Form & Function: A violation of trust

The heart of the Industrial Revolution pumped fast at the end of the 1800s. The country was expanding its railroads, developing its telephone systems and discovering powered engines.

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Letters to the Editor: Faulty Accusations?

Letters to the Editor

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Work in Progress: Ramaker fights
the freeze for new water park

Yogi Bear would be proud.

And so are Ramaker & Associates Inc., Sauk City, and Badger Swimpools Inc., Prairie du Sac, as they near completion of a 100,000-square-foot water park at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp Resort in Warrens.

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Industry Pulse

Peer Review, Your Honor, On the Horizon, Dotted Line, Milestones, New Ventures, On the Move, Off the Clock, By Design, Best of the Web, In Memoriam.

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Saving Face

Four years ago, former Gov. Tommy Thompson opened his keynote address at the annual meeting of the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin with a version of the following joke:

Three contractors were visiting a tourist attraction on the same day. One was from New York, another from Wisconsin and the third from Minnesota. At the end of the tour, the guard asked what they did for a living. When they all replied that they were contractors, the guard said, "Hey, we need one of the rear fences redone. Why don't you guys take a look at it and give me a bid?" So they all went to the back fence.

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Construction Corner: Archaic policies
won't work in modern times

The construction industry in Wisconsin lags other states with regard to procurement policies. The archaic way of public procurement through multiple primes is unique to our state. Unfor-tunately, a divided industry of large contractors, subcontractors and trade unions has fostered this dinosaur of a practice.

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County Lines: BUILDING BOOM

If anyone needs an indication that the economy is turning around, they need look no further than the recent explosion of construction activity in Sheboygan County.

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City Lights: Elkhart Lake
cheers on Osthoff expansion

All eyes might be on the new Blue Harbor Resort in downtown Sheboygan and its June opening, but another prominent resort in the Sheboygan County area is quietly moving ahead with plans for a major expansion.

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The Last Word: Bearing down on mold

I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce Bear, the first mold-detecting dog in the state.

Originally from Florida, the two-year-old Labrador and German shepherd mix was trained at the Florida Canine Academy, where dogs are also trained to find people and detect drugs and bombs and other weapons.

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