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Kevin O’Toole, a longtime executive at Hunzinger Construction, died this week after a battle with cancer. He was 67.
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Sand Valley resurrecting The Lido Golf Club in Wisconsin
A classic old golf course — The Lido — is being resurrected 1,000 miles from the original with the assistance of a video game and GPS-guided tractors.
Read More »Mill closings make for tough market for logging in Wisconsin
Longtime professional loggers in Wisconsin say they are dealing with the most difficult times their industry has ever been faced with.
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Read More »AGC names Pepper Construction most innovative contractor
The Associated General Contractors has recognized Chicago-based Pepper Construction as the most innovative contractor in the U.S. for developing a virtual-reality program for safety training.
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Read More »Navy Crane wins Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin
A 140-ton Navy Crane from Broadwind Heavy Fabrications in Manitowoc is this year's Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin.
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Read More »Enbridge fails to meet aquifer cleanup deadline in Minnesota
Enbridge has failed to meet a deadline set by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for cleaning up a site where an aquifer ruptured during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline, DNR officials said.
Read More »Industry struggles to come to grips with suicide epidemic 
The construction industry is just beginning to grapple with its biggest safety risk: mental health. Data released in recent years have shed light on the construction industry’s epidemic of suicides — the industry has among the highest rate of suicides ...
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Read More »Wage theft hits immigrants — hard
Audelia Molina, a Mexican immigrant, was earning 10 cents for every garment she trimmed at a factory in Los Angeles, America's clothing-assembly capital. Her wage was so meager that she started putting in 11-hour days to drive up production.
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Read More »HNTB leases more space in downtown Milwaukee amid burst of hiring
The engineering firm HNTB is adding on to its office space in downtown Milwaukee amid increased hiring, the company announced Thursday.
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Read More »Deere & Co. workers go on strike after rejecting contract
More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday after "the company failed to present an agreement that met our members' demands and needs," the United Auto Workers union said in statement.
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