midwest

Design

Nearly 100 Top Architects and Engineers Enter ENR Midwest's Annual Top Design Firms Survey

Preliminary results already show nearly 100 design firms from 11-state region have reported 2020 design billings

March 22, 2021

Nearly 100 design firms have already entered their 2020 information and there's still time to be recognized as a Top Design Firm from our 11-state region.

Best Projects

ENR Midwest Selects 32 Best Project Winners for 2020

Winning projects range from emergency bridge repairs to the most cutting edge sports stadium designs

Jeff Yoders

September 12, 2020

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ENR Midwest names 32 winners in its 2020 Best Projects competition. All Best Project winners are automatically eligible for ENR's Best of the Best competition.

Foxconn Technology Group Wisconsin Fabrication Facility

Top Contractors

See The Preliminary List of ENR Midwest's Top Contractors

Nearly 100 firms have entered, still time to fill out your 2020 survey

May 22, 2020

Still a chance to have your construction company counted in our Midwest Top Contractors List!

COVID-19 and Construction

COVID-19 Delays, Closes Projects Across the Midwest

Reasons for project delays vary from statewide orders to loss of sales tax revenue or state financing

Annemarie Mannion

April 11, 2020

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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.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Safety

Stay-at-Home Orders in Eight Midwest States Broadly Exempt Construction, Michigan's is More Limited

Exceptions for construction work are broadly defined in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin coronavirus orders, Michigan's is narrower

Jeff Yoders

March 20, 2020

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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.

Owner of the Year

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Midwest Divisions Named ENR Midwest's Owner of the Year

Agency's Northwest, Mississippi Valley and Ohio and Great Lakes Region Tested by Heavy Rains, Flooding

Jeff Yoders

February 4, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is facing the challenges of a changing climates, the demands of river commerce in a changing economy and the needs of the other agencies it acts as a developer for simultaneously.

ENR Midwest Announces 35 Winning Best Projects for 2019

Winning projects include the Museum at the Gateway Arch, the Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway and Chicago Union Station's Great Hall Renovation

Jeff Yoders

August 13, 2019

ENR Midwest's judges carefully curated a list of 97 high-quality entries down to 35 winning entries for this year's ENR Midwest Best Projects competition.

ENR Midwest Best Projects Winners Announced

Winning projects include the Museum at the Gateway Arch, the Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway and Chicago Union Station's Great Hall Renovation

Jeff Yoders

August 7, 2019

ENR Midwest's judges carefully curated a list of 97 high-quality entries down to 35 winning entries for this year's ENR Midwest Best Projects competition.