ENR Construction

MARCH 21, 2024

During the 19th century, Chicago’s sewage got dumped into the Chicago River and flowed into Lake Michigan. Because the city’s drinking water was, and still is, drawn from the lake via two mile-long tunnels, officials feared that the sewage would endanger the water supply.

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ENR Construction

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Construction is expected to start in 2024 on the project to re-develop the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.

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Construction Dive

MARCH 28, 2024

Hire360 targets recruiting minorities and women to the trades, leveraging partnerships with big name developers, contractors and unions.

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Chicago Union Contractors 147

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, 79, faces a minimum of 30 years in prison after being convicted of bribery of developers and racketeering conspiracy.

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 19, 2020

Chicago needs $4.4 billion over the next five years to put its streets, bridges, and vehicles on a maintenance-and-replacement cycle, but has funding for only $1.7 During a virtual meeting of the City Council’s Committee on Capital and Economic Development, Budget Director Susie Park…

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 17, 2020

CPG 150 generator from Chicago Pneumatic Power Technique (CP) has been reengineered, and the GPG 200 is a new unit in the CPG lineup. The generators have John Deere 6068 Tier 4-F diesels, with the CPG 150 rated at 150 kVA/120 kW, and the CPG 200 at 200 kVA/160 kW. Both units offer dual frequency…

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HardHatChat

MARCH 28, 2011

Many shopping center landlords are no longer assuming responsibility for store construction costs, but instead offering higher tenant concessions. Now that spring is officially here, I wanted to reflect on the Chicago retail construction trends and news we’ve seen so far in 2011. Chicago Suburban Shopping Centers.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 5, 2023

State officials delayed the Brighton Park project designed to hold up to 2,000 people after potentially toxic materials were found on site.

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Chicago Materials Site Construction 121

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Red Line Extension project in Chicago secured a funding commitment from the Federal Transit Administration September 8 for $1.97 billion in grant funding, allowing the project to advance.

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Construction Marketing

APRIL 11, 2023

As in all walks of life, technology and innovation are changing the landscape of the industrial construction industry. With this in mind, keep reading for 5 innovative approaches to industrial construction project management in 2023. But it is also important to find ways to make the construction process itself sustainable.

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Project Management Innovation Management Industrial 308

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, 79, faces a minimum of 30 years in prison after being convicted of bribery of developers and racketeering conspiracy.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 31, 2011

Nothing says you completed a successful education construction job more than thank-you cards from these Bright Horizons kids…. Cupcake restaurants are hot right now in restaurant construction trends. In fact, Chicago cupcake restaurants and food trucks are popping up all over the place. Check out the construction tools on top!

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BD+C

APRIL 6, 2021

Lendlease and its partner Aware Super, a superannuation fund, say the global real estate company’s multifamily portfolio in Boston and Chicago has been verified as “net zero carbon.”. New projects in New York City and Los Angeles are on track to achieve the same goal as construction gets underway.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 30, 2021

After stopping construction due to pandemic-related uncertainty, architect Helmut Jahn's 1000M tower in Chicago has been approved to resume construction as apartments instead of condos.

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Chicago Construction 69

ENR Construction

JANUARY 22, 2024

Sustainably preserving and repurposing older buildings and creating entertainment/hospitality venues and high-end apartments and hotels are all dominant themes in the Chicago market.

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Chicago Sustainability 48

Construction Dive

APRIL 26, 2024

While still awaiting funding approvals, the new complex would replace the historic Soldier Field and is part of a larger park and recreation project.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 9, 2023

During his career as a structural engineer, Asrow had been involved with numerous major projects in Chicago, as well as updating the city's high-rise building code.

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Chicago Structural Engineering Engineering 73

ENR Construction

MAY 24, 2023

miles into Chicago's Far South Side with four new stations and a storage and maintenance facility. CTA's plan calls for its Red Line L train to be extended 5.6

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Chicago Plans 77

ENR Construction

MARCH 23, 2024

Veteran and rising leaders, including ENR's Top 20 Under 40 for 2024, shared career enhancing strategies at ENR Emerging Leaders Forum in Chicago, held March 19-20.

