ENR Midwest 2021 Top Starts Preview
Top Starts project details were derived from data provided by Dodge Data & Analytics, reports from within the public record and information provided by the project teams.
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ENR Midwest 2021 Top Starts
| Rank | Project/ Location |
Project Cost ($ Mil.) | Start Date/ End Date |
Owner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTERSTATE 69 SECTION 6C Indianapolis |
728 | May 2021 July 2024 | Indiana Finance Authority | Engineer: HNTBGC: Milestone Contractors |
| 2 | FIRST SOLAR MANUFACTURING FACILITY Lake Township, Ohio |
680 | Aug. 2021 June 2023 |
First Solar Inc. | Architect: First Solar GC: Rudolph/Libbe Inc. |
| 3 | BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY/MUSEUM Jackson Park, Chicago |
500 | Sept. 2021 NA |
The Barack Obama Foundation | Architect: TWBTA GC: Lakeside Alliance (a joint venture) |
| 4 | NEW SOO LOCK CHAMBER, PHASE 2 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. |
500 | April 2021 Oct. 2023 |
US Army Corps of Engineers - Detroit District | GC: Kokosing-Alberici (Joint Venture) |
| 5 | CARDINAL-HICKORY CREEK TRANSMISSION LINE Middleton, Wis. |
492 | April 2021 Dec. 2023 |
ITC Midwest Cedar Rapids | Architect/GC: ITC Midwest |
| 6 | 300-MW IRISH CREEK WIND FARM Several Counties in Kansas |
450 | May 2021 Dec. 2023 |
NextEra Energy | Architect/GC: NextEra Energy |
| 7 | INTERSTATE 70 ADDED TRAVEL LANES Anderson, Ind. |
429 | Oct. 2021 NA |
Indiana Dept. of Transportation | Engineer: American Structurepoint GC: Superior Construction |
| 8 | FACEBOOK DATA CENTER Springfield, Neb. |
400 | Aug. 2021 June 2023 |
Facebook Inc. | GC: Turner Construction Co. |
| 9 | MICROSOFT INTERNET DATA CENTER, PHASE 1 Hoffman Estates, Ill. |
368 | Nov. 2021 NA |
Microsoft Corp. | Architect: Gensler GC: Walsh Construction |
| 10 | SAPPHIRE SKY WIND ENERGY WIND FARM/OPERATIONS BUILDING Farmer City, Ill. |
350 | Dec. 2021 July 2023 |
Invenergy LLC | Architect: Jon S. Ditter Architects GC: IEA Constructors, LLC |
| 11 | HENRY FORD MACOMB HOSPITAL PATIENT TOWER Clinton Township, Mich. |
318 | July 2021 May 2024 |
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | Architect: AECOM |
| 12 | INTERSTATE 70 MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION Columbus, Ohio |
304 | Jan. 2022 NA |
Ohio Dept. of Transportation | GC: Trumbull-Ruhlin (Joint Venture) |
| 13 | MERIDIAN WIND PARK Merrill, Mich. |
300 | April 2021 NA |
DTE Energy | Architect/GC: DTE Energy |
| 14 | GREAT LAKES EPA NATIONAL REMEDIATION Chicago |
300 | Jan. 2022 NA |
Environmental Protection Agency | NA |
| 15 | DUNNS BRIDGE SOLAR PROJECT, PHASE I Wheatfield, Ind. |
300 | Aug. 2021 Nov. 2022 |
NIPSCO / Northern Indiana Public Service Co. | Architect/GC: NextEra Energy |