JF Ahern, a mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineer with a strong array of prefabrication capabilities, is ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of the Year.

The enormous price tag for the demolition would have to be borne by the cooperative’s 750 farmers, with no return on their money.

Among the theories floated for this year’s lagging response by specialty contractors to ENR’s annual regional surveys is that those contractors have just been too busy working.

With 28% growth in regional revenue, 2015 was a GEM of a year for Steve Johnson and his colleagues.