CTA's Red and Purple Modernization project has already netted improvements for transit riders, but the project, along with CTA's Red Line Extension, now face a federal funding freeze.
The Chicago Bears will seek $855 million in public funding to pay for infrastructure at a $2-billion stadium they plan to build in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, Ill.
Nicholas "Nick" Viviano of Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp. is one of ENR Midwest's Top Young Pros for 2026.
A joint venture of AECOM Hunt and Turner Construction Company has been selected as construction managers for the new $2.4-billion Cleveland Browns stadium to be built in suburban Brook Park.
A joint venture of AECOM Hunt and Turner Construction Company has been selected as construction managers for the new $2.4-billion Cleveland Browns stadium to be built in suburban Brook Park.
Construction has started on a 13-story mass timber building to be used for student housing in Columbus, Ohio.
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Work continues on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park that now is expected to open next spring.
The Ohio Dept. of Transportation has reversed its denial of a construction permit for a 67,000-seat stadium that the Cleveland Browns are seeking to build in Brook Park, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.
Three projects, including Chicago's Damen Green Line Station, have been selected as finalists in the 2025 ENR Midwest Best Project contest.
This concept plan shows how housing and other facilities would be laid out for the men's prison proposed in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Helm Group played a key role in completion of the turnkey electrical installation for Kish Solar, a 2-MW solar field in Cherry Valley, Ill.
Project-specific safety strategies that went beyond standard protocols were implemented for construction of the Osborne Legacy Complex at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, a 315,000-sq-ft expansion of Memorial Stadium.
The proposed 375-mile-long Bakken East Pipeline would transport natural gas from the west side of North Dakota to the east side.
BLULabs is a 40,000-sq-ft innovation and modular design and construction facility in Fridley, Minn.
Palisades will be the first nuclear plant in U.S.
Construction has started on Concourse D at O’Hare International Airport with AEOCOM Hunt Clayco Bowa as Construction Manager At-Risk for the $1.3 billion project.
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A subcontractor for a $750-million data center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, being built and operated by QTS, is being penalized for creating 40 unpermitted wells on the site.
Ameren Illinois’ Central Illinois Grid Transformation Program will add 380 miles of 345-kV lines and three new substations, with upgrades to five others across 13 counties.
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The Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) recently opened a new customer service center in Newberry, Mich. which is among the projects selected to win a 2025 Midwest Best Project Award.
The Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) recently opened a new customer service center in Newberry, Mich. which is among the projects selected to win a 2025 Midwest Best Project Award.
Delayed completion of the 1.5-mile cable-stayed span to connect Detroit and Windsor, Ont., the Gordie Howe International Bridge, was forecast in 2022.
Delayed completion of the 1.5-mile cable-stayed span to connect Detroit and Windsor, Ont., the Gordie Howe International Bridge, was forecast in 2022.
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Headquarters building is seen above of Greenwood, Ind.-based ERMCO, an employee-owned enterprise specializing in electrical, systems and automation services, which ENR Midwest has named Specialty Contractor of the Year for 2025.
Intel announced in a July 24 earnings call that it would further slow construction of semiconductor manufacturing plants in Ohio.
Photo courtesy of Intel Corp.
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Showing off the copper roof and other elements of the Pittsfield Building in Chicago, Tom Liravongsa has attracted millions of social media followers interested in his redevelopment plan for the nearly 100-year-old structure.
A new, wider bridge is being built to replace the 1930s-era Blackhawk Bridge that will be demolished earlier than expected.
Photo courtesy of Kraemer North America
Defendant and former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore leaves the Dirksen U.S.
Defendant and former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore leaves the Dirksen U.S.
In the Cab Lisa Lamons, safety training and DOT director for Concrete Strategies, says computer-based training followed by hands on skills evaluations or computer-based skills evaluation, on-the-job training and a driver qualification file review are done before a driver takes to the road.
In the Cab Lisa Lamons, safety training and DOT director for Concrete Strategies, says computer-based training followed by hands-on or computer-based skills evaluations, on-the-job training and a qualification file review are done before a driver takes to the road.
New firm CEO John Finn (center) was promoted from chief operating officer and president of the contractor’s California subsidiary.
Ground improvement has been growing as an alternative to driven piles such as those shown here, noted the federal judge presiding over Keller North America's lawsuit against rival Berkel & Co.
Four W14x1000 steel columns were installed at the bracing core at the base of the tower portion of the hospital.
Enabling columbus oh dump truck work for a $2.2-billion patient tower to be built by University of Iowa Healthcare on its Iowa City campus will include demolition of several structures including the pictured water tower.
A 23-year-old was struck by the bucket of an excavator and died from his injuries at a Michigan Dept. of Transportation project in southeast Michigan.
A dispute over rebar coating on flood control structures was resolved and a financial settlement hammered out for huge project in North Dakota.
A dispute over rebar coating on flood control structures was one of many issues resolved when a financial settlement was hammered out for the huge project in North Dakota.
Chicago has issued permits for the demolition of the Damen Silos, a local landmark linked to the city's historic role in the grain industry.
Contractor Kraemer North American broke ground in October 2023 on a steel through truss bridge that will cross the Mississippi River.
Ryan Cos. built Vyne on Haven, a 200-unit luxury condo building that meets pent- up demand for transit-linked development in Elmhurst, Ill.
A Kentucky civil rights attorney has filed a lawsuit against Walsh-Kokosing JV, the Ohio Dept. of Transportation alleging that he was unfairly shut out of a DBE position on the $3.6-billion project.
The Cleveland Browns want to build a $2.4 billion stadium in suburban Cleveland.
A turbine blade was part of a Black & Veatch safety incident report on a 2019 wind farm project. Photo: federal court exhibit by Black & Veatch
Firefighters columbus oh dump truck work to extinguish flames under the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge in Cincinnati on Nov. 1, 2024.
Photo courtesy of Cincinnati Fire Dept.
Starting in the fall, a new $95.2 million, 55,700-sq-ft international terminal will be built at Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport.
Rendering above depicts how the Soo Locks will look once the New Lock at the Soo is complete in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
A 27-year-old construction worker was killed and another was critically injured on a gymnasium project at Potterville High School in Michigan when steel trusses fell on the aerial lift they were in.
The new Brent Spence Bridge will be a cable-stayed, double-decker structure.
Rendering courtesy of Ohio Dept. of Transportation/Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
The new Brent Spence Bridge will be a cable-stayed, double-decker structure.
Rendering courtesy of Ohio Dept. of Transportation/Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
The Kansas City Royals had hoped to build a $2-billion baseball district in Kansas City before voters rejected a sales tax increase proposed in 2024 to help fund it.
Jacobs will provide design, engineering and environmental services for the new advanced combat aircraft manufacturing facility at Boeing Defense, Space and Security Campus near St.
A photo from GWC Injury Lawyers, who represents the family of deceased project construction engineer David O'Donnell, shows te location of the alleged failure of scaffolding at a University of Chicago Medical Center project occurred.
Fentress Architects was designer on the Tom Brady International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport
Photo (slightly cropped) courtesy Fentress Architects/Nick Merrick Hall+Merrick Photographers
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will soon begin undergoing a $1.6-billion terminal modernization plan.
Construction has begun on a $1.45-billion, 60-mile pipeline to supply water to Joliet, Illinois' third largest city and other nearby communities.
Populous is designer on the 1.35-million-sq-ft Buffalo Bills football stadium project in Buffalo, N.Y., which broke ground in May 2023.
Rendering courtesy of Buffalo Bills
The Chicago Blackhawks are building a $65-million ice arena expansion that they expect to draw 1.5-million visitors a year to Chicago's west side.
The planned $650-million soccer stadium for the Chicago Fire will be entirely self-funded by the team's owner Joe Mansueto.
Rendering sketch courtesy the Chicago Fire
Illinois has acquired 50 acres of landed needed for a $1.2 billion project to keep Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes.
Ryan Companies is the developer of Highland Bridge, a 122-acre mixed-use site in Saint Paul, Minn.
Ryan Companies is the developer of Highland Bridge, a 122-acre mixed-use site in Saint Paul, Minn.
The owners of Chicago's Trump Tower and Hotel, seen here, center, on the right bank of the Chicago River, reached a $4.8-million settlement to resolve claims its water cooling system threatens fish and aquatic life.
A Minnesota paving and construction Charlotte NC dump trucks company has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle claims that it falsified paving material test results to make it appear of higher quality.
The final phases of the Mammoth Solar facility being built by Bechtel in northwest Indiana will allow for agricultural uses upon completion expected in 2027.
Construction restarted on Bally's $1.7-billion casino, which had been stopped by officials because of use of a vendor with previous alleged ties to organized crime.
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The project's design team includes Milwaukee-based Continuum Architects + Planners, working with Detroit-based architect SmithGroup and Brookfield, Wis.-based MEPT consultants Ring & DeChateau.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sped up the timeline for environmental review of Enbridge Energy's proposed Line 5 Tunnel Project in Michigan, which will carry oil and natural gas liquids across the Straits of Mackinac, following President Donald Trump's '"energy emergency" executive order that 15 Democratic-run states are suing to throw out
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sped up the timeline for environmental review of Enbridge Energy's proposed Line 5 Tunnel Project in Michigan, which will carry oil and natural gas liquids across the Straits of Mackinac, following President Donald Trump's '"energy emergency" executive order that 15 Democratic-run states are suing to throw out
The planned Grain Belt Express line would carry power from Kansas to interconnection points for other grid regions.
Map courtesy Invenergy
Workers who fell into wet concrete when a bridge collapsed in 2022 near Kansas City, Mo.
The Illinois Gaming Board is investigating use of an unauthorized subcontractor to haul waste at Bally's Chicago Casino under construction in the city's River West neighborhood.
The CPKC Stadium opened in downtown Kansas City in 2024, a memorable day for Chris and Angie Long.
The Upper Falls at Tahquamenon Falls State Park is one of the attractions that draws 500,000 visitors a year to the park.
Churchill Downs is pausing $900 million in construction projects it had planned at the racetrack because of rising construction costs related to tariffs and a slowing economy.
A program attempting to repair vacant, derelict buildings in St. Louis has been shut down due to allegations of civil rights violations against property owners and fraud.
Equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. has seen growth in its auctions and in subscriptions to its wholly-owned pricing data service, Rouse Services, as consolidation in the rental industry has continued over the last two decades.
In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, a fire set by protesters burns in the background as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp near Cannon Ball, N.D.
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith, who has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for embezzling $44 million from the conservancy, addresses a large crowd before a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official opening of the Uniroyal Promenade along the Detroit Riverwalk on Oct.
STV has been selected as project manager/construction manager and AECOM Hunt - Skanska with HOK has been named the design/build team for a $575-million terminal modernization program at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport in Erlanger, Ky.
