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The city of Chicago's new five-year capital plan calls for road, sewer and Lake Michigan and Chicago river work, but requires $1.4 billion in new borrowing for the first two years alone.

Prosecutors also name two other lobbyists, charging the executives with multiple counts of bribery and conspiracy; defendants' attorneys claim their clients are innocent.

A Chinatown developer pleaded guilty Nov. 13 to wire fraud related to a South Side condominium project.

Historic renovations, jaw-dropping stadiums and COVID-19 care

A 1939 lock and dam on the Illinois waterway gets its first major reconstruction since it was built. Its lock chamber was rebuilt in just 90 days.

Two of five charged with accepting bribes agreed to cooperate with authorities; a former state politician and two others pleaded not guilty

Concrete expert had key roles in delivering Chicago's Water Tower Place and other landmark projects, and promoted minority hiring on company crews.

Telematics, wearables, online collaboration, 3D model management tools and the ever-evolving ways contractors collect and use data took center stage in the first day of ENR's all-virtual FutureTech construction technology conference.

Ford Motor Co. and contractor Devin Industrial Group have already begun construction on a $700-million, 500,000-sq-ft gas-electric hybrid Ford F-150 manufacturing plant at the company's 100-year-old Rouge Center in Dearborn, Mich. The first trucks are expected to come off the line by late 2021.