October 4, 2024
“We’ve got big things to do”: Fall Meeting offers valuable insights, perspective headed into 2025
By Lane Kimble
MADISON, Wis. -- The next 12 months bring the opportunity to work on around 400 new projects and the potential for a massive 67-mile freeway expansion to get the green light. Meanwhile, there’s a significant…
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August Work Zone Safe Wisconsin scholarship winner receives check during Fall Meeting
By Lane Kimble
Carter Roberts can’t test for his driver’s license for a while. He has just two of the 50 behind-the-wheel practice hours required. But the one hour he recently spent learning about the men and women…
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WTBA Board approves three new members
By Lane Kimble
The three newest WTBA members–including a grading and excavation firm, an equipment auction house, and a leadership and business skills training consultant–show the value in being part of a diverse and growing association. Tuesday, the…
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Walbec Group’s freeway paving “blitz” pays off on I-894
By Lane Kimble
MILWAUKEE -- On paper, the idea sounds like a commuter’s worst nightmare: fully close one direction of interstate that carries about 128,000 vehicles a day around Milwaukee for an entire weekend to repave it. Then……
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