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Best and Worst of Commercial Construction Practices in 2009

HardHatChat

As this year draws to a close, let’s look back on some of the highs and lows of what was a challenging year. Low – Chicago losing the 2016 Olympic bid. When Chicago lost the 2016 Olympic bid this fall, it was a devastating blow to the city’s restaurant and retail construction industry. High – Green building.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

Business Facilities

billion in public and private sector investment is happening right now in the Quad Cities, a six-county region straddling the southeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois state lines and connected by the two banks of the Mississippi River. Construction is underway on the new $1.4 Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Indianapolis and Omaha.

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Ignoring water issues can harm the economy - Contractor Magazine

Contractor Magazine

in 2010 and in Chicago in 2008. in 2010 and in Chicago in 2008. In Chicago, water rates are expected to double over the next five years; in many locales water and sewer rates collide with energy conservation, such as with water-cooled ice machines or air conditioning. Can Your Company Afford to Be a Bank? BETHESDAS, MD.

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constructionattorneyblog: Subcontractor's Mechanics lien allowed.

Construction Lawyer

Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Michael Finney, President And CEO, Michigan Economic Development

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Newell Rubbermaid’s plans for a new center came to a choice between Chicago and Kalamazoo. We’ll also draw upon our expertise at BF and TFM, with sessions on site selection and location strategy, construction, energy management, facility management and logistics, as well as technology and workforce development strategies.

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How Darlene Rutkowski-Hanks pulls it all together

The Korte Company

And she’d pushed a desk next to his so that she could draw with circle and door templates. At the time, the Illinois architecture licensure exam happened just once a year in Chicago, and it spanned four days. When we’d go to Grandma and Grandpa’s, I’d bring my piggy bank full of change and we’d sit down and play poker.”.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

Pro Builder

Whether it’s your money, borrowed funds, or investment by others, it must be sufficient to procure land or lots ; finance construction; keep your suppliers, trades, and staff paid; and deal with the ebbs and flows of moving dollars from your customers’ bank accounts into your own. So terribly fragile. Just how fragile is your organization?