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Foley Hosts Cat’s ‘In the Trenches’ Tour...16
Crews Move 600-Ton Wall 35 Feet for Milwaukee Theater Project
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT Howell Hosts Sennebogen Demonstration...22
As spectators watched curiously from the street and a nearby parking garage, specialty crews in Wisconsin methodically moved a roughly 600ton, seven-story wall as part of an ongoing restoration of the Warner Grand Theater. Next fall, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will relocate to the Art Deco
Off-Road Trucks Section ..29-45 Snow & Ice Section ..........61-67 Paving Section ..................76-91 Business Calendar..................93 Auction Section.............95-101 Advertisers Index................102
see WALL page 68
Expert House Movers photo
Erb Hosts NAWIC Equipment Rodeo...26
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movie palace — a space that’s proven extremely challenging for construction teams. “Anytime you work on an old building or structure, you never can be certain of its as-built condition,” said Tyler Finkle, International Chimney Corporation project manager. “During each project, the building reveals its secrets, which you have to adapt to one by one, as you
Workers from International Chimney, Expert House Movers and C.D. Smith Construction took their places as the six-hour move got under way.
Michigan Governor Vetoes $375M for Roads LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan won’t be spending $400 million in general funds to boost its roads and bridges after Gov. Whitmer vetoed $375 million from the state budget Sept. 30. Under a budget bill approved on party-line votes Sept. 24, majority Republican lawmakers lauded the record funding level and Democrats criticized it as inadequate. The transportation budget and 14 other spending bills total $44.7 billion in proposed funding. The next budget year begins Oct. 1. “If signed into law, Michigan would [have
spent] more in the coming fiscal year on roads than at any other time in our state’s history,” said Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, citing a net $373 million, or 7.4 percent, boost. “And we’d be doing it without a 45-cent gas tax increase.” The linchpin of Whitmer's budget proposal was a 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax hike, which is dead. It would have generated $1.9 billion more for roads than is called for under current law. She and legislators tabled long-term roadfunding talks to focus on the budget, then also
hit an impasse on short-term road spending during budget negotiations. Democrats opposed using $400 million in general funds — a routine practice in recent years, but one they said is a Band-Aid approach that effectively hurts other spending, including on education. Michigan ranks second to last nationally in per-capita road spending. Whitmer has warned that without a major investment, the number of roads in poor condition will double, from 22 percent to 44 percent, in the next five years.