Construction Sector

(Anti) Wrecking Ball

Minneapolis screws businesses owned by women and minorities

Minneapolis: we just don't love minorities and women​Despite programs designed to make sure that businesses owned by minorities and women get their fair share of Minneapolis city contracts, a new study shows that these businesses still get left out in the cold. For example, though 19.5 percent of ... More >>

Kwanzaa Celebration

Five Questions For: Anchor Fish & Chips Chef Luke Kyle

Anchor Fish & Chips Chef (and contractor and carpenter) Luke Kyle chats with Hot Dish.

Nas and Damian Marley

Coleman says Stevens should step down

RNC contributor CH2M Hill involved in major bribery scandal

Consider the economy in bad shape? It's worse than you think

Homewrecker

Scott Sennes promised to build dream homes for his clients, but instead walked away with their money

Housing bust as deconstructivist architecture

The sky isn't falling, it's just lower than it was yesterday

The Great Bayport Land Swindle, Final Chapter

Ten years ago, the world's largest window manufacturer wanted to build a new factory in Bayport. It never happened.

If They Build It, U Will Pay

Flawed contracts. Cut corners. Inadequate inspections. Complaints about conflicts of interest. University of Minnesota president Mark Yudof might be getting out just in time.

Erector Set

The Hollman redevelopment project is finally under way on Minneapolis's near north side. Now it's time to follow the money.

Remains of the Spray

A crumbling mill and its prodigious graffiti make for an unauthorized museum of industrial art

The Pulp Parachute: How Louisiana-Pacific Got Paid To Destroy the Tongass