BMO Harris Breaks Ground On 25-Story Tower in downtown Milwaukee, Wis.

Exact Sciences breaks ground on lab, office expansions in Madison, Wis.

Leading this unprecedented wave of construction are six young, highly talented Marquette University Opus College of Engineering graduates. These engineers are managing many of Milwaukee’s latest signature projects worth more than $1 billion combined. And they’re thrilled to be literally building Milwaukee’s future.Mike Stern, Eng ’10, is a proud Marquette grad who feels a special connection to his current project — the university’s first new residence hall in 50 years, the Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., Commons, which will house 890 freshmen and sophomores when it opens in fall 2018.

Once the new tower is done, Irgens will redevelop BMO’s existing downtown office at 770 N. Water St. and bring new uses to its first floor. The BMO bank branch in the 770 building at Water and Mason streets would become about 7,000 square feet of new retail space and perhaps a hotel lobby. New storefronts and fast-casual restaurants will be added on North Broadway.

The DeForest Area School District was recently honored by the Wisconsin School Public Relations Association (WSPRA) with a Spectrum Award of Excellence for its work in school communications.

Work on a glassy new, 25-story, 360,000-square-foot high rise is about to get underway in Downtown. Crews from J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. and Viet & Co. are securing the BMO Harris Bank parking garage at N. Water St. and E. Wells St. in anticipation of demolishing the garage and erecting the new tower in its place.

The construction firm Findorff last year completed a facility study for Poynette Schools — “an in-depth investigation of not only maintenance but the instructional viability” of the district’s facilities, Shappell said. Big-ticket upgrades would include new roofs, while also enhancing “21st-century learning” opportunities, which could involve bigger classrooms.