An Enbridge Energy "Warning: Petroleum Pipeline" sign at the site of the Line 5 oil pipeline site at the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Alex Powers (center) of Archers Daniels Midland won the top spot in a construction-related drone competition.
Photo by ENR
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was among executives directing its plans to build data centers in central Ohio that are now on hold.
Photo courtesy Microsoft Corp.
SmithGroup designed the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and Health Center, a $68-million recreation center and health clinic in Racine, Wisc.
Photo courtesy of SmithGroup
A 60-ton Kenworth Long Boon National Crane, valued at $500,000, was stolen in Ohio. in what owners suspects was a planned heist.
Photo courtesy of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Chicago-area contractor owner is charged with providing $325K in gifts in exchange for $52M in change orders on renovation columbus oh dump truck work at the 30th Street rail station in Philadelphia.
Russ Burns, chairman of the board of Chicago contractor Clayco, died March 20 of cancer, the firm said.
Photo courtesy of Clayco
Collage illustration by Scott Hilling/ENR, background quote bubbles by Getty Images
A North Dakota jury has awarded Energy Transfer $660 million in damages after finding that Greenpeace encouraged defamation, trespassing and other illegal actions by protestors opposed to the Dakota Access Pipelin.
Four Lakes Task Force says the Edenville Dam project could be completed in 2027.
Photo courtesy Four Lakes Task Force
Chicago is asking Charlotte NC dump truck contractor to take 3% off the agreed-upon price of invoices for signed contracts with the city.
Carpenter crews install formwork for what will become the lock’s culvert, the main conduit that allows water to flow into and out of the lock chamber.
Wieland, a supplier of copper and copper alloys used in EVS, is building a $500-million manufacturing facility on a tight site in East Alton, Ill.
Illinois has postponed a property closing that could impact future columbus oh dump truck work on a $1.2 billion project to keep Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.
Chris and Angie Long, owners of the professional women's soccer team, the Kansas City Current have been named ENR Midwest's Owner of the Year for 2025.
Chicago-based Clayco has elevated Anthony Johnson to CEO. He had been executive vice president and industrial business unit president.
Carpenter crews install formwork for what will become the lock’s culvert, the main conduit that allows water to flow into and out of the lock chamber.
In the industry since the 1970s, Conner has been named Midwest Legacy Awardee for 2025.
Photo courtesy of American Structurepoint
The Minnesota Dept. of Human Rights has joined a lawsuit against Absolute Drywall, which claims the firm did nothing when a worker complained of sexual harassment and rape by a co-worker and was fired after reporting it.
Construction continues in February on Intel's $28-billion project building two fabs in Licking County, Ohio.
Photo courtesy Intel Corp.
Chicago's $830 million borrowing plan includes improvements and maintenance for transit bridges.
Photo by Getty Images/ozgurdonmaz
Chicago's $830 million borrowing plan includes improvements and maintenance for transit bridges.
Photo by Getty Images/ozgurdonmaz
Ozinga's distinctive red and white ready-mix trucks serve markets in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and South Florida.
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. and Veolia North America had both worked on water-related issues for the city of Flint, Mich.
Two Minnesota-based construction associations and a contractor are suing to stop a aw that would impose stiff penalties for construction industry employers and owners who misclassify employees.
The 1901 project is a 15-year plan to redevelop mostly empty parking-lot space near Chicago's United Center arena. Photo courtesy of the 1901 Project
Flanked by supporters and holding hands with his daughter.
Sinkholes have emerged for years in State Road 2 in northern Ohio, located over former underground gypsum mines belonging to USG.
Repairs to the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge completed 100 days after a fire damaged part of it.
Photo courtesy Ohio Dept. of Transportation
Collage illustration by Scott Hilling/ENR, background quote bubbles by Getty Images
An $8.5-million settlement has been reached in the wrongful death of a 61-year-old construction worker in St.
An $8.5-million settlement has been reached in the wrongful death of a 61-year-old construction worker in St.
A employee on a jobsite died from injuries suffered while working with pipe-driver. Image: BNP Art Dept.
A employee on a jobsite died from injuries suffered while working with pipe-driver.
Image: BNP Art Dept.
A concrete subcontractor on the Obama Presidential Center is alleging racial discrimination against Thornton Tomasetti.
Photo courtesy of Trent Sprague/Chicago Tribune/TNS
A concrete subcontractor on the Obama Presidential Center is alleging racial discrimination against Thornton Tomasetti.
Photo courtesy of Trent Sprague/Chicago Tribune/TNS
The Randall Community Water District is building a $105-million water pipeline in South Dakota.
A construction worker fell down a ventilation shaft Jan.
The City of Milwaukee has selected a team of C.D. Smith Construction and Thornton Tomasetti to develop and build both The Edison, a 32-story residential tower (pictured), and The Marcus Center, a multi-use development that would feature a residential tower that would have 55 stories.
Clayco is launching Clayco Compute, a new business unit focused on advanced technology columbus oh dump truck work such as a quantum computing campus in Chicago.
With the new bridge in place, commuters now have direct access to and from I-35 to U.S.
Photo courtesy Alvine and Associates Inc., Omaha
Sam Haberman
Image courtesy of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority
One portion of a $3.3 billion Microsoft Data Center in Mount Pleasant, Wis.
The 2.34-MW Byron nuclear plant in Ogle County, Ill. is among the Constellation Energy facilities set for capacity extension, with 135 MW to be added, the Charlotte NC dump trucks company said in 2023.
GSA inks $1B+ ‘historic’ deal with Constellation Energy for nuclear power supply to 13 federal agencies from its northeast and midwest plants such as the 2.35-MW Byron facility in Illinois here, now being uprated in capacity.
Willis "Rick" Conner, CEO/partner at American Structurepoint, has been named ENR Midwest's Legacy Awardee for 2025.
Photo courtesy of American Structurepoint
OhioHealth plans to build a comprehensive cancer center at its headquarters across from Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Rendering courtesy OhioHealth
A former Pillsbury Charlotte NC dump trucks company building in Minneapolis seen before its conversion to artist lofts is one successful project on the resume of Todd Novak, who has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against his former employer, RCP Architects, alleging financial mismanagement.
A former Pillsbury Charlotte NC dump trucks company building in Minneapolis seen before its conversion to artist lofts is one successful project on the resume of Todd Novak, who has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against his former employer, RCP Architects, alleging financial mismanagement.
Workers place concrete for the final sequential lift to complete the first of 50 downstream monoliths being built as part of the Kentucky Lock Addition project.
A fire damaged seven girders and a 7,600-sq-ft section of deck on the southbound approach of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge in Cincinnati.
Photo courtesy Ohio Dept.
Intel's Ohio One project site in Licking County, Ohio, shows construction progress as of September 2024.
Credit: Intel Corp.
The 5.5-acre South Loop Park will be constructed over a busy interstate.
Rendering courtesy of the City of Kansas City, Mo.
Masonry contractor United Builders Group will pay $550,000 in pact over misclassifying employees as independent contractors.
Credit: Original Illustration by Getty Images/sorbetto
A federal judge in Chicago sentenced William Helm Nov. 20 to 18 months in prison.
Photo courtesy Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Illinois officials have identified unused grounds at the site of the shuttered Stateville Correctional Center to build two replacement prisons.
Photo cropped from the original by Rw2 at English Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0
Construction workers and Louisville Metro Fire Department use a vacuum to remove debris during a rescue in Louisville, Ky.
Photo: Timothy D. Easley/AP
Swedish culture and customs are honored in a project that restored a 1908 mansion.
Photo by Andrea Rugg\Andrea Rugg Photography
Photo courtesy Leopardo Construction
Photo courtesy Leopardo Construction
Chicago-based Leopardo Construction has announced new leadership promotions.
Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority
A year after nearly 1,000 migrating birds were killed from striking exterior glass at Lakeside Center, an exhibition space at McCormick Place in Chicago, a $1.2-million project to install a bird-friendly pattern on windows, curtain wall and other exterior glass covering the size of two football fields was completed in September.
Photo courtesy Schmidt Associates
Sarah Hempstead
CEO
Schmidt Associates
Firefighters columbus oh dump truck work to extinguish flames under the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge in Cincinnati on Nov. 1. The fire is necessitating an emergency repair project.
The first of three data center buildings planned at Vantage's OH1 campus is slated to open in 2025.
Rendering courtesy Vantage Data Centers
An agreement between the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Chicago Cubs calls for the team to improve and add wheelchair seating at Wrigley Field.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is among executives directing its plans to build data centers in central Ohio as part of expanded cloud computing infrastructure.
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been indicted on 22 counts of racketeering conspiracy, bribery and other acts of public corruption.
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been indicted on 22 counts of racketeering conspiracy, bribery and other acts of public corruption.
Work on the Julia M. Carson Transit Center substantially completed in June 2016.
Photo courtesy IndyGo
Adrian Russell (in the grey shirt, center), one of ENR Midwest’s Top Young Pros, reviews a project for teens and young adults, as part of an initiative to inspire and motivate youth.
The companion bridge would sit immediately west of the Brent Spence Bridge to carry traffic over the Ohio River.
Rendering courtesy Kentucky Transportation Cabinet/Ohio Dept.
AEP Ohio says it needs state regulators to approve new tariffs on data centers to ensure it has sufficient infrastructure to meet surging demand.
AEP Ohio says it needs state regulators to approve new tariffs on data centers to ensure it has sufficient infrastructure to meet surging demand.
A neighborhood was destroyed by a tornado that struck Joplin, Mo.
Photo courtesy of Daniel Peyton
James A. "Jim" House, 87, a former union pipefitter and contractor who became president of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America, died on Sept.
With the new upstream approach walls completed, columbus oh dump truck work is continuing on Phase 3 in the future lock.
Photo courtesy U.S.
Finalists, left to right, are Missouri Botanical Garden Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center, Jason Hargrove Transit Center, and Minnesota Treetop Trail.
Photos (left) by Casey Dunn; (middle) by Maconochie Photography; (right) by Corey Gaffer, Corey Gaffer Photography.
A bird-friendly film has been applied to the exterior glass at Lakeside Center, which overlooks Lake Michigan, to prevent birds from flying into the mostly steel-and-glass structure.
Panasonic plans to begin production in the electric vehicle battery plant's first wing while construction wraps up on the second wing.
Once the new lock is complete, two of the three Soo Locks on the U.S. side of the St. Marys river will be able to accommodate larger modern "laker" cargo vessels.
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Unions are vowing to recruit workers to other large projects in Ohio because they could not reach a dump trucks columbus oh community benefits agreement in the $2-billion terminal at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.
The BlueOval SK Battery Park campus covers 1,550 acres in Glendale, Ky.
Photo courtesy of Barton Malow
Reflection Window + Wall provided a complete enclosure for one building at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.
Photo courtesy of Reflection Window + Wall
Workers at Helm Group stayed busy in 2023 thanks to large data center and health care projects.
