design-build

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.

Jul 28, 2017

Editorial: Lawmakers going too far, too fast with design-build proposal

When a trades group representing mostly nonunion contractors and the state’s biggest construction union are united in their opposition to a legislative proposal, it should give lawmakers pause.

Jul 21, 2017

Local 139, ABC of Wisconsin find common ground in opposing design-build proposal

A proposal to let the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and local governments use project-delivery methods other than design-bid-build has given rise to an unusual alignment between two groups that are otherwise usually at odds with each other.

Jul 13, 2017

Republicans introduce transportation-overhaul bill (UPDATE)

A group of Republican legislators are circulating a bill that would impose sweeping reforms on the state Department of Transportation.

Dec 4, 2015

Build teams to bring everything together

“Builder” is derived from the Old English word “byldan,” meaning dwelling. For millennia, builders provided shelter from the elements. But as mankind multiplied and prospered, buildings came to provide benefits extending far beyond the shelter needed for survival. Man-made structures, taking in everything from European cathedrals to the Great Wall of China, came to stand among the world's [...]

Oct 20, 2011