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Wisconsin announces $248M for essential projects statewide
The Domes: Reimagined project in Milwaukee and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Racine were among projects to get $2 million each through the Non-State Grant Program.
After historic flooding last year, MMSD pledges $96M in fast tracked projects
After historic flooding in the Milwaukee area in August 2025, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has prioritized a handful of flood management projects worth $96 million.
Evers signs bill expanding design-build method for highway projects
Gov. Tony Evers this month signed a bill into law that will allow the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to expand its use of the design-build method for highway projects.
AASHTO joins nationwide engineering workforce development group
Through the partnership between AASHTO and the Engineering Workforce Consortium, state transportation departments will have a greater connection to government agencies responsible for funding recruitment and retention.
Wisconsin senator urges Trump administration to review Buy America standards
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., urged the President Donald Trump administration to conduct a new review of enforcement of the Build America, Buy America Act, which sets domestic requirements for materials used in federally supported projects.
Wisconsin labor teams up to deliver $15 billion Port Washington data center
Denver-based Vantage Data Centers on Thursday announced it has partnered with the Wisconsin Building Trades Council to build the Lighthouse data center campus in Port Washington.
Data centers, public work keep contractor confidence afloat
Private work and data centers held up backlog while commercial and institutional work slowed, a report from the Associated Builders and Contractors showed.
Local bridges struggle as Wisconsin outperforms nation
State-owned bridge conditions fared better than the national average while locally owned bridges fared worse, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report.
Minority contractors, WI state senator speak in defense of state supplier diversity program
A Wisconsin State Senator and an association for minority contractors spoke in defense of the state’s supplier diversity program after a legal group filed a civil rights complaint to the U.S. Attorney General.
Amazon planning $10B investment in North Carolina for data center and AI campus
Amazon plans to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
State approves $125 million in projects, capital budget headed to committee
Gov. Tony Evers announced $125 million in approved funding for UW system upgrades, military facilities and infrastructure improvements across Wisconsin.
Evers sues Trump administration over EV charging funding cuts
The state will join a lawsuit against the Trump administration for retroactively blocking roughly $62.65 million in National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program funding.
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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
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