More than two years after announcing plans to construct the $220-million Ryan Fieldhouse, an athletic and recreational complex sited on Lake Michigan, Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University plans to file a permit request with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in anticipation of proceeding with the project.

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans to invest $2.4 billion in transportation construction this year, including 990 road projects, the agency announced last week.

Modular classrooms arrived on site this week at the Winnetka, Ill, campus of New Trier High School, kicking off a $100-million program to overhaul portions of the 114-year old school, with Wight and Co. and Pepper Construction, both of Chicago, serving as project architect and construction manager, respectively.

Demand for design services among Midwest architects softened in February, though the region continued to log positive growth for a third consecutive month, according to Washington, D.C.-based American Institute of Architects' Architectural Billings Index (ABI).

An “engineering mistake” may have contributed to the January collapse of an overhead exit ramp in Cincinnati that killed a construction worker, according the CEO of Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., the Westerville, Ohio-based contractor charged with demolishing the ramp.

For a second consecutive year, Illinois led all U.S. states in LEED-certified projects in 2014 on the basis of square feet per state resident, according to data compiled U.S. Green Building Council, the Washington, D.C.-based entity overseeing LEED certification programs.

A budget proposal by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker would borrow funds to support $1.3 billion in transportation projects over the next two years but delay construction of new buildings, including those in the University of Wisconsin System, to decrease overall levels of state borrowing.

Now that a small flotilla of barges has largely retreated, the main branch of the Chicago River no longer resembles a rush-hour jam on Lake Shore Drive.

Having long lagged other U.S. regions in economic recovery, the Midwest gained considerable momentum in 2014—welcome news to the region's construction industry.

Joel M. Carlins, co-chief executive officer with Chicago-based developer Magellan Group, spent his early years engaged in the intangibles inherent in the practice of law. Once a case or consultancy concluded, all that remained were files he stored in an office cabinet. Related Links: Owner of the Year 2011 Chicago Commission Greenlights 67-Story Residential Tower An encounter with the Salvation Army in the 1990s changed all of that. By then, Carlins had consulted building owners, designers and contractors, in addition to numerous area banks. He had also begun dabbling in construction, including the redevelopment of a rapid transit station. The