Hempcrete blocks and panels could be produced in the U.S. for the first time since 1937 thanks to a facility being built in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota. 

Updates about construction professionals in the Midwest region.

The AEC community is going strong in Omaha, Tondl says. “The pandemic and subsequent inflationary period have not slowed growth.

Sustainably preserving and repurposing older buildings and creating entertainment/hospitality venues and high-end apartments and hotels are all dominant themes in the Chicago market.

Reports from key industry events across the Midwest region.

When Ray Kowalik first interviewed with a recruiter at Kansas City, Mo.-based Burns & McDonnell after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in civil engineering, the concept of employee ownership didn’t bear all that much weight.

At just 12,000 sq ft, a glass structure is rising in suburban Broadview, outside Chicago, where future occupants will be repeatedly raising up glass curtain walls inside the building.

This year’s class of Top Young Professionals in the Midwest affirms that the future of design and construction in the region belongs to the firms that are willing to adapt and innovate.<

Lochner also served as the owner representative on the first three phases of the project.

Bids for eight highway projects on the Illinois Tollway system must be submitted by Feb. 2.