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Building in Chicago: Embracing the US adventure and spirit

Construction Marketing Ideas

We published our first issue of Chicago Construction News yesterday. Yesterday, we launched Chicago Construction News. But what about Chicago? As the business reached its near-death experience in 2005/06 we switched our US compensation model from salary/commission to pure commission. .”

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Commercial Construction Trends: The Highs and Lows of 2016

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As a national commercial construction firm, it’s not surprising the majority of our 2016 revenue came from work outside our home market of Chicago. Here’s a look at our top 2016 commercial construction “highs” and “lows”: Low: Mall Retail Tenants Choose Local over National.

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4 Lessons Construction Companies Can Take From Episodes 1 & 2 of The Last Dance

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Sports fans probably watched parts 1&2 of ESPN’s documentary, The Last Dance, which chronicles the final season of the Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1990s last weekend (because what else are you doing?). I’m certainly happy to spend some quality time in front of the TV learning about the team that made me love basketball.

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A lesson for Architectural Firms: be careful how you pay employees

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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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Unlimited liability for designers and contractors

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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My Kingdom for a Horse

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LOT Polish Airlines absorbed the embarrassment this week, just as it was showing off its new 787 service between Warsaw and Chicago. The plane’s captain learned of the FAA grounding order while making the inaugural flight from Warsaw to Chicago.

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Communications, power and construction marketing: The new rules

Construction Marketing Ideas

The Apple store in Chicago — Communication is instant. Generally, this means combining respect for your critics, a good-faith effort to remedy the problems and go beyond with extra-good will compensation — and following that, a sensitivity to the overall environment mood.

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