Contractors were certainly busy in 2017. Here are some of themost notable projects that either wrapped up, made significant strides or got underway in the past 12 months.

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As the state moves to consolidate various departments in one hulking office building on Madison’s west side, it is also planning to reduce the amount of private space it rents.

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Wisconsin contractors will stay busy in 2016. Here are some of the biggest projects worth following.

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Although Madison officials have yet to see the development proposal for 14 acres within the Hill Farms site on the city’s west side, they find what they’ve heard so far to be tantalizing.

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It wasn’t having the lowest price that won the contract to replace WisDOT’s headquarters for a development team made up primarily of C.D. Smith Construction and Gilbane Building Co.

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Wisconsin officials on Wednesday waived bidding requirements for what is likely to become the largest government-building project in the state’s history.

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Lawmakers on the state’s budget committee are seeking to prevent local zoning codes from applying to the massive building that is to be put up to replace the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s headquarters on Madison’s west side.

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With so much said and written about political contributions made by the development team that was not selected to rebuild the massive Hill Farms complex, it might not be bad to talk a bit about the team that was actually chosen.

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State officials sent out a letter of intent Monday to select a development team led by the joint venture Smith Gilbane to rebuild the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s headquarters building on Madison’s west side.

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A top Walker administration official said Wednesday that the state has selected a team to rebuild the Hill Farms building on Madison’s west side.

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