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A pair of Foxconn-related companies are seeking proposals from construction managers for yet another building the technology giant is putting up at its planned manufacturing campus in Mount Pleasant.
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Read More »ON THE LEVEL: Mitich helps developers with ins-and-outs of opportunity zones
To many people, nonprofit work might not seem to have much in common with Opportunity Zones and other sorts of federal development incentives.
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Read More »Even as materials prices fall, contractors worry about tariffs
After a tumultuous year filled with trade disputes, contractors are on-edge about how tariffs could drive up the cost of doing business—even as materials costs fell in June.
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Read More »SOLAR FLARE-UP: Utility blocks Iowa firm from harnessing the sun in Milwaukee
As solar energy has become more popular and inexpensive, this once-fringe renewable source of power is now at the center of an energy turf war in Wisconsin.
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Read More »ABC: Industry backlog down slightly in April
The construction industry had 8.7 months of in-the-works projects in April, a number down from 9.5 months in March, the Associated Builders and Contractors reported on Tuesday.
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Read More »ON THE LEVEL: For Curtis, Act 21 necessary curb on agencies’ authority
Former Gov. Scott Walker’s first year in office may be best known for producing the state’s Act 10 law restricting public workers’ collective-bargaining rights. But Jake Curtis, a lawyer in the Milwaukee offices of von Briesen & Roper, says 2011 yielded at least one other law whose ramifications extend into just as many types of activity, including the construction industry.
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Read More »BUILDING BLOCKS: Renovation and expansion of Gresham Schools
In November 2018, voters living in Gresham School District approved a bond referendum calling for a series of projects in the Gresham School District.
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Read More »BUILDING BLOCKS: ‘Zen Den’ at Appleton East High School
Suicide attempts have increased at an alarming rate among high school students in the Fox Cities Region in recent years. Wanting to combat that trend, officials with Leadership Fox Cities – which is under the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce – decided that students needed a place where they can go to seek shelter from the stresses of the day and try to achieve some equanimity.
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Read More »ON THE LEVEL: Ostovich committed to making his mark at J.M. Brennan
Although Matt Ostovich got a taste of construction work at a young age, it didn’t exactly prepare him for the job he has now.
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Read More »ON THE LEVEL: Wantoch’s thoughts on sewer pipes set in concrete
For most people, it makes little difference what material a storm sewer is made up of as long as it prevents flooding by allowing rainwater to drain away. But for Clark Wantoch, sewer lines are far from all being created equal.
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