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A revised plan has been unveiled for a $650-million men’s prison planned for Sioux Falls, S.D. 

The Chicago Bears confirm plan to build fixed-roof stadium in Arlington Heights and leave Soldier Field, where the team has played since 1971.

Working on capital projects across the U.S., the employee-owned company’s nationwide revenue grew to $331.92 million in 2024 from $243.8 million in 2023.

Utility work has begun on a $440-million project to rebuild the State/Lake station on the Loop Elevated Line. 

Major airport construction projects have often proven difficult for contractors to deliver on time and on budget—especially when built through traditional design-bid-build.

A seemingly ever-changing landscape of potentially higher tariffs, labor shortages, increased material costs and elevated interest rates are among the factors that may have contributed to the decreased revenue that firms in the 2025 ENR Midwest Top Specialty Contractors ranking reported for 2024.

It’s first things first for construction of the Interstate 69 Ohio River Crossing (I-69 ORX), a nearly $1.4-billion design-build project being built in three phases.

Construction of the $450-million structure in a harsh, irregular landscape is one challenge faced by the team building the library and museum on a 93-acre site in Medora, N.D., just west of the Burning Hills Amphitheater and adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Updates about construction professionals in the Midwest region.

Chicago broke ground Aug. 18 on Concourse D at O’Hare International Airport with the AECOM Hunt Clayco Bowa joint venture serving as the construction manager at-risk for the $1.3-billion project that includes $300 million in infrastructure work.