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COVID-19 Claims John LaPlante, 80, Chicago's First DOT Commissioner

ENR Construction

Engineer, also a former manager for design firm T.Y. Lin, died March 22 from his non-industry related infection.

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Illinois DOT Advises Contractors of Possible Shut Down

Construction Equipment

The Chicago Sun-Times reports the Illinois department of Transportation will shut down roadwork statewide if Illinois' lawmakers don't get their act together and pass a budget by the end of this month.

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Enlightened conversion: A church becomes condos in D.C.

BD+C

In the District of Columbia, you don’t see those wonderful 19th-century Italianate factories that dot the cityscapes of Boston, New York, Baltimore, Chicago—strong-boned, high-ceilinged brick edifices that convert into magnificent loft apartments, condominiums, and mixed-use centers.

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Connecting the dots: Using journalistic/writing research to build relationships — and content

Construction Marketing Ideas

Josh Boyle of Orbit Media Studios in Chicago has provided clues about a marketing approach suitable for business-to-business marketers with long sales cycles and sometimes multiple decision-makers and influencers.

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COVID-19 Claims Life of John LaPlante, 80, Chicago's First DOT Commissioner

ENR Construction

Engineer, the city's first-ever transportation commissioner, died March 22 from a non-industry related infection.

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John Young to Head Nuclear Lobby Group | ENR: Engineering.

ENR Construction

6 after 28 years with the DOT and five years as chief. ESD), a Chicago consulting engineer specializing in high- performance building systems. Chicago, as a result of a July 20 acquisition, the new parent tells ENR. On July 23, the Nevada Dept. of Transportation announced the elevation of Rudy Malfabon to director. Dessau is No.

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Separated at Birth

Business Facilities

DOT for the removal of a 2/3-mile long stretch of the Inner Loop. All over America, cities followed these examples and the damage to urban neighborhoods was devastating. The “big fill” in Rochester came after two decades of studies which culminated in the city finally winning a TIGER grant for $17 million from the U.S.

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