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Updates about construction professionals in the Midwest region.

Churchill Downs cites rising construction costs stemming from tariffs and a slowing economy as reasons for pausing multi-year construction projects.

Shutdown of city program that used federal funds to fix up dilapidated buildings and recoup costs through tax liens against property owners comes day before lawsuit is filed that details irregularities.

U.S. District Court judge rules the Corps "abandoned the rule of law" when it didn’t force protestors to leave or require a special use permit.

Former Detroit Riverfront CFO William A. Smith was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for a $44.3-million fraud scheme and ordered to pay $48 million in restitution. 

STV was named project manager/construction manager and AECOM Hunt - Skanska with HOK as design-build team for $575-million terminal modernization program. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expediting review of a plan to build the Great Lakes Tunnel, a 4-mile-long tunnel that would enclose twin oil and gas pipelines along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.

Drone pilots tested their skills at maneuvering drones to collect and report data at a drone competition sponsored by Oracle.  

Tech giant had hired Ames Construction as general contractor for $420M, -245,000-sq-ft data center, with construction slated to start later this year.