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Preparing for Wisconsin’s deer hunting season
Wisconsin deer hunting season is approaching, and longtime hunter Chris Hardie builds a new ground blind while reflecting on tradition, family and time in the woods.
Data center secrecy is unacceptable
As massive data centers reshape Wisconsin’s power grid, the PSC is taking aim at excessive secrecy and urging greater transparency in utility filings.
2024 referendum, state aid improve Madison’s budget outlook
Madison’s proposed budget for 2026 highlights the city’s recent financial turnaround, as it would increase staffing and service levels while limiting the city’s property tax increase to roughly the rate of inflation.
How to correctly apply NEC Table 310.16 ampacity rules
Learn how to calculate conductor ampacity using NEC Table 310.16. Understand temperature, load, and correction factors to ensure safe, compliant wiring.
Lean and integrated delivery drive speed, certainty, client value
Using Lean principles and integrated delivery, Mortenson cut design and permitting time to six months through early alignment and collaboration.
Discovering and capturing hidden value in your negotiations
Learn how construction professionals can negotiate beyond price by preparing well, building trust and creating value that benefits both sides.
Ghosts, goblins and pet cremation: an FTC Halloween special
Few things are spookier than a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action.
No construction contract is standard — terms matter
Third-party beneficiary clauses can shift risk in construction contracts. Learn why reviewing and customizing these terms is key to protecting your rights.
Wisconsin bridges rate higher than average, but spans on local roads lag
Wisconsin bridges rank above the national average, but local road bridges often fall behind, creating costly challenges for communities.
Working space for electrical equipment
The 2023 NEC updates working space rules for electrical equipment, requiring safe clearance, access, and egress for energized system maintenance.
Legislature seeking ways to extend stewardship program
Democrats and Republicans propose competing plans to renew Wisconsin’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program as its 2026 expiration approaches.
Best at Work Insights: Don’t Import 996: Why America Should Reject Overwork Culture
China’s 996 model — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week — was sold as a path to speed, discipline, and dominance. In reality, it became a case study in how overwork corrodes the very foundation of business success.
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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)