Jeff Yoders

Digging Deeper | Residential/Retail/Mixed Use

Harbor Bay, Panzica Unlock Mass Timber Efficiency

Mass timber with concrete cores is great for the environment, but it can also speed construction with less labor

March 14, 2022

INTRO benefited from the time and labor advantages of building with mass timber, cross-laminated timber and concrete cores.

Energy/Industrial

2022 Owner of the Year: Invenergy Wins With Wind

Chicago-based Invenergy owns solar and natural gas power generation and energy storage facilities, but its bread and butter is wind power

Jeff Yoders

March 14, 2022

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Owner of the Year has been delivering renewable wins for 20 years.

Construction

Top Starts Down Almost $1 Billion in 2021

Jeff Yoders

March 14, 2022

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Still hampered by pandemic-related uncertainly, Midwest construction starts fell in 2021 even as signs of a return to normalcy bolstered markets near the end of the year.

precast wall in the front of the head house

Transportation

After Kansas City Council Intervention, KCI Concrete Contract Rebid

Woman-owned firm would have been part of JV initially endorsed by contractor, but St. Joseph, Mo., competitor brought in more small, local, minority-owned firms

Annemarie Mannion

Jeff Yoders

March 8, 2022

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Aviation Department was cited for not keeping records, but contractor says project was always in MWBE compliance.

Government

Feds Allege Ex-Illinois House Speaker Sought Project Developer Payoffs

Developer was forced to hire Michael Madigan's law firm and utility ComEd passed kickback costs to taxpayers

Jeff Yoders

March 3, 2022

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Developer forced to hire Michael Madigan's law firm cooperated with the federal probe that resulted in 22-count indictment filed March 2.

Lawsuits

Engineers Blame Public Officials in Flint, Mich., Water Trial Opening

Jeff Yoders

February 28, 2022

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Veolia, Lockwood Andrews Newnam say city and state agencies shut them out of key decisions.

Workforce

Site Intelligence Provider Eyrus Raises $12M, With Autodesk an Investor

Construction and oil and gas customers are main users of visibility/reporting services

Jeff Yoders

February 17, 2022

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Alexandra McManus, CEO and co-founder, says startup's platform, which automates workforce data collection in real time, has been used on more than $220 billion worth of construction projects.

Army Corps Uses ArcGIS Story Maps for COVID-Era Public Outreach

Jeff Yoders

February 16, 2022

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Energy

Tariffs Extended on Solar Panels, But Concession to Contractors Made

Exclusion of double-sided units will boost utility-grade solar farms and other installations

Jeff Yoders

February 4, 2022

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President Joe Biden extends Trump administration tariffs by four years, but also eases terms to exclude a panel technology used on utility-grade solar projects.