A draft bill being circulated in the state Legislature would shield Wisconsin employers from lawsuits if their workers catch COVID-19 on the job.

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Demand for U.S. architecture services remains sluggish as measured by architecture billings, project inquiries and signed contracts. The American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index, a barometer of future construction spending, posted a lackluster reading of 40 in July, according ...

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Although the construction industry has generally continued working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, new figures released Thursday show contractors are not immune to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Construction costs are showing signs of declining for the first time in a decade, a development brought on by a host of complications from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Contractors won't need to report to OSHA cases of COVID-19 unless it's clear that an employee caught the virus on a jobsite, under recently released guidance from federal officials.

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Although a steady backlog of work is expected to keep commercial contractors busy in Milwaukee next year, the city’s tight labor market could continue to drive up costs even as an economic slowdown looms, according to a recent report.

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Another sluggish month for U.S. architecture billings is stoking fears of a slowdown in future design and construction activity, but local market watchers don’t expect the bottom to fall out anytime soon.

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A judge in Minneapolis has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Minneapolis School District’s use of certain collective-bargaining pacts, known as “project labor agreements,” on school projects.

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Construction employment increased in nine of Wisconsin’s 12 metropolitan areas from June 2018 to June this year and held steady in the remaining three.

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Recently a spokesperson for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce told the Wisconsin State Journal, “We don’t want to make it too comfortable to remain unemployed.”

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