Foxconn awards $83M to build out manufacturing building
Foxconn Technology Group announced on Wednesday that it has awarded $83 million worth of contracts enlisting more than a dozen companies in the fleshing out of the frame of its main manufacturing building in Mount Pleasant, as well as various other sorts of work nearby.
TOP BIDDERS: Largest winning bids in Wis. this week
A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in Wisconsin, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac service.
TOP BIDDERS: Largest winning bids in Wis. this week
A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in Wisconsin, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac service.
Contractors prepare for Oct. 1 start of cellphone ban in work zones
With a month to go until a statewide ban on the use of hand-held cellphones in construction zones takes effect, contractors are preparing for new rules that will fall on their drivers just as much as the general public.
Massive Zoo Interchange reconstruction hits halfway mark
Fittingly for a project whose core phases have zoomed ahead even while other major highway work in Wisconsin has seen delays, a Corvette was the first vehicle to use a new Zoo Interchange on-ramp leading to Interstate 94 from a part of 84th Street just north of the Pettit National Ice Center.
Safety first
Leadership from Mortenson, Edgerton, Pieper and J.F. Ahern address industry safety issues on Monday during the first annual Wisconsin Contractor Leader Safety Summit.
Trades not rushing to renegotiate contracts after right-to-work ruling
As a court battle rages over the recent striking down of right to work in Wisconsin, at least one construction union official is taking advantage of the situation by negotiating contracts containing the very clauses the law is meant to ban.
TOP BIDDERS: Largest winning bids in Wis. this week
A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in Wisconsin, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac service.
State has apparent low bids for Hoan, I-794 ramp projects
State transportation officials have announced apparent low bidders for a further round of repainting on downtown Milwaukee’s Hoan Bridge and the relocation of Interstate 794 ramps as part of the city’s Lakefront Gateway project.
Right-to-work ad wars
A lobbyist for various trades groups says he has no way of knowing if an advertisement he helped put on the air Monday has anything to do with Republican lawmakers’ decision this week to push right-to-work legislation.
SBE requirement forces rebid for Milwaukee utility roof
The Milwaukee Water Works has slashed the small-business enterprise requirement on a roofing contract for the Linnwood Water Purification Plant after the first attempt to find a contractor failed.
Glacier Hills wind farm starts to spin
The turbine blades at the state's largest wind farm are whirling. We Energies said Tuesday the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County has been placed into commercial service.
Today’s News
- Northwestern Mutual’s $500M overhaul a boon for Milwaukee residents
- BUILDING BLOCKS: University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh Clow Social Science Center renovation
- Madison takes center stage in the world of highway safety
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids around the state
- Milwaukee Plan Commission approves shorter, denser New Land apartments
- Milwaukee County breaks ground on first health and human services center
- Where are the homes? Glaring need for housing construction underlined by Century 21 CEO
- Lawmakers block update for new commercial building standards
- 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
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)