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DEMOLISH RACISM TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE. VOLUME 122 NUMBER 91 ■ DAILYREPORTER.COM Part of the network WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 ■ $2.00 That’s how many bidding opportuni- That’s how many public notices and ties are on dailyreporter.com/jobtrac. PUBLICNOTICES calls for bids are inside today’s edition. 409 92 PAGE 13 BY THE NUMBERS PICKING UP THE PIECES Shaw, former $1.35T Local 139 head, dies at age 91 Seasonally adjusted annual rate of construction spending in April, down 2.9% from the previous month. Nate Beck Source: The Assocaited General Contractors of America [email protected] Donald Shaw Sr., the longtime leader of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, died last week at the age of 91. Shaw was president of Local WHERE'S THE 139, the largest construction WORK? union in Wisconsin, from 1977 until his retirement in 1995. Before being in that position, he had owned and operated a Cleanup work proceeds on Sunday after the windows of the University Bookstore in Madison were broken amid a night of violent protests against police brutality. Demonstrators have been taking to the streets in Wisconsin and successful construction com- other states on recent days to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in pany before selling the compa- Minneapolis on May 25. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP) ny to his employees, according to his obituary. According to Find out who’s getting work around Shaw’s wishes, his family held the state. See our Top Bidders feature. a private funeral service last PAGE 3 week in Greenfield. “He was known for having PIPING UP a stubborn determination and an infectious smile,” accord- Unions object to Waukesha’s considering ing to his obituary. “His family $94M bid for part of larger pipeline project knew him as a patient and gen- erous husband and father who nurtured and enjoyed a special Nate Beck closeness with his family.” [email protected] A native of Park Falls, Shaw ON THE BEAT Over objections from a union By law, we joined the Marine Corps in 1945 Bids are due at 2 p.m. June 23 for group, the Waukesha Common have to go with and served with occupational addition and remodeling work at Council was planning on Tuesday the low bidder. We forces in Japan and China. After the Spring Green police station. to consider a non-union company’s do appreciate the returning from service, he mar- PAGE 5 $94 million offer for part of a proj- ried Lois Ann Phillips in Frank- ect to build a water pipeline to Lake support that we have lin Park, Illinois, in 1953 before Michigan. been given by the the couple returned to Neenah In May, SJ Louis Construction of union. We know that and raised two sons. UPCOMING EVENT Rockville, Minnesota, submitted low In a memo to Local 139 bids for two segments of Waukesha’s they’re unhappy with members, Terry McGowan, the JUNE 11 3PM $284 million project calling for the the results, but we’re union’s president and business WHAT: The Associated Builders and construction of a pipeline to supply manger, remembered Shaw as Contractors of Wisconsin is presenting obligated to follow the city with water from Lake Michi- a leader who hat worked to ad- a webinar on 'COVID-19: The Right Data the law.” to Collect From Your Workforce and the gan. The company’s offers — which vance the interests of the union, Tools to Do It.' came in significantly lower than —Dan Duchniak, although he didn’t shy away from To LEARN MORE: Go to bit.ly/3cywnPP those of its competitors — earned ap- general manager of the controversy. proval from two Waukesha commit- Waukesha Water Utility. “Whenever he spoke of our tees and were scheduled to go before members whether publicly or the full common council for final ap- privately their interests and fi- proval Tuesday evening. violations, contract disputes and oth- nancial well-being was always The non-union contractor’s offers, er difficulties. part of his conversation,” Mc- /TheDailyReporter @DailyReporter however, have drawn the ire of the Waukesha officials initially barred Gowan said. “To me, he was a labor-backed Construction Business the company from bidding on its mentor, a friend, and a labor Group, which argues the company pipeline work, but reversed that de- leader that was bigger than life.” has a track record marred by safety Please see PIPELINE, page 3 PAGE 2 THE DAILY REPORTER WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 Cars travel Interstate 94 near Mount Pleasant on July 6, 2018. In an interview last week with the news service