work around the Green Bay Packers, even after the season ended.
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
Crews heed ‘do not disturb’ sign at Pfister Hotel
During a recent renovation of downtown Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel, Tri-North Builders officials found themselves having to oversee heavy demolition that was taking place both above and below guests who expected to enjoy everything the luxury hotel has to offer without disturbance.
Top Projects of 2014
May 14, 2015
Contractor’s gamble on Northwestern demolition pays off
When neighboring buildings and nearby traffic prevented Veit & Co. Inc. from imploding Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s East Building in downtown Milwaukee, a routine demolition job turned into a deconstruction.
Today’s News
- Medical College of Wisconsin breaks ground on student housing complex
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of Aug. 3, 2026
- Irgens starts apartment construction at Milwaukee County Research Park
- ABC of Wisconsin hits membership milestone
- More construction unions get behind Crowley
- Appeals Court restores Act 10 collective bargaining law
- Land use, zoning changes approved for Rockwell Automation in New Berlin
- $61M corporate headquarters planned in Brookfield
- Wisconsin expands recertification process for DBE firms
- Dangerous tornadoes hit the western Fox Cities
- Fraser and HD Hyundai eye Superior shipyard for modernization
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 27
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)