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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.

Hospitality, health care, education and residential construction are driving the construction industry forward in Louisville, says Megibben, who sees no signs of business slowing down anytime soon.

Whether it’s an airport renovation, water treatment facility replacement or ground-up hospital construction, large-scale projects are shaping the construction industry in the St. Louis area, and business is thriving, McCoy says.

ENR Midwest will celebrate construction projects with impressive safety records at a November awards breakfast.

The Bakken East Pipeline is proposed to have 30-in.-dia- and 24-in.-dia-high-pressure steel pipeline that will extend along a 375-mile track between the west and east sides of North Dakota. 

Founder and former CEO of St. Louis building contractor The Korte Co., died on Aug. 26. 

Mortenson opens BLULabs, Versatile debuts Control Center for steel erection project managers and Buildots signs an agreement with Juneau Construction.

NORESCO will deliver $100M in upgrades at Detroit’s Water Resource Recovery Facility, adding new pump and reuse systems to boost resiliency under a progressive design-build contract.