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16th Street Viaduct closed until April for beam replacement
The 16th Street Viaduct bridge in Milwaukee will be closed until April, after city inspectors found a worn floor beam in early December.
National Avenue businesses losing customers to construction
Impact on businesses around National Avenue was enough to make some owners consider shutting down for good as We Energies moves underground equipment.
16th Street Viaduct closes to traffic after inspection
The 16th Street Viaduct near Potawatomi Casino Hotel closed after inspection by the Milwaukee Department of Public Works, creating detours for commuters.
1,000-year rain event causes flash flooding in Milwaukee
The 1000-year flood that hit Milwaukee this weekend was more than what local drainage systems could take, according to the city.
Outdoor chess park drive Milwaukee students to construction, design careers
On Friday, a dozen MPS students presented prototype designs for game tables at Kilbourn Reservoir Park, part of a two-week program with the UWM architecture school and the city of Milwaukee.
The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
New line will connect to Milwaukee lakefront and run on Sundays to avoid heavy construction at the Couture site.
Water works job fair connects jobseekers and industry employers to bridge labor gap
Employers in the water industry met with jobseekers at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources office in Milwaukee on Wednesday to increase exposure for infrastructure jobs and address growing vacancies in the water sector.
Water-main break floods area near Milwaukee interstate
A water-main break flooded streets and some homes just south of Interstate 94 in Milwaukee on Saturday.
City to pursue other options if Couture doesn’t move ahead by June
Milwaukee officials told a committee on Wednesday that they remain confident the delayed Couture high-rise will ultimately be built — but that they may also have to pursue other options for the completion of a branch of the city's streetcar line that now depends on the construction of the Couture.
Feds pass up Milwaukee streetcar expansion to Fiserv Forum
The city of Milwaukee has missed out on a federal transportation grant to extend its streetcar line to the recently completed Fiserv Forum.
Milwaukee issues bid for third phase of city hall foundation project
Another round of work to restore Milwaukee's slouching City Hall foundation is up for bid as part of a years-long project to prop up the historic landmark.
City terminates two contracts with American Sewer Services
American Sewer Services has signed an agreement with Milwaukee officials that effectively removes the contractor from two public-works jobs in the city.
Today’s News
- Wisconsin lawmaker accepts award for helping pass DACA bill
- Plans for $107M Wauwatosa library gain momentum
- Trump signs additional tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 27, 2026
- Feds commit $5B to AI-powered research for construction
- Worker files NLRB complaint against Wisconsin painters union
- Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program
- Sheboygan TID proposal targets public incentives of $5M or more
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 21
- State warns of workers’ compensation scam targeting victims
- Washington County housing initiative brings back young homeowners
- South Milwaukee apartment project canceled after financing shortfall
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)