Articles by Jeff Yoders

Design-builder Clayco, which was founded in St. Louis, has acquired Chicago design firm Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC).

Five design teams have been picked as finalists for the $8.5-billion revamp of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. They are Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza Joint Venture Partners; Foster Epstein Moreno JV Joint Venture Partners; Santiago Calatrava LLC; Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM); and Studio ORD Joint Venture Partners.

General Motors is spending $65 million, its largest single investment in U.S. warehousing and logistics in 40 years, on an ACDelco/Genuine GM Parts processing center in Burton, Mich.

Overland Park, Kan.-based engineering firm Black & Veatch released a feasibility study Oct. 17 that said building a hyperloop transportation system along the 1-70 corridor—connecting the cities of St. Louis; Columbia, Mo.; and Kansas City—would be buildable and commercially viable and could cut travel times by three hours and generate $410 million in economic development locally.

The state of Michigan has approved a deal with Enbridge to build a new oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac.

Deal renegotiates NAFTA, but industry still faces tariffs remaining on Canadian and Mexican materials

Road projects across Michigan that were stopped Sept. 4 due to a labor impasse resumed Sept. 28 as the two sides agreed to return to work with an agreement to negotiate a new contract this winter and work under the terms of a deal that expired in June until a new agreement can be reached.

The concept of connecting Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macao has been talked about since the 1980s.

Higher prices for lumber and other wood products, driven by January's 20% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber and new tariffs on Chinese products,   will increase rebuilding costs in areas hit by Hurricane Florence. 

The pace and complexity of projects combined with a labor shortage challenge specialty contractors