Under Tony Evers' second term, a group of construction bills Tim Michels vowed to sign will remain buried.
Tagged with: building permits Gov. Tony Evers Tim Michels
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Under Tony Evers' second term, a group of construction bills Tim Michels vowed to sign will remain buried.
Tagged with: building permits Gov. Tony Evers Tim Michels
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A bipartisan study committee will consider three bills regarding how commercial building plans will be reviewed by the state with hopes they will pass with both Democratic and Republican legislators’ support.
Tagged with: Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin building permits Joint Legislative Council Committee
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The legislative study committee for the commercial building process will review a proposal next week to let commercial developers start building before plan approval, as contractors and regulators search for a way to relieve project backlogs.
Tagged with: building permits John Schulze Legislative Council Study Committee on the Commercial Building Permitting Process Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Read More »February 12, 2020 2:38 pm Leave a comment
Lawmakers are moving quickly to advance a bill meant to ease a backlog of requests for reviews commercial-construction plans before this year's short legislative session runs out.
Tagged with: building permits Dan Feyen Dawn Crim DSPS plan reviews Roger Roth Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
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As the Department of Safety and Professional Services continues to struggle to work its way through a persistent backlog of request for commercial-plan reviews, new attention has been called to staffing at the regulatory agency.
Tagged with: building permits Dawn Crim plan reviews Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Read More »November 22, 2019 2:35 pm Leave a comment
Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill meant to clean up a law that has led some local governments to require contractors to file applications for building permits in both paper and electronic forms.
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U.S. home construction slipped last month as an uptick in the building of single-family homes was offset by a big drop in apartment construction.
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Read More »May 31, 2019 2:08 pm Leave a comment
A new bill would clean up an existing law that, amid confusion, has led some local governments to require contractors to file both paper and electronic copies of building permits.
Tagged with: Brad Boycks building permits Residential Construction Wisconsin Builders Association
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The state Supreme Court is eliminating a regulatory hurdle for a large dairy farm in central Wisconsin.
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Read More »February 8, 2018 2:39 pm Leave a comment
As early as next week the state Assembly could be taking up a proposal that would eliminate two councils that help state officials both with reviewing complaints made against building inspectors and with drawing up rules used to verify the financial soundness of home builders.
Tagged with: Alliance for Regulatory Coordination Brad Boycks building permits Department of Safety and Professional Services Robert Dupont Wisconsin Builders Association
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