New figures from the Missouri Dept. of Transportation (MoDOT) show that 86% of the state’s busiest roads are now in good condition. MoDOT says road conditions in the Show Me State have improved steadily since 2004, when only 47% of its highways were good. That year, Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, which redirected revenue to roads and bridges. Related Links: St. Louis Link Will Be Tough, Diverse, Green Indiana Gets $71.4-Million in High-Speed Rail Funds Metropolitan St. Louis Lower Meramec River Wastewater Treatment Plant Completed Repair of I-80 Bridge Near Moline, Ill., Scheduled to Restart April 5 Work Under Way

Construction of the new $135-million Beavercreek Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio, is under way. Designed by architect HOK’s Chicago healthcare group, the 275,000-sq-ft, 113-bed greenfield hospital will sit on 22 acres in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek. Part of Kettering Health Network, it will employ 200 people and offer emergency care, general surgery, interventional medicine, a birthing center, critical care, medical imaging, and cardiovascular diagnostic services. Related Links: World’s Tallest Building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, was Designed in Chicago Streeter Place 54-Story Luxury Apartment Tower Completed in Chicago Major Eye Institute is Going from Vision to Reality in Indianapolis Metea

Architect DLR Group and Turner Construction Co., both of Chicago, recently put the finishing touches on the $124.6-million Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Ill. Photo: Steinkamp Photography and courtesy of DLR Group Open courtyards and large windows deliver lots of natural light into the core of the recently completed Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Ill. Related Links: World’s Tallest Building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, was Designed in Chicago Streeter Place 54-Story Luxury Apartment Tower Completed in Chicago Major Eye Institute is Going from Vision to Reality in Indianapolis Building in Orland Park, Ill., Earns LEED Gold Certification St.

Kwame Building Group, St. Louis, has completed the last of eight separate construction management contracts on the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) Lower Meramec River facility in South St. Louis County. Related Links: St. Louis Link Will Be Tough, Diverse, Green Indiana Gets $71.4-Million in High-Speed Rail Funds Repair of I-80 Bridge Near Moline, Ill., Scheduled to Restart April 5 Work Under Way for New Itasca, Ill., Wastewater Treatment Plant MoDOT Says 86% of State’s Major Roads are Now in Good Condition Kwame, which specializes in construction management, has performed 37% of the total construction management work on the

The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Chicago) has named Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney Architects, Ltd. (Nagle Hartray) as its firm of the year for 2009. Photo: Nagle Hartray Nagle Hartray employees and AIA Chicago offi cers pose after Nagle Hartray was named 2009’s firm of the year. Related Links: William Bast Named President of National Structural Engineers Council AIA Chicago Names Vitale Young Architect of 2009 Lean Construction Institute Forms Ohio Valley Chapter AGC of St. Louis and OSHA Form Partnership Great Lakes Design-Build Institute Elects Officers Two Midwestern Firms Earn National Honors from

Somerville, Inc., an integrated architecture, engineering and construction services company in Green Bay, Wis., has won the Best Existing Building award in the Great Spaces, Great Places (GSGP) contest. Related Links: William Bast Named President of National Structural Engineers Council AIA Chicago Names Vitale Young Architect of 2009 Lean Construction Institute Forms Ohio Valley Chapter AGC of St. Louis and OSHA Form Partnership AIA Chicago Names Nagle Hartray 2009 Firm of the Year Great Lakes Design-Build Institute Elects Officers Two Midwestern Firms Earn National Honors from AIA Northeast Indiana Building Contractors Name Officers for 2010 American Society of Safety Engineers

Only a few months after Muchin College Prep and the Illinois Holocaust Museum had held their respective grand openings, high school students from the Noble Network of Charter School’s Muchin College Prep high school visited the new Illinois Holocaust Museum & Educational Center in Skokie, Ill. Related Links: 2010 Conex Wisconsin/Northern Illinois Show Attracts Fewer Exhibitors but More Attendees Sixty freshman students visited the museum at the invitation of Bulley & Andrews, LLC. As the general contractor that built both Muchin College Prep and the Illinois Holocaust Museum, Bulley & Andrews was pleased to sponsor the event. It provided an

The world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai), officially opened Jan. 4 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Related Links: Streeter Place 54-Story Luxury Apartment Tower Completed in Chicago Major Eye Institute is Going from Vision to Reality in Indianapolis Metea Valley High School Completed in Aurora, Ill. Building in Orland Park, Ill., Earns LEED Gold Certification St. Louis Metro System’s New Paint Facility Opens Six Months Early and 10% Under Budget Building Now Houses HQ of Company that Made its Windows R.A. Smith Provides Multiple Services on New Wis. DMV Office Project Green Building Initiative Certifies 100th Green Globes

The Construction Industry Service Corporation (CISCO) honored its project-of-the-year winners for 2009. The awards are part of CISCO’s Pride in Construction award program, which recognizes the top union construction projects in four categories. The program also honors an area educator, Illinois public body, and a labor conciliator. Related Links: William Bast Named President of National Structural Engineers Council AIA Chicago Names Vitale Young Architect of 2009 Lean Construction Institute Forms Ohio Valley Chapter AGC of St. Louis and OSHA Form Partnership AIA Chicago Names Nagle Hartray 2009 Firm of the Year Great Lakes Design-Build Institute Elects Officers Two Midwestern Firms

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