A Wausau alderman contends that if construction companies had been more willing to blow the whistle, alleged irregularities in the city’s bidding procedures might have surfaced sooner.

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A construction contractor and Middleton officials together scored a win in court over the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, but the company’s president says his price of victory was about three times more than the city’s.

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The Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin may not have succeeded in fighting city hall, but the organization’s lawsuit against Middleton made clear the group is willing to take a swing.

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Bret Newcomb could forestall further legal action against his company by pushing ahead as quickly as possible with the construction of a Middleton public works building.

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Dane County Judge Peter Anderson decided Monday that the procedures used to award a contract for a new public works building in Middleton probably were unlawful.

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In suing the city of Middleton over its bidding procedures, the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin is doing something it has not done in at least two decades.

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When Middleton officials stipulated that only members of a particular trade group could build a proposed public works garage using a method known as tilt-up concrete, the city limited the number of companies that could compete for the work.

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A Dane County judge has extended until at least May 5 a temporary restraining order barring the construction of a public works building in Middleton following a daylong hearing in a lawsuit against the city.

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The city of Middleton’s top engineering official is warning that the day is approaching when an ongoing lawsuit will deprive the city of the time it needs to construct a public works building and still meet a deadline for vacating the old structure.

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A Dane County judge has halted construction of a Middleton public works building until the courts can decide if the city was right not to award the project to the lowest bidder.

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