Wisconsin lost 800 construction jobs in October and more than 5,000 jobs from this time last year, according to a report released by the Associated General Contractors of America. State construction employment hovered around 96,500 in October, which is down ...

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By James Briggs A prominent Wisconsin construction company wants to know why it was deemed unqualified to perform restoration work on the Kenosha County Courthouse. J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc., Janesville, was among four Wisconsin contractors that failed to make ...

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Construction employment declined in 236 out of 337 metropolitan areas between September 2009 and September 2010, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Thursday by the Associated General Contractors of America. Meanwhile, the number of metro areas ...

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Bill McKee, 74, president of McKee Associates Inc. and Midwest Homes Inc., Madison, died Tuesday following a battle with bone cancer. McKee was heavily involved in the construction community since starting McKee Associates in 1964. Beyond serving as the Madison ...

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By James Briggs The construction industry will have financed much of the takeover if Republicans gain power in the Wisconsin Legislature and governor’s office in January. Special interest groups with ties to construction have contributed more than $70,000 — only ...

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By Marie Rohde A construction boom in Eau Claire that caught national attention could mark only a temporary boost before the city falls back to the pack of struggling markets. The central Wisconsin city recorded a 19 percent increase in ...

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Construction employment expanded in 56 out of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2009 and August 2010, according to a new analysis of federal employment data by the Associated General Contractors of America. More cities added construction jobs during the past ...

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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Construction employment in the United States fell by 11,000 from June to July, and the industry’s unemployment rate now stands at 17.3 percent, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors ...

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By Justin Kern Special to The Daily Reporter The summer has been busy at BDC Building Design & Construction Inc., with company president Bruce Johnson touting the overall number of remodeling jobs on the rise. But he hardly called it ...

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Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The Caterpillar plant in Brooklyn Park was humming with manufacturing activity. During a recent media tour of the company’s Paving Products Plant, scores of Cat employees went about the business of producing pavers, ...

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