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In Remembrance of Bill Pulte, a Housing Giant

Pro Builder

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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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. Fell into it.

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