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Two Scopes, Two Cranes, One Campus in Milwaukee

Froedtert Hospital is undergoing a major campus expansion that includes a new six-story parking garage with four elevators, three stair towers and a skywalk that links to a new expansion of its main hospital building....

Wed May 31, 2017

Crews Building Arena Make Daily Stretch a Routine

The hundreds of construction workers putting up the new Milwaukee Bucks arena stretch, bend, squat and wiggle — all before 7 a.m. The daily loosening-up regimen is a priority for Minnesota-based Mortenson Construction, which is managing the $524 million project....

Mon April 24, 2017

Streetcar Project Under Way

Construction of a long-debated streetcar track is under way in Milwaukee. WUWM-FM reported that welding has begun, and workers will soon start digging trenches for the tracks. The 2.5 mi. (4 km) project has been divisive from the beginning because of its approximately $128 million cost....