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I’ve always been drawn to distinctive buildings. Whether we're talking about old barns, factories or abandoned houses, the structures speak to me

It is construction contracting 101: get the contract signed before the shovels hit the dirt.

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Despite mounting evidence that bipartisan action by Wisconsin's elected officials is wishful thinking on our part, we'll keep advocating for it. Because we believe that's what Wisconsinites want, and we believe that taking bipartisan action is the right thing to do.

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There’s an old quote that says, “The historian is a prophet looking backwards.”

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The two largest sources of concern related to America’s highway system are: the need to rebuild and modernize the aging Interstate highway system and the need to start replacing per-gallon fuel taxes with per-mile charges.

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At first blush, the 4-4 party line deadlock by the Wisconsin Building Commission over Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed capital budget to pay for building projects throughout the state seemed dismaying.

Throughout the state, "Help Wanted" signs can be found everywhere. There are jobs in construction, manufacturing, health care, hospitality, criminal justice, child care, retail — you name it, they are hiring.

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In the interest of full disclosure, historically we've not been terribly fond of roundabouts.

Let’s say you have a lingering concern that you have some wage-and-hour trouble on your hands. Perhaps it has suddenly dawned on you that a certain pay practice you’ve had in place for years could be legally suspect.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals recently reaffirmed the application of the economic-loss doctrine as a bar to negligence claims caused by certain defects in construction. Kmart Corporation v. Herzog Roofing, Inc., No. 2017AP1041, (Wis. App. 3rd Dist., Oct. 30, 2018). The decision clarified the broad application of the economic-loss doctrine to bar economic damages that are foreseeable under a contract, incorporating contract terms in its analysis.