design-bid-build

Feb 18, 2020

KEEPING TABS: Lawmakers moving ahead with design-build rules, other bills

Rules governing design-build on highway projects, a state credit for Opportunity Zone investors and a ban on coal tar sealants are among the construction-related bills that are before Wisconsin lawmakers this week.

Feb 3, 2020

Bill would set rules for highway design-build after Gov. Evers’ veto

A bill introduced last week in the Legislature would set requirements for the use of design-build on Wisconsin road projects roughly half a year the state budget began permitting the use of the delivery method in this state.

Feb 22, 2018

Lawmakers pushing WisDOT reform bill without alternative to design-bid-build

Legislation meant to give lawmakers more control over the cost of road projects is moving forward without a provision that would have let officials use an alternative to the design-bid-build system of awarding contracts.

Aug 4, 2017

Design-build delivers success everywhere (except Wisconsin)

If the state of Wisconsin was considering legislation to spend its scarce transportation dollars to pay contractors to build projects “without having to face any competition” in infrastructure “beauty contests” that only reward out-of-state “industry giants,” as described by The Daily Reporter in a recent editorial, then the state’s taxpayers should be very alarmed.