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ADM Moves to Advance Carbon Storage Efforts
05/21/12
A multiyear, multiphase installation in Decatur, Ill., will be the first in the world to inject two plumes of CO2 in the same saline formation.

Photo Courtesy of Daniel Byer for MGSC


BP Primes Its Whiting Plant for Canadian Crude
03/26/12
Some 8,000 tradesmen converge on a site in Whiting, Ind., that touches three cities.

Photos Courtesy of BP

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01/30/12 Digging Deeper: Structural Monitoring Keeps Rail Lines on Track

Refinements may lead to a less expensive method of monitoring the health of aging structures.
01/30/12 Structural Monitoring Keeps Rail Lines on Track

Refinements may lead to a less expensive method of monitoring the health of aging structures.
12/20/11 ENR Announces Best of the Best Projects 2011 Awards

Panel of industry experts awards 18 prizes
11/28/11 Ohio State University Engages in 'At-Risk' Business

The $1.1-billion, Ohio State University Medical Center is among the first state projects to be delivered via construction management at risk.
11/28/11 Art and Science Meet at Discovery Institute

The facility unites scientists from a broad spectrum of disciplines while immersing them in the arts and humanities, education and outreach.
11/28/11 Blue Cross Raises a Green Shield

Facility is the largest wholly owner-occupied office building in the world to achieve LEED-Platinum Certification.
11/28/11 Cable-Stayed Bridge Built to Span a Century

Cable-stayed bridge is built to span a century.
11/28/11 Chicago High-Rise Apartment Goes for LEED Gold

Sustainable design elements include Energy STAR-rated appliances, low water-use fixtures, and energy-efficient elevators, light fixtures and HVAC equipment.
11/28/11 Cincinnati Tower Capped by Elliptical ‘Tiara’

The steel tiara consists of 15 ornamental arch elements uniformly supported by 14 arching columns.
11/28/11 Columbus Project Puts River Front and Center

Project called for both a promenade and a new multi-use park.
11/28/11 Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Pursues a Patient-Focused Approach

Design integrates the viewpoints of staff and other stakeholders.
11/28/11 ENR Midwest Best Projects of 2011

Winners range from a historic hotel and a children’s hospital to a rooftop nightclub and cable-stayed bridge.
11/28/11 Green Systems Shine at Bright Lights Facility

Trading facility is the largest LEED-CI project in the Midwest to achieve Platinum status.
11/28/11 Historic Chicago Park Receives Contemporary Upgrades

Project’s landscaped interventions are intended to resemble bridges.
11/28/11 Hospital Spaces Promote a Healthier Environment

Facility weaves a child-friendly environment with environmentally friendly systems.
11/28/11 Interdenominational Church Showcases Interplay of Materials

Structural steel, stone, timber and light-gauge metal make for tricky intersection points.
11/28/11 Iowa Hotel Reclaims Its Former Glory

Restoration returned key public spaces to their original glory.
11/28/11 Missouri Coal-Fired Plant Comes Clean on Emissions

Renovation project required more than 2.2 million man-hours and as many as 550 craftsworkers during peak periods.
11/28/11 New Energy Center Ranks Among Nations Cleanest

Coal-fired plant equipped with state-of-the-art emissions reduction technology.
11/28/11 New Lobby Signals New Era for St. Louis Building

Renovation sets the stage for the rebirth of aging office tower.
11/28/11 New Police Headquarters Sets Up Shop in Former Industrial Structure

The pairing of a precast warehouse and police facility wasn’t made to order.
11/28/11 Ohio Center Aims to Advance Tissue Transplant Technology

The Center for Tissue Innovation and Research houses 14 state-of-the-art clean-rooms to process human tissue for bone, skin and tissue grafts.
11/28/11 Old-World Design Meets New-World Technology

Its neoclassical trappings belie the contemporary design solutions required to harmoniously blend form and function at the $118-million, 1,600-seat Palladium Center for Performing Arts in Carmel, Ind.
11/28/11 Produce Distributor Turns Brownfield Site Green

Facility is poised to become the first structure of its kind in the nation to gain LEED-Platinum certification.
11/28/11 Ronald McDonald House Accents Residential Ambience

Donations of items ranging from wall paints to the mechanical system required tight coordination to deliver a cohesive, aesthetically pleasing project.
11/28/11 School Provides a Lesson in Precision Scheduling

The team had just a year to complete substantial renovations and construct a 71,000-sq-ft addition.
11/28/11 St. Louis Hilton Builds A Bar With a View

