ENR Midwest 2019 Top Starts Preview
Top Starts project details were derived from data provided by Dodge Data & Analytics, reports from within the public record and information provided by the project teams.
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ENR Midwest 2019 Top Starts
Rank |
Project/ Location |
Project Cost ($ Mil.) |
Start Date/ End Date |
Owner |
Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
RED/PURPLE LINE MODERNIZATION PHASE 1 Chicago |
2,100
|
Oct. 2019–
July 2024 |
Chicago Transit Authority |
GC: Walsh/Fluor JV Engineer: Stantec Consulting Services Inc. |
|
2
|
KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL P3 Kansas City, Mo. |
1,900
|
April 2019–
Jan. 2023 |
City of Kansas City - Aviation Dept.
|
GC: Clark | Weitz | Clarkson
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP |
|
3
|
NEXT NGA WEST HEADQUARTERS St. Louis |
1,700
|
Dec. 2019–
April 2023 |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas
City District
|
GC: McCarthy/HITT - Next NGA West JV Architect: HDR Inc. |
|
4
|
1.2-GW NATURAL GAS-FIRED COMBINED CYCLE FACILITY Ellwood, Ill. |
1,300
|
July 2019–
April 2022 |
J-Power USA
|
GC: Kiewit Power Constructors
|
|
5
|
MICROSOFT (PROJECT ALLUVION) REGIONAL DATA
CENTER BUILDINGS 7 AND 8 West Des Moines, Iowa |
1,200
|
Jan. 2019–
NA |
Microsoft Corp.
|
GC: Turner Construction Co.
Architect: Page Southerland & Page |
|
6
|
DTE ENERGY ST. CLAIR COUNTY BLUE WATER NATURAL
GAS POWER PLANT St. Clair, Mich. |
1,000
|
Dec. 2018–
NA |
DTE Energy Co.
|
GC: Kiewit Power Constructors
|
|
6
|
FOXCONN GEN 6 LCD SCREEN FABRICATION FACILITY Mount Pleasant, Wis. |
1,000
|
June 2019–
NA |
Foxconn Corp. (FEWI Development
Corp.)
|
GC: Gilbane/Exyte JV
Architect/Engineer: CH2M Hill |
|
8
|
RAPID DISASTER INFRASTRUCTURE Omaha |
999
|
Oct. 2019–
NA |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District
|
GC: Conti Federal Services Inc.
|
|
9
|
WIND XII POWER/WIND TURBINES Palo Alto and Ida Counties, Iowa |
922
|
April 2019–
NA |
MidAmerican Energy
|
GC: MA Mortenson Construction
Architect: MidAmerican Energy |
|
10
|
WHISPERING WILLOW WIND FARM - WEST PHASE Near Latimer, Iowa |
900
|
March 2019–
NA |
Alliant Energy
|
GC: White Construction
Architect/Engineer: Alliant Energy |
|
10
|
FIAT CHRYSLER ASSEMBLY MACK AVENUE ENGINE
COMPLEX Detroit |
900
|
Aug. 2019–
NA |
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
|
GC: Barton Malow Co.
Architect/Engineer: Ghafari Associates Inc. LLC |
|
12
|
ONE CHICAGO Chicago |
850
|
May 2019–
Dec. 2022 |
Sterling Bay Cos./JDL Development
|
GC: Power Construction Co.
Architect: Goettsch Partners Structural Engineer: MKA |
|
13
|
METRO GREEN LINE SOUTHWEST LIGHT RAIL TRAIN Minnetonka, Minn. |
799
|
May 2019–
NA |
Metropolitan Council
|
GC: Lunda CS McCrossan
Engineer: Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc. |
|
14
|
AMAZON PRIME AIR HUB, COVINGTON AIRPORT
SOUTHERN PORTION
Hebron, Ky. |
750 |
May 2019–
NA |
Amazon.com
|
GC: Whiting-Turner/Kokosing JV
Architect/Engineer: AECOM |
|
14
|
AMAZON PRIME AIR HUB, COVINGTON AIRPORT
NORTHERN PORTION Hebron, Ky. |
750
|
May 2019–
NA |
Amazon.com
|
GC: Whiting-Turner/Kokosing JV
Architect/Engineer: AECOM |
|
16
|
FORD MICHIGAN CENTRAL STATION Detroit |
740
|
Jan. 2019–
Dec. 2022 |
Ford Motor Co.
|
CM: Christman/Brinker, Corktown
Transformation JV
Architect: Quinn Evans Architects |
|
17
|
NORTH STAR BLUESCOPE STEEL MANUFACTURING
FACILITY Delta, Ohio |
700
|
July 2019–
NA |
North Star Bluescope Steel LLC
|
GC, Architect: North Star Bluescope Steel
LLC
|
|
18
|
VISION NORTHLAND MEDICAL CAMPUS Duluth, Minn. |
675
|
Oct. 2019–
Jan. 2023 |
Essentia Health
|
GC: McGough Construction
Architect: EwingCole Architects |
|
19
|
CRITICAL CARE BUILDING (CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL EXPANSION) Cincinnati |
650
|
Jan. 2019–
July 2021 |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical
Center
|
GC: Messer Construction Co.
Architect: DNK Architects |
|
19
|
400-MW HIGH PRAIRIE WIND FARM Greentop, Mo. |
650
|
Sept. 2019–
Nov. 2020 |
Terra-Gen Power LLC
|
GC: Blattner Energy Inc.
Architect: Terra-Gen Power LLC |