Gayle Roberts has been named ENR Midwest's 2018 Legacy Award winner after retiring from a 35-year career at consulting engineer Stanley Consultants that included stints as president, CEO and chair of the board.

ENR Midwest's judges sifted through a slate of 106 high-quality entries that made naming the winners of our 2018 Best Projects Awards a difficult task.

Mechanical, Inc. is our Midwest Specialty Contractor of the Year.

The top specialty contractors in the Midwest collectively performed nearly $10 billion in business last year, according to a preliminary version of our ENR Midwest Top Specialty Contractors list.

Lendlease is ENR Midwest 2018 Contractor of the Year.

Our Midwest Top Contractors are on track to show growth over 2016, despite a somewhat slower rate of growth in 2017,

ENR Midwest is proud to announce that engineering/architecture firm American Structurepoint of Indianapolis, Ind., has been named Design Firm of the Year.

Founded in 2010 by former John Buck Company executive, John O’Donnell, Riverside Investment has taken on sites others deemed unbuildable and significantly changed Chicago’s skyline, particularly along the Chicago River.

ENR Midwest will publish our Top Starts of 2017 in the March issue. Our list is based on Dodge Data & Analytics and our own sources, including past ENR issues. You still have a chance to submit a qualifying project for inclusion in the list.

It is my distinct privilege to announce ENR Midwest’s Top Young Professionals for 2018. These 21 individuals have built extraordinary industry portfolios, donate significant amounts of time and expertise to serve their communities and have created and worked on innovative industry solutions that have saved time and money on their projects.