The structural engineer resolved the issue of steel reinforcement by applying a reinforcing material to the underside of a concrete slab.
11/28/11 Sustainability Drives Design of New Volvo Dealership

Project includes wind turbines, a rainwater harvesting system and solar panels.
11/28/11 Sustainable Courthouse Receives Positive Verdict

Courthouse makes a sound case for sustainable design by incorporating elements that reduce the facility’s annual energy consumption by 25% and annual water consumption by 1 million gallons.
11/28/11 Sustainable Design Reaches New Heights

New 42-story skyscraper incorporates a full array of sustainable systems.
11/28/11 Table Tennis Club Served Up With Lighting Speed

Project blends clean, contemporary aesthetic with the timber structure and masonry shell of a former warehouse.
11/28/11 Team Executes Roadway Revamp in Roundabout Fashion

Six interchanges incorporate an innovative double-teardrop configuration.
11/28/11 Vegetative Roof, Other Green Systems Qualify Inner-City School for LEED Gold

Dense urban site prompted planners to locate a playground atop the school’s roof.
11/28/11 Warm Environment Creates Haven for Homeless Youth

Minneapolis center provides a warm and welcome haven for homeless youth.
09/26/11 Roosevelt University Moves Into Modern Digs

The latest addition to Chicago’s skyline is a mixed-use, 32-story ‘vertical campus’ towering above Louis Sullivan’s Auditorium Building
07/25/11 Chicago's Wacker Drive Is A Summer Blockbuster

After a six-year hiatus, crews return to finish up Chicago’s epic bridge rebuild.
05/23/11 No Slippage, But Not Much Traction Either

The region’s top engineers advanced, but most Midwest designers merely maintained their footing in 2010.
05/23/11 Sustainable Streetscape Paved With Green

A gritty Chicago thoroughfare proves that sustainable design need not be pretty in order to be green. Photo courtesy of Chicago Department of Transportation
03/28/11 A Rocky Road Back To Regional Recovery

Although some sectors are showing signs of life, a paucity of public funds could stall a full-scale recovery in the region.
03/28/11 Illinois Landfill Turns Trash Into Cash

A new $9.5-million generating plant at the Chicago area’s Prairie View Landfill will convert methane to energy.
01/24/11 Iconic Opera House Stages a Comeback

The fat lady is about to sing. O’Fallon, Mo.-based contractor and co-developer Paric Corp. is orchestrating a long-awaited second act for the 77-year-old Peabody Opera House in downtown St. Louis.
12/01/10 Best of 2010

Midwest Construction’s Best of 2010 Construction and Design Awards recipients were recently chosen from a pool of 175 nominated projects in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.
10/01/10 Attention to Detail

Chazen Museum addition is work of art. Complex design and mountains of fine detailing have presented the contractor with challenges but will result in a community icon.
10/01/10 Greening a Century-Old Architectural Gem
Birch Bayh Federal Building
08/01/10 Engineering Marvel
A deep-section steel truss mounted to an elevator core provides support for cantilevered ends at 215 W. Washington St. in Chicago.
08/01/10 New Ship in an Old Bottle
The $182-million project includes renovating the idled nine-story Ottawa Street Power Station and converting it into office space, as well as building a new four-story office next to the existing power plant.
06/01/10 Top Project Starts

Midwest Construction presents its annual list of Top Project Starts, which ranks projects that broke ground in 2009 by their contract cost.
06/01/10 Spotlight on Power

Duke Energy’s $2.88 billion coal degasification power plant under construction on 100 acres in Edwardsport, Ind., is a colossal endeavor with an endless number of firsts.
05/01/10 High Speed Rail: Federal Stimulus Funding Puts Midwest Rail Projects on Track in 2010

Federal stimulus money will be the financial engine driving about $2.6 billion of high-speed rail work in the Upper Midwest during 2010.
05/01/10 Low Energy

One of Chicago’s hottest new boutique hotels is also proving to be high on the energy-efficiency list.
05/01/10 Second Take

After opening the initial round of bids from three prominent area contractors on Feb. 11 for reconstruction of the Wacker Drive/Congress Parkway Interchange, the City of Chicago disqualified two, then rejected the third for being too expensive.
05/01/10 Milestone Project Just What Doctor Ordered

The new Milestone hospital renovation and construction project in Peoria, Ill., built two new hospitals, renovated parts of an existing building, and tied the three together into one large unit.
01/01/10 High School Renovations Earn High Marks

Working on an historic landmark high school in Joliet, Ill., a design and construction team brought HVAC, electrical, and other systems up to date while respecting the historic architecture.
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