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Chicago 36

ENR Construction

APRIL 5, 2023

The City of Chicago has selected the first three developers to convert three office buildings to residential and mixed-use spaces in the underutilized LaSalle Street Corridor.

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Chicago Residential Office 82

ENR Construction

MAY 11, 2023

of America is suing the City of Chicago and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation Distirct for $26 million in damages caused when more than 1 million gallons of water flooded into Willis Tower during a 2020 rain storm. Travelers Property Casualty Co.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

1, for demo day of the BuiltWorlds Summit 2021 at Chicago's Westin River North. Product demos by startups, networking and venture capital panels brought back a familiar, if masked, sense of collegiality Sept.

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Chicago Products Construction 80

ENR Construction

MAY 10, 2022

The team behind Salesforce Tower Chicago delivered an overall 19% reduction in embodied carbon dellivering Chicago's newest office tower.

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Chicago Office 88

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Over the last few years, Englewood Construction has been involved in several flagship store and brand expansion projects with our national retail, fitness, and restaurant clients. Flagship Retail Relocation – American Girl Building or relocating national retail flagship stores nationwide is nothing new to Englewood Construction.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 24, 2023

The firms will plan the replacement or rehabilitation of nearly 100 bridges and other structures along a 6-mile stretch of Chicago's south side where more than 100 trans from six rail lines meet daily.

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Chicago Design Plans 69

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A Chicago company faces a $400,000 penalty for alleged violations of federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting regulations known as the RRP rule.

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 24, 2020

City officials are finalizing a plan to replace the lead service lines responsible for contaminating the tap water in thousands of Chicago homes, Department of Water Management Commissioner Randy Conner told alderman on Tuesday. The replacements will cost between $8 billion and $10 billion to…

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Chicago Bears say construction of a new stadium and attached district could support 48,000 construction jobs.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 24, 2023

The firms will plan the replacement or rehabilitation of nearly 100 bridges and other structures along a 6-mile stretch of Chicago's south side where more than 100 trans from six rail lines meet daily.

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Chicago Design Plans 69

Construction Equipment

JUNE 16, 2020

A newly-constructed building in Chicago, Fulton East, is among the first commercial buildings specifically designed for a post Covid-19 world. According to an article in Forbes the 12-story, 90,000-square-foot office and retail building was originally set to open late summer 2020. However, with…

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Chicago Design Retail Commercial 74

Construction Dive

MAY 1, 2019

Construction on the Chicago Transit Authority's largest capital project ever should begin later this year.

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Chicago Construction 109

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Cement surcharges and the prices of ensuring materials such as concrete have been rising way faster than inflation in the Chicago area for more than a year. High demand, lower river water levels, a labor dispute and many other factors are contributing to the unprecedented price jumps.

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Chicago Concrete Contractors Materials 69

HardHatChat

AUGUST 12, 2014

Recently, Englewood completed the 23,000-square-foot Harry Carays 7th Inning Stretch and Chicago Sports Museum at Chicagos famed Water Tower Place. Commercial general contractors are finding plenty of opportunities in the office, apartment and hotel construction markets right now.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Englewood Construction is an expert in winter condition commercial construction practices. The Chicago blizzard of 2011 is a story we’ll be talking about for generations. While most businesses, including commercial construction projects, were closed on Wednesday, Feb. Any commercial project started after Dec.

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Chicago Commercial Retail Construction 196

Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Bulley & Andrews’ Dana Erdman embraces technology as well as diversity in her dual roles at the Chicago-based construction firm.

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Chicago Construction 120

HardHatChat

JUNE 21, 2011

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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Construction Equipment

JUNE 5, 2020

A Chicago-based construction company has been working all across the city to help businesses during the challenging times in the city. Chiquita Hull, owner of OW2 Construction and Design, told ABC 7 she was “crushed” when she saw the destruction that was caused in some of Chicago’s most vulnerable…

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