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The dust has settled from a methane explosion last month that brought down the roof of a sludge concentration building at the Calumet water reclamation plant on Chicago’s far south side, but there is still uncertainty as to what triggered the blast.

The 16-mile O'Hare Express would connect downtown Chicago and O'Hare airport.

U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers' researchers, leading a team that recently completed the 3D printing of 9.5-ft-tall reinforced concrete walls for a 32-ft x 16-ft deployable barracks, are setting their sights on a future project--3D printing of concrete roof beams--even before they have put the precast concrete lid on the printed walls.

Technology guru Elon Musk beat  three other companies for the right to negotiate with Chicago.

Fluor, ACS, AECOM are among the firms set to build the Gordie Howe cable-stay span, which will set a size record, even as political issues continue to swirl.

Chicago has its first CLT commercial building, but is still waiting on approval for high-rises.

With the price outlook ‘clear as mud,’ says one exec, long-term cost management strategies are elusive

The 1.1-million-sq-ft First Solar Modular Manufacturing Plant planned for Lake Township, Ohio, will be the single largest thin-film solar module manufacturing facility in the U.S. when it’s completed in late 2019.

Related Midwest recently unveiled its proposal for 400 Lake Shore Drive, two towers set 150-ft apart designed by architect David Childs with fellow architect Scott Duncan and structural engineer William Baker of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM).