11.27.2024
WTBA, APW negotiate deal removing quarry metal sampling requirement
Quarry operators no longer need to submit metals sampling under a recent settlement WTBA and the Aggregate Producers of Wisconsin (APW) negotiated with the Wisconsin DNR. Instead, a specific set of agreed-upon quarries will submit…
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11.22.2024
FHWA issues nationwide DBE guidance for contractors, DOTs following lawsuit
State DOTs and contractors should prepare to see Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals on some projects fall to 0%, at least for now. That’s based on new guidance the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued this…
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11.20.2024
Operating Engineers draw hundreds for “top-notch” fall Externship Days
COLOMA, Wis. -- The alarm clocks went off well before sunrise Tuesday morning in Peshtigo. Yawning, a group of high schoolers was out the door and on the road by 6:30 a.m. Not a bad…
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11.13.2024
State’s first major Design Build project produces “spectacular” Lone Rock bridges
LONE ROCK, Wis. -- Two beautiful new bridges spanning a scenic stretch of the Wisconsin River in southwest Wisconsin are something of a dichotomy. They’re built to last a very long time. And yet, the…
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