Annemarie Mannion, Freelance Journalist Profile

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Missouri Offers Incentives to Keep Kansas City's Chiefs, Royals From Moving to Kansas

1 week ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

In a move that could lead to hundreds of millions in stadium construction dollars wherever the teams go, the state of Missouri is hitting back against Kansas in an effort to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals in the Show-Me State. At the same time, a deadline looms for the teams to decide whether to accept Kansas' competing offer to build their stadiums there. On June 14, Missouri Gov.
Jacobs to Expand $1.8B Military Aviation Manufacturing Campus in St. Louis

1 week ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

Jacobshas been chosen to provide design, engineering and environmental services for Boeing’s $1.8-billion expansion of an advanced combat airport manufacturing facility near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The 1.1-million-sq-ft expansion of the Boeing Defense, Space and Security campus will support advanced assembly facilities and the associated post-assembly operations center for future generations of advanced aircraft, Boeing states.
Jacobs to Expand $1.8B Boeing Military Aviation Production Campus in St. Louis

1 week ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

Jacobshas been chosen to provide design, engineering and environmental services for Boeing’s $1.8-billion expansion of an advanced combat airport manufacturing facility near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The 1.1-million-sq-ft expansion of the Boeing Defense, Space and Security campus will support advanced assembly facilities and the associated post-assembly operations center for future generations of advanced aircraft, Boeing states.
$23.5M Settlement Reached in Worker Death at University of Chicago Medical Center Project

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

A $23.5-million settlement has been reached on behalf of a the family of a 27-year-old construction engineer who was killed last year when he fell 145 ft from scaffolding at an $815-million cancer pavilion project under construction at the University of Chicago Medical Center. The case was settled by the family of David O’Donnell with Turner Construction and Adjustable Forms Concrete of Lombard, Ill.
Turner, Subcontractor Reach $23.5M Settlement in Worker Death on Chicago Project

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

A $23.5-million settlement has been reached with Turner Construction and subcontractor Adjustable Forms Concrete in the death last year of a 27-year-old construction engineer who fell 145 ft from scaffolding at an $815-million cancer pavilion project under construction at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
$1.45B Pipeline Project to Deliver Chicago Water to South Suburban Communities

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

Construction has begun on a $1.45-billion, 60-mile water pipeline that will enable Chicago to provide water to six south suburban communities that currently rely on wells not expected to be able to meet current demand by 2030. The project will deliver drinking water from Lake Michigan to Joliet, which is the state’s third largest city, along with the nearby municipalties of Channahon, Crest Hill, Minooka, Romeoville and Shorewood.
Chicago Blackhawks Dedicate $65M to Ice Arena Expansion

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

Chicago’s National Hockey League team, the Blackhawks, are doing a $65-million expansion and renovation of their home ice—the Fifth Third Arena— with Chicago-based McHugh Construction as general contractor, Kansas City-headquartered Generator Studio as architect and FC Studio Inc., also in Chicago, as interior designer. Slated to open in January 2026, the 250,000-sf-ft facility at 1801 W. Jackson Blvd.
Gensler to Design $650M Soccer Stadium in Chicago's Near South Side

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

Chicago’s Major League Soccer team, the Chicago Fire, has unveiled plans to build a $650-million soccer stadium, envisioned as an anchor of Related Midwest's 78 development, which plans to replace a mostly empty area south of the city's downtown Loop as part of a multi-use developmentA contractor has not yet been announced for the privately financed, open-air stadium designed by architectural firm Gensler. It will have 22,000 seats and a natural grass field.
Gensler to Design $650M Soccer Stadium in Downtown Chicago

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

Chicago’s Major League Soccer team, the Chicago Fire, has unveiled plans to build a $650-million soccer stadium, envisioned as an anchor of a mostly empty area just south of the city’s downtown district where a multi-use district with housing, entertainment and other uses is also envisioned. A contractor has not yet been announced for the privately financed, open-air stadium designed by architectural firm Gensler. It will have 22,000 seats and a natural grass field.
Property Acquisition Allows $1.2B Asian Carp Prevention Project to Move Forward in Illinois

4 weeks ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

The $1.2-billion Brandon Road Interbasin Project, intended to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes, can advance now that Illinois has acquired 50 acres of land needed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project near Joliet, Ill.