Photo courtesy of Helm Group
Judlau Contracting had already started columbus oh dump truck work when its $324-million contract was canceled in April.
Photo courtesy of Judlau Contracting
The Third Avenue Bridge was selected for an ENR Midwest Award of Merit in Safety.
Photo courtesy of Ames Construction, Inc.
The Third Avenue Bridge was selected for an ENR Midwest Award of Merit in Safety.
Photo courtesy of Ames Construction, Inc.
Workers install a panel amid pollinator-friendly plants at an Alliant Solar Energy site.
Photo courtesy of Burns & McDonnell
Skanska USA will oversee construction of a $197million, nine-story office building in Cincinnati.
Photo courtesy of Skanska USA
The Omaha Riverfront Revitalization Project earned a Best Project award in the categories of Landscape/Urban Development and Sustainability.
Photo courtesy of HDR
A U.S. district court judge in Chicago sentenced Alex Nitchoff Aug. 14 to five years in prison.
Photo courtesy Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
The 5.6-mile Red Line Extension would include four new stations and provide public transit to an underserved neighborhood.
Rendering courtesy of CTA
The planned Grain Belt Express would carry power from Kansas to interconnection points for other grid regions.
Map courtesy Invenergy
PsiQuantum is the anchor tenant of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park to be built on the site of a long dormant steel plant on Chicago's southeast side.
PsiQuantum is the anchor tenant of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park to be built on the site of a long dormant steel plant on Chicago's southeast side.
PsiQuantum is the anchor tenant of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park to be built on the site of a long dormant steel plant on Chicago's southeast side.
With the mid-span closure, the Gordie Howe International Bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America.
Photo courtesy Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Reflection Window + Wall has been named ENR Midwest Top Specialty Contractor for 2024.
Photo courtesy of Reflection Window + Wall
Bally's has secured funding needed to complete a $1.7 billion casino and 34-story hotel in Chicago.
Rendering courtesy of HKS
Illinois' new energy conservation code is mostly based on the 2021 IECC, which the U.S. Dept. of Energy has found can yield an average 9.38% site energy savings on average.
Illinois' new energy conservation code is mostly based on the 2021 IECC, which the U.S. Dept. of Energy has found can yield an average 9.38% site energy savings on average.
Entek's planned manufacturing plant in Terre Haute, Ind., would produce lithium-ion battery separators for use in electric vehicle batteries.
Rendering courtesy Entek
New York-based Judlau Contracting had already begun columbus oh dump truck work to rebuild the Interstate 290/Interstate 88 Interchange near Oak Brook, Ill.
The west abutment of the Rapidan Dam was washed away by high water on the Blue Earth River near Mankato, Minn.
The west abutment of the Rapidan Dam was washed away by high water on the Blue Earth River near Mankato, Minn.
Alderman Ed Burke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being arraigned for corruption.
The Glass City River project is turning land along the Maumee River into 300 acres of greenspace.
Photo Courtesy of Toledo Metroparks
KCI Construction of St. Louis has agreed to bear the costs of repairing a bridge on Interstate 55 that was damaged by a demolition subcontractor in October.
A 7,700-lb harp hangs above Guinness Open Gate Brewery’s main bar. Clune led construction on this previously vacant rail depot, transforming it into a brewery, taproom and restaurant.
On the site of J.L. Hudson’s flagship store in downtown Detroit, Barton Malow Is building a mixed-use development with more than 1.5 million sq ft of office, residential, food and beverage, event and parking space.
A photo from GWC Injury Lawyers points out where the alleged failure of the scaffolding occurred.
Photo courtesy of GWC Injury Lawyers
An ironworker who fell 100 ft from a scaffold at an $815-million cancer center under construction at the University of Chicago Medical Center has filed a lawsuit against Turner Construction Co.
The design for Satellite Concourse 1 features a barrel-vaulted ceiling and an occulus.
Photo courtesy of the Chicago Dept. of Transportation
Ironworker David O’Donnell, 27, was killed and another worker critically injured in scaffold accident at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center Building under construction in Chicago.
Ironworker David O’Donnell, 27, was killed and another worker critically injured in scaffold accident at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center Building under construction in Chicago.
Clune Construction renovated Bar Stool Sports in Chicago in 2023.
Photo by Jeff Yoders for Engineering News-Record
Cleanup has begun after a tornado hit Greenfield on May 21.
Photo courtesy of AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall
The steel skeleton of a plant for Hennig after the May 20 collapse.
Photo courtesy of © Susan Moran/Rockford Register Star / USA TODAY NETWORK
The steel skeleton of a plant for Hennig after the May 20 collapse.
Photo courtesy of © Susan Moran/Rockford Register Star / USA TODAY NETWORK
OSHA proposed penalties totaling $446,000 for the subcontractor demolishing the eight-story hospital, the owner, the general contractor and another sub.
Photo © 2024 Google
Wayne Hammon
Executive Director
AGC of Idaho
“After years of sustained growth, it may sound like a broken record, but the Boise market continues to boom,” says Hammon.
The Canadian and U.S. crews constructing the 1.5-mile Gordie Howe Bridge will soon meet in the middle with their bridge sections.
Polar Semiconductor plans to double its production capacity with the expansion of its Bloomington, Minn., chip plant.
Photo courtesy Polar Semiconductor
Ohio and Kentucky are considering either an arch (pictured) or cable-stayed span for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor.
Rendering courtesy Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Western lowland gorillas will have access to open space—some for the first time in their lives—at an exhibit under construction in Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
Completed in 2022, the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge connects Moline, Ill., and Bettendorf, Iowa. Scope included a total bridge replacement as well as interchange ramp reconfigurations and local roadway improvements.
Workers pour concrete near a new pedestrian tunnel designed by American Structurepoint that links the Midland Trace Trail and Riverwalk Trail in Noblesville, Ind.
Photo Courtesy of American Structurepoint
Rivian's Normal, Ill., plant has produced more than 100,000 EVs since 2021, and the Charlotte NC dump trucks company says a planned expansion would increase its capacity to 215,000 units per year.
A 500-ft-long TBM would be used to enclose a 4-mi length of the existing Line 5 pipeline, if the Great Lakes Tunnel project wins approval.
Work to rehab bridges on I-55 in St. Louis is continuing despite damage to girders on one bridge that will now require replacement.
The ElevateT3 project upgrading Chicago O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 3 is scheduled for completion in 2027.
National football franchise wants to build $4.6 million domed stadium on the Chicago lakefront.
Photo courtesy of the Chicago Bears
A bridge on I-75 is one of the projects included in $2.8 billion in spending planned by the Ohio Dept. of Transportation in 2024-2025.
The Friendship Highwall Reclamation Project in Jefferson County, Ohio, which created a park, was supported by the program.
Photo courtesy Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
Terracon Company completed 350 soil bores as part of tackling the subsurface and geotechnical challenges of rebuilding Chicago's Jane Byrne Interchange, completed in 2023.
Photo courtesy of Terracon Company
Terracon Company completed 350 soil bores as part of tackling the subsurface and geotechnical challenges of rebuilding Chicago's Jane Byrne Interchange, completed in 2023.
Photo courtesy of Terracon Company
The project team for the Minnesota warehouse and office project in South St. Paul was the target of a successful payment spoofing and phishing scam.
The project team for the Minnesota warehouse and office project in South St. Paul was the target of a successful payment spoofing and phishing scam.
The cantilever bridges on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg has had underwater radar installed to assist barge captains in avoiding it's columns, which have been struck numerous times since its construction
Michigan's Palisades Nuclear Plant could become the first shuttered nuclear power plant in the U.S. to be recommissioned and restarted.
Photo courtesy of U.S.
The Kansas City Royals want to build a new $2 billion baseball district in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Royals want to build a $2 billion baseball district.
Randy Abdullah
Executive Vice President
Walbridge
“There are pockets of development in the Detroit area, but recent commercial project starts have slowed post-COVID due primarily to high interest rates and inflation,” Abdullah says.
Jeff Blaesing
Senior Vice President and Kansas City Office Lead
Photo courtesy of Landmarks Illinois
Armed with paper hearts and signs festooned with positive messages, Landmarks Illinois’ young and emerging professionals committee, the Skyline Council, held its annual event to bring attention to an historic building and to highlight ongoing efforts to preserve it.
Andretti Global is building a 400,000-sq-ft headquarters in Fishers, Ind.
Rendering courtesy of Andretti Global
The first phase of the MacArthur Bridge project included replacing a single span truss with a three-span girder bridge, demolition of the abandoned roadway bridges and installing a retaining wall.
The Chicago Bears' lease at open-air Soldier Field expires in 2033 so they are floating plans for a domed stadium just south of their current home.
The interchange of I-70 and U.S. 63 would be rebuilt with two ramps and four roundabouts as part of the project.
Rendering courtesy of Missouri Dept.
Mutual of Omaha is building a new headquarters in Omaha, Neb.
Photo courtesy of Mutual of Omaha
Work is essentially complete at 11 of the 16 stations planned as part of the Metro Green Line Extension.
Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee
Former FirstEnergy Corp. CEO Charles E. Jones pleaded not guilty to charges related to a bribery scheme in Ohio.
JE Dunn built the Charles E. Whittaker U.S. Courthouse in Kansas City, Mo., and now is the contractor for facade upgrades.
Photo courtesy of U.S.
The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis is overseeing key projects to improve railroad traffic across the Mississippi River.
Photo courtesy of Terminal Railroad Association of St.
A settlement agreement between Veolia North America and residents of Flint, Mich., is now awaiting approval by a federal judge.
Photo by Lance Cheung/U.S.
The Jeffersonville, Ind., facility is planned to be Meta's 18th data center in the U.S.
Rendering courtesy of Turner Construction Co.
Workers installed hempcrete wall panels on a demonstration project in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Redwood County, Minn.
Leslie Duke has assumed the role of CEO of Burns & McDonnell.
McHugh Construction restored the 1920s-era Ramova Theatre in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood to its former glory.
Photo courtesy of ComEd
Energy Charlotte NC dump trucks company ComEd joined workforce partners and members of the dump trucks columbus oh community in December to celebrate the first graduating class of the 10-week Power Up Academy, a new career training program launched in partnership with local workforce agency Revolution Workshop to prepare job seekers for entry-level technical roles to support the clean energy transition in Illinois.
The Indiana Toll Road crosses the northern part of the state from the Ohio state line to the Indiana state line. Its operator is in the midst of a multiphase plan to rehabilitation and upgrade sections of it.
Engineering firms have until Feb. 2 to provide proposals for planning, engineering, design and construction management services for eight new roadwork contracts that are expected to be awarded in 2024.
An interchange improvement along Interstate 15 in Utah is part of one of the projects awarded grants in the funding round.
Photo courtesy of Utah Dept.
