Highways MoDOT Picks Millstone Weber-Jacobs Team for First Project of $2.8B in I-70 Improvements James Leggate February 26, 2024 No Comments Missouri officials are planning six projects to widen and improve Interstate 70 across the state.Read More
ENR Midwest Previews Top Starts for 2023 Annemarie Mannion February 15, 2024 No Comments ENR Midwest Highlights Top Construction Starts for 2023. Read More
Legal Employee Sues Agency Behind Delayed Minnesota Light Rail Project James Leggate February 14, 2024 No Comments A project controls manager says he was retaliated against for raising issues related to costs and the change order process.Read More
Corruption Ohio's Former Top Utility Regulator, Two Former FirstEnergy Execs Charged in Bribery Case All three have pleaded not guilty in the state prosecution Annemarie Mannion February 13, 2024 No Comments Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives and a former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have pleaded not guilty in a bribery scheme. Read More
Legal Veolia Agrees to $25M Settlement in Flint Water Crisis Case James Leggate February 5, 2024 No Comments The engineering firm said officials largely ignored its recommendations while working for the city after the lead-in-water crisis had already begun.Read More
Modular Construction Meta Picks Turner to Build $800M Indiana Data Center James Leggate February 1, 2024 No Comments Turner plans to use prefabricated modular assemblies for the 700,00-sq-ft project.Read More
Materials Lower Sioux Developing First US Hempcrete Production Facility Southern Minnesota tribal community is building homes with homegrown hemp materials Jeff Yoders January 26, 2024 No Comments Hempcrete blocks and panels could be produced in the U.S. for the first time since 1937 thanks to a facility being built in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota. Read More
ENR 2023 Top 25 Newsmakers Terry Williams: Civil Engineer Leads First-of-a-Kind, $3.2B North Dakota Flood Control Project Jennifer Seward January 25, 2024 No Comments North Dakotan Terry Williams is helping to manage the $3.2-billion Fargo-Moorhead Flood Diversion project, a first-of-its-kind endeavor.Read More
Midwest People: January 2024 January 22, 2024 No Comments Updates about construction professionals in the Midwest region.Read More
City Scoop: Omaha Construction Boom Is Transforming Omaha’s Urban Core Major construction work in Omaha includes a 72-acre park system, a streetcar line and construction of the Mutual of Omaha corporate headquarters Annemarie Mannion January 22, 2024 No Comments The AEC community is going strong in Omaha, Tondl says. “The pandemic and subsequent inflationary period have not slowed growth. Read More