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Local regulation to continue for quarries (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker vetoed a budget proposal on Wednesday aimed at taking away local officials’ power to regulate quarries in their backyards. The provision would have limited the ordinances and permit requirements […]
Towns create gravel roads amid tight state budget
Officials in small Wisconsin towns say construction costs and budget cuts from the state government have caused them to convert their blacktop roads to gravel.
Corporate Contractors buys gravel pit
Corporate Contractors Inc., Beloit, has bought a nearby sand and gravel pit for use, in part, as a place to dispose of asphalt and broken concrete.
Martin Marietta launches hostile bid for Vulcan
Martin Marietta launched a hostile takeover bid Monday for the larger gravel, sand and stone supplier Vulcan Materials with an offer of about $4.74 billion in stock after talks aimed at a friendly combination broke down.
Asphalt prices pinch paving work in towns
By Marie Rohde The town of Maplehurst in Taylor County just awarded a 1-mile road paving contract for $107,165. Five years ago, that same project on Putnam Drive would have […]
Directing the dump
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Firm foundation
[caption id="attachment_56415" align="alignnone" width="340" caption="Marcos Martinez, a skid loader operator with Terra Firma Landscape Inc., Muskego, dumps a load of gravel July 6 to form the base of a driveway in the 3300 block of North Hackett Avenue in Milwaukee. (Photo by David La Haye)"][/caption]
Cash-strapped municipalities weigh gravel roads, delayed maintenance
By Justin Kern Special to The Daily Reporter The drive through Forest County could be a bit bumpier starting next summer. Faced with rising road maintenance costs and no increase […]
Fill ‘er up
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- 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
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
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)
