Emilie Bahr Dolan Media Newswires Green has been the buzz in New Orleans building since Hurricane Katrina wiped out much of the existing housing stock and shined a new spotlight on the city’s ecological vulnerability. Despite growing interest, one significant ...
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Read More »Egbert Excavating Inc., Green Lake, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on April 16 to reduce a $1,500 specific-excavation-requirements citation to $750 and a $1,500 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $750. The company was issued the citations April 2 during an excavation ...
Tagged with: aerial lift Alpine Insulation Co. Inc. citations Doral Corp. electrical excavation fall protection Hanson Masonry & Concrete LLC Masonry Restoration Inc. osha safety scaffolding training
Read More »Sean Ryan [email protected] Harsh economic times have communities scrambling for ways to support development without becoming hostages to businesses that threaten to leave. In Brookfield, for example, a local company requested city support to build better utilities. Brookfield officials responded ...
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Read More »Sean Ryan [email protected] A federal prevailing-wage requirement for stimulus-backed weatherization projects is drawing fire from labor and management. Labor wants the pay rate to go higher. Management wants the rate to go away. Both sides realize they have little chance ...
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Read More »Ramos Roofing, Madison, reached a formal settlement with OSHA on April 5 to pay a $750 ladders citation and reduce a $600 eye-and-face-protection citation to $25, a $1,500 fall-protection citation to $25 and a $750 fall-protection-training citation to $25. The ...
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Read More »Paul Snyder [email protected] A state shore-land zoning update targeting towns could wash developments out of small, rural areas and into the nearest cities. “If there’s a lot there that a business is looking to develop or expand, well, 30 percent ...
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Read More »Milwaukee County to consider limiting options for Hoan Bridge Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik released a resolution Thursday that would order the state to study renovating the Hoan Bridge before considering replacement. Jursik opposes tearing down the bridge in Milwaukee ...
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Read More »Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — An ongoing remodeling project at Mystic Lake casino in Prior Lake is bringing riches that slot machines and roulette tables can’t offer: construction job opportunities for people in Indian country, where unemployment far ...
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Read More »Sean Ryan [email protected] Developers are scrambling for new ways to raise money for affordable-housing projects because the old methods are broken. A $3.8 million apartment project in Brillion, for example, has not started this year because nobody wanted to buy ...
Tagged with: affordable housing Brillion Gorman & Co. Inc. La Crosse tax credits
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