By Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A Tuesday court hearing represents the one chance contractors will have to kill a Milwaukee bidding preference because city leaders remain steadfast in their support. The chances are slim to none the Milwaukee Common Council will ...

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Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A promise that Wisconsin got a great deal buying train cars from Talgo Inc. offers little comfort to lawmakers demanding competitive bids for every rail-related project or purchase. “The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has been very uppity, ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com In an attempt to win back two city contracts from MJ Construction Inc., two contractors are arguing the builder does not qualify as a Milwaukee-based company. Underground Pipeline Construction Inc. (PDF), New Berlin, and American Sewer Services ...

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Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A new Marathon City law could leave a contractor without a job, the village without its low bid and the local library without a new wing. The village last week closed bids for construction of an estimated ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Safety is taking a back seat to price in 2009 as contractors cut costs to stay alive in a market often ruled by low bids. “That poses probably one of the biggest challenges we have,” said Gert ...

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Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Monroe County supervisors OK’d construction of a new justice center, spent $1.7 million on the design, plan to bid the job in September and then might seek voter approval for the project. But there is a good ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Stimulus grants advanced the schedules of some sewer and water projects by a year, but the money also delayed other projects that would have been bid earlier this summer. “They say, ‘Well, if we put a project ...

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Brendan Farrington AP Writer Jacksonville, FL — When homebuilder Bob Liddell noticed the decline in the housing market more than three years ago, he supplemented his business with home remodeling. But he ran into a different problem — competing with ...

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