The Daily Reporter – WI Construction News & Bids Wisconsin's Construction Authority

The $103.9 million apparent low bid from the joint venture of Hoffman Construction and PCI Roads blew past MnDOT’s estimate of $75 million to $85 million for the project, which will rebuild and expand 14 miles of I-94 between Monticello and Clearwater. Shafer Contracting, $108.7 million, and Michels Corp., $113.85 million, also put in bids.

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A bill before lawmakers calls for capping the amounts that counties and other government entities can be required to pay tenants and property owners when they seize property using eminent domain.

Tagged with: eminent domain Erik Olson Rob Brooks Tom Tiffany

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' commanding officer has endorsed a $778 million plan for improving a lock-and-dam complex near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

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A bill being circulated in the state Legislature would wipe out the last vestiges of Wisconsin's tax on personal property, a category that includes construction equipment.

Tagged with: Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Duey Stroebel John Schulze personal property tax

A Minnesota contractor has won a job to build a water main to serve Foxconn Technology Group's factory in Mount Pleasant, beating out two other firms with a bid that nonetheless came in nearly $2 million higher than officials had expected.

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The Wisconsin attorney general says he most likely would defend in court the state law that effectively stripped public employees of collectively bargaining rights.

Tagged with: Act 10 collective bargaining International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 Josh Kaul

Although Matt Ostovich got a taste of construction work at a young age, it didn’t exactly prepare him for the job he has now.

Tagged with: J.M. Brennan Matt Ostovich On the level

A Chinese firm is planning a $189 million expansion of a paper mill it purchased last year in Biron and will receive state tax credits to support the project.

Tagged with: paper mill WEDC

Two Republican lawmakers from northeastern Wisconsin are introducing a bill that would limit the use of fire-fighting foam that contains pollutants.

Tagged with: pollution Tyco Fire Products