Clearing the chunks
[caption id="attachment_59694" align="alignnone" width="345" caption="Dominic Cusatis (foreground) and Marcus Cusatis (in excavator) of Arrow-Crete Construction LLC, West Allis, team up to remove chunks of concrete Sept. 27 in the 4400 block of West National Avenue in West Milwaukee. The work was in preparation for new concrete. (Photo by David La Haye)"][/caption]
Supporting role
[caption id="attachment_59649" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mike Middle of Poblocki Sign Co. LLC, West Allis, uses a cutting torch Thursday outside Miller Park in Milwaukee to create supports for a sign that was removed from above the stadium’s video board. Removing the Miller Park sign was among the first steps in a project to install a new high-definition scoreboard. General contract[...]
The OSHA report
OSHA reports • Shingles Etc. Inc., Pleasant Prairie, must pay a $1,050 scaffolding citation, a $600 fall-protection citation and two ladders citations, totaling $2,100, because the period to contest the […]
The OSHA report
OSHA reports • Avila’s Construction LLC, Milwaukee, must pay a $750 fall-protection citation, a $750 fall-protection-training citation and a $600 ladders citation because the period to contest the violations has […]
Backfill duty
[caption id="attachment_58448" align="alignnone" width="344" caption="Mike Stanton, a front end loader operator for Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., New Berlin, backfills a trench Aug. 24 in the 1800 block of South 60th Street in West Allis. (Photo by David La Haye)"][/caption]
Plan to repeal West Allis site review rules draws fire
By Joe Lanane A West Allis alderman wants to repeal the city’s architectural and site review requirements for new residential projects, but another city official says that would open the […]
The OSHA report
OSHA reports • Goike Exteriors LLC, Madison, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation and a $600 fall-protection-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was […]
Making his mark
[caption id="attachment_57787" align="alignnone" width="345" caption="Jim Wener, owner of J. Daniel Remodeling Co., Milwaukee, prepares a piece of drywall Aug. 23 to be cut for a new soffit for an office building at 54th Street and Lincoln Avenue in West Allis. (Photo by David La Haye)"][/caption]
It’s a blast
[caption id="attachment_56805" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Eric Cortes (left) and Joaquin Rubio of Poblocki Paving Corp., West Allis, pressure wash a newly poured portion of stamped, decorative concrete July 27 at Aurora Family Service Inc., 3200 West Highland Blvd. in Milwaukee. (Photo by David La Haye)"][/caption]
The OSHA report
OSHA reports • Full Spectrum Building Components Inc., Edgerton, must pay a $375 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation […]
County caught between large and small tax bills
Sean Ryan [email protected] Forgiving $29,900 in back taxes on a contaminated half-acre in West Allis is the only way Milwaukee County can avoid a $150,000 demolition bill for a building […]
Overstimulated cities return road money
By Sean Ryan Low bids for local road projects are reversing the flow of stimulus payments as cities and counties kick surplus federal money back to the state. “I don’t […]
Today’s News
- Irgens starts apartment construction at Milwaukee County Research Park
- ABC of Wisconsin hits membership milestone
- More construction unions get behind Crowley
- Appeals Court restores Act 10 collective bargaining law
- Land use, zoning changes approved for Rockwell Automation in New Berlin
- $61M corporate headquarters planned in Brookfield
- Wisconsin expands recertification process for DBE firms
- Dangerous tornadoes hit the western Fox Cities
- Fraser and HD Hyundai eye Superior shipyard for modernization
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 27
- Interstate 41 work continues with $167M contract
- Sixth Street roundabout in Milwaukee could be reworked (UPDATED)
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)






