January 29, 2024

Midwest

Check out the January 29, 2024 edition of ENR Midwest, featuring the new Union Ironworker training center outside Chicago, Top Young Professionals, Legacy Award, news and much more!

Training Facility Designed To Iron Out Labor Shortage

Ironworkers 63 will build test structures with curtain wall inside training facility

Annemarie Mannion

January 22, 2024

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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.

Midwest 2024 Legacy Award Winner Ray Kowalik

Outgoing Burns & McDonnell CEO Ray Kowalik fostered success for employees, clients and communities alike

L.L. Poirier

January 22, 2024

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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.

ENR Midwest's 2024 Top Young Professionals

An impressive collection of emerging talent guides the future of design and construction in the region through innovation and acceptance

Bruce Buckley

January 22, 2024

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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.<

City Scoop: Chicago

Converting Old Buildings to New Uses Takes Center Stage in Chicago

Chicago-based McHugh Construction sees adaptive reuse of aging buildings as a way to revitalize the city’s urban core

Annemarie Mannion

January 22, 2024

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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.

City Scoop: Omaha

Construction Boom Is Transforming Omaha’s Urban Core

Major construction work in Omaha includes a 72-acre park system, a streetcar line and construction of the Mutual of Omaha corporate headquarters

Annemarie Mannion

January 22, 2024

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

Midwest People: January 2024

January 22, 2024

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Updates about construction professionals in the Midwest region.

ComEd graduating class of Power Up Academy

Midwest On the Scene: January 2024

January 22, 2024

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Reports from key industry events across the Midwest region.

Enhancing Collaboration and Surpassing Traditional Design-Build Methods with Progressive Design-Build

Earn: 1 PDH; 1 AIA LU/Elective; 0.1 IACET CEU

Progressive Design-Build is reshaping large infrastructure projects by addressing key issues with the traditional Design-Build approach. We'll explore how PDB fosters collaboration between owners, design-builders, and design teams to develop a well-defined scope and budget, plus minimizes cost overruns and reduces liability claims.

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Midwest

January 29, 2024

Cover Story

Training Facility Designed To Iron Out Labor Shortage

Features

Midwest 2024 Legacy Award Winner Ray Kowalik

ENR Midwest's 2024 Top Young Professionals

City Scoop

Converting Old Buildings to New Uses Takes Center Stage in Chicago

Construction Boom Is Transforming Omaha’s Urban Core

People

Midwest People: January 2024

Events

Midwest On the Scene: January 2024

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