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A contractor that built the Oshkosh arena where the Milwaukee Bucks' farm team plays its home games is fighting to recover $13.1 million that a now-bankrupt developer owes it for the project's construction.

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If drywall and flooring could talk, it'd probably have a dark story to tell about Wisconsin's ongoing construction boom. Behind projects big and small, say people close to the industry, there thrives an underground economy made up of contractors who cheat their workers out of wages and benefits to deliver projects on time and under budget.

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A recently introduced bill would restrict how public universities in Wisconsin use student fees to pay for construction projects.

A Milwaukee County task force on Tuesday signed off on a $66 million plan to overhaul the crumbling Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, keeping its well-known domes intact and adding a host of new attractions.

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Zignego Company and Payne & Dolan are the apparent low bidders for two big road projects advertised in the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's August letting.

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Milwaukee County officials on Tuesday will consider using a public-private partnership to overhaul the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, a plan that would preserve the park's well-known domes and add new features such as a food-truck park and a hub for research.

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In a mid-year report, the Associated Builders and Contractors warns that developments such as a continuation of current trade wars and high debt levels could lead to a weaker economy in 2020 or later.

Competition appears to be heating up for a job to build a new $7.8 million law-enforcement building in Oconomowoc.

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Union officials say the equipment-rental firm Sunbelt Rentals has laid off workers at its office in Franksville in a "reorganization" aimed at frustrating attempts to unionize the shop.

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The Wisconsin Public Service Commission on Thursday slapped a contractor with a $25,000 fine for failing to check for utilities before striking a natural-gas line in downtown Sun Prairie and causing an explosion that killed a firefighter.

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