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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

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As 2011 comes to a close, it’s time for us to look back on the commercial construction building trends , news and projects of this past year and share our thoughts on the highs and lows in the industry. HIGH – Everyone was submitting drawings in 2011. Some chains said most of their business was due to take out.

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Commercial Construction Checklist on Beating the Next Chicago Blizzard

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The Chicago blizzard of 2011 is a story we’ll be talking about for generations. 3, 2011, that didn’t mean the best Chicago contractors weren’t working. Would office or shopping center parking lots be cleared in time so delivery trucks, customers and employees could use them the next day?

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Chicago Casino Construction: How to Deal the House a Winning Hand

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The pending downtown Chicago casino will involve a different set of construction challenges than the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines (shown here). In Chicago commercial construction news , everyone knows the big buzz right now is on the pending Chicago casino. More challenges = higher commercial construction costs.

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Outcome Health Creating 2,000 New Jobs In Chicago

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Outcome Health is planning to add 2,000 new employees over the next five years at its new 392,000-square-foot Chicago location, Outcome Tower. The Chicago-based company’s growth is helping drive the city’s emergence as a national hub for the health-tech sector. Outcome Health | © Gensler Chicago.

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What are Today's Best New Retail Developments? | Hard Hat Chat

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Office/Industrial. Recently, we were performing a pre-construction analysis for a retail client on a Chicago-area property. is a commercial general contractor specializing in the construction of retail, restaurant, shopping center, hotel, office and industrial projects throughout the United States. Office Construction (5).

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Reporting “Live” from the CWA Awards – A Commercial Construction Checklist for Better Networking

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as I entered the recent Construction Writers Association awards dinner (in San Antonio) to accept Hard Hat Chat’s award for 2011 best blog, I kept the following in mind: Everyone wants to network, so don’t forget your business cards and don’t feel bad about giving them out like candy. Look for an educational take-a-way.

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Restaurant Construction Franchise on the Rise – Where do you start?

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As suggested in my 2011 commercial construction trends blog post, there seems to be a rise in new restaurant construction, particularly among franchise restaurants. In fact, Crain’s Chicago Business just reported that Moe’s Southwest Grill has sold restaurant franchise agreements to open 10 new units in the Chicago market.

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