The 722-ft inverted Y support towers on either side of the Detroit River will carry the 1.5-mile-long bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
The 722-ft inverted Y support towers on either side of the Detroit River will carry the 1.5-mile-long bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
The newly awarded contract option covers construction of 44-ft-wide, 70-ft-tall lock wall monoliths.
Rendering courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District
Alderman Ed Burke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being arraigned for corruption.
Alderman Ed Burke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being arraigned for corruption.
A 17-story atrium will be retained when Google and contractor Clark Construction renovate the James R.
The project would add five residence halls and a dining facility to the University of Michigan's central campus in Ann Arbor.
Rendering by RAMSA
State ordered the temporary halt after city mayor's office released the 800-page environmental investigation it ordered that detailed the former industrial site's known issues and corrective actions to make it safe for housing.
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A segment of the 70-year-old Line 5 pipeline could be replaced and enclosed in a tunnel deep beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
Photo courtesy of Enbridge
Two clinical buildings at the heart of the Mayo Clinic's Rochester, Minn., campus would account for a large piece of the hospital's "Bold.
From cameras to using small planes to clock drivers' speeds, Midwestern states are looking at improving safety in highway construction columbus oh dump truck work zones.
Construction firm Leopardo has named Giancarlo Pacini as president. Current president and CEO Mike Leopardo will remain CEO and columbus oh dump truck work closely with Pacini as they transition roles and responsibilities.
Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.
McCarthy Building Cos. broke ground recently on a $400-million lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery materials plant in St.
Ram Rajadhyaksha
Executive Vice President
DLZ
“The construction business in Columbus is very strong, and we anticipate the next five to years to continue at a record pace.
Voters in off year election still were asked to approve billions for infrastructure and set state project spending priorities in choosing new legislators.
Voters in off year election still were asked to approve billions for infrastructure and set state project spending priorities in choosing new legislators.
The Des Moines International Airport will have a total of 17 gates at completion of a the first phase of a terminal expansion project.
Stantec will provide flood mapping in Eastern Kentucky where 45 peopled died due to flooding in July 2022.
Photo by Associated Press
St. Louis airport officials have agreed to lease two separate tracts to Boeing for its expansion.
Map courtesy of St. Louis Lambert International Airport
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research vessel is docked in Milwaukee, where officials are preparing for a $450-million contaminated sediment cleanup
Photo courtesy of U.S.
An EPA research vessel is docked in Milwaukee, where officials are preparing for a $450-million contaminated sediment cleanup.
Nearly 1,000 birds were killed earlier this month when they struck Lakeside Center, a four-level convention hall that is one of four buildings at Chicago's McCormick Place.
Nearly 1,000 birds were killed earlier this month when they struck Lakeside Center, a four-level convention hall that is one of four buildings at Chicago's McCormick Place.
The WIFIA funding will go toward a project to upgrade facilities at the Bissell Point and Lemay wastewater treatment plants outside St. Louis.
Renderings courtesy of Metropolitan St.
WIFIA funding will go toward upgraded facilities at the Bissell Point and Lemay wastewater treatment plants outside St. Louis.
Renderings courtesy of Metropolitan St.
Sherwin Asrow was a founding member of the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings.
Photo courtesy of Edith Asrow
A censored screengrab from video of the construction site shows James Daniels working near the top of a formwork corner shortly before his fall.
A screengrab censored by the Dept. of Energy from video of the construction site shows James Daniels working near the top of a formwork corner shortly before his fall.
Madison, Wis., Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, chair of Climate Mayors, told a White House summit that she hopes its just released resilience framework “sparks a national conversation” about building and rebuilding infrastructure and the built environment to be more resilient to the effects of climate change
Madison, Wis., Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, chair of Climate Mayors, told a White House summit that she hopes its just released resilience framework “sparks a national conversation” about building and rebuilding infrastructure and the built environment to be more resilient to the effects of climate change
Pat Coleman has joined Alberici as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Greg Groves
Vice President
AECOM
“The buzz in the AEC dump trucks columbus oh community has been the increase in both public and private sector funding,” Groves says.
The Award of Merit in Sustainability goes to the Nakoosa Trail Facility.
Photo submitted by Stantec Architecture Inc.
The case, heard in federal court in Detroit, is part of an ongoing antitrust investigation in the asphalt paving sector.
Photo by Carol M.
The case, heard in federal court in Detroit, is part of an ongoing antitrust investigation in the asphalt paving sector.
Photo by Carol M.
The case, heard in federal court in Detroit, is part of an ongoing federal antitrust investigation in the asphalt paving sector.
Photo by Carol M.
The goal is to eliminate bottlenecks on railroads in the Chicago area.
Photo courtesy of CREATE partners
The goal is to eliminate bottlenecks on railroads in the Chicago area.
Photo courtesy of CREATE partners
Kevin Shell pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Detroit Aug. 17.
Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Archive/Library of Congress. Cropped from the original
The upgrade of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is part of the university's Gateway Project.
Photo courtesy of University of Kansas Athletics
The upgrade of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is part of the university's Gateway Project.
Photo courtesy of University of Kansas Athletics
An arch design is one of the options state officials are considering for the Brent Spence companion bridge.
Rendering courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
A rendering (right) shows the planned modernization of Northwestern Mutual's existing North Office Building (left) in downtown Milwaukee.
Images courtesy of Northwestern Mutual
Panelists discuss the future of construction technology at the Construction Tech Conference 2023 in Chicago.
Photo courtesy of ENR
The 3,778-acre Portsmouth site in Piketon, Ohio, produced enriched uranium from the 1950s until 2001.
Photo courtesy of Fluor
The 3,778-acre Portsmouth site in Piketon, Ohio, produced enriched uranium from the 1950s until 2001.
Photo courtesy of Fluor
DTE Energy was on a tight deadline to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), scheduled to go into effect by the end of 2016, when contractor Barton Malow modernized its Belle River plant.
DTE Energy was on a tight deadline to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), scheduled to go into effect by the end of 2016, when contractor Barton Malow modernized its Belle River plant.
Photographer: Matthew McFarland
Submitted By: Sarah M. Green, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Clayco
Burns & McDonnell has selected Jamey Bertran (left) to lead its transmission group, the largest business within the $7-billion company.
Sara Hage
Associate Vice President
HTNB
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz just signed a historic infrastructure bill that will increase funding across the state.
Vince Ward
Business Development Director — Iowa Commercial
The Weitz Company
Photo courtesy of © Peter McCullough Photo + Drone
Phase 1 of a newly expanded concourse at Gerald R.
Engineer LAN is settling the claims against it related to the Flint, Mich., lead-in-water crisis, which the firm maintains it was not responsible for.
The Construction Market Labor Analyzer uses data from completed projects across the U.S.
The Construction Market Labor Analyzer uses data from completed projects across the U.S.
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a bribery case.
Photo courtesy of the Associated Press
A federal judge has ruled against an allegation that Wrigley Field does not have enough handicapped seating.
Photo by Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images
Completion of the $275 million beef processing facility is slated for 2025.
Photo courtesy of McCownGordon
The Edenville Dam in May 2020, after its embankment failure. The Michigan Attorney General's Office says the dam's former owner was aware of the failure potential but never took action to prevent it.
Davenport officials say they hired D.W. Zinser Commercial Demolition both to assist with the recovery and to demolish the remaining structure after the partial collapse.
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A rebar-tying robot gets to columbus oh dump truck work on a bridge project in Wisconsin.
A rebar-tying robot gets to columbus oh dump truck work on a bridge project in Wisconsin.
An apartment building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, on May 28. Three residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search.
An apartment building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, on May 28. Three residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search.
The investigation into the cause of the failure of the six-story building continues.
Photo courtesy of Iowa Task Force 1
The investigation into the cause of the failure of the six-story building continues.
Photo courtesy of Iowa Task Force 1
City officials believe there were no deaths in the six-story building's partial collapse.
Photo courtesy of Iowa Task Force 1
Kenneth "Kim" Hawkins, president and chairman of Hawkins Construction Co., died recently.
Photo courtesy of Hawkins Construction Co.
Federally-supervised cleanup of the December 2022 Keystone spill in Kansas has cost an estimated $480M.
Photo courtesy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Travelers Property Casualty Co.
2019 was a record year for flooding in Davenport, Iowa.
Photo courtesy of the Rock Island District
Davenport, Iowa had a record year for flooding in 2019.
Photo courtesy of the Rock Island District
(From top left) Ann Prammagiore, Jay Doherty, Mike McClain and John Hooker were all found guilty of federal bribery and conspiracy charges in federal court in Chicago May 2.
(From top left) Ann Prammagiore, Jay Doherty, Mike McClain and John Hooker were all found guilty of federal bribery and conspiracy charges in federal court in Chicago May 2.
Soil testers found debris like this piece of brick at properties where Den-Man demolished properties for Detroit. A former employee is accused of using contaminated fill for the jobs, lying about it and billing the city $1.1 million for the material.
Swift Current Energy's Double Black Diamond solar facility is expected to begin operating in the fall of 2024.
Photo courtesy of Swift Current Energy
Illinois engineering students have until April 15 to apply for scholarships.
Photo courtesy of Elevation Photo Co.
The Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, resulted in the release of numerous toxic chemicals into the surrounding area.
Screenshot of aerial footage courtesy of NTSB
HDR will lead and architectural engineering team working on the $2.5 billion expansion of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Photo courtesy of Henry Ford Health
Ten barges broke loose and three settled against the McAlpine Locks and Dam on the Ohio River.
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Genesee County Circuit Court is seen behind a sign for Flint, Mich. A judge granted final judgment in cases over the city's 2014 water crisis on March 21, formally approving the settlement.
The Ohio Attorney General wants Norfolk Southern to pay for costs related to the East Palestine train derailment that occurred Feb. 3.
Screenshot of aerial footage courtesy of NTSB
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wants Norfolk Southern to pay for costs related to the East Palestine train derailment that occurred Feb. 3.
Clark Dietz Inc. has elected Wes Christmas as president and CEO, Jerry Pavonk as chairman of the board, John Howaniec as secretary and reelected Mustafa Emir as executive vice president, Seth Swartz as chief financial officer and Sean Widener as treasurer.
Study supports hiring local workers.
Photo by Bruce Hull, courtesy of Ohio DOT
Ohio has put together a list of projects that reduce traffic gridlock and improve capacity that may be funded over the next four years.
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Built in 1905, a bridge over the Kansas River will be turned into an entertainment destination.
Photo courtesy of Rock Island Bridge
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The $100 million Regal Mile Studios is planned for Chicago's Bronzville neighborhood.
Photo courtesy of the City of Chicago
Fermilab will receive funding from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to mitigate rising project costs as a result of inflation.
Photo by Ryan Postel/Fermilab
A Chicago-based contractor receives a $400,000 penalty for alleged violations of federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting regulations.
Image Courtesy of Getty Images
Michael Williams, Black & Veatch interim chief financial officer since June, has been appointed CFO. Williams joined Black & Veatch in 2011 and previously served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer.
