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Midwest Construction News
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Midwest Construction News provides Midwest-specific updates on the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.
Burke Indictment Shows That 'Chicago Way' Is Still Alive

Burke Indictment Shows That 'Chicago Way' Is Still Alive

Alderman Ed Burke, 75, the longtime chairman of the Chicago City Council’s powerful finance committee, was indicted June 4 on 14 counts of racketeering, attempted extortion, conspiracy and attempting to use interstate commerce to facilitate unlawful activity.

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Investigations Underway After Worker Killed in Cincinnati Partial Building Collapse

Preston Todd Delph, 58, died when a section of the seventh floor of the under-construction building collapsed
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Jeff Yoders
December 2, 2019
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Preston Todd Delph, 58, an employee of Gateway Concrete Forming in Miamisburg, Ohio, died after the seventh-floor of a mixed-use development on Fourth and Race streets in Cincinnati, collapsed on him November 25. OSHA and the City of Cincinnati are investigating the incident.


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Readymix

Former Chicago Ready-Mix Teamsters Local's Leadership Ousted, Lawsuit Planned

Drama plays out over ready-mix concrete contracts as former state senator faces embezzlement charges for a no-work union organizing job related to the joint council that wanted locals to merge
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Jeff Yoders
August 30, 2019
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The union that represents Chicago area ready-mix concrete truck drivers and owner-operators has been put into trusteeship by the Teamsters national organization. Its former president says it's part of a long-term attempt to take lucrative ready-mix contracts away from Local 786.


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Who do contractors expect to hire this year?

Survey Says Contractors Still Can't Find Enough Craft Workers

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Jeff Yoders
August 28, 2019
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AGC-Autodesk report says 80% of contractors face shortage of skilled workers.


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Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Press Conference

House Bill Would Create $100M Disaster-Aid Revolving Loan Fund

Proposal follows recommendations of mayors of Mississippi River cities dealing with flooding
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Jeff Yoders
July 26, 2019
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Measure proposed by House members from the flood-battered Midwest,would establish a fund to support loans for resilience projects.


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Kaskaskia, Ill., flood of 1993

Kaskaskia, an Illinois Island Community in the Mississippi River, Still Can't Assess Flood Damages

The island, the first capital of Illinois, was cut off from the mainland by flood water from April to July
Jeff-yoders
Jeff Yoders
July 12, 2019
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Even though flood water has fallen to levels that make some bridges and channel roads passable in the tiny island town of Kaskaskia, Ill., local officials still don't have a good idea of how much damage more than three months of being submerged has done.


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Alton, Ill.

As Flood Water Finally Recedes, Midwest Cities and Towns Plan for Prevention

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Jeff Yoders
July 1, 2019
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Officials from Midwest cities and towns are finally getting a chance to reevaluate flood control after flood waters have begun to recede, some for the first time this year.


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Skender Manufacturing Facility

Skender Opens Chicago Modular Building Factory

July 1, 2019
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot cut the ribbon as Skender opened its southwest side modular manufacturing facility on the southside.


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Downtown Davenport, Iowa flooding

Midwest Cities Take New Approach to Flood Control

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Jeff Yoders
June 12, 2019
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Flooding has plagued Midwest towns and cities along the Mississippi River for most of the year, and only now are officials in some towns considering ways to mitigate future flood events.


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Fiat Chrysler's Planned New Assembly Plant

Fiat Chrysler To Build $1.6-Billion Production Facility in Detroit, Says It Will Be Open by Late 2020

Construction to begin immediately on new plant on Detroit's east side
Jeff-yoders
Jeff Yoders
May 24, 2019
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Fiat Chrysler said May 21 that construction will begin immediately on a new, $1.6 billion assembly plant for Jeep Grand Cherokees, a new Jeep SUV and hybrid cars on Detroit's east side.


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Starved Rock Lock and Dam

Mississippi River Spends 40 Days At Flood Stage, Mayors Push for Infrastructure Funding

As record flooding continues with more rain expected, mayors, Army Corps look toward resilient solutions
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Jeff Yoders
May 7, 2019
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As record flooding continues across the Midwest, the region’s mayors and the Army Corps of Engineers are looking for solutions to mitigate future floods.


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