ENR Midwest Editor and Associate Technology Editor Jeff Yoders has been writing about design and construction innovations for 16 years. He is a two-time Jesse H. Neal award winner and multiple ASBPE winner for his tech coverage. Jeff previously launched Building Design + Construction's building information modeling blog and wrote a geographic information systems column at CE News. He also wrote about materials prices, construction procurement and estimation for MetalMiner.com. He lives in Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper, where the pace of innovation never leaves him without a story to chase.
In March, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army and 54th Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was getting ready for a well-deserved retirement. Then the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic came into focus.
A structural engineering pioneer and innovator who has changed tall building design for more than 30 years, Robert Halvorson is ENR Midwest's 2020 Legacy Award winner.
EPA, Energy and Interior Dept. heads, once confirmed, and new White House advisers in boosted roles, will execute ramped-up climate-change mission, including Trump-era policy reversals.
Using 80-ksi steel in upper perimeter columns—a first in the U.S.—helped the design team reduce the steel by almost 20% at 320 S. Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago’s Loop.