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By Joe Lanane
staff writer
Tuesday’s numerical overload probably did not mean a lot to most construction veterans, but the 2010 U.S. Census figures reveal a lot about the industry’s future.
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MIT’s life-cycle assessment testing is more exciting than it sounds
By Joe Yovino
Web editor
I’ll admit when I think of Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT I see a bunch of eggheads with black-rimmed glasses walking around debating the future of the best way to split an atom or what you get when you combine an alligator with a crocodile. It turns out they’re also doing some good work for the construction industry.
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Read More »Milwaukee airport seeing record traffic, but don’t grab your shovels just yet
By Joe Lanane
staff writer
More passengers may not necessarily equal more money for construction projects at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.
Tagged with: airport Barry Bateman blog FAA Federal Aviation Administration General Mitchell International Airport Hot Topics Lanane Milwaukee Mitchell airport Scott Walker
Read More »Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers hoping proposed Marriott becomes jewel of Milwaukee
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers wants to return to its roots.
Tagged with: blog Hot Topics Jackson Street Management Marriott Marriott Hotel Robert Bauman Rohde
Read More »Death of high-speed rail sends a message
By James Briggs staff writer I came to Wisconsin on a train. I realize that might not be the norm, but it worked for me. To interview for the job I have now, I boarded an Amtrak a few blocks ...
Tagged with: blog Briggs high-speed rail Hot Topics Rail Scott Walker
Read More »Companies about to get chance to fix O’Donnell, but will they bite?
By Joe Lanane
staff writer
Engineers and architects have their turns now, but soon it will be construction companies that will bid on O’Donnell Park parking garage repairs.
Tagged with: AGC Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee blog Hot Topics Lanane O'Donnell O'Donnell Park parking garage O’Donnell Park
Read More »As the Edgewater turns
By Tom Fetters
copy editor
The seemingly never-ending saga that is the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment project in Madison took yet another twist this week.
Tagged with: blog Edgewater Edgewater Hotel Fetters Hammes Co. Hot Topics
Read More »Unusual project has a little something for everyone
By Tom Fetters
copy editor
Sometimes communities have to get creative to meet their needs for the future.
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Read More »O’Donnell partial facade collapse moving into legal phase
By Joe Lanane
staff writer
On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Judiciary, Safety and General Services committee will consider hiring legal representation if/when lawsuits are filed stemming from the June 24 accident in which a 34-foot piece of facade collapsed and killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously injured two others.
Tagged with: Advance Cast Stone blog collapse Hot Topics J.H. Findorff & Son Lanane lawsuit Milwaukee County O'Donnell O'Donnell Park parking garage
Read More »Where’s the ‘official’ push to keep Talgo in Milwaukee?
By Marie Rohde
staff writer
Just nine months after Talgo announced it was moving into Milwaukee with the support of the governor and the Milwaukee mayor, the company is now asking: What happened? Where are you guys?
Tagged with: blog Hot Topics Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Milwaukee 7 Nora Friend Rohde Talgo
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