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Judge upholds DNR permit for Line 5 reroute
Environmental advocates said they are weighing their options after a Wisconsin judge upheld the DNR's decision to allow a 41-mile natural gas pipeline to be built near Ashland.
$15 billion Vantage data center breaks ground in Port Washington
Construction begins on Vantage Data Centers’ $15B Port Washington campus, a massive AI data center tied to OpenAI and Oracle’s Stargate program.
Wisconsin labor teams up to deliver $15 billion Port Washington data center
Denver-based Vantage Data Centers on Thursday announced it has partnered with the Wisconsin Building Trades Council to build the Lighthouse data center campus in Port Washington.
State legislator pitches revival of PLAs for public projects
A freshman legislator proposed a bill that would repeal Wisconsin’s 2017 Act 3, which banned state and local governments from requiring project bidders enter into an agreement with labor unions.
Wisconsin’s union workforce is building the future the right way
While the work being done by union journeyworkers speaks volumes, let’s revisit why union labor remains essential to Wisconsin’s future.
Union apprenticeship programs are building the infrastructure generation
Apprenticeships are critical training operations that don’t get the attention they deserve for boosting the American economy, wrote Emily Pritzkow of WBTC.
Union apprenticeships lead way in mentorship and workforce development
As we bid farewell to January, we also say "goodbye" to National Mentoring Month. With that in mind, it's a perfect time to highlight the pivotal role of union apprenticeship in shaping Wisconsin's workforce.
Women still climbing barriers to break into construction industry
Women in construction has grown in the past few years, but representation in Wisconsin was still very low.
Federal project labor agreement proposal fuels debate across local industry
A federal proposal to implement an executive order for project labor agreements for federal projects worth $35 million or more has sparked debate within Wisconsin’s construction industry.
PLAs on projects good news for Wisconsin
Late last week, John Mielke, president of ABC Wisconsin, submitted commentary lamenting items he felt weren’t mentioned by President Biden while visiting Wisconsin to discuss the billions in bipartisan infrastructure funding that is headed our way.
ON THE LEVEL: Stepping into executive director role, Pritzkow makes big plans for Wisconsin Building Trades Council
Emily Pritzkow‘s initial acquaintance with the construction industry came while she was working in state Rep. Gordon Hintz’s office, where she was assigned for a time to the state Building […]
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- Former Milwaukee Walmart to be redeveloped with mixed uses
- Under construction bridge partially collapses in Oconowomoc
- Building Advantage Career Fair returns to American Family Field this year
- Kelmann Restoration relocating to Milwaukee’s northwest side
- Appleton secures $25M transit center funding two years after announcement
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin
- ON THE LEVEL: What happens when a project engineer hits ‘post’
- Waukesha nonprofit plans ‘brand new’ look for youth shelter
- Transportation key to Betty Brinn Children’s Museum relocation
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of April 27, 2026
- Hartland reviews downtown boutique hotel plans
- Critics fume over diesel generator health concerns at AI data center
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)