WisconsinEye, Craig Thompson, secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, said declining traffic numbers amid the coronavirus pandemic have allowed the reconstruction of I-94 to advance faster than planned even as it has cost the state about $80 million in lost gas taxes and other transportation revenue this spring. The work on I-94 is now expected to wrap up next month. (File photo by Kevin Harnack) Thompson: COVID has cost WisDOT $80 million this spring Nate Beck place. Thompson said fewer vehicles on choices in the coming months, espe- could be faced a $50 billion road-fund- [email protected] the road means fewer drivers buying cially if the federal government doesn’t ing shortfall as result of the pandemic. Wisconsin Department of Transpor- gas. Title and registration fees also fell step to help with the losses. Lower- Thompson said Wisconsin’s deci- tation Secretary Craig Thompson said sharply during that period. than-expected revenue force the Legis- sion not to stop bidding out the 371 the state’s coronavirus lockdown has WisDOT officials expect the decrease lature to decide if it should trim proj- road projects scheduled for this year cost the agency about $80 million in to cost the state’s transportation fund ects next year, borrow more to pay for could put it in a good position to se- transportation revenue this spring, set- $80 million — a shortfall Thompson planned road projects, or increase fees cure more federal highway money lat- ting up tough choices for how to pay said WisDOT plans to cover by trim- to cover the difference. er ton. In a procedure known as redis- for roads in the years to come. ming $100 million in department ex- However, Thompson said the depart- tribution, the federal government will Thompson discussed the effects of the penses by June 30. ment isn’t considering delaying a project typically take road money allocations pandemic on his department during a If such a drop in revenue continues to rebuild Interstate 39 between Madi- away from states that didn’t use all of interview last week with the news ser- into the state’s next fiscal year, WisDOT son and the Illinois border next year, their allotted money in previous years vice WisconsinEye. Although WisDOT could lose out on between $400 million saying that project is “too far along.” He and give it to states that did. is continuing to bid out infrastructure and $600 million in revenue — a sce- also said he expects work to wrap up in “My thought is hopefully it will put projects this year, a drop in gas-tax rev- nario Thompson said isn’t likely. the next month or so on the Interstate Wisconsin in a good position to get enue and taxes collected from vehicle “A lot of this is going to depend on 94 North-South project between Mil- more federal dollars,” Thompson said. registrations and titles could derail a the duration of the reduction in traffic,” waukee and the Illinois border. But next year’s construction season is biennial budget originally setting aside he said. Meanwhile, federal legislation passed more uncertain. $400 million for road work. Thompson said the department is in response to the coronavirus outbreak “We haven’t reached out and done With Wisconsinites sheltering in still trying to ascertain the effects of the hasn’t included much support for infra- any specific warnings, but we are doing place, traffic numbers fell about 46% pandemic on its budget, and hasn’t yet structure. State highway officials in the a lot of scenario planning about what for passenger vehicles from March presented Gov. Tony Evers with an esti- meantime have urged Congress to help it could mean for next construction 15 to late April. The figure was down mate of the damage. states pay for road work. The Ameri- season if there is no intervening action another 19% in May, even though the A blow to the state’s road budget can Association of State Highway and from the state government or the Fed- state’s stay-at-home order remained in could force lawmakers to make tough Transportation officials estimates states eral government,” he added. www.dailyreporter.com • 414-225-1801 TOTAL NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING fax: 414-276-8057 l email: [email protected] APRIL 2015-APRIL 2020 225 E. Michigan St., Suite 300, Milwaukee WI 53202 Joe Yovino Associate Publisher/Editor ....414-225-1829 POSTMASTER: Electronic Address Change Service Requested, Dan Shaw Managing Editor .......................414-225-1807 Send address changes to: Subscription Services Rich Holevoet JobTrac Manager .............. 414-225-1822 P.O. 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