Carol Ross Barney
Principal
Ross Barney Architects Chicago
“The single biggest issue right now is how we will live and columbus oh dump truck work in our post-COVID society, and it affects almost everything in a big city like Chicago—where will we work, how we get there, when we get there, what we do away from work.
Ryan Felton
VP of Operations
McCarthy Building Cos. – Omaha
“The Omaha construction market remains busy, and it seems every construction Charlotte NC dump trucks company has its share of the work,” Felton says.
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit over Flint's lead-in-water crisis criticized city officials for delays in replacing the city's lead service lines.
Photo courtesy of city of Flint
Carol Ross Barney won an AIA Gold Medal for a significant body of columbus oh dump truck work with a lasting impact on the practice of architecture.
Dates for RFP release for the Brent Spence bridge project are a moving target but expected by the end of February.
Former Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder faces a Jan.
Former Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder faces a Jan.
The partial collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill., on Dec. 10, 2021 is at the heart of a lawsuit against the online retailer and several firms involved in the design and construction of the building.
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. and Veolia North America had both worked on water-related issues for the city of Flint, Mich.
Photo by Sean Marshall/Flickr
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Bally's is moving forward with a $1.7-billion casino project in downtown Chicago.
Bally's is moving forward with a $1.7-billion casino project in downtown Chicago.
The partial collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill., on Dec. 10, 2021 is at the heart of a lawsuit against the online retailer and several firms involved in the design and construction of the building.
McCarthy Building Co.’s water services team will serve as general contractor for a $70-million project to improve the Kansas River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
McCarthy Building Co.’s water services team will serve as general contractor for a $70-million project to improve the Kansas River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Photo courtesy of McCarthy Building Companies
Engineering and construction services firm Brown and Caldwell has named Geoff Grant to a new C-suite role to direct its long-term growth strategy.
Steve Davidson
Executive Vice President and Partner
American Structurepoint
“In Indianapolis, as well as other key cities across the country, the buzz continues to revolve around the ongoing labor shortage and staffing needs to properly deliver projects for clients,” Davidson says.
Paul Schmidt
Operations Vice President
Messer Construction Co.
“This biggest buzz is Intel entering the central Ohio market to build a series of fabrication facilities on 3,000 acres northeast of Columbus,” Schmidt says.
The Flint Water crisis prompted states and cities to replace old, lead service lines in their water systems.
The Flint Water crisis prompted states and cities to replace old, lead service lines in their water systems.
The City of Chicago wants to re-energize LaSalle Street with apartments and condos.
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An Illinois-based bulk storage building contractor must may nearly $500,000 to employees for allegedly violating the state's prevailing wage law.
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An Illinois-based bulk storage building contractor must may nearly $500,000 to employees for allegedly violating the state's prevailing wage law.
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Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit over Flint's lead-in-water crisis criticized city officials for delays in replacing the city's lead service lines.
Photo courtesy of city of Flint
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit over Flint's lead-in-water crisis criticized city officials for delays in replacing the city's lead service lines.
Photo courtesy of city of Flint
Two recent incidents of racial graffiti prompted a shut-down of columbus oh dump truck work at the $1.5 billion Meta Data Center being built in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
Two recent incidents of racial graffiti prompted a shut-down of columbus oh dump truck work at the $1.5 billion Meta Data Center being built in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
A new neuroresearch center at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
A neuro-research center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis required 6,700 tons of rebar, a material currently in high demand.
Atlas Arteria said it anticipates no major rehabilitation will be needed on the Chicago Skyway until about 2050.
Atlas Arteria said it anticipates no major rehabilitation will be needed on the Chicago Skyway until about 2050.
Architecture firm Goettsch Partners has named James Zheng as CEO. In addition, Paul De Santis has joined Chairman James Goettsch as a co-design director for the practice.
Melissa Tucker
Principal
Stantec
“We are seeing a lot of development in Louisville with the veteran’s hospital [Veterans Affairs Hospital, John Cochran V.A.
Angelo Arzano
Managing Principal
HOK
“St. Louis has seen lots of development in the science and tech, workplace, sports, government and health care markets.
The Chicago Bears say a property in Arlington Heights, Ill., has space for a mixed-use and entertainment district anchored by a future football stadium.
The Chicago Bears say a property in Arlington Heights, Ill., has space for a mixed-use and entertainment district anchored by a future football stadium.
Officials say Drive Construction shorted workers on pay on various projects in and around Chicago, including construction of Englewood STEM High School.
Rendering courtesy of Chicago Public Schools
Clyde Baker was an innovator in deep foundations for supertall buildings.
Cover image courtesy of ENR Archives
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Plans call for breaking ground next year on a nine-story predominantly timber apartment building in Chicago.
Photo courtesy of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
As far as taller timber structures go, Chicago has been slow to follow the lead of other cities, such as Minneapolis, Atlanta and Milwaukee.
Illinois officials say subcontractor employees who helped build Rivian's EV manufacturing plant in Normal, Il., were denied overtime pay while working 60-80 hours per week.
Roman Peter Wengler was a global leader in thin-arch concrete dam design and construction.
Wengler worked on dams all over the world for Harza Engineering, where he became chief engineer.
Photo courtesy of the Wengler family.
Civil engineer Roman Peter Wengler was a “disruptor” in the world of dam building long before that was a word for an innovator.
Wengler worked on dams all over the world for Harza Engineering, where he became chief engineer.
Photo courtesy of the Wengler family.
Civil engineer Roman P.
Quanta Electric Power Services wants to keep the case in Western Kentucky U.S. District Court in Owensboro, Ky., while the plaintiffs are seeking to remand it to a local court.
Quanta Electric Power Services wants to keep the case in Western Kentucky U.S. District Court in Owensboro, Ky., while the plaintiffs are seeking to remand it to a local court.
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. and Veolia North America had both worked on water-related issues for the city of Flint, Mich.
Photo by Sean Marshall/Flickr
Gov. Andy Beshear has been touring flood-damaged areas of eastern Kentucky over the past few days.
President Joe Biden made a disaster declaration for Eastern Kentucky on July 29 as a result of major flooding. (Photo courtesy of the National Guard.)
Reflection Window and Walls claims it lost $13 million worth of bids to Talon Wall.
Des Moines International Airport leaders are planning to replace the airport's terminal with a new building that features a larger concourse with more gates.
Image courtesy of Des Moines International Airport
The James R. Thompson Center in Chicago will be sold to Google in a $105 million deal.
Seven weeks after it started, a strike that hampered road construction in northeastern Illinois has ended with quarry workers approving a new contract with materials producers Lehigh Hanson, Vulcan Materials and Lafarge Holcim.
Seven weeks after it started, a strike that hampered road construction in northeastern Illinois has ended with quarry workers approving a new contract with materials producers Lehigh Hanson, Vulcan Materials and LafargeHolcim.
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc.and Veolia North America were not part of the $625-million settlement over the Flint, Mich., water crisis.
Photo by Sean Marshall/Flickr
Construction on the pump station improvements is expected to last through 2025.
Photo courtesy of Ann Arbor/Stantec Consultants Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich. officials are preparing for upgrades to the city’s aging drinking water infrastructure.
The friendly confines of Wrigley Field are not so friendly to wheelchair users, according to federal prosecutors who filed a civil suit July 14 alleging that the Chicago Cubs’ multi-year renovation of the baseball stadium eliminated prime wheelchair seating and did not include other accessible features required under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Panasonic has shipped more than 6 billion EV batteries from its Nevada plant. Now the Charlotte NC dump trucks company wants to build another facility in Kansas.
HNTB Corp. has named Sara Hage as Minnesota office leader.
An associate vice president based in the firm’s Minneapolis office, Hage will oversee the growth and development of employees, clients and business across Minnesota.
Zach Loy
General Manager
Turner Construction Co.
“The biggest news of late is that Gov. Kim Reynolds just signed Senate File 183, which allows construction manager at-risk delivery for public sector projects in the state,” Loy says.
Sean Leary
District Office Manager
GZA, Formerly Vieau Associates
“Possibly because we’re geographically located in about the center of North America, my sense is the construction business here is doing as well as most other cities in the U.S.
Photo courtesy of Walsh-Flour Design-Build Team
The Chicago Transit Authority and Walsh-Fluor Design-Build Team, the contractor for the CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project, announced in June that a second-grade class won a contest to name the overhead gantry system for the Red and Purple Line structures.
The Boldt Co. served as the general contractor on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center’s thermal power plant upgrades.
Photo courtesy of The Boldt Co.
The Boldt Co. served as the general contractor on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center’s thermal power plant upgrades.
Photo courtesy of The Boldt Co.
The new engineering building is one of various projects included in UW-Madison's 2015 master plan update, and university officials say it's the highest-priority.
Drawing courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison
The new engineering building is one of various projects included in UW-Madison's 2015 master plan update, and university officials say it's the highest-priority.
Drawing courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cities scrambled to replace lead service lines after the Flint water crisis in 2014.
Cities scrambled to replace lead service lines after the Flint water crisis in 2014.
Cities scrambled to replace lead service lines after the Flint water crisis in 2014. Photo by Jeff Yoders/ENR
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled June 28 that a single Genesee County judge acting as a grand jury had no power to indict former Gov.
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State Sen. Cristina Castro sponsored the bills, calling for added protections against wage theft.
Photo courtesy of Sen. Cristina Castro's office
Illinois interior designers receive stamp and seal privileges under new law.
Photo Courtesy of Getty Images
Illinois interior designers receive stamp and seal privileges under new law.
Photo Courtesy of Getty Images
The north wing of the Illinois State Capitol building is undergoing a renovation that will include creating a skylight view of the dome in a new visitors' center.
The north wing of the Illinois State Capitol building is undergoing a renovation that will include creating a skylight view of the dome in a new visitors' center.
The north wing of the Illinois State Capitol building is undergoing a renovation that will include creating a skylight view of the dome in a new visitors' center.
Photo Courtesy Maryland Port Administration
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has awarded $368 million in grants from coast to coast for a wide range of freight and passenger rail improvements—most of which are for infrastructure projects, including track work, bridges, stations and eliminating grade crossings.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs an infrastructure spending bill in March. On June 1, Whitmer signed an executive directive aimed at making the permitting process for infrastructure projects more efficient.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs an infrastructure spending bill in March. On June 1, Whitmer signed an executive directive aimed at making the permitting process for infrastructure projects more efficient.
A rendering of the anticipated renovated entrance of America's Center, the St. Louis convention center.
Image: Courtesy of AC Next
The current inflation, supply chain and staffing uncertainties have unfolded in slow motion for the industry.
A rendering of the anticipated renovated entrance of America's Center, the St. Louis convention center.
Image: Courtesy of AC Next
The current inflation, supply chain and staffing uncertainties have unfolded in slow motion for the construction industry.
