Jeff Yoders

ENR Associate Technology, Equipment and Products Editor Jeff Yoders has been writing about design and construction innovations for 20 years. He is a five-time Jesse H. Neal award winner and multiple ASBPE winner for his tech coverage. Jeff previously wrote about construction technology for Structural Engineer, CE News and Building Design + Construction. 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.

Airports: Kansas City, O'Hare Redevelopments Show How Not to Deal With Transparency

Jeff Yoders

January 25, 2019

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The cost of the design for a new Kansas City International Airport has nearly doubled since a developer was picked in September 2017 in a very open, if chaotic, process. Now, Chicago is going with a completely closed process to pick the designer of a new terminal at O'Hare International in a process that's just as bad.

Jeff Yoders

January 24, 2019

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A natural gas pipeline exploded January 21 in Noble County, Ohio, injured two people, destroyed three nearby homes, damaged three others and caused the evacuation of other homes and businesses in the rural area. The pipeline was part of the Texas Eastern Transmission system built in 1952 and 1953 and owned since 2017 by Canadian energy transportation giant Enbridge.

ENR Midwest 2019 Top Young Professionals

ENR Midwest’s 2019 Top Young Professionals

Jeff Yoders

January 22, 2019

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ENR Midwest honors 20 outstanding young professionals from the region.

Stanley Consultants' Gayle Roberts Leaves an Inclusive Legacy

Jeff Yoders

January 22, 2019

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Gayle Roberts blazed a trail as the first female president, CEO and chairwoman of a global consulting engineering firm

Jeff Yoders

January 14, 2019

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Steelmaker says plant would serve Midwest, which consumes more plate steel products than any other U.S. region.

ENR 2018 Top 25 Newsmakers

Ginger Evans: Aviation Construction Veteran and Former Award of Excellence Winner Revs Up O'Hare Overhaul

Jeff Yoders

January 10, 2019

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When Ginger Evans became commissioner of the Chicago Dept. of Aviation in 2015, airlines that serve O’Hare International Airport were not talking to the agency because of a failed earlier expansion plan that had to be mediated by then-U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Jeff Yoders

January 9, 2019

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New Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has asked for an opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) on whether legislation to keep Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac and form the new Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority is constitutional.

Alderman Ed Burke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago

Chicago City Councilman Accused of Shakedown in Burger King Remodel

Jeff Yoders

January 9, 2019

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Federal prosecutors on Jan. 3 charged the chairman of Chicago’s powerful finance committee with one count of extortion.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer

Q4 Cost Report: Tariff Issues, Cost Increases Show Few Signs of Ending in 2019

Jeff Yoders

December 19, 2018

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As China trade deal talks drag on, original exemptions expire and the exception process keeps changing

Top Young Professional Jeannie Cullen-Schultz with NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

ENR Midwest Names 2019 Top Young Professionals

20 honorees, all under 40, are changing construction, design and academic research

Jeff Yoders

December 17, 2018

ENR Midwest has announced its 2019 Class of Top Young Professionals. These 20 individuals have built extraordinary industry portfolios, given back to their communities and professions, and have moved design and construction technology forward with their innovative ideas and applications of existing tools.

Live: July 16, 2026 at 2:00 pm EDT We'll address the current state of the construction market as we reach the halfway point of 2026. ENR invites three top forecasters asking them to share their views on the market prospects for the industry at midyear, both nationally & regionally, in the midst of these unique challenges.

Jeff Yoders

ARTICLES

Airports: Kansas City, O'Hare Redevelopments Show How Not to Deal With Transparency

Enbridge Natural Gas Pipeline Explodes in Southeast Ohio, Investigation Ongoing

ENR Midwest’s 2019 Top Young Professionals

Stanley Consultants' Gayle Roberts Leaves an Inclusive Legacy

Nucor to Build $1.35B Steel Mill in Midwest, State Not Yet Picked

Ginger Evans: Aviation Construction Veteran and Former Award of Excellence Winner Revs Up O'Hare Overhaul

Michigan Gov. Asks For Review of Enbridge Tunnel Project Under Straits of Mackinac

Chicago City Councilman Accused of Shakedown in Burger King Remodel

Q4 Cost Report: Tariff Issues, Cost Increases Show Few Signs of Ending in 2019

ENR Midwest Names 2019 Top Young Professionals

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