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Petitioners seeking rehire of veteran chief Zurich Esposito set Sept. 25 chapter vote on the issue, but board claims outcome will be advisory only.

An document filed by Chicago says the $8.5-billion revamp of O'Hare International Airport may be delayed as airline revenue, a key funding source, has been decimated by the pandemic, but the Chicago Dept. of Aviation says the new Studio-Gang-designed global terminal, the centerpiece of the revamp, will stay on track.

Ford Motor Co. and contractor Devin Industrial Group have already begun construction on a $700-million, 500,000-sq-ft gas-electric hybrid Ford F-150 manufacturing plant at the company's 100-year-old Rouge Center in Dearborn, Mich. The first trucks are expected to come off the line by late 2021.

State is halfway through with its first new interstate in 29 years.

JF Ahern is a mechanical and fire protection contractor that's lasted 140 years in Fond Du Lac, Wis. The company was named ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of they Year, in part, because it worked on projects in 10 of ENR Midwest’s 11 states last year.

2019 was another banner year for the Midwest's Top Specialty Contractors, but COVID-19 impacts loom.

The $14.9-million, 500,0000-sq-ft MetroSouth COVID-19 alternate care facility was designed and built by Perkins and Will and Clark Construction in just 22 days.

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Dodge data on projected 2020 construction starts in Louisville

Dodge data on projected 2020 construction starts in St. Louis