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October 1, 2024
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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September 26, 2024
A Tale of Three Challenges: JPS crews race against calendar on US 53
By Lane Kimble
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. -- For the next few weeks, you’ll have to forgive Paul Church if he’s a little preoccupied. “When Mother Nature’s on your side, you can get a lot done," the project manager…
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September 10, 2024
“Talk about it”: Operator’s family hopes sharing tragedy saves lives
By Lane Kimble
EPWORTH, Iowa -- Ty Kronlage loved being outdoors, was popular with his friends and colleagues, and was committed to his job as an operator with Top Grade Excavating; following in his father's footsteps to join…
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August 23, 2024
Hoffman, Antigo Construction join forces to demonstrate how recycling materials makes for a “win-win-win”
By Lane Kimble
RICE LAKE, Wis. -- All this spring and summer, hundreds of piles of rubble – looking like small pyramids – dotted the side of US Highway 53 in northwest Wisconsin. Those piles are quickly disappearing,…
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July 24, 2024
Shining a light on the night: Michels, WTBA show lawmakers I-41 project requires around-the-clock work
By Lane Kimble
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- It was pretty easy to spot a group of five state lawmakers walking the median of I-41 Tuesday night near Appleton -- what with their matching neon yellow reflective vests, pants,…
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July 3, 2024
“Kind of like a symphony”: WTBA members give state lawmakers I-43 worksite tour
By Lane Kimble
MEQUON, Wis. -- With part of her nearby home undergoing renovations, Deb Andraca felt… well… right at home this morning as she walked around a freeway construction project. “It’s always better (when it’s finished), just…
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June 21, 2024
Paving for Planes: Michels’ Dane County airport job comes with hurdles, highlights
By Lane Kimble
MADISON, Wis. -- The size, speed, and sound of jets taking off and landing kind of redefines the idea of work zone “traffic control,” but Bradley Buechel is getting used to it. “If you can…
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June 2, 2024
‘Best part of the job’: Rep. Born gets first-hand look at plant, worksite during tour
By Lane Kimble
TOWN OF BURNETT, Wis. -- Between a tour of a quarry and asphalt plant, a short road trip through a work zone, and a stop outside a church where milling machines rumbled along Highway 26,…
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April 26, 2024
“It takes a village”: WTBA launches Work Zone Safe Wisconsin with statewide media sweep
By Lane Kimble
LODI, Wis. -- If you or your company has an active highway project anywhere between Eau Claire and Green Bay, chances are a WTBA staff member drove through it this week. Covering more than 600…
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March 29, 2024
Interchange with Integrity: How WTBA members are tackling key deadline head-on
By Lane Kimble
LODI, Wis. -- It feels a bit like deja vu for Becky Woller’s Integrity Grading & Excavating crews: shift interstate traffic to the other side of the freeway, tear down a bridge, and build a…
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March 13, 2024
Operating Engineers Local 139 tour shows importance of strong partnership with contractors
By Lane Kimble
COLOMA, Wis. -- Carved out of the woods and sandy soils of central Wisconsin, the Operating Engineers Local 139 Training Center has stood for nearly 50 years. Last Friday marked the first time the center…
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February 23, 2024
“We are so strong as one”: Memorable Annual Convention jump starts 2024 season
By Lane Kimble
CHARLOTTE HARBOR, Fla. -- The theme may have been “Build the Road Tour,” but the 2024 WTBA Annual Convention built something even greater: strength and unity. “You come together as one, we are so powerful……
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C-E Conference draws huge crowd thanks to strong agenda, networking opportunities
By Lane Kimble
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. -- The view from the podium was truly impressive: a sea of people crowded into a huge ballroom with their attention on the stage. It’s the kind of audience WisDOT Secretary Craig…
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December 5, 2023
First-ever PAC Pheasant Hunt generates momentum for legislative efforts
By Lane Kimble
JOHNSON CREEK, Wis. -- You don’t need to break the bank in order to help WTBA maintain a strong presence representing transportation construction builders in the state Capitol. In fact, you don’t even need to…
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November 10, 2023
A ‘critical artery’ now complete: State cuts ribbon on massive Zoo Interchange project
By Lane Kimble
WAUWATOSA, Wis. -- With eight lanes of traffic flowing smoothly over his shoulder, Tony Straseske used a fitting noun to describe the Zoo Interchange project. “People have sacrificed a lot… to deliver this big animal,”…
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November 3, 2023
WTBA members’ work crucial to making northeast Wisconsin corridor safer
By Lane Kimble
HORTONVILLE, Wis. -- There was almost a collective sigh of relief to go along with the applause at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Outagamie County late last week. For a long time, it seemed like…
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October 20, 2023
Retreating Forward: Associate Council Red Crown event inspires attendees to tackle workforce challenges head-on
By Lane Kimble
ARBOR VITAE, Wis. -- What is the single most important thing you did in the last year to make your team better? It’s a question Mike Carr encouraged WTBA Associate Council Fall Retreat attendees to…
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September 14, 2023
“They have to get on the machines”: Brooks Tractor’s Demo Day provides techie test drives
By Lane Kimble
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. -- Contractors from across southeastern Wisconsin got the chance to test drive new tech this week, thanks to a WTBA Associate member. Tuesday, Brooks Tractor’s Mount Pleasant location hosted a Demo Day…
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September 1, 2023
“Thank you for fixing these roads”: Farmer grateful for state’s significant transportation investments
By Lane Kimble
MONROE, Wis. -- Many of the roads around Wisconsin’s farms are filled with potholes, crumbling pavement, and provide precious few feet for tractors and trucks to maneuver. That will soon start to change. “It is…
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August 28, 2023
“All-hands-on-deck effort”: WisDOT, WTBA members stress work zone safety at two events
By Lane Kimble
“In Gottes Namen.” It’s a phrase Jim Griesbach picked up from his grandfather – an old German farmer – who uttered those words every time he entered a field. “Every day, when I walk through…
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