ON THE LEVEL: Antoniewicz helps industry embrace 3D design, innovation
When Alan Antoniewicz first came to construction after decades in the mining and manufacturing industries, he was surprised to see how little use was being made of 3D modeling and similar technologies.
Antoniewicz to retire as Spancrete’s president, COO
Spancrete has announced the retirement of Alan Antoniewicz, president and COO.
Minnesota-based Wells Concrete acquires Waukesha’s Spancrete
Minnesota-based precast supplier Wells Concrete has acquired Spancrete, of Waukesha, the companies announced on Monday.
Spancrete reaches 2-year zero lost time milestone
Spancrete has recorded zero lost time incidents for the last two years across the entire organization, including its three production facilities, global equipment manufacturing and construction trucking and installation services group.
Spancrete promotes Varnadoe to VP of Precast Operations
Spancrete has promoted Erik Varnadoe to vice president of Precast Operations. With the company since 2019, he has more than 15 years of experience across the precast industry.
Spancrete revamps leadership team, promotes from within
Spancrete has promoted Scott Bertschinger to executive vice president, Kimberly Wacker to senior vice president and Todd Backus to senior vice president/CFO.
Suit against Spancrete argues employee bonuses weren’t counted in overtime tally
A lawsuit filed last week argues the Waukesha-based concrete contractor Spancrete should have included employee bonuses when it tallied overtime payments for employees working at the company's manufacturing plant in Valders.
Winters named executive VP at Spancrete
Spancrete, a producer of machinery and pre-stressed building materials, has promoted Jeff Winters to the position of executive vice president.
Foxconn awards $14 million worth of work for first building
Foxconn Technology Group has awarded $14 million worth of work to eight contractors to build the first structure for the company's planned factory in Mount Pleasant.
Business Digest for Nov. 25, 2016
Wangard Partners and Catalyst Construction’s collaboration to promote the growth of the built environment has hit another milestone: graduation.
Business Digest for Jan. 8, 2015
Menomonee Falls-based Moore Construction Services has hired two new employees: Rob Sterr as the estimator/ preconstruction coordinator and Jason Biver as a project superintendent.
Lunda settles with OSHA after deaths on Highway 41 project
Lunda Construction Co. has agreed to pay the Occupational Safety and Health Administration $126,000 as part of a settlement over two deaths connected to the company’s work on U.S. Highway 41.
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- Dane County pledges $1.5M boost Madison homeless shelter
- Construction jobs rise in 45 states over last 12 months
- Matt Moroney steps up as CEO of Wangard Partners
- The trade labor shortage is nothing new, but its impacts are
- Wauwatosa gains $1M for affordable housing through Barrett Lo redevelopment deal
- $700M Brewers stadium overhaul proposal comes with new contracting language
- Wisconsin unions, businesses rally support for Line 5 relocation project
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)