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Infrastructure expansion sparks new clarification bill targeting roadbuilders and utilities
A bill seeking to have WisDOT compensate contractors for transportation project delays has support from both utilities and roadbuilders.
Presque Isle retired, 2 new UP power plants now operating
The Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group has shut down its Presque Isle coal-fired power plant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and is replacing the electric-generation site with two natural gas-fired power plants, the holding company said.
Pollution standards could pinch businesses
By Sean Ryan Utilities and businesses are claiming the state is digging too deeply into their wallets to prevent polluted water from entering lakes and streams. The Wisconsin Natural Resources […]
Clean Energy Jobs Act unknowns put lawmakers on edge
By Paul Snyder The mystery surrounding changes to the state’s Clean Energy Jobs Act is sowing distrust among lawmakers who fear new policy with no input. “I don’t have a […]
Methane pipeline project would connect Jones Island, Muskego landfill
By Sean Ryan Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District engineers are trying to line up an alternative methane pipeline route to avoid the trouble of building through a dense urban area. “The […]
Sauk City stops Highway 12 expansion
By Paul Snyder Sauk City refuses to let the state expand Highway 12 within village borders until someone comes up with more than $1 million to move the sewer, water […]
Pipe problems plague older communities
By Sean Ryan Franklin can afford to wait as its neighbor to the north scrambles for money to deal with a growing roster of water pipe replacement projects. “We really […]
News from around Wisconsin (9:08 p.m. 11/2/09)
Wisconsin PSC approves utility’s biomass plan WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin utility’s latest plan to replace coal with logging waste and dead trees as its primary fuel to […]
Wisconsin PSC approves utility’s biomass plan (11:57 a.m. 11/2/09)
ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has approved a utility’s latest plan to replace coal and use logging residue and dead trees as the primary fuel to […]
Oconomowoc review stands between Dorner, city job
Sean Ryan [email protected] Dorner Inc.’s low bid for an Oconomowoc utility project is testing the subjectivity of a city safety review that determines if a contractor is qualified. Oconomowoc established […]
Wisconsin utilities leave home for wind work
Paul Snyder [email protected] Wisconsin utilities have a track record of building, operating and maintaining their own wind farms, leaving independent producers little reason to build in the state. But when […]
Minnesota wind farm prompts Wisconsin vote
Elizabeth Dunbar and Todd Richmond AP Writers Madison — State regulators plan to vote Thursday on a Wisconsin utility’s plans to build a massive wind farm in southern Minnesota. Wisconsin […]
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- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement 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)
