Construction Equipment

AUGUST 19, 2020

Chicago needs $4.4 billion over the next five years to put its streets, bridges, and vehicles on a maintenance-and-replacement cycle, but has funding for only $1.7 During a virtual meeting of the City Council’s Committee on Capital and Economic Development, Budget Director Susie Park…

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Business Facilities

APRIL 29, 2022

Aligned Data Centers launched its Chicago Hyperscale data center campus as it broke ground on a second, adjacent facility.

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 17, 2020

CPG 150 generator from Chicago Pneumatic Power Technique (CP) has been reengineered, and the GPG 200 is a new unit in the CPG lineup. The generators have John Deere 6068 Tier 4-F diesels, with the CPG 150 rated at 150 kVA/120 kW, and the CPG 200 at 200 kVA/160 kW. Both units offer dual frequency…

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Thompson Center in Chicago. Construction is expected to start in 2024 on the project to re-develop the James R.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Red Line Extension project in Chicago secured a funding commitment from the Federal Transit Administration September 8 for $1.97 billion in grant funding, allowing the project to advance.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, 79, faces a minimum of 30 years in prison after being convicted of bribery of developers and racketeering conspiracy.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 23, 2024

Veteran and rising leaders, including ENR's Top 20 Under 40 for 2024, shared career enhancing strategies at ENR Emerging Leaders Forum in Chicago, held March 19-20.

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 22, 2024

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.

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Construction Dive

MARCH 29, 2024

The heads of Turner, Mortenson, Gilbane, AECOM Hunt and Powers & Sons in the Windy City talk inclusion, overcoming stereotypes and market dynamics.

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ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A Chicago company faces a $400,000 penalty for alleged violations of federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting regulations known as the RRP rule.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 25, 2022

Chicago is the third-largest city in the U.S., In fact, building construction employment in the Chicago metro region reached 28,400 in December 2021. Chicago is also rated the 2nd highest city in the U.S. Here, we’ll discover the top five construction projects that are currently taking place in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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ENR Construction

MAY 10, 2022

The team behind Salesforce Tower Chicago delivered an overall 19% reduction in embodied carbon dellivering Chicago's newest office tower.

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ENR Construction

MAY 11, 2023

of America is suing the City of Chicago and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation Distirct for $26 million in damages caused when more than 1 million gallons of water flooded into Willis Tower during a 2020 rain storm. Travelers Property Casualty Co.

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 24, 2020

City officials are finalizing a plan to replace the lead service lines responsible for contaminating the tap water in thousands of Chicago homes, Department of Water Management Commissioner Randy Conner told alderman on Tuesday. The replacements will cost between $8 billion and $10 billion to…

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 24, 2023

The firms will plan the replacement or rehabilitation of nearly 100 bridges and other structures along a 6-mile stretch of Chicago's south side where more than 100 trans from six rail lines meet daily.

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ENR Construction

MAY 24, 2023

miles into Chicago's Far South Side with four new stations and a storage and maintenance facility. CTA's plan calls for its Red Line L train to be extended 5.6

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Chicago Plans 68

BD+C

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Extreme sustainability was the chief goal for the reconstruction of Edward Durrell Stone’s Kellogg Center for Continuing Education at the University of Chicago.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 9, 2023

During his career as a structural engineer, Asrow had been involved with numerous major projects in Chicago, as well as updating the city's high-rise building code.

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ENR Construction

APRIL 5, 2023

The City of Chicago has selected the first three developers to convert three office buildings to residential and mixed-use spaces in the underutilized LaSalle Street Corridor.

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Chicago Residential Office 68

BD+C

APRIL 6, 2021

Lendlease and its partner Aware Super, a superannuation fund, say the global real estate company’s multifamily portfolio in Boston and Chicago has been verified as “net zero carbon.”. New projects in New York City and Los Angeles are on track to achieve the same goal as construction gets underway.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 24, 2023

The firms will plan the replacement or rehabilitation of nearly 100 bridges and other structures along a 6-mile stretch of Chicago's south side where more than 100 trans from six rail lines meet daily.

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Chicago Design Plans 64

HardHatChat

APRIL 21, 2022

Golf-X, Chicago, IL. Construction is rarely pretty but wait until you see the finished X-Golf Chicago project. Floor & Decor, Chicago, IL. Congratulations to Englewood’s Retail Group on their completion and grand opening of the Floor & Decor in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. Golf-X, Chicago, IL.

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ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Cement surcharges and the prices of ensuring materials such as concrete have been rising way faster than inflation in the Chicago area for more than a year. High demand, lower river water levels, a labor dispute and many other factors are contributing to the unprecedented price jumps.

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ENR Construction

MAY 9, 2022

The team behind Salesforce Tower Chicago delivered an overall 19% reduction in embodied carbon dellivering Chicago's newest office tower.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The CareerBuilder HQ in Chicago occupies 75,000-sf across three and a half floors at 200 N LaSalle Drive. The renovation project turned the workspace into an open-plan concept that houses executive staff, administrative staff, and sales in an inclusive and non-hierarchical workplace.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 16, 2022

billion extension of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line would serve communities on the city’s far Southside. A proposed $3.6

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 16, 2020

A newly-constructed building in Chicago, Fulton East, is among the first commercial buildings specifically designed for a post Covid-19 world. According to an article in Forbes the 12-story, 90,000-square-foot office and retail building was originally set to open late summer 2020. However, with…

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

An Illinois-based AI company called Autobon AI is testing a Peterbilt 18-wheeler retrofitted for autonomous driving on the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) in suburban Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. The truck will have a driver behind the wheel at all times. The driver still has the full control…

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 31, 2021

Backyard Pool Sales Are Exploding, in Chicago. Before 2020, private pools weren’t only relatively uncommon around Chicago, but often detracted from the overall value of homes there, says Jane Lee, a real-estate agent in Lake County, Ill. . Tue, 08/31/2021 - 10:50. The cost and maintenance of outdoor pools made them a value killer.

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Chicago Pneumatic generator model CPG 625 is the largest in the lineup, 625 kVA prime power. It has a 724-horsepower Volvo Penta Tier 4-F engine that uses SCR for exhaust aftertreatment. The generator has an AREP alternator excitation system that provides 300 percent overcurrent starting…

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 20, 2022

Salesforce Tower Chicago completes Wolf Point Plaza, one of the last remaining riverfront sites in downtown Chicago.

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BD+C

APRIL 4, 2019

Chicago recently announced a “comprehensive” overhaul to local building codes. It had been 70 years since the last wholesale revamp of the city’s codes. The city has adopted the International Building Code’s (IBC) terminology and classification systems. The new code will include: · Provisions for modern materials.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 10, 2021

Where coffee meets Willy Wonka is what Starbucks fans will find at its Chicago Reserve Roastery on Michigan Avenue, in a renovation that turned the 43,000-sq-ft space into a retail experience as much as a coffee outlet and cafe.

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ENR Construction

JULY 13, 2023

billion Bally's Chicago gaming complex-resort project for entertainment firm Bally’s Corp., Design is underway for the $1.7-billion which received site plan approval in May.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 28, 2021

The largest project in Chicago Transit Authority history brings a modern aesthetic to the north side and creates a bridge over a traffic choke point that's frustrated riders for decades.

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ENR Construction

JULY 15, 2022

The Chicago Cubs assert the renovation of the famed Wrigley Field increased accessibility.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 26, 2022

Developer Sterling Bay plans to break ground on Chicago’s first tall-timber building since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

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