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Moving a building is Childs’ play
A nondescript, two-story, beige and brown brick building at 502 W. Main St. in Madison, that until recently housed a flower shop, sold for about the price of a few gallons of gas. A good deal, right? Sure, until you read the fine print: You buy it, you move it.
Commentary: Not everyone cashes in on casino projects
It’s not really about a casino, it’s about jobs.
Hotel boom could lead to doom for downtown Milwaukee market
Downtown Milwaukee’s hotel market can sustain more new rooms, says the man behind what will be the third hotel to open there in less than a year.
Hey PR people, I already have a mom
My mom always told me to “listen to your mother,” though she never sent me a press release stressing the point.
Halting raids keeps transportation moving
Over the years, Wisconsin’s transportation budget has been subjected to stale federal regulations and frequent in-state raids.
Mining bill needs a penalty flag
Odds are there will be a new mining bill. But the quickly, jobs and money part? Those will have to wait.
13 construction apps for 2013
Contrary to popular assumptions, the leaders of construction companies don’t have their heads in the clouds.
It’s a great day for (insert city, company)
It’s 11:01 a.m. Thursday. Northwestern Mutual Vice President of Communications and Corporate Affairs Kimberley Goode strides to a makeshift lectern in the white marble lobby of the company’s 100-year-old world headquarters in Milwaukee.
From tragedy comes technology. All a Twitter: Social media leads to construction business success
To be the best, you have to tweet with the best.
A new tool in the fight against pothole-pallooza
By Joe Yovino
Web editor
Meet the Pothole Killer -- it can fill a hole in 60 seconds with a much smaller crew.
Local rail focus a streetcar to nowhere
By Joe Yovino
Web editor
This week's scorecard: Streetcar 1, common sense 0 (regional rail forfeited).
Today’s News
- $24M mixed-use development breaks ground
- Supervisor calls for referendum on Milwaukee County Courthouse revamp
- $19M mixed-use project tackles city’s biggest issues
- US existing home sales unexpectedly fall in June
- Milwaukee Water Street nightlife locations for sale
- Milwaukee mayor favors improving I-794 freeway over removal
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 13, 2026
- 200-unit apartment project wins 2nd city endorsement
- ON THE LEVEL: Josh Brown takes the torch at Bliffert Lumber
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Tom’s Drive In nears completion in Fond du Lac
- Computing facility dropped from Midtown Center redevelopment in Milwaukee
- Delayed Bay View development reaches Milwaukee Common Council
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)