Paul Snyder [email protected] Madison’s success in establishing a construction material recycling law will depend on how tough the rules are. “Madison is a hard place to build already,” said Thomas Zimmer, president of Fitchburg-based Thomas Zimmer Builders. “You do things ...
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Read More »Paul Snyder [email protected] A Habitat for Humanity project in a southwest Madison neighborhood is stirring citywide debate over the extent to which development can solve an area’s crime problem. “Even if every unit in the neighborhood turned into owner-occupied, it ...
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Read More »Dale’s Building Services, Keshena, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Feb. 2 to reduce a $1,500 fall-protection citation to $1,000 and a $750 ladders citation to zero. The company was issued the citations Jan. 6 during a residential remodeling ...
Read More »Sean Ryan [email protected] Glen and Louann Hocking could have avoided a flooded house and a series of lawsuits if they had just grabbed a shovel and dug a trench, said engineer Lawrence Schmit. The Hockings are suing their neighbors and ...
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Read More »Minnesota to get $52 million from in federal stimulus money for weatherization Minneapolis (AP) — Federal stimulus money will be funneled to weatherization work on thousands of Minnesota homes. Congressman Jim Oberstar said Tuesday the state Department of Commerce will ...
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Read More »John Miller AP Writer Meridian, Idaho — Developer Frank Varriale thought his plans to build shops, apartments and a hotel in this sprawling Boise suburb would have become reality by now. Instead, about the only things standing on his land ...
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Read More »Sean Ryan [email protected] Federal rules designed to prevent another mortgage and banking collapse are stifling the residential market’s attempts to recover from the recession, according to Wisconsin banker and real estate groups. The Home Valuation Code of Conduct rules, which ...
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Read More »Arthur H. Rotstein Tucson, AZ — Long dependent on well water and supplies sent hundreds of miles by canal from the Colorado River, this desert city will soon harvest some of its 12 inches of annual rainfall to bolster its ...
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Read More »Shanghai (AP) — A nearly finished 13-story apartment building in Shanghai toppled over because piles of dirt were excavated to build an underground parking garage, according to initial investigation results, experts said Friday. “When we arrived on the scene, we ...
Read More »Norby Construction Inc., Wisconsin Dells, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Feb. 4 to reduce a $600 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation to $200. The company was issued the citation on Jan. 22 during a carpentry job in Middleton. SGO Roofing and ...
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