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Caterpillar Receives Chicago Innovation Award For Hybrid Excavator

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Caterpillar received the Chicago Innovation Award for its Hydraulic Hybrid Excavator, a machine that powers itself using energy created from its swing. The Chicago Innovation Awards received nominations from 535 organizations, and a panel of 12 judges selected 10 companies from 100 finalists.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. Three other innovation hubs are being built in Canton, MI near Detroit, Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, N.C. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Pat Quinn, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen.

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Retail Construction: Successful Steps in Grocery Store Redevelopment

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The grocery market has been extremely hot in the Chicago area. In the depths of a historically cold Midwestern winter, one market has remained particularly hot for Chicago commercial general contractors—grocery store construction. Englewood recently completed a Trader Joe’s in Libertyville, Ill. Shoppers, get your carts.

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Caterpillar Forms New "Analytics & Innovation" Division

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Caterpillar has formed a new division, Analytics & Innovation (AI), which will be led by Caterpillar VP Greg Folley.

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Oracle Lab Helps Social Distancing

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But as the coronavirus has spread, the tools on hand at the Chicago-area co. Oracle’s Innovation Lab is… Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Oracle was already focused on how to build buildings remotely. have helped global businesses outside of construction and inside coronavirus hotspots keep safe.

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New Ideas for Old Shopping Malls: 3 Ways Retail Developers are Remixing the Shopping Center Experience

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From a restaurant construction standpoint, these brands are also typically larger than the average dining concept, thanks to extra space needed for beverage coolers and displays and, in some cases, even on-site brewing equipment. Chuck Taylor, Director of Operations. Tel: 847-233-9200 x712. You can reach me at CTaylor@eci.build.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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Solidifying a decarbonization plan – what we call an “asset drawdown strategy” – that carefully considers both capital and operating costs represents a game-changing opportunity for existing properties to compete with new projects and differentiate themselves in the marketplace to avoid becoming stranded even as competitors innovate.

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