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      <title>ENR Midwest Preparing Top Contractor List </title>
      <author>manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion)</author>
      <description>ENR MidWest is gearing up to publish the results of its Top Contractors survey in July.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 10:26:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>ENR Midwest 2022 Top Starts Preview</title>
      <author>manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion)</author>
      <description>Here’s a look at a partial list of the region’s Top 2022 Project Starts compiled by ENR Midwest.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;">Here’s a look at a partial list of the region’s Top 2022 Project Starts compiled by ENR Midwest.</span></p><br>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:35:04 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>ENR Midwest Names Paul VanDuyne as 2023 Legacy Award Winner</title>
      <author>manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion)</author>
      <description>ENR Midwest is honored to name Paul VanDuyne as its 2023 Legacy Award winner.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>ENR Midwest is honored to name Paul VanDuyne as its 2023 Legacy Award winner. </p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:57:39 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>ENR Midwest Names 2022 Best Project Winners</title>
      <author>manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion)</author>
      <description>After a month of hard work, an independent panel of AEC experts reviewed a total of 64 projects and selected 13 for Best Projects recognition and 10 Awards of Merit across 16 categories, and honored two projects with a special award in safety.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:37:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>ENR Midwest Previews 2022 Top Contractors Ranking</title>
      <description>Nearly 100 construction firms have already submitted surveys for ENR Midwest's Top Contractors ranking.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Nearly 100 construction firms have already submitted surveys for ENR Midwest's Top Contractors ranking.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.enr.com/blogs/10/post/54133</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Midwest Owner of the Year Riverside Investment and Development Builds Where Others Can't</title>
      <author>yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders)</author>
      <description>Founded in 2010 by former John Buck Company executive, John O’Donnell, Riverside Investment has taken on sites others deemed unbuildable and significantly changed Chicago’s skyline, particularly along the Chicago River.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Founded in 2010 by former John Buck Company executive, John O&rsquo;Donnell, Riverside Investment has taken on sites others deemed unbuildable and significantly changed Chicago&rsquo;s skyline, particularly along the Chicago River. </span></p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.enr.com/blogs/10/post/44097</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>HNTB's Tim Faerber Named ENR Midwest's Legacy Winner</title>
      <author>yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders)</author>
      <description>ENR Midwest is proud to honor its fourth Legacy Award Winner, Timothy J. Faerber, Senior Vice President at HNTB Corporation.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>ENR Midwest is proud to honor its fourth Legacy Award Winner, Timothy J. Faerber, Senior Vice President at HNTB Corporation.</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.enr.com/blogs/10/post/42998</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>JE Dunn Selected as ENR Midwest's 2017 Contractor of the Year</title>
      <author>yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders)</author>
      <description>In addition to featuring the top-ranked general contractors of the year based on 2016 revenue, the July issue of ENR Midwest will also profile Kansas City's JE Dunn Construction as the 2017 ENR Midwest Contractor of the Year.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In addition to featuring the top-ranked general contractors of the year based on 2016 revenue, the July issue of ENR Midwest will also profile Kansas City&#39;s JE Dunn Construction as the 2017 ENR Midwest Contractor of the Year.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>ENR Midwest Previews Expanded Top Design Firms Ranking</title>
      <author>judys@enr.com (Scott Judy)</author>
      <description>This year's ranking of Midwest architectural and engineering firms will total nearly 110, with nearly $4.8 billion in revenue represented.</description>
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        <![CDATA[This year's ranking of Midwest architectural and engineering firms will total nearly 110, with nearly $4.8 billion in revenue represented.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Best in the Midwest: And the Project of the Year is …</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>As if selecting Best Projects and Awards of Merit in the various categories wasn’t challenging enough, we asked our ENR Midwest judges to go back and dig a little deeper to help determine our Project of the Year.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>As if selecting Best Projects and Awards of Merit in the various categories wasn&rsquo;t challenging enough, we asked our ENR Midwest judges to go back and dig a little deeper to help determine our Project of the Year.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Best in the Midwest: Projects Recognized for Safety Excellence</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>In addition to the 20 Best Project and Awards of Merit winners in various categories announced earlier this month, ENR Midwest judges are today recognizing two projects for their safety prowess.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In addition to the 20 Best Project and Awards of Merit winners in various categories announced earlier this month,&nbsp;ENR Midwest judges are today recognizing two projects for their safety prowess.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Best in the Midwest: Naming the Regional Best Projects!</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>To suggest ENR Midwest judges had a challenging task determining the Regional Best Projects for 2016 would be an understatement.</description>
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	To suggest ENR Midwest judges had a challenging task determining the Regional Best Projects for 2016 would be an understatement.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>GEM Inc. Named ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of the Year</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>As results from the region’s top specialty contractors began to roll in, it quickly became clear GEM Inc. deserved serious consideration as the ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of the Year.</description>
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	As results from the region&rsquo;s top specialty contractors began to roll in, it quickly became clear GEM Inc. deserved serious consideration as the ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of the Year.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Hey, Midwest Contractors, What’s Your Specialty?</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>Every year, we here at ENR Midwest compile and share data from the region’s leading specialty contracting firms, based on activity from the previous year in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.</description>
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	Every year, we here at ENR Midwest compile and share data from the region&rsquo;s leading specialty contracting firms, based on activity from the previous year in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Have a Great Young Colleague? Nominate Him or Her Today</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>Our annual Top 20 Under 40 is published in the first ENR Midwest edition of the year, but the time to nominate a candidate for 2017 is right now.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
	Our annual Top 20 Under 40 is published in the first ENR Midwest edition of the year, but the time to nominate a candidate for 2017 is right now.</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Mortenson Co. Named ENR Midwest Contractor of the Year</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>In a typically close vote, Mortenson Construction has been named the ENR Midwest Contractor of the Year.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
	In a typically close vote, Mortenson Construction has been named the <em>ENR Midwest</em> Contractor of the Year.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>If You Build It, You May Be On Our List!</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>Every year, we here at ENR Midwest compile and share data from the region’s leading contracting firms, based on their activity from the previous year in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
	Every year, we here at ENR Midwest compile and share data from the region&rsquo;s leading contracting firms, based on their activity from the previous year in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <guid>http://www.enr.com/blogs/10/post/39560</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 11:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.enr.com/blogs/10-midwest-musings/post/39560-if-you-build-it-you-may-be-on-our-list</link>
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      <title>Lining Up The Midwest Region’s Top Design Firms</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>As construction throughout the Midwest Region continues to recover, which firms are responsible for drawing up the plans our contractor friends are champing the bit to dig into?</description>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
	As construction throughout the Midwest Region continues to recover, which firms are responsible for drawing up the plans our contractor friends are champing the bit to dig into?</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Power, Indeed! Energy Projects Lead 2015 Top Starts</title>
      <author>andersonmd@enr.com (Mike Anderson)</author>
      <description>Every year, ENR Midwest is honored to rank the region’s largest projects that started construction during the previous calendar year. For 2015, a few projects in Minnesota are expected to join those from Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.</description>
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	Every year, ENR Midwest is honored to rank the region&rsquo;s largest projects that started construction during the previous calendar year. For 2015, a few projects in Minnesota are expected to join those from Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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