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State of the Construction Industry: May 2019 Roundup

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cities seeing the biggest jumps in construction costs were Chicago (7.6 Travelers at the MTR Hung Hom Station platform in Kowloon, Hong Kong. billion has been allotted for repair or extension of border wall near the city of El Paso. Construction costs, always in the forefront of contractors’ minds, rose 5.7

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East vs. West

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It’ll enable huge post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to Atlantic and Gulf ports instead of offloading their cargo on the West Coast and transporting it across America. By train, cargo can get to Chicago in four days. to reduce transit times.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St. The Sunset Route, the 760-mile Union Pacific corridor between the ports of Los Angeles and El Paso, is an important transcontinental route for goods and business. DECATUR, IL RULES THE HEARTLAND.