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Mar 5, 2026
Milwaukee waives sprinkler permit fees for older apartments
Owners of older apartment buildings in Milwaukee will have to spend a little less money to install fire sprinklers after the Common Council voted to waive all sprinkler permit fees.
Nov 21, 2025
Milwaukee area lawmakers push fire suppression bills after fatal fire
A Mother's Day fire at a Milwaukee apartment complex was the driving force behind a bill to allow local governments to require sprinklers in older housing.
Jul 21, 2023
Contractors cite cost increases with new state building code, but HVAC engineers say it will save money
State officials are poised to adopt 2021 International Building Code. Wisconsin uses the 2015 international code.
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- New Land Enterprises proposes 25-story Milwaukee condo tower
- Civil engineering firm moves into new Cedarburg office
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- Missy Hughes drops out of governor race, endorses Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez
- Miron to host its 10th ‘Build Like a Girl’ event
- Milwaukee domes redevelopment on track to start in 2027
- HUD proposal a potential game-changer for manufactured homes
- Contractor backlog reached nine months in May
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of June 22, 2026
- Northwestern Mutual lights up North Building sign in Milwaukee
- St. Mary’s North Building will be razed in $270M project
- Conservation group sues DNR over Door County road project
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)