Annals of Inflation How a Critical Delay Sent St. Louis Convention Center Project Costs Sky High Richard Korman James Leggate June 1, 2022 No Comments The bid atmosphere and market for contracting deteriorated as St. Louis County and the city hammered out a deal.Read More
Project Finance MoDOT's Five-Year Plan Boosts Road, Bridge Funding to $7.7B Transportation agency proposes increased spending over previous five-year plan James Leggate June 1, 2022 No Comments The Missouri Dept. of Transportation’s draft 2023-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program includes an average of $1.5 billion each year for road and bridge projects.Read More
Workforce Management Ironworkers' Local Pension Plan Saved by $49M Infusion Cleveland union's plan was projected to run out of money in 2024 Annemarie Mannion May 26, 2022 2 Comments Cleveland union local's plan, headed toward 2024 insolvency, gains cash payment under the American Rescue Plan ActRead More
Companies Intel Picks Gilbane for Phase One of $20B Ohio Chip Plants James Leggate May 26, 2022 No Comments Work on project to build two computer chip manufacturing plants near Columbus, Ohio, is slated to start this year.Read More
Transportation Planned Streetcar Line Drives New Development in Omaha Mutual of Omaha plans new $600-million headquarters along route Annemarie Mannion May 23, 2022 No Comments A key element convincing Mutual of Omaha to build its new headquarters in Omaha is a planned streetcar line for the city's downtown. Read More
Transportation Ohio, Kentucky Seek Design-Build Teams for $2.8B Interstate Bridge New span would complement the 1963-built Brent Spence Bridge James Leggate May 19, 2022 No Comments State transportation officials estimate the design-build contract for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project will be worth $2.2 billion.Read More
Workforce Minnesota Electrical Contractor Cited for Misclassifying Employees as Apprentices $44K in back wages were recovered for the employees May 16, 2022 No Comments The state recovered more than $44,000 from Minnesota Controls Solutions, which was cited for underpaying and incorrectly classifying its employees.Read More
Public Projects No Bidders Submit for $210M St. Louis Convention Center Phase Two Only one bidder bid on the first phase of the pandemic-delayed public project James Leggate May 12, 2022 No Comments The only bid for the first phase of the expansion project was about $48 million higher than officials expected.Read More
Viewpoint ENR Midwest Welcomes New Editor Jeff Yoders May 10, 2022 No Comments ENR Midwest welcomes new editor Annemarie Mannion, Jeff Yoders says goodbye to Midwest readers after promotion.Read More
Midwest People: May 2022 May 10, 2022 No Comments People, New Hires, Promotions and Awards for construction professionals in the Midwest region.Read More