Crews columbus oh dump truck work on a Missouri Dept. of Transportation road project. MoDOT released its draft 2023-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program.
Intel says that construction of its Ohio chip manufacturing complex could start by the end of 2022.
(Image courtesy of Intel Corp.)
Intel has selected the first Charlotte NC dump truck contractor for its upcoming $20-billion semiconductor chip manufacturing plants project in central Ohio.
Intel says that construction of its Ohio chip manufacturing complex could start by the end of 2022.
(Image courtesy of Intel Corp.)
Intel has selected the first Charlotte NC dump truck contractor for its upcoming $20-billion semiconductor chip manufacturing plants project in central Ohio.
Photo Courtesy HDR Engineering
A 3.5-mile streetcar line planned for Omaha, Neb., helped convince insurance giant Mutual of Omaha to pursue development of a new headquarters tower in the city's downtown and will also provide service to a new science museum.
Rendering Courtesy Dairyland Power Cooperative
A Wisconsin judge has determined that state regulators acted appropriately in granting a construction permit for the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, a proposed $700 million combined-cycle natural gas energy plant that has drawn opposition from environmental groups, despite proponents’ assertions that the facility will help accelerate a transition to clean energy.
Rendering Courtesy Dairyland Power Cooperative
A Wisconsin judge has determined that state regulators acted appropriately in granting a construction permit for the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, a proposed $700 million combined-cycle natural gas energy plant that has drawn opposition from environmental groups, despite proponents’ assertions that the facility will help accelerate a transition to clean energy.
A rendering shows the Cervantes Convention Center with its planned expansion in downtown St.
A rendering shows the Cervantes Convention Center with its planned expansion in downtown St.
This will be my last issue as ENR’s Midwest editor. I have been promoted to associate editor of technology and equipment, and while I will still be here in Chicago, I’ll be handing the ENR Midwest reins over to the highly capable Annemarie Mannion, who brings a wealth of experience at both ENR and the Chicago Tribune to the role.
Photo by Jeff Yoders for ENR
On April 26-28, Oracle welcomed hundreds of guests to the grand opening of its 30,000-sq-ft Innovation Lab at its Deerfield, Ill.
After a pandemic-related delay in 2020, the $420-million Wisconsin Center expansion in Milwaukee broke ground in October with representatives of design team TVS and Eppstein Uhen on hand.
The partial collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill., on Dec. 10 is at the heard of a lawsuit against the online retailer and several firms involved in the design and construction of the building.
The partial collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill., on Dec. 10 is at the heard of a lawsuit against the online retailer and several firms involved in the design and construction of the building.
The partial collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill., on Dec. 10 is at the heard of a lawsuit against the online retailer and several firms involved in the design and construction of the building.
Dan Bruno, a fire marshal and professional engineer, wrote that he shared his observations and photos of a partial Amazon.com warehouse collapse with OSHA, which is investigating.
Dan Bruno, a fire marshal and professional engineer, wrote that he shared his observations and photos of a partial Amazon.com warehouse collapse with OSHA, which is investigating.
Denver is one of the cities where the EPA has proposed increasing smog protections.
Photo by U.S. Dept.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the FBI.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the FBI.
Water projects will receive the most funding under the bill, but roads and bridges will also get more than $300 million.
The owners of an Illinois contracting firm alleged that columbus oh dump truck work on the Poplar Street bridge between St. Louis and East St.
Warren Green of LAN, shown testifying in a criminal court proceeding in 2017, is also a key witness in his company's own civil court negligence trial arising from the Flint water crisis.
This precast wall in the front of KCI Airport's head house had to be erected before precast road-support columns and the roof's steel Y columns because there would be no room to build it once the other structures were in place.
This precast wall in the front of KCI Airport's head house had to be erected before precast road-support columns and the roof's steel Y columns because there would be no room to build it once the other structures were in place.
Photo by Jeff Yoders for ENR
Kansas City International Airport (MCI) failed to properly track participation of minority- and women-owned businesses on its $1.5 billion project to build a new terminal, according to an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo by Jeff Yoders for ENR
Kansas City International Airport failed to properly track participation of minority- and women-owned businesses on its $1.5 billion project to build a new terminal, according to an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Inc. is one of three engineering firms accused of professional negligence around the Flint, Mich.
Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Inc. is one of three engineering firms accused of professional negligence around the Flint, Mich.
Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Inc. is one of three engineering firms accused of professional negligence around the Flint, Mich.
Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Inc. is one of three engineering firms accused of professional negligence around the Flint, Mich.
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Veterans Community Project (VCP) and Castle Contracting are building a dump trucks columbus oh community of 50 tiny homes for veterans experiencing homelessness as well as a Veterans Outreach Center to provide support services on a land parcel in North St.
Intel says that construction of its recently announced Ohio chip manufacturing complex could start by the end of 2022.
(Image courtesy of Intel Corp.)
Intel says that construction of its recently announced Ohio chip manufacturing complex could start by the end of 2022.
(Image courtesy of Intel Corp.)
If passed and signed into law, the Illinois bill could take effect as soon as July 1.
Matthew McPherson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and major program fraud at the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Mo., on June 3, 2019.
Rivian plans to expand its 3.3-million-sq-ft Normal, Ill. manufacturing plant by more than 600,000 sq ft.
Photo courtesy of Rivian
Rivian plans to expand its 3.3-million-sq-ft Normal, Ill. manufacturing plant by more than 600,000 sq ft.
Photo courtesy of Rivian
Waukesha Police watch over the vacant Horizon West Condominium Building at 315 N.
Waukesha Police watch over the vacant Horizon West Condominium Building at 315 N.
The owner and office manager of an Iowa landscaping contractor that is barred from doing business with the state and federal government have been charged with dodging more than $1 million in federal taxes.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with Benton Harbor residents in October and pledged to fund the replacement of all the city's lead service lines within 18 months.
Photo Courtesy Deere & Co.
Thousands of Deere workers belonging to the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) voted on Nov.
Benton Harbor recently awarded a contract to replace lead service pipes after it was awarded a $5.6-million EPA grant.
Photo by Kevin Dooley/Flickr
Federal regulators issued an order directing a Michigan city with high levels of lead in its tap water to make filter repairs at its water treatment plant and take other action after an inspection revealed broken columbus oh dump truck equipment and other “areas of concern.
Benton Harbor recently awarded a contract to replace lead service pipes after it was awarded a $5.6-million EPA grant.
Photo by Kevin Dooley/Flickr
Federal regulators issued an order Nov.
Photo Courtesy Deere & Co.
With negotiations over a new contract reaching an impasse, over 10,000 workers at 14 John Deere manufacturing facilities went on strike at midnight on Oct.
Photo Courtesy Deere & Co.
With negotiations over a new contract reaching an impasse, over 10,000 workers at 14 John Deere manufacturing facilities went on strike at midnight on Oct.
Photo Courtesy Deere & Co.
With negotiations over a new contract reaching an impasse, more than 10,000 workers at 14 John Deere construction and agricultural columbus oh dump truck equipment manufacturing facilities went on strike at midnight on Oct.
Walsh-Fluor personnel investigate a collapsed drill rig on the CTA Red/Purple line modernization site near the Bryn Mawr elevated train stop on Oct.
Ford and SK Innovation plan to build a 3,600-acre "mega campus" in Stanton, Tenn. to build electric vehicles and batteries for electric vehicles.
Image: Ford rendering
Restructuring will move thousands of union carpenters from Missouri under the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters.
A Rights of Nature case is being used for the first time in tribal court, against Line 3 pipeline construction.
Photo credit: Scot Martin
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 7.7 in August, according to a member survey performed in the second half of the month.
The Vetrauvers Building, a historic structure just south of Wrigley Field in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, was moved 30 ft west and 10 ft south on Aug.
The Vetrauvers Building, a historic structure just south of Wrigley Field in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, was moved 30 ft west and 10 ft south on Aug.
Oded Ran, CEO and co-founder of Clue Insights, presents at the BuiltWorlds Summit 2021 in Chicago.
Oded Ran, CEO and co-founder of Clue Insights, presents at the BuiltWorlds Summit 2021 in Chicago.
A construction worker in New Hampshire leaves a Dartmouth College project at day's end.
A project in Kansas City is drawing comparisons to New York City’s High Line and the Chicago Riverwalk.
Developer Flying Truss, LLC, is planning to redevelop the Rock Island Bridge, a disused early 20th century steel truss railroad bridge, into what it calls a “destination landmark bridge.
A project in Kansas City is drawing comparisons to New York City’s High Line and the Chicago Riverwalk.
Developer Flying Truss, LLC, is planning to redevelop the Rock Island Bridge, a disused early 20th century steel truss railroad bridge, into what it calls a “destination landmark bridge.
A project in Kansas City is drawing comparisons to New York City’s High Line and the Chicago Riverwalk.
Developer Flying Truss, LLC, is planning to redevelop the Rock Island Bridge, a disused early 20th century steel truss railroad bridge, into what it calls a “destination landmark bridge.
Even as mills ramp up production to meet wood demand, Charlotte NC dump truck contractor are still having a difficult time sourcing the material for concrete framing, roofing and several other non-residential construction uses.
Workers perform socially distanced calisthenics on a St. Louis jobsite in 2020.
The state of Michigan is seeking to permanently shut down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, a section of which is shown here on the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
The state of Michigan is seeking to permanently shut down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, a section of which is shown here on the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
The Senate has launched an investigation into whether political interference affected a 2015 grand jury investigation of Caterpillar Inc. and its alleged practice of holding profits overseas.
The Senate has launched an investigation into whether political interference affected a 2015 grand jury investigation of Caterpillar Inc. and its alleged practice of holding profits overseas.
The Senate has launched an investigation into whether political interference affected a 2015 grand jury investigation of Caterpillar Inc. and its alleged practice of holding profits overseas.
Alderman Ed Burke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being arraigned for corruption.
PHOTO: JEFF YODERS/ENR
Alderman Ed Burke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being arraigned for corruption.
PHOTO: JEFF YODERS/ENR
Value of new contracts expected to jump 5% in 2021 after falling 15% last year
Residential, transportation forecast to grow after pandemic shock, while other public works are expected to fall.
To make room for the new structures, a 69-ft-tall cut in the embankment dam had to be made.
PHOTOS BY BEN CARTER, COURTESY OF STANTEC
In January, Perkins Eastman’s office in Chicago’s historic Rookery Building achieved a platinum WELL health and safety rating from the International WELL Building Institute; the rating was created specifically for the post COVID-19 columbus oh dump truck work environment.
The first phase of Ford Motor Co.’s $700-million electric care investment in Dearborn, Mich., began in 2020.
