Minnesota Vikings stadium saga continues, studies go on
By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Ted Mondale and Lester Bagley are seeing a lot of each other these days. Mondale is the newly appointed chairman of […]
Mortenson: There’s uncertainty in wind industry
By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, has declared the wind energy industry “challenging and uncertain” after developing 100 wind farms in the United States […]
‘Zombie buildings’ haunt Minneapolis
By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — It sounds like a horror movie. In other parts of the country, commercial real estate pros have started to use the term […]
Discovery of asbestos adds to Minn. rail project cost
By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Workers searched for underground contaminants at the site of a new light rail support facility under construction in Minneapolis. They dug holes, […]
Supporting role
[caption id="attachment_59649" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mike Middle of Poblocki Sign Co. LLC, West Allis, uses a cutting torch Thursday outside Miller Park in Milwaukee to create supports for a sign that was removed from above the stadium’s video board. Removing the Miller Park sign was among the first steps in a project to install a new high-definition scoreboard. General contract[...]
Firm to pay $52.4 million in Minneapolis bridge collapse
By Brian Bakst AP Writer Minneapolis — An engineering firm that consulted on the Minneapolis bridge that collapsed in 2007 has agreed to pay $52.4 million to settle the last […]
Passenger rail moving down the tracks in Minnesota
By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Planning for the 155-mile Northern Lights Express passenger rail line is chugging forward. A Hennepin County board Tuesday discussed $4.5 million in […]
Developers hammer Minneapolis fees for stalled projects
By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Little has changed at the northwest corner of 46th Avenue South and 46th Street East in south Minneapolis for years. A chain-link […]
Design contest draws ideas for vacant Minneapolis site
By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The wave of foreclosures has left the city of Minneapolis owning more than 350 vacant residential properties across the area. Earlier this […]
$205 million contract awarded for Twin Cities light rail line
By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The Metropolitan Council has awarded the first major heavy construction contract for the Central Corridor Light Rail line — a $205 million […]
Nonprofit developer files for Chapter 11
By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Minneapolis-based nonprofit developer Great Neighborhoods! Development Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The nonprofit, formerly known as the American Indian […]
Elections loom large for high-speed rail project
By Paul Snyder High-speed rail advocates are racing the state’s gubernatorial election cycle to line up support for an expanded track network to Green Bay and Minneapolis. “This is not […]
Today’s News
- Wisconsin unions, businesses rally support for Line 5 relocation project
- Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps
- Wisconsin’s starting fixed fee for engineering services gets a bump
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Caroline Heights Apartments turns historic structures into living space
- Wauwatosa Common Council greenlights $400M Barrett Lo apartments at Mayfair Mall
- Kenosha Common Council unanimously passes contractor requirements for public bids
- Old church finds new purpose as St. John’s Lutheran Church converts to affordable housing
- Indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?
- Low Mississippi River limits barge traffic
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids around the state
- Wisconsin contractors urge Kenosha council to delay vote over bidding ordinance
- New reports see mixed bag for construction economy
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)