Work on project to build two computer chip manufacturing plants near Columbus, Ohio, is slated to start this year.

Still hampered by pandemic-related uncertainly, Midwest construction starts fell in 2021 even as signs of a return to normalcy bolstered markets near the end of the year.

Kokosing nears end of six-week, expedited bridge repair of the main thoroughfare between Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.

Two of five charged with accepting bribes agreed to cooperate with authorities; a former state politician and two others pleaded not guilty

Larry Householder and political allies used more than $60 million from a nuclear energy provider to win back state post and repaid it with $1.1 billion in ratepayer subsidies, say federal charges.

All of ENR Midwest's coverage of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the regional construction industry.

Projects across ENR's 11-state Midwest region are being postponed or shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no real certainty in sight as to when they might continue. The wide-ranging secondary effects of the novel coronavirus and the shutdowns it caused include loss of sales tax and revenue for state incentives.

Construction in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin is seen as essential infrastructure, so work continues on most sites in those states. Minnesota, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas's orders broadly exempt outdoor activities. Michigan's order includes public works construction as essential.

Project manager for Beaver Excavating helped deliver the $429-million job's complex earthmoving.