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KCI design still evolving, SOM's Derek Moore says convenience will be a focus of the new single-terminal design.

By a count of 49,950 yes votes to 16,378 against, Kansas City voters approved a new, single-terminal Kansas City International Airport last week.

The recently unveiled One Chicago Square development promises an 85-foot-wide tower with an innovative basement. Approval still pending.

A team led by Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate, Bethesda, Md., on Sept. 6 won the recommendation of the City Council selection committee of Kansas City as the developer and designer of a $1-billion, single-terminal redevelopment of Kansas City International Airport.

Our Best Project winners include a skyscraper built on top of an active rail line near the Chicago River, several innovative office buildings, the meticulous restoration of a state capitol building, multiple rail projects that brought service to underserved downtowns in large cities, one of the largest LEED-platinum corporate offices in the U.S., retrofits to aging coal-fired electrical plants that brought them into modern environmental compliance and some healthcare projects that put patients first.

The business of wind generation is less than breezy these days for clean-energy producer NextEra Energy Resources.

The governor had vetoed a tax increase.