Renovating a cultural institution and registered historic landmark is like cleaning the Mona Lisa: It requires exquisite sensitivity, technical competence, extraordinary care in execution, a tolerance for criticism and resilience in the face of surprise discoveries.
As the Midwest’s construction economy improves, young professionals, such as those honored here, will be making significant contributions to the regional construction and design industry
Recovery in the Midwest’s construction industry continues to track the national industry’s growth, with 70% of the region’s construction companies expecting to increase staff levels in 2016, according to a survey recently published by Associated General Contractors of America.
India-based Essar Steel’s plan to build an iron-ore crusher and pellet mill on Minnesota’s Iron Range has become an epic construction struggle, with non-payment to contractors, past-due loans and another total work stoppage, says Barry Davies, business representative, International Association of Ironworkers Local 612, Minneapolis.
Contractors in Indianapolis are more than 60% complete with a three-year and roughly $100-million expansion of the city's Southport Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.