Roadwork ahead

January 22, 2014 1:33 pm Leave a comment

An operator use a backhoe to remove drain tiles along the shoulder of northbound US 45 Tuesday, Jan. 21 near Watertown Plank Road in Wauwatosa. The ramp from northbound US 45 to Watertown Plank Road is slated to be closed through September and the work is part of the ongoing Zoo Interchange Project. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

An operator uses a backhoe Tuesday to remove drain tiles along the shoulder of northbound U.S. 45 near Watertown Plank Road in Wauwatosa.

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ABB workout

January 18, 2014 10:34 am Leave a comment

Sanchez Painting Contractors Inc.'s Joe Gorichanaz paints a wall at the ABB Building under construction Jan. 8 in Wauwatosa.

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Quick rinse

January 16, 2014 10:33 am Leave a comment

Prairie Material's Dan Poenitsch washes his cement truck Jan. 14 after making a delivery to the Wisconsin Avenue Student Apartments, which are under construction in Milwaukee.

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Duct dynasty

January 15, 2014 11:17 am Leave a comment

Mike Lisocki of J. & H. Heating Inc., Port Washington, cuts a section of 10-inch duct tubing to size at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Innovation Accelerator Research Lab facility on Dec. 31 in Wauwatosa.

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Pouring it on

January 14, 2014 1:05 pm Leave a comment

Justin Messer, a carpenter with J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., Madison, prepares for a deck pour Nov. 21 at the UW Health at the American Center project in Madison. Findorff is overseeing the 486,000-square-foot hospital, which includes several wings and a parking structure on a 42-acre site on Madison’s east side. The project is slated to be complete in summer 2015. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. carpenter Justin Messer prepares for a deck pour Nov. 21 at the UW Health at the American Center project in Madison.

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Full plate

January 13, 2014 2:19 pm Leave a comment

James Wiitanen, an employee of VJS Construction Services, Inc., Pewaukee, cuts through a top plate while demolishing a wall at the Silverbrook 5-6 Intermediate project Thursday, Dec. 26 in West Bend. VJS Construction is overseeing the Silverbrook school project which includes 90,000-square-feet of expansion with two classroom wings, a new gym/cafeteria/kitchen and a new library. The project also remodels existing space and when complete in August of 2014 will be the home of fifth and sixth-grade students for the West Bend School District. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

VJS Construction Services Inc.'s James Wiitanen cuts through a top plate while demolishing a wall at the Silverbrook Middle School project on Dec. 26 in West Bend.

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Going up

January 9, 2014 2:38 pm Leave a comment

A crew with Reynolds Rigging & Crane LLC, Madison, set up a 255-foot-tall Peiner 315 tower crane Wednesday on the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s east building demolition site in Milwaukee. The tower crane was erected with the help of a 400-ton AC-350 Demag with super lift. The tower crane will be on site for about six months for the removal of the building. Rogers, Minn.-based Veit & Co. Inc. will oversee the deconstruction of east building, making way for a 1.1 million-square-foot replacement. (Staff photos by Kevin Harnack)

A crew with Reynolds Rigging & Crane LLC, Madison, sets up a 255-foot-tall Peiner 315 tower crane Wednesday on the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s east building demolition site in Milwaukee.

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Dream steam

January 7, 2014 3:54 pm Leave a comment

Steam rises from fresh concrete as a crew of finishers with C.G. Schmidt Inc., Milwaukee, spread the pour to make the sixth level of the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center on Dec. 18 on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus.

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