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constructionattorneyblog: New AIA documents and Arbitration

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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Susan Bowman sets the example

The Korte Company

She’d graduated with an accounting degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, worked at a Big 8 public accounting firm, passed the CPA exam and learned the ins and outs of construction accounting at Pepper Construction in Chicago. She was definitely a great role model to teach us how to treat people. They didn’t.

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constructionattorneyblog: Limitation of Liability in new AIA Document

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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Commercial Construction Delivery Methods: 3 Times To Go With A Negotiated Bid

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An example of this was a restaurant/hotel project in downtown Chicago our team was asked to bid by a previous client. We told the developer/owner the plans weren’t complete enough for us to feel comfortable moving forward and declined to participate in their competitive bid, so the project eventually went to another contractor.

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Successful Commercial Construction Strategies and Operations: Tip #1

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How did you file the documents for your last commercial construction project? If so, you probably put those documents in a banker’s box or two and then stored them in your office. Or maybe you paid to have the documents stored in a warehouse. In one year it saved us more than $150,000 in printing costs alone.

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4 distribution center projects that changed The Korte Company forever

The Korte Company

It’s true for us, too: Some projects took on more meaning than just another job done. They showed us who we were. They showed us who we could be. The four projects narrated below changed the game for The Korte Company, putting us on the path to becoming one of America’s premier warehouse and distribution center builders.

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Lean Perspectives: Skender Construction’s thoughtful blog

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Skender Construction’s Lean Perspectives blog truly advocates effectively for Lean Construction — and demonstrates the Chicago contractor’s leadership in this integrated project management and delivery model. Anyone who has ever used the Last Planner ® System will tell you there’s more to it than meets the eye.

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