ENR Midwest’s Top Starts in 2020 fell to levels not seen since 2015, as the record-setting pace of starts over the last three years faltered with owners delaying or canceling projects nationwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Construction lost 61,000 jobs in February, and the industry's unemployment rate rose to 9.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Construction's employment picture worsened in February, as the industry lost 61,000 jobs, its first monthly decline since last April, and its jobless rate rose, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported.
Every year in the U.S., about one billion birds die as a consequence of collisions with buildings.
Photo by Miranda Brandon
A law passed last fall requiring new construction and expansions in Madison, Wis.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is looking to invest about $2.38 billion in the state’s infrastructure for 2021-23.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is looking to invest about $2.38 billion in the state’s infrastructure for 2021-23, as proposed in his capital budget plan unveiled Feb.
The 16-mile Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway, the state's first public-private partnership road project, will bypass the city of Portsmouth and connect the area to existing highways that lead to Columbus and Cincinnati.
Canadian energy giant Enbridge gained a key court win on its disputed $2.6-billion Minnesota oil pipeline project, but legal and political actions could still cloud completion of Line 3 replacement columbus oh dump truck work amid the change of administrations and President Joe Biden's first-day decision to cancel the cross-border Keystone XL line.
Canadian energy giant Enbridge now has gained two court rulings allowing columbus oh dump truck work to proceed on its disputed $2.6-billion Minnesota oil pipeline replacement project, but political actions could still cloud completion of Line 3 columbus oh dump truck work amid President Joe Biden’s first-day decision last month to cancel the cross-border Keystone XL line.
A Boston construction project was one of many shut down in March by order of Mayor Marty Walsh to slow the spread of the virus.
TC Energy cancelled construction on the Keystone XL pipeline January 20 when President Biden revoked the presidential permit for the $8 billion project as one of his first actions after being sworn in.
TC Energy canceled construction on the Keystone XL pipeline January 20 after President Biden revoked the presidential permit for the $8-billion project as one of his first actions after taking office.
On Jan. 5, the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois hosted its virtual January dinner meeting on Zoom.
RENDERINGS COURTESY OF THORNTON TOMASETTI, PAU AND CONTEGRA CONSTRUCTION CO.
In this March 21, 2016, file photo the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich.
In this March 21, 2016, file photo the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich.
Downtown Davenport, Iowa, has been hit hard by flooding this spring.
Downtown Davenport, Iowa, has been hit hard by flooding this spring.
Approvals took two years for Ascent, an unprecedented 284-ft-tall wood and concrete tower under way in Milwaukee since September.
A federal grand jury indicted the former CEO of Commonweath Edison, the big Illinois energy company, and a key state assistant in the state legislature, of bribery and conspiracy involving payoffs and wide-ranging illegal enrichment scheme.
The state of Michigan is seeking to permanently shut down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, a section of which is shown here on the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
The state of Michigan is seeking to permanently shut down Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, a section of which is shown here on the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
Historic renovations, jaw-dropping stadiums and COVID-19 care
Left to right, Danielle Dy Buncio, Geoff Weisenberger, Jeff Emrick, Lynda Leigh, Sam Mishelow, Steve Zimmerman and William Haas (not pictured, Laura Young)
Crews from AECOM Shimmick had 90 days to reconstruct the dewatered lock chamber of the LaGrange Lock and Dam.
PHOTO COURTESY OF AECOM SHIMMICK
Nick Kurth and Brian McEachern of PCL Construction presented at ENR FutureTech, explaining how they used their custom-built digital last planner during construction for phase pulls and their lean construction practices.
Old Chicago post office mixes modern office with historic structure
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR
Booth Cottage, a historic Frank Lloyd Wright structure, moved
An Iowa landscaping subcontractor and its former vice president, who submitted false invoices to a general contractor and to the Iowa Dept.
One of the largest American Institute of Architects chapters, AIA Chicago, abruptly dismissed its highest ranking staff member, Zurich Esposito, on August 13, and some chapter members are pushing back.
In this March 21, 2016, file photo the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich.
Commonwealth Edison, the largest power provider in Illinois and a major infrastructure owner in the state agreed July 17 to pay a $200 million criminal fine as part of a federal investigation into a bribery scheme that dates back to at least 2011.
Screenshot of video from site of 2018 crash on I-94 in Hennepin County, Minn. Image: Courtesy of MinnDOT
A judge in Hennepin County, Minn.
A proposal by Canadian oil giant Enbridge to construct a new four-mile pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan has cleared another legal hurdle, with the state Court of Appeals upholding the legality of a 2018 state deal approving the project.
A multi-story affordable housing complex under construction on Wednesday, May 27 after protests in Minneapolis, Minn.
Photo by Mark Vancleave/Star Tribune via AP
As protests continue in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, construction has been impacted in several major cities around the U.S.
A multi-story affordable housing complex under construction on Wednesday, May 27 after protests in Minneapolis, Minn.
Photo by Mark Vancleave/Star Tribune via AP
As protests continue in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, construction has been impacted in several major cities around the U.S.
This guide provides an overview of current and upcoming editorial opportunities, rankings and call for entries in the ENR's 10 regional editions in addition to the national magazine.
After a call from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association to reclassify all state transportation projects as "non-essential," and, therefore, close them under the state's stay-at-home order, Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) clarified her state's order and reached an agreement with MITA April 1 to allow construction to proceed on state highway, bridge and road projects.
After a call from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association to reclassify all state transportation projects as "non-essential," and, therefore, close them under the state's stay-at-home order, Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) clarified her state's order and reached an agreement with MITA April 1 to allow construction to proceed on state highway, bridge and road projects.
Coronavirus has struck a blow against the Midwest economy as it forces the region into stay-at-home mode, hollows out the tourism and travel sector, turns out the lights on gatherings and events and drives the stock market into a dizzying tumble.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) has ordered most citizens to shelter in place at their homes due to the proliferation of COVID-19 in the state.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) has ordered most citizens to shelter in place at their homes due to the proliferation of COVID-19 in the state.
Burns & McDonnell is nearing completion on a $42-million, four-story office building at its 37-acre Overland Park, Kan., campus.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR
Mayors from 18 cities and towns along the Mississippi River lobbied Congress and the Trump administration for more flood resilience projects in early March.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER CITIES AND TOWNS INITIATIVE
Enbridge has selected a team to design and construct a new oil pipeline under Lake Michigan to replace the deteriorating Line 5.
The Canadian Charlotte NC dump trucks company March 6 announced Great Lakes Tunnel Constructors, a partnership between a Michigan tunnel construction firm, Jay Dee Contractors, Inc.
The existing Line 5 exposed pipeline has previously been damaged by anchors and debris.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ENBRIDGE
Oil giant Enbridge has selected a team to design and construct a new oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to replace the deteriorating Line 5.
Lithium-iron batteries store energy produced by MidAmerican Energy for later use in its Iowa grid and as backup during periods of peak demand. MidAmerican's generation facilities are almost entirely wind farms.
The Illinois construction-related corruption scandal keeps growing.
Bill Helm, 56, a former deputy commissioner of the Chicago Dept.
The Illinois Department of Labor is requiring the developer of a senior living center in Northbrook, Ill.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaking in Lansing in June 2019.
Damage in Nebraska from flooding was exacerbated by frozen ground swelling rivers.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS FOR ENR
Flooding on the Mississippi River and its tributaries throughout Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and nine other states caused an estimated $6.2 billion in damage in 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its annual National Climate Report, released Jan.
BMO Tower in Milwaukee as photographed last year. Photo by Lightburst via Wikimedia Commons.
The developer of downtown Milwaukee's newest office high-rise, the 25-story BMO Tower, has fired the project's general contractor within months of when the columbus oh dump truck work was to be completed.
A Starbucks Reserve Roastery opened on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue to capacity crowds Nov. 15.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR
ENR Midwest held its annual awards breakfast on Dec.
Architect Erica Tishman was killed in December by debris that fell from this Manhattan building.
PHOTO BY JEFF RUBENSTONE/ENR
Iowa City’s Dubuque Street, a key artery that parallels the Iowa River, had a history of flooding—but in recent years floods have been worse and have had a much bigger impact.
Iowa City’s Dubuque Street, a key artery that parallels the Iowa River, had a history of flooding—but in recent years floods have been worse and have had a much bigger impact.
Ralph Affrunti, president of the Chicago & Cook County Building Trades Council speaks at the launch of HIRE360 at Magellan Development's Vista Tower showroom Dec. 9.
Photo by Jeff Yoders/ENR
Ralph Affrunti, president of the Chicago & Cook County Building Trades Council speaks at the launch of HIRE360 at Magellan Development's Vista Tower showroom Dec. 9.
Photo by Jeff Yoders/ENR
Emergency personnel gather at the scene of a partial building collapse at Fourth and Race streets in Cincinnati on November 25.
Attendees of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s annual meeting enjoyed a reception at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago by Finnish elevator manufacturer Kone on Oct.
A steel and concrete straddle-bent will allow the CTA Brown Line to pass over the Red/Purple Line by 2025.
RENDERING COURTESY OF THE CTA AND WALSH-FLUOR
Much of downtown Alton, Ill., has been flooded since March.
PHOTO BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago’s lakefront was closed several times due to high water between March and June.
On May 28, Chicago-based Skender started production at a new prefabricated building manufacturing facility on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
PHOTO COURTESY SKENDER
On May 28, Chicago-based Skender started production at a new prefabricated building manufacturing facility on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
PHOTO COURTESY SKENDER
Total construction spending in Minneapolis area expected to decline by 6% this year
Weakness in the non-residential and non-building sectors will more than offset a rise in residential work.
Residential and institutional markets expected to post healthy gains this year
The commercial and manufacturing subsector is forecast to weaken, while non-building columbus oh dump truck work declines sharply.
Alderman Ed Burke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being arraigned for corruption.
PHOTO: JEFF YODERS/ENR
Alderman Ed Burke, 75, the longtime chairman of the Chicago City Council’s powerful finance committee, was indicted June 4 on 14 counts of racketeering, attempted extortion, conspiracy and attempting to use interstate commerce to facilitate unlawful activity.
Downtown Davenport, Iowa, has been hit hard by flooding this spring.
PHOTO: KEVIN E. SCHMIDT/QUAD CITY TIMES VIA AP, FILE
Flooding has plagued Midwest towns and cities along the Mississippi River for most of the year, and only now are officials in some towns considering ways to mitigate future flood events.
Fiat Chrysler's planned assembly plant for the east side of Detroit is slated to be completed by 2020.
The Mississippi River has been above flood stage in the Midwest for 39 straight days, a record.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR
The Midwest’s waterways have been hit hard by an unusually rainy and snowy spring.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) has declared unconstitutional a late-2018 law that would create an authority to oversee construction of a key tunnel. The tunnel would house an oil-and-gas pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac.
The 2008 flood left both banks of the Cedar River inundated with 31 ft of water.
