Jeff Yoders

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has delivered 50 COVID-19 alternate care facilities in hotels, dormitories, convention centers and arenas with 12 more soon to be completed.

Midwest states with large-population, metropolitan areas mostly plan to extend stay-at-home orders, while smaller population states never had a stay-at-home order to begin with or are planning to let them expire as reported cases of COVID-19 decrease.

Dam owners, state and local authorities must do a better job of understanding the history of the dams in their inventory as well as preparing for ice runs that could destroy dams like Nebraska's Spencer Dam, which collapsed under the weight of heavy rain combined with cold temperatures and frozen ground last spring.

Work at some sites will decrease as updated agency modeling shows they won't be needed.

Industry firms, suppliers and entrepreneurs are coming up with new processes and innovations to fight the spread of COVID-19

All of ENR Midwest's coverage of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the regional construction industry.

In 2019, Goettsch Partners delivered a mix of designs that further cemented the firm's legacy as an innovative architect capable of delivering beautiful designs on the toughest sites.

Davenport, Iowa and the Quad Cities area prepares for expected flooding, while the Bonnet Carre Spillway was opened in Louisiana.

Corps Chicago District Commander Col. Aaron Reisinger and Walsh Construction Project Manger Tom Caplis detail how convention center will transform into an alternate care facility in days, including upgrade of Hall B mechanical system to produce negative air pressure for care of contagious patients.

As the Army Corps of Engineers planned and built alternate care facilities in Chicago's McCormick Place and Detroit's TCF Center, its public health strategy shifted to using convention centers for COVID-19 patients without severe symptoms rather than just for non-COVID-19 patients to take the strain off hospitals.