Updates about construction professionals across the great Midwest.

The merger follows a trend of reorganizing smaller districts into larger regional councils.

Nearly 50 years after debuting as a new standard for passenger aviation facilities, Terminal A at Kansas City International Airport is being cleared to make way for a $1.5-billion terminal being developed as a public-private partnership by Edgemoor Construction and Real Estate, an affiliate of Bethesda, Md.-based Clark Construction.

The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition—a public-private partnership that includes the Missouri Dept. of Transportation, the University of Missouri and other public stakeholders—announced on Jan. 30 an agreement to produce a feasibility study for a 248-mile hyperloop route, connecting Kansas City, Columbia, Mo., and St. Louis.

A team led by Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate, Bethesda, Md., on Sept. 6 won the recommendation of the City Council selection committee of Kansas City as the developer and designer of a $1-billion, single-terminal redevelopment of Kansas City International Airport.

Overall Spending Expected to Fall Slightly as Non- Residential Activity Weakens

Until the events of 9/11, the skywalk collapse at the former Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Mo., was the most devastating structural failure ever in the U.S. in terms of loss of life and injuries—and the cause was a direct result of engineers who violated their ethical code