COURTESY OF SASAKI ASSOCIATES
The plan to strengthen Cedar Rapids included buying property in low-lying areas and creating greenspaces and public amenities such as the McGrath Amphitheatre, which acts as a levy in high-water events.
In the midst of historic flooding, truck-sized ice chunks destroyed the Spencer Dam and Bridge, and also took out a campground and house downstream.
The mono bucket foundation that will be used in Lake Erie.
Image courtesy of Northland Power.
The 20.7-MW Icebreaker wind project has received a green light for construction from the U.S.
A small, quickly rising Ohio-based general contractor appears to have shut down.
Last August, Inc.
The Spencer Dam was destroyed by flood rivers on the Niobrara River on March 14.
Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Pete Ricketts.
Craig and Diane Martin of Pasadena, Calif., have donated $3.5 million to the University of Kansas to establish a first of its kind construction safety center within the school of engineering.
The Chicago Dept. of Aviation unveiled an 835,000-sq-ft centralized deicing facility on the west side of O’Hare International Airport in February.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR
Schlitterbahn Waterparks co-owner Jeff Henry had all charges against him dropped.
PHOTO CREDIT: AP PHOTO/CHARLIE RIEDEL, FILE
A state judge dismissed all charges against five defendants in connection with injuries to two women and the death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab on a waterslide in Kansas City, Kan.
President Trump, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou and Paul Ryan at the groundbreaking in June.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS FOR ENR
To get approval for the biggest overhaul in O’Hare’s 74-year-history Evans took a bitter, political dispute and turned it into a win for both the city of Chicago and the airlines that serve the airport.
Union ironworkers from Local 84 in Houston working for curtain-wall contractor Greer Haley told O’Leary (second from right) that they look out for one another
In her latest research, Kreiger (seated, sixth from left) and her team 3D printed a reinforced concrete footbridge. The crossing comes on the heels of a project that 3D printed the first full-scale reinforced concrete building in the U.S.
Federal prosecutors on Jan.
The appointment of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, seen as a trade hardliner, as lead negotiator on China trade talks was a surprise to some industry officials.
The appointment of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, seen as a trade hardliner, as lead negotiator on China trade talks was a surprise to some industry officials.
Walsh Construction and Fluor were selected as the design-build joint venture contractor for the first phase of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red and Purple Modernization program. The $2.1-billion project will be the largest capital project in CTA’s 71-year history.
Clayco recently topped off a 700,000-sq-ft office building for Centene in Clayton, Mo. The project was designed by Lamar Johnson Collaborative.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CLAYCO
Bruce Carter, AECOMHunt vice president and president of the AGC of Indiana board of directors, spoke about the recent growth of the Indiana chapter and how attendees could apply technology solutions in their companies and embrace the Future is Now theme of the event.
Growth expected in non-building sector thanks to an increase in federal, state spending
Contracts for highway/bridge and public works projects are forecast to rise after having declined for the last two years.
A new Mississippi River bridge between Illinois and Iowa will replace a 1930s crossing.
PHOTO USED WITH PERMISSION © 2018 IOWA DOT
Virgin Hyperloop One has built a full-scale test hyperloop in Nevada.
IMAGE COURTESY OF VIRGIN HYPERLOOP ONE
Overland Park, Kan.-based engineering firm Black & Veatch released a feasibility study Oct.
The existing exposed pipeline has previously been damaged by anchors and debris.
IMAGE COURTESY OF ENBRIDGE
The state of Michigan has approved a deal with Enbridge to build a new oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac.
Gordie Howe International Bridge Project
IMAGE COURTESY OF FLUOR CORPORATION
Bridging North America, a partnership of Fluor, ACS Infrastructure Canada and Aecon Group, reached financial close late last month to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the 1.5-mile-long Gordie Howe International Bridge Project for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority under a 36-year, $4.4-billion concessionaire agreement.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder intervened last week to restart stalled road projects.
PHOTO CREDIT: AP/DAVID EGGERT
Road projects across Michigan that were stopped Sept. 4 due to a labor impasse resumed Sept.
The roof of a sludge concentration building was brought down by a methane explosion.
IMAGE: WFLD-TV VIA AP
The dust has settled from a methane explosion last month that brought down the roof of a sludge concentration building at the Calumet water reclamation plant on Chicago’s far south side, but there is still uncertainty as to what triggered the blast.
Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc.
The 3D-printed concrete barracks requires a crew of only three trained workers during construction, though for continuous printing, about three shifts of crews are required to avoid burnout.
A tunnel boring machine purchases, and branded, by The Boring Company. Photo: The Boring Company
Gordie Howe cable-stay bridge will have an 853-m main span, the longest in North America.
IMAGE: COURTESY THE WINDSOR-DETROIT BRIDGE AUTHORITY
A controversial new international border crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, appears finally ready to move forward, with the July 5 selection of a Fluor Corp.
McDonald’s restaurant was allowed to have a CLT deck because it is only one story.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 gave local building officials the jitters about the use of structural wood in commercial buildings.
Contractor McCarthy bought in advance all needed structural steel for a university project.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS FOR ENR
After the Trump administration finalized late last month tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, based on what it termed national security considerations, some developers and Charlotte NC dump truck contractor began to rapidly award structural steel contracts in what at least one fabricator said was an attempt to avoid even higher steel costs in the future.
McDonald’s restaurant was allowed to have a CLT deck because it is only one story.
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR
Crews from general contractor Walter Daniels recently installed a cross-laminated timber deck for a 19,000-sq-ft McDonald’s restaurant in Chicago.
First Solar’s Ohio module facility will produce thin film PV panels.
RENDERING COURTESY GHAFARI ASSOCIATES
The 1.1-million-sq-ft First Solar Modular Manufacturing Plant planned for Lake Township, Ohio, will be the single largest thin-film solar module manufacturing facility in the U.S.
State lawmakers in 2016 refused to fund an extension of Minneapolis’ existing light-rail service to the suburbs, leaving the financing to Hennepin County and the cities and towns along the route.
State lawmakers in 2016 refused to fund an extension of Minneapolis’ existing light-rail service to the suburbs, leaving the financing to Hennepin County and the cities and towns along the route.
700 At The River District is a planned fourtower complex with Riverside Investment and Development’s biggest waterfront park, at 4.5 acres.
RENDERING COURTESY GOETTSCH PARTNERS
With tariffs of 25% on foreign steel imports and 10% on aluminum signed by President Donald Trump on March 8, U.S.
Construction columbus oh excavation company and architectural firms worry that Trump’s promised tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum will boost prices of important building materials.
Proposers claim route will connect Kansas City and St. Louis in a trip of 31 minutes.
MAP: VIRGIN HYPERLOOP ONE
The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition—a public-private partnership that includes the Missouri Dept.
According to several sources close to the project, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building Co. has been chosen as general contractor for the 22-million-sq-ft, $10-billion flat-screen-panel manufacturing campus to be built by Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn in Mt.
FirstEnergy To Close Three Plants; NextEra To Shutter One in Iowa
PHOTO COURTESY OF FIRSTENERGY
Ohio-based First Energy Corp. plans to shed its competitive generation business, including closing three nuclear power plants, following a strategic review that will be finished this summer.
One Chicago Square would add a 962-foot-tall tower to Chicago's skyline. Rendering courtesy of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture.
The Chicago Plan Commission recently voted to approve a $700 million development that's planned to include the city’s sixth-tallest building when it's completed.
Braden drove completion of Olmsted dam columbus oh dump truck work to replace two failing locks where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers meet.
The top section of the Pontiac Silverdome was successfully imploded Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 in Pontiac, Mich., a day after a failed attempt.
Photo: Tanya Moutzalias/The Ann Arbor News via AP
SOM Director Derek Moore says that convenience will be a major focus of the evolving design of the now-approved Kansas City International Airport single-terminal redesign.
Lead designer SOM envisions a KCI single-terminal airport in this rendering. Image courtesy of Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate.
By a count of 49,950 yes votes to 16,378 against, Kansas City voters approved a new, single-terminal Kansas City International Airport last week.
One Chicago Square would add a 962-foot-tall tower to Chicago's skyline. Rendering courtesy of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture.
A proposed development with a 962-foot-tall residential tower directly across the street from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral was unveiled last week.
KCI Upgrade An H-shaped single terminal will replace KCI’s current three terminals.
Image courtesy of SOM
The $1.3-billion redesign of Kansas City International Airport finally has a face, or at least renderings of what the proposed single terminal would look like if voters approve a Nov.
The Kansas City Council will ask voters to approve a single-terminal KCI design.
Diagram courtesy of Burns & McDonnell
A team led by Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate, Bethesda, Md.
NextEra suffered four wind-turbine failures in recent weeks.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Chicago.
Across the Midwest, aviation remains an active market sector. RS&H provided design services for the recently completed reconstruction of Runway 4L-22R at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
PHOTO COURTESY RS&H
“Bad decisions hurt people. That’s why the first canon of civil engineering is to protect the public welfare above everything else.
Overall Spending Expected to Fall Slightly as Non- Residential Activity Weakens
Residential columbus oh dump truck company holds steady, while non-building sector should post strong gains after decline in 2016.
Construction Starts Expected to Rise Slightly This Year After Strong Growth in 2016
Residential columbus oh dump truck company climbs, while the non-building sector holds steady and non-residential activity weakens.
Tudor Van Hampton, at ENR's 2015 Global Construction Summit, helped lead construction sector coverage with 21st century tools and perspectives.
Construction Starts Expected to Decline Slightly From Last Year’s Peak Levels
A sizable drop in multifamily starts will overshadow gains in the commercial and education sectors.
Sharp Uptick Expected in Construction Starts in Most Sectors for Omaha Area
Starts in the utilities sector are forecast to increase nearly seven-fold over the previous year’s total.
City GrillPhilip Kenney
President F.A.
Wilhelm Construction Co.
With urban revitalization spurring growth in residential and mixed-use facilities, the Indiana construction market is “stable and reflects national trends with growth in life sciences, health care, entertainment and infrastructure,” Kenney says.
For specialty contracting firms like GEM Inc., ENR Midwest’s Specialty Contractor of the Year, growth has been steady.
City GrillGerry Wiegmann
CEO
Wiegmann Associates
After a robust market last year, 2016 is expected to be mixed, but “St. Louis is particularly strong in senior living and health care,” says Wiegmann.
Minnesota
Twin Metals Minnesota continues to columbus oh dump truck company on a $2-billion to $3-billion proposal to develop an underground copper, nickel and platinum mine and processing facility near Ely in the state’s northeastern corner, near the Canadian border.
They come to America to build a future and in some cases rebuild their shattered lives. Many of the nearly 400 immigrant and refugee children from 27 countries who attend K-10 at Nahed Chapman New American Academy in St.
In a “case of right creative partner, right place and right time,” design firm DLR Group has added to its strong Midwest, national and international presence by welcoming as a strategic partner Cleveland-based Westlake Reed Leskosky.
