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The largest project now being built at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus is the Ikenberry Commons.
Its $73-million current phase is constructing a new student dining and residential programs building. Future
phases will replace all of the Champaign residence calls.
Rendering courtesy of University of Illinois
In what promises to be a difficult business climate overall, higher-education construction seems to be a relative bright spot.
The new JW Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis is one of just a few large hotel projects going on in the Midwest. At 34 stories, it is the tallest hotel in Indiana.
Photo by Steve Kaelble for Midwest Construction
With occupancy and revenue rates plummeting over the past four years and financing continuing to be tight, few large hotel projects are being built in the Midwest.
Marquette University, Milwaukee, plans to break ground for a $35-million, 100,000-sq-ft, five-story building for its engineering school this spring. A second, 155,000-sq-ft, $65-million building is planned for the future to complete the new engineering facility.
Rendering courtesy of Opus North
Although 2009 was grim overall for the construction industry, not all numbers were negative.
Hanging from a safety harness about 240 ft above ground, crane inspector James Hague uses a dial gauge to check for excessive play in the crane’s rotator gear.
Photo: Tudor Van Hampton
Kansas City’s J.E. Dunn and Salem, Ore.’s, Morrow Equipment Co. are making their huge fleets of tower cranes as safe as possible with safety and inspection programs that go above and beyond regulations.
Visible in the foreground of this rendering, the new cable-stayed bridge connecting western Illinois and St. Louis across the Mississippi River will feature a 1,500-ft main span and two 460-ft-tall supporting towers. Construction will start later this year.
Photo: Missouri Dept. of Transportation
Construction is scheduled to start this year on what will be the third-longest cable-stayed bridge in the U.S., linking St. Louis and western Illinois over the Mississippi River by 2014.
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