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Craig Martin, a University of Kansas alumnus, and his wife, Diane, recently made a gift of $3.5 million to establish the Center for Construction Safety at KU’s  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.

Wind energy, manufacturing, pipelines, gas and oil refineries and tall buildings all contribute to a banner year for Midwest construction

Until last year, Cook County General Hospital sat vacant for 17 years. As redevelopment plans fizzled, graffiti from squatters began to turn up inside the 1.2-million-sq-ft building once known as Chicago’s Ellis Island.

Projects include $1.6-billion cover for Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers.

Owner of the Year Owner of the Year L&M Development makes the case, ethically and financially, for privately owned affordable and mixed-income housing

The 40 largest projects to break ground in the region in 2018 had a total construction value of almost $14.5 billion

Warren Buffett-owned Iowa utility plans to meet 100% of customers’ power needs from renewable sources by 2021

“In the city of Detroit, there’s a lot of demand for residential. There is a shortage of residential space, [and] there are a lot of projects. They are not of the size and magnitude of the Hudson’s redevelopment [planned to be Detroit’s tallest building], but it is all significant,” Baxa says.