By Marie Rohde Milwaukee-based Vista Design & Construction LLC’s $345,000 bid is the apparent low offering to rebuild the O’Donnell Park parking garage, said Jack Takerian, Milwaukee County director of transportation and public works. Five other companies bid on the ...

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By Marie Rohde Some of the more than 900 buildings owned by Milwaukee County are in such disrepair they soon will have to be mothballed or demolished, according to several county supervisors. “Without a reasonable capital budget, what are we ...

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By Jack Zemlicka Wisconsin’s builders’ statute of repose is known as a lawsuit slayer. The law, written to insulate contractors, architects and engineers from personal injury claims due to negligent design if an injury occurs 10 years or more after ...

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By Joe Lanane The O’Donnell Park garage should be razed and replaced by a new Milwaukee Public Museum and parking structure, according to philanthropist Michael Cudahy. “O’Donnell Park is a piece of garbage, and it’s been trouble ever since it’s ...

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By Marie Rohde A decade after a construction project is completed contractors usually can’t be sued for problems resulting from their work. But the pair of lawsuits filed Wednesday claim the contractors who finished the O’Donnell Park garage in Milwaukee ...

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By Joe Lanane A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Wednesday stemming from a June 24 incident at the Milwaukee County-owned O’Donnell Park parking garage in which a concrete panel collapsed, killing 15-year-old Jared Kellner and injuring two others. The victim’s ...

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By Paul Snyder A safety audit of Milwaukee County buildings in the wake of a deadly collapse at the O’Donnell Park parking garage could take too long, said County Executive Scott Walker. “I’m not against an audit,” Walker said Tuesday. ...

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