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Racine starts $130 million lead service line replacement project
The city of Racine broke ground on its first construction season last week to replace 10,000 lead pipes over the next five years.
Unions and utilities sign labor agreement for renewable projects
Unions took to the negotiating table after the first utility-scale solar project brought an influx of out of state workers.
Women starting construction careers create building blocks for others
With contractors investing in untapped parts of the workforce, one woman found herself the picture of construction's future.
Kent Miller elected president and business manager of Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council
Miller will serve a four year term for the construction labor organization.
Alliant Energy starts panel installation for Beaver Dam solar project
The company recently completed three solar projects and has nine more construction projects ongoing.
Milwaukee Area Labor Council swears in officers, Executive Board
The 2023-2025 officers and Executive Board of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council were sworn in by state AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale at the April Delegate Meeting.
Biden visit presents ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ for Laborers
President Joe Biden spoke at the Laborers' International Union of North America's training center in DeForest.
EXPANDING ON SAFETY: New training center to double classroom space (VIDEO)
For more than 30 years, the Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council Apprentice and Training Center in DeForest has taught prospective workers a slew of jobs in construction — and how to do them safely.
Today’s News
- Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez drops out of governor’s race
- Home construction planned for former Manitowoc mall site
- Local costs a factor in I-794 removal proposal
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 20, 2026
- Rockwell’s New Berlin proposal gets initial approval
- Michigan approves Canadian oil giant’s Line 5 pipeline project
- Construction industry resilient despite higher prices
- Marketing firm Derse gets ready to build Oak Creek HQ
- Hazy conditions continue Thursday and Friday in Wisconsin
- Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow dies at 61
- Nominations are open for Newsmaker awards at Daily Reporter
- MPS students help with Milwaukee County courthouse complex overhaul
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
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)