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The new front entrance at St. Nicholas Hospital includes roughly 6,000 square feet of interior remodeling work at the hospital’s main public lobby and emergency department entrances.
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Wage-theft task force OKs policy recommendations to combat misclassification
A state task force has signed off on a series of policy suggestions to step up the enforcement of rules governing wage-theft and misclassification, ills that undercut honest contractors and exploit workers.
Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers wage theft Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development worker misclassification
Read More »TOP BIDDERS: Biggest winning bids from around the state this past week
See the biggest winning bids from around the state this past week, from our JobTrac online bidding service.
Tagged with: Lunda Construction Miron Construction Top Bidders Zenith Tech
Read More »Family, friends, colleagues share fond memories of Dan Zignego
Dan Zignego took his faith, his family and his work seriously. The longtime executive at the Waukesha roadbuilder Zignego Co. saw himself as a steward of the family business, acting as a mentor to others who would succeed him in running it. He was active in church, helping organize mission trips to Africa. And he was a die-hard deer hunter, making near-weekly trips to the family's hunting grounds in Bowler to prepare for the next deer season.
Tagged with: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Dan Zignego John Mielke Zignego Co.
Read More »ON THE LEVEL: Hanson writes the book on making school projects green
A nationally recognized green leader, Mark Hanson has taken part in 19 LEED certified projects, encompassing more than 2 million square feet of space.
Tagged with: Hoffman Planning On the level
Read More »Little Chute seeks exception to TIF rules for $140M dairy plant
State lawmakers are pushing a bill to provide support to a $140 million cheese-processing plant in the village of Little Chute, a project officials hope will help prop up the Fox Valley's struggling dairy industry.
Tagged with: Little Chute state Legislature tax increment finance district TIF districts
Read More »NO CONSENSUS: Industry disagrees on best remedy for plan-review delays
A bill meant to reduce a backlog of commercial-plan reviews drew a mixed response from construction officials at a public hearing in the state Capitol on Wednesday.
Tagged with: Commercial Building Code Council Dawn Crim Jeff Beiriger plan reviews Plumbers Code Advisory Council Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Read More »Assembly postpones vote on design-bid bill after changes proposed to bidding thresholds
The Wisconsin Assembly has postponed until Thursday the adoption of a bill that would set rules for the use of the state’s new design-build system after controversy arose over an amendment that would have increased local governments’ bidding thresholds.
Read More »KEEPING TABS: Lawmakers moving ahead with design-build rules, other bills
Rules governing design-build on highway projects, a state credit for Opportunity Zone investors and a ban on coal tar sealants are among the construction-related bills that are before Wisconsin lawmakers this week.
Tagged with: asphalt broadband design-bid-build design-build Gov. Tony Evers
Read More »TOP BIDDERS: Biggest winning bids from around the state this past week
See the biggest winning bids from around the state this past week, from our JobTrac online bidding service.
Tagged with: Lunda Construction Miron Construction Top Bidders Zenith Tech
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