Map Courtesy of MoDOT Related Links: Smart Roads Ahead: The Rise of Intelligent Infrastructure The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) will open a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70, from Kansas City to St. Louis, to private industry for use as a “laboratory” for construction of future generations of highways. The Missouri Dept. of Transportation oversees “The Road to Tomorrow” project.Since June, MHTC has received about 180 proposals from academia and business, says Tom Blair, project leader and MoDOT assistant district engineer, St. Louis. He will present the 20 most promising submissions to MHTC in December.Blair says he and his
After faltering in June, construction employment in Illinois showed signs of improvement in July, adding 2,000 jobs, a 1% increase, in month-to-month comparisons, according to data compiled by Arlington, Va.-based Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).
A preservation group indicated it is has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking to block construction of a 44-story apartment building on Milwaukee's lakefront, paving the way for construction of $122-million Couture, a project under development for years.
Plans to revive Chicago's McCormick Place, the city's largest convention center, with a surrounding entertainment district took a major step forward this week when city officials gathered to break ground on the Marriott Marquis Chicago Hotel, a $390-million,1,206-room facility that will put conventioneers in closer proximity to the venue, located miles south of the Loop.
A pair of planned high rises are set to join downtown's Chicago's seemingly inexhaustible apartment tower boom, which is due to add 3,000 new units to the market this year and 5,000 in 2016.
Construction employment plummeted in Illinois between May and June, the state's 4,700 job losses the worst in the nation for the period, according to data compiled by Arlington, Va.-based Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).
If gains among the Midwest’s largest contractors weren’t as sweeping as those for the region’s major design firms in 2014, key indicators nevertheless suggest regional builders are emerging from the deep economic hole that engulfed them for years.
Michigan was the nation's third largest generator of construction employment in May, trailing only Idaho and Washington on a percentage basis, according to year-over-year comparisons compiled by Arlington, Va.-based Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).
A U.S. District Court Judge on Tuesday ruled that an environmental review for Illiana Tollway, a proposed $1.5-billion, 47-mile tollway linking Illinois and Indiana, is “faulty,” thereby invalidating a 2013 endorsement for the project by the Federal Highway Administration.
Michigan and Wisconsin were among the top 10 states to see construction employment gains in April in year-over-year comparisons, according to data compiled by Arlington, Va.-based Associated General Contractors of America.
