Located adjacent to the Kansas State University campus, the $1.25-billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility enables agencies to conduct comprehensive research, develop vaccines and provide enhanced diagnostic capabilities to protect against diseases that threaten the nation’s food supply and public health.

From a federal biocontainment facility in tornado-prone Kansas to a center honoring the military and its history in Wisconsin to an effort to stabilize a road on a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, dozens of projects were honored this year in ENR Midwest’s 2023 Best Projects, a competition that highlights the cream of the crop in the construction industry.

The Weitz Company, in a joint venture with Turner Construction, will lead construction of Phase 1A of the project to replace the existing terminal at Des Moines International Airport.

Kokosing-Plocher is the design-build contractor for upgrade of biosolids processing at two wastewater plants.

Rail project moves into the design phase with $1.97 billion in grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration

The 140,000-sq-ft battery materials plant is expected to produce 30,000 metric tons for use in batteries that can store energy needed to run electric vehicles, charging stations or on the electric grid. 

Facilities that could generate triple-digit megawatts of solar power are set to start construction at Kansas City International Airport and Dulles International Airport.

Design and construction team places a premium on preserving an ecosystem and creating connections between people and the environment

The charges result from an ongoing probe into anticompetitive conduct in the asphalt paving sector, officials say.

The project, originally expected to complete this year, is now scheduled to finish in 2027 at an estimated cost of $2.77 billion.