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CUTTING CORNERS: 2 years after fatal Sun Prairie explosion, implicated driller appears to be back in Wisconsin
Jim and Calvin Jensen surveyed an intersection for a job installing fiber optic cable in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, during the summer of 2018. They did not like what they saw. The dense suburb east of Madison had a lot of old buildings, and a web of pipelines was lurkking beneath their feet, Calvin would later tell detectives.
PSC issues $5K fine for digging near gas line
Wisconsin regulators fined a utility contractor last week for nearly striking a gas main in Vernon County, a case that's stirring up questions about whether the state is tough enough on excavators.
Milwaukee Tool plans $26M plant in West Bend (UPDATE)
Milwaukee Tool has announced it will build a new $26 million manufacturing plant in West Bend, a project that follows its plans for a $100 million campus in Menomonee Falls.
Housing, hotels, planned for Sun Prairie explosion site
A consultant's proposal for the redevelopment of a section of downtown Sun Prairie severely damaged in a massive explosion last year calls for the construction of a place where residents and visitors can both live and play in hundreds of new residential units, a boutique hotel, taller buildings and a "Festival Street."
Bill in wake of Sun Prairie blast sends message to subs: Call before you dig, every time
Lawmakers on Thursday aired out a bill that would require subcontractors to call the digger's hotline before excavating -- a measure that seeks to clarify state rules in the wake of a natural gas explosion in Sun Prairie last year.
Utility regulators fine contractor over Sun Prairie explosion
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission on Thursday slapped a contractor with a $25,000 fine for failing to check for utilities before striking a natural-gas line in downtown Sun Prairie and causing an explosion that killed a firefighter.
Ceremony marks 1 year since deadly Sun Prairie explosion
Hundreds of people walked in silence from a Sun Prairie fire station to the city's downtown and the spot where firefighter Cory Barr was killed in a natural gas explosion one year ago.
Loss of farmstead dating to Civil War sign of changes in Sun Prairie
Growth and progress forced Arthur Schneider to move his farm 150 feet to the east. That was in 1956 and was meant to make way for the construction of what is now four-lane Highway 151, one of the primary transportation arteries in southern Wisconsin.
Sun Prairie sues contractors over natural gas explosion
Sun Prairie has filed a lawsuit against two contractors in connection with a deadly natural-gas explosion that hit the city's downtown this past summer.
OSHA fines two contractors who caused deadly explosion in downtown Sun Prairie
Two contractors working in Sun Prairie ahead of an explosion that killed a firefigher and leveled much of the city's downtown last summer have been fined by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration for their role in the blast.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Foxconn, election, building boom make 2018 one for the history books
Perhaps more so than any other year in recent memory, 2018 was momentous for the construction industry in Wisconsin.
No charges in Sun Prairie explosion that killed 1 (UPDATE)
There will be no criminal charges against anyone related to an explosion in a southern Wisconsin city that killed a firefighter and leveled several buildings, the police chief announced Thursday.
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- $700M Brewers stadium overhaul proposal comes with new contracting language
- 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
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)
