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Iowa officials plan to demolish building after collapse, no fatalities reported
A six story apartment building had partially collapsed Sunday and the cause isn't immediately known.
Collapsing wall sends debris into road at future Milwaukee Public Museum site
No one was hurt when the southern wall of a building crews were demolishing fell into the westbound lane of McKinley Avenue.
Milwaukee Public Museum halfway through demolition as crews tear down building for new museum
Crews started to knock down the second of three buildings to make way for Milwaukee Public Museum's new facility.
Milwaukee again postpones enforcement of mandatory deconstruction policy
A Milwaukee committee has once again decided to hit pause on an ordinance requiring contractors to deconstruct rather than demolish blighted houses in the city.
Milwaukee committee rejects policy to ban demolition of vacant properties
A Milwaukee committee balked on Tuesday at a proposal to ban the demolition of city-owned residential properties for the rest of the year, giving local officials more time to decide if they want to use part of the millions the city is expected to receive in federal COVID-19 aid for housing rehabilitation.
Trinity Lutheran Church in Appleton comes down, but its building materials will be reused or recycled
As Trinity Lutheran Church is removed from the downtown Appleton skyline, Peggy Hoppe can't bear to look.
Judge’s ruling forces Black Spruce to tear down long vacant Northridge Mall
A judge on Wednesday ordered the owner of the long-dilapidated Northridge Mall to tear the property down, siding with Milwaukee officials who had called for the former shopping center to be razed more than a year ago.
Milwaukee extends deconstruction freeze, plans contractor training sessions
Milwaukee officials on Tuesday recommended maintaining a freeze on a policy that had previously required the deconstruction, rather than demolition, of certain dilapidated properties throughout the city.
Milwaukee officials issue raze order for Northridge Mall
Milwaukee is moving to force the owners of the dilapidated Northridge Mall to tear down the long-abandoned shopping center, a step officials hope would lead to redevelopment.
Milwaukee officials considering pausing deconstruction policy until 2020
Milwaukee could pause its enforcement of a mandate requiring contractors to deconstruct, rather than demolish, historic homes after a assessment of the policy found that it struggled to get off the ground in 2018.
Critical of Milwaukee’s deconstruction policy, Barrett vetoes plan to set aside $1.5M more to combat blight
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has vetoed a budget amendment that would support a newly enacted city policy requiring the deconstruction — rather than demolition — of historic houses, saying the policy has hindered the redevelopment of blighted properties.
Mount Pleasant taps Guelig for more demolition near Foxconn
Eden's Guelig Waste Removal and Demolition will tear down buildings to make way for Foxconn Technology Group's factory, under a deal approved by the Mount Pleasant Village Board on Monday.
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- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
