Home building remains bright spot
U.S. home construction rose a solid 1.9% in September after having fallen in the previous month, as home building continues as one of the bright spots of the economy.
New-home construction not enough to relieve tight inventories
Even as the number of homes up for sale remains relatively low in both Wisconsin and the U.S., homebuilders are finding themselves blocked by various obstacles whenever they try to add to the supply.
Immigrant workers could help alleviate industry’s labor shortage
For all of Donald Trump's talk of building a border wall and deporting 11 million unauthorized immigrants who are mainly Hispanic, foreigners who are moving to the U.S. are now more likely to come from Asia than from Mexico or Latin America.
Industry official: Supreme Court immigration decision a ‘reminder’ comprehensive reform is needed
At least one national construction group is pointing to a recent Supreme Court vote that effectively blocked President Barack Obama’s immigration-reform plans as yet another reason that Congress should find a way to help ensure more foreigners can work in the U.S. legally.
Today’s News
- Judge halts tree clearing at Potawatomi State Park
- Groundbreaking set for $16M NeuVue mixed-use development in Milwaukee
- Architecture billings score low, but Wisconsin firms remain busy
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of June 29, 2026
- Meta, ABC partner on construction career academy amid data center boom
- The Gund Co. plans 110,000-square-foot expansion in Waukesha
- Milwaukee airport Amtrak project cost doubled since groundbreaking
- Tech giant sues Wisconsin regulator over data center restrictions
- World’s most powerful supercomputer project completed in Wisconsin
- Waukesha to consider final site plan for INNIO expansion
- New Land Enterprises proposes 25-story Milwaukee condo tower
- Civil engineering firm moves into new Cedarburg office
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)











