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Environment
May 19, 2022
ON THE LEVEL: At WisDOT, Schwendau tries to come to grips with increase in crashes, deaths since COVID-19
Mike Schwendau’s job in the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is to monitor safety on highways and roads, and he doesn’t like what he’s seeing.
Environment
May 18, 2022
Proposed changes to Davis-Bacon Act spark debate amid infrastructure spending
Non-union contractors are lining up in opposition to proposed changes to federal prevailing-wage laws that they argue will make public projects more expensive at a time when the U.S. is looking to rebuild much of its infrastructure.
Environment
May 5, 2022
Milwaukee looks to use part of infrastructure money to pay for services in 2023
Milwaukee officials are proposing to use $75 million from the city’s next installment of the federal infrastructure bill to maintain city services next year.
Environment
May 3, 2022
Weighed down by supply shortages, construction spending rises slowly in March
Construction spending inched up slowly from February to March as supply shortages and rising materials prices continued to weigh on the industry.
Environment
March 29, 2022
Michels gets nearly $1M contract for Dane County phosphorus removal
Michels Corp. has won a nearly $1 million contract to remove sediment from a Dane County lake as part of the county’s “Suck the Muck” campaign to curtail phosphorus pollution.
Environment
March 10, 2022
ON THE LEVEL: Stern brings expertise as Tri-North VP to bear at AGC of Wisconsin
Along with being among the relatively few women with an executive role at a large general contractor, Anna Stern can now claim to be the first female president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin.
Environment
March 8, 2022
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION: Panel discussion to furnish examples of success
The good news for women interested in construction is that the industry is more welcoming to them than ever.
Environment
February 10, 2022
ON THE LEVEL: At AGC of Greater Milwaukee, Heberlein optimistic about 2022
On taking over as president of the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, Scott Heberlein found himself staring down both an old problem and a rather new one.
Environment
December 29, 2021
ON THE LEVEL: Is federal infrastructure bill a good problem to have?
If contractors had to sum up the prospect of getting work from the recently passed federal infrastructure bill amid continuing labor and supply shortages, many would no doubt say: It’s a good problem to have. Others, of a more skeptical cast of mind, might add: Be careful what you wish for.
Environment
December 9, 2021
As new head of Focus on Energy, Stefanik sees plenty of room for more energy efficiency
Lisa Stefanik traces her drive to protect the environment and help find ways to save energy to her growing up on a family farm in Green County’s village of Albany.
Environment
November 17, 2021
Brayton follows family examples into lifelong career at Miron
With an uncle, a brother and two cousins who either worked or still work at Miron Construction, Jeff Brayton speaks with authority when he says his employer is a company that supports “family values.”
Environment
November 17, 2021
Hooper sets sights on growth with new HQ, prefab plant
Although Hooper Corp.’s history goes back more than 100 years, it remains very much on the cutting-edge with its business plans.
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- Kraus-Anderson will deliver first phase of $175M Big Bend sports complex
- Long-delayed Milwaukee boutique hotel plans show signs of life
- I-794 bridge improvements starting in Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 4, 2026
- Construction worker killed in lumber pile collapse in West Bend
- Milwaukee to Madison train line to cost $200M with state help
- I-794 removal could see $500M in development, but more crashes
- Cobalt Partners changes up its Third Ward moving plans
- State program releases $135M for local roads
- Eau Claire approves $270M biomanufacturing facility deal
- Manitowoc port development gets $20 million boost
- Mark Hammond, Wauwatosa development director, will leave for nonprofit job
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)