The Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee named Mike Abuls of C.G. Schmidt aits 2020 president at its annual Corporate Meeting held in the Grand Ballroom of the Wisconsin Club on Tuesday.

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Carpenters, laborers and cement masons unions have each reached a longer deal in a cycle of contract negotiations that wrapped up recently, a sign that contractors are confident about the years ahead.

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Even though opioid abuse is in the national headlines now more than ever, the construction industry isn't doing enough in response, an industry official contends.

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Now that federal officials are beginning to enforce new silica-exposure standards, representatives of the construction industry say most contractors benefited from the extra three months they were given to prepare.

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With most contractors struggling to hire skilled workers, an employee at Wisconsin-based Lunda Construction Co. is saying that companies will have a hard time bringing on a diverse workforce without turning to an equally diverse group of recruiters.

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Already in the grips of a labor shortage, Wisconsin's construction industry will soon be brought under even more pressure to recruit good workers by the $10 billion factory the Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn plans to build in southeast Wisconsin.

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Carpenters, laborers and cement masons in the southeast corner of the state will all be getting annual wage increases under agreements reached with contractors represented by the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee.

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Although they are keeping their lips sealed in public, construction officials are settling in for plenty of chin wagging at the bargaining table as the expiration dates for some of the industry’s biggest contracts quickly approach this spring.

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On Jan. 1, contractors in Milwaukee will find themselves subject to modified resident-hiring goals for various local construction projects.

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Local governments have been busy issuing construction permits this year, and the estimated construction costs associated with these permits have already surpassed last year’s totals in at least one big Wisconsin city.

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