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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Milwaukee’s proposed rules for logging sick-leave hours for mobile workers are unworkable for companies and unenforceable for the city, warned Chuck Engberg. The rules require any employee who works at least 90 hours within the city of ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Municipalities might never embrace standardized bidding documents, but at least one builder argues the practice could cure a lot of headaches. After the city of Racine rejected his company’s bid because it submitted the wrong form, Henry ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Municipalities might never embrace standardized bidding documents, but at least one builder argues the practice could cure a lot of headaches. After the city of Racine rejected his company’s bid because it submitted the wrong form, Henry ...

Miron Construction Co. Inc. wants to hire local subs for Southwest Wisconsin Technical College’s campus projects, say representatives from the Neenah-based general contractor. But — as was the case when leaders with the Fennimore college said they wanted to hire ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Contractors say they are not ready for crane operator certifications, but the union representing many of those workers argues the rules are long overdue. The certification requirement in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s proposed crane safety ...

Milwaukee wants to collect public input next month on the rules designed to guide the city’s sick-leave law. Milwaukee staff members finished drafting the rules, which specify what businesses must do to satisfy the broad language of the sick-leave law, ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ proposal to regulate ballast water threatens the ports the rules are designed to protect, said Superior Mayor Dave Ross. “The governor’s push to so-called lead on this issue,” he said, “is ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The Republican Party of Wisconsin falls on the side of those who say prevailing wages increase project costs. It is one side of a national debate coming to a head in Wisconsin as Gov. Jim Doyle’s budget ...

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Various groups this week are arguing new crane safety rules should not apply to small equipment, but those speaking in Washington, D.C., do not represent a unified industry voice. The proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Four contractors that worked on the $20 million Staybridge Suites hotel and residential project in Milwaukee filed construction liens against the project developer. The four companies — Spancrete Industries Inc., Waukesha; Otis Elevator Co., Milwaukee; Black Diamond ...

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