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TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids around the state
Top Bidders included Vinton Construction, Southport Engineered Systems and G-Pro Excavating.
Judge sides with contractor who fought union fund’s suit seeking employee records
A federal judge has sided with an electrical contractor who fought to block a union benefit fund from obtaining non-union employee records as part of a routine audit.
Contractor fearing union ‘intimidation’ stonewalls audit, lands in court battle
An electrical contractor is in court after fears over possible union intimation led him to refuse to turn over employee records sought as part of a routine audit request.
Veterans can find plenty of work in the trades
On this Veterans Day, trade industry leaders are saying that soldiers who are returning to civilian life should not have any trouble finding a career in the trades.
Bills seek to restore bidding preferences for minorities, disabled veterans
Ever since the state adopted single-prime bidding, complaints have abounded that the new system has sapped bidding preferences aimed at giving a boost to business owned by minorities or disabled veterans.
State’s bidding system threatens preferences
Wisconsin’s new system of awarding construction contracts has left minority and disabled-veteran business owners in danger of losing their advantage when bidding for state projects.
Disabled-veteran-owned businesses adjusting to new law
Several companies are going through the registration process that will let them take advantage of a new law directing state spending toward businesses owned by disabled veterans.
Problems out of gate with new single-prime system
The state’s new method of managing construction projects has stumbled right off the blocks.
Business owner questions state bid practices
The same day a legislative committee approved a bill to direct more state spending to disabled-veteran-owned businesses, a disabled veteran said he would have won a contract if the state’s bidding procedures were clearer.
Lawmakers set goal to hire more disabled-veteran-owned businesses
Scott Flaugher attributes the majority of his business to his status as the disabled-veteran owner of an electrical contracting company.
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- Northwestern Mutual’s $500M overhaul a boon for Milwaukee residents
- BUILDING BLOCKS: University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh Clow Social Science Center renovation
- Madison takes center stage in the world of highway safety
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids around the state
- Milwaukee Plan Commission approves shorter, denser New Land apartments
- Milwaukee County breaks ground on first health and human services center
- Where are the homes? Glaring need for housing construction underlined by Century 21 CEO
- Lawmakers block update for new commercial building standards
- 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
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)
