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The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services has formed a task force to examine the use of mass timber in commercial buildings.
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Read More »DSPS launches task force to study mass-timber regulations
Lawmakers weigh further changes to state’s plan reviews 
A bill circulating in the state Legislature aims to keep a months-long backlog in commercial plan reviews from reemerging by reviving changes to the review process that lawmakers had proposed last year.
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Read More »DSPS: Policies have led to faster plan review process
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services released a report Wednesday touting progress it has made in addressing a backlog of plan reviews that left contractors waiting months for the agency to sign off on construction projects.
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Read More »OPINION: Big government delaying building projects, economic growth
As contractors know, in Wisconsin most commercial building plans must be reviewed by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Standards, or to a delegated local unit of government.
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Read More »DSPS restarts in-person trades exams put on-hold by COVID-19
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services is resuming in-person trades exams after putting them off this spring in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Read More »COVID-19 and construction: How a hands-on industry is handling an outbreak
Even as COVID-19 has led to school closings, event cancellations and other social-distancing measures, Wisconsin's construction industry has largely made no plans to stop work – at least fornow.
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Read More »Bill advancing to break logjam of plan reviews
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.
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Read More »UW-Madison custodian dies from injuries suffered in fall
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say a school employee has died from injuries suffered in a fall.
Read More »DSPS says municipalities can’t enforce building codes on residential repairs
The Department of Safety and Professional Services is telling local governments they cannot require repairs to homes and other dwellings conform to state building codes.
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Read More »AG: State can’t enforce sprinkler rule
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel says state regulators can't enforce a rule requiring sprinklers in large apartment buildings.
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