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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11.26.2024
Record-setting travel predicted for Thanksgiving weekend as construction winds down
The roads and bridges WTBA members design, build, and maintain will be quite busy this holiday weekend. AAA predicts 1.6 million people in Wisconsin will travel at least 50 miles, which is a new record. …
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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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