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Unscientific evidence
points to active,
but not record-making, year
We've
been subjected in the past few months to poll upon poll, all
rightly saying election results were too close to call.
Well,
2001 is not too close to call. Based on unscientific evidence,
we present our optimistic forecast that 2001 will be a pretty
good year for the construction community - not a record year
but an active year.
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Industry takes active
roll in
trade-school curriculum
Representatives
from every end of the industry have pulled together to create
the Lynde and Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School in Milwaukee
to refill Wisconsin's shallow construction labor pool.
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Staying the course
The economy
is robust, and most contractors have more work than they know
what to do with. But will the construction market falter as the
industry heads into next year?
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Construction issues
figure
prominently in upcoming session
The upcoming
2001-2002 session of the state Legislature will arrive packed
with fledgling bills that could impact nearly every facet of
the construction industry.
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Merit shop group lists
safety,
training as new year's top priorities
Ask John
Mielke about upcoming labor issues for 2001 and he'll quickly
point out that labor is not synonymous with union.
"We
look at labor issues as different from union issues," said
the director of government affairs for Associated Builders and
Contractors of Wisconsin.
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Unions to focus
on
training, safety next year
Talk to
union representatives about the coming year's issues and the
usual suspects surface: prevailing wage enforcement, the skilled-worker
shortage and project labor agreements, to name a few.
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Land-use issues
to hold
the industry's attention next year
The construction
industry went to work in 2000, joining and even influencing debate
on several key development issues. Now that many of the bills
have become law - a list that includes Smart Growth, Comm 83
and wetland tradeoffs - the industry can focus on how those laws
apply to construction projects and how they have opened doors
for expansion.
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