design-build

Mar 26, 2026

Evers signs bill expanding design-build method for highway projects

Gov. Tony Evers this month signed a bill into law that will allow the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to expand its use of the design-build method for highway projects.

Oct 17, 2025

Lean and integrated delivery drive speed, certainty, client value

Using Lean principles and integrated delivery, Mortenson cut design and permitting time to six months through early alignment and collaboration.

Dec 28, 2023

Wisconsin-Minnesota bridge replacement enters design-build process

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will use a "design-build" process to replace the Blatnik Bridge between Wisconsin and Minnesota, if it can get the funding it requested from the federal government.

Jul 9, 2021

Evers’ vetoes cut additional money for roads, design-build requirements

Before signing Wisconsin's next biennial budget on Thursday, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed legislative proposals that would have transferred money from the state's general fund for use in road work, trimmed requirements on an emerging design-build system and cut a proposal that would have put $10 million in tax dollars toward private construction projects.

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.

Aug 6, 2019

Evers signs design-build bill

With his signature on Tuesday, Gov. Tony Evers called on the state DOT to have at least five projects on hand that contractors can complete using the design-build method.

Jun 20, 2019

Assembly approves design-build, single-bidder bills

The Wisconsin Assembly approved bills on Thursday that would change Wisconsin Department of Transportation policies to set new limits on single-bid contracts and sanction the design-build delivery method on road projects.

Jun 12, 2019

Committee hears design-build, single-bid bills as part of WisDOT reform effort

Lawmakers have aired out a handful of bills that could shake up how the Wisconsin Department of Transportation awards bids and delivers projects, as part of a multi-pronged effort to reform the department following a funding increase.

May 30, 2019

Transportation bills seek to balance higher revenue with reforms

Wisconsin Republicans say a proposed gas tax is dead-on-arrival and have introduced a set of transportation bills calling for a funding alternative and a number of department overhauls meant to cajole skeptical lawmakers into assenting to a revenue increase.

May 22, 2019

GOP Legislature circulating bills that would allow for design-build

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday began seeking sponsors for about a dozen transportation-related bills that could include an alternative to a gas-tax increase and allow for the use of the design-build system on highway projects.

Jan 11, 2019

County officials seek to raise bidding threshold to welcome design-build firms

Various county officials are calling for a change to Wisconsin's bidding rules to allow design-build contractors to compete for more work — a tweak they say could save taxpayers money.