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State awards VJS $79.3M contract for UW-Milwaukee’s chemistry building
State officials have awarded VJS Construction a $79.3 million contract to oversee the construction of a new chemistry building for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
VJS low bidder with $79.3M offer on overhaul of UW-Milwaukee chemistry building
VJS Construction is the low bidder on the main contract for a $130 million project to build a new chemistry building at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
State identifies successful MEP bidders for UW-Milwaukee chemistry building
The state has awarded subcontracts for part of a nearly $130 million project to replace the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee‘s chemistry building. The Wisconsin Department of Administration announced on Thursday that […]
Milwaukee County supervisors hit pause on research center over environmental concerns
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors hit pause on Thursday on a developer's plan to replace plans for a university research center with a private business park over concerns the project might harm the surrounding environment.
UW-Milwaukee students vote against renovation project
UW-Milwaukee students have voted against a proposed student-fee increase that would have helped pay for renovations to the 60-year-old Student Union building. Students voted 8,856-6,570 against the $124-per-semester fee increase. The referendum […]
Take it from the top
Looking down from atop a 233-foot tower crane, the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center stands under construction Oct. 25 on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus.
Walker, Barrett support Milwaukee start-up model
Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are teaming up in another rare show of bipartisan support in hopes of stimulating business growth in Milwaukee.
Projects are a labor of love for Oldenburg
Roberta Oldenburg didn’t plan on working in the construction industry.
UWM gets rezoning approval for Columbia St. Mary’s campus
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Tuesday received approval from Common Council to rezone the former Columbia St. Mary’s campus from detailed planned development to institutional.
Neighborhood groups take UWM’s word on campus expansion
Hope and a promise are all east side neighborhood associations have that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will control student disturbances after the Columbia St. Mary campus expansion.
UWM gets zoning change
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Tuesday received approval from city officials to rezone the former Columbia St. Mary’s campus from detailed planned development to institutional.
UWM moves forward with redevelopment plan
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is accepting letters of interest for architects/engineers to begin work on a redevelopment plan for the Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital – Columbia Campus.
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- Wauwatosa shops for specialty grocer
- Wisconsin allocates nearly $50M in tax credits for housing projects
- Contractors eager to fill positions as open construction jobs tick up to 259,000
- Wisconsin awards $130,000 for construction and trade worker training
- Milwaukee manufacturer plans expansion with data center growth
- Megaprojects push Milwaukee construction costs above U.S. average
- Brown County drops data center moratorium proposal
- Cobalt Partners share North Shore Library development plans
- Zignego Co. scores $45M highway contract at start of construction season
- New Berlin residents cold on Rockwell Automations plan
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | June 1
- WisDOT studying redesign of Walker’s Point interchange
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)