They are the smash hits of construction and design.
The Top Projects of 2004 are featured in the following pages, and this year there is a twist.

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In the past the selection was based on the top completions by cost in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, and we have featured the top completions again this year.

What is new is the inclusion of the top starts in the region.

The top starts and completions should give readers a more comprehensive picture of the major projects, the organizations that are doing them and the issues being faced than in the past. The top-20 completions are presented first followed by the top-20 starts.

Coverage includes an image and brief description of each Top Project started or completed between January 2003 and May 2004.

They range from major airport work, such as the completion of the redevelopment of Chicago's Midway Airport and the start of major construction at the Indianapolis International Airport, to impressive new athletic stadiums, offices and residential towers.

Those projects included are rated by how much they cost to build, and cost figures are based on the best available information.

Yet size is only part of the industry's accomplishments. As the following pages make clear, taken together these projects tell a remarkable story of skill and hard work. The design, engineering and construction feats accomplished are extraordinary.

There might have been other major projects that could have made Top Projects, but because of the lack of verifiable information, we could not include them.

We at Midwest Construction congratulate all the team members who worked together to erect these projects. And we congratulate the entire industry on an impressive body of work in 2003 and into the future.

- Craig Barner
Editor

Top of 2004 list