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In Remembrance of Bill Pulte, a Housing Giant

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In the ’60s, he started building farther afield, in Chicago, Washington, D.C., In Chicago in the early 1970s, Pulte unveiled the Quadrominium, a structure consisting of four two-bedroom homes, each with its own entrance and garage, in a building that looked like a single large luxury home. billion purchase of Del Webb in 2001.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Biotech, A Recession-Proof Growth Sector

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we are pleased to report an increase of more than 96,000 jobs in the bioscience sector since 2001, even after accounting for the impacts of the recent severe recession,” said Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). The majority of the jobs added were in research, testing and laboratories, adding 23.8

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Hard Hats & Crafts – Celebrating Women Leaders in Construction Safety

Construction Junkie

He explained Chicago couplers to me and the need to always have a cotter pin, how whip checks worked and that it was important they sit above and below (not on) the fitting. I said, “I do” and I recounted for him exactly what he had taught me about Chicago couplers. He asked if I knew what I was looking at and I said no.

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Job Order Contracts Require Owner Direct Management and Leadership

Job Order Contracting

The targeted contractors — and their insurance companies — had resources to dig in and fight back. Unified $855,000 from Chicago-based F.H. Paschen and Torres, a company founded in 2001, each won about $120 million in contracts for projects across the school system, according to L.A. The contracts for MTM totaled $22.3

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