Midwest Construction News
Contractor Wins $11.3M Judgment in Milwaukee Timber Tower Lawsuit
Legal
The developer halted work on the $230-million mass timber-concrete hybrid tower in 2025, citing tariffs and rising timber costs.
Why did C.D. Smith sue the developer of the Edison, which was planned to be the tallest mass timber tower in North America?
ENR Midwest Names F.E. Moran as 2026 Specialty Contractor of the Year
Awards
Illinois-based specialty contractor got its start as a boiler and radiator installer in 1931
The company's work spans industries where reliability is essential, including data centers, hospitals, industrial manufacturing, energy facilities, aviation infrastructure, food processing and high-rise construction.
$280M Indiana Park Project's Whitewater Rapids to Wipe Out Area Brownfields
Recreation
Origin Park is being developed on 430 acres of land that was formerly the site of landfills, junkyards and riverfront industrial uses.
A Colorado-based engineering firm has been hired to design and build a whitewater rafting course in Clarksville, Ind.
Road Projects Capture 77% of $1.74B in BUILD Grants
Transportation Funding
USDOT awards funding to 127 projects, with truck parking, freight rail and port work among the recurring priorities
From truck parking and port rail to bridge replacements and highway bottlenecks, USDOT's latest BUILD grants are steering future transportation investment.
Firms Scale Facilities to Produce More US, European Enriched Uranium Privately
Nuclear Power
Centrus Energy finalizes contract for $1B HALEU plant build in Ohio with Fluor as EPC, while Urenco USA eyes 2027 start of big expansion in New Mexico .
D-Day Bravery Honored at Lifelike Illinois Memorial Assembled by Tarlton
The U.S. 250th Anniversary
A dozen bronze statues replicating U.S. Army Rangers in World War II are affixed to a 50-ft-tall limestone bluff in Grafton, Ill.
The famous U.S. Army Ranger cliff-scaling in France is recreated on a midwest limestone bluff where the Mississippi and Illinois rivers meet.
Contractor Chosen for $1.3B Pork Processing Facility in South Dakota
Business
The 1.1-million-sq-ft plant is planned to replace another facility in downtown Sioux Falls that is 117 years old
Chicago-based Epstein is hired to build $1.3B packaged meat and fresh pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., where a century-old facility is set fo be demolished.
Midwest Rankings and Top Lists
Data Centers and Energy Facilities Fuel Midwest Market
ENR Midwest Top Contractors
With available land and reliable, low-cost power, industry leaders say the Midwest is one of the country’s premier data center hubs.
ENR 2025 Midwest Top Starts: Midwest Megaproject Construction Surges
Major construction activity is gaining momentum as investment bolsters advanced manufacturing facilities and data centers.
ENR's Regional Top Design Firms and Top Contractors Surveys Now Live
ENR Regional Surveys
Top Design Firms surveys due by March 31; Top Contractors surveys due by May 4
ENR has released surveys for its regional Top Design and Top Contractor rankings.
