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

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

According to a statement issued Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Infrastructure Trust have issued a request for qualifications (RQF) for groups who want to take on the job of designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining an express train to O’Hare as a public–private partnership.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 26, 2019

ChiStreetWork, which uses the Google Maps platform, keeps users up to date on infrastructure upgrades, active jobsites and more.

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

There’s no doubt that local businesses will have much to celebrate if on October 2, 2009, Chicago wins the 2016 Summer Olympics bid. But just how would Chicago hosting the Olympics affect the city’s restaurant and retail construction activity ? Here are a couple of my predictions…. I say back the bid! Bill Di Santo.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

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. It’s best to start on infrastructure for the refrigeration section early.

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Business Facilities

DECEMBER 5, 2019

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE will be the first company to make use of Illinois’ new sales tax exemption on equipment purchases at its Chicago data center campus. Read: Data Center Company First To Qualify For New Illinois Tax Incentive at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 17, 2022

There’s currently a major opportunity for railway construction projects in the United States, thanks to increasing infrastructure funding and support from citizens. . Chicago, Illinois: CTA’s Red/Purple Line Modernization . Sections of the Red and Purple lines in Chicago consist of 9.6

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Gogo, an in-flight connectivity company, will move its corporate headquarters and commercial aviation business to Chicago, IL. However, Gogo ultimately chose Chicago so it could tap into the city’s extensive talent pipeline, access domestic and foreign partners and benefit from its thriving technology community. Great Lakes U.S.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Earlier this month, the Englewood Construction team was honored to be recognized as one of the Best Restaurant Contractors in Chicago by Chicago Architects. Restaurant Infrastructure Intricacies. Restaurants require a tremendous amount of mechanical infrastructure, specifically for their back-of-house space.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Does the site match up with infrastructure needs? One important step to finding “happily ever after” with a new location is evaluating if it has the necessary infrastructure to function for its new purpose. Case in point, a developer once asked us to price out a retail-to-restaurant conversion on the first floor of a Chicago high rise.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 29, 2017

A former Chicago-area concrete and carpentry subcontractor has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for fronting a women’s business enterprise/disadvantaged business enterprise (WBE/DBE) fraud scheme that involved multiple major public infrastructure projects.

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The subsidy could generate as much as $551 million for infrastructure on the 62-acre plan dubbed The 78, which could receive the go-ahead next month.

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ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Infrastructure' Agency hopes to spur public involvement in project planning.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

An agreement was announced Sunday between the City of Chicago, United Airlines and American Airlines to build the final new runway under the O’Hare Modernization Project.

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 13, 2023

551 Elm apartment building in Chicago. By Emily Lorenz, PE With the signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( IIJA ) 1 and the Inflation Reduction Act ( IRA ), 2 federal funds for infrastructure construction and low-embodied carbon materials will soon be entering the construction pipeline. Photo by Sarah Crowley.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 27, 2022

There’s also an infrastructure event in Chicago towards the end of the month. InfraDay – Midwest (Chicago, IL). Given the historic passing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill , InfraDay is in a prime position to help construction businesses navigate expectations and the release of funding. Details below.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

There exists a substantial inventory of buildings that are imminently due for major infrastructure upgrades; many of these, particularly those designed before the mid-20th century, were not designed with electrification in mind. Electrification of existing assets in heating-dominant climates can be particularly problematic.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 6, 2014

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. Mark Kirk, representatives from UI Labs and World Business Chicago, and various industry partners who supported the winning bid were at the White House for the announcement. “We

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 13, 2023

551 Elm apartment building in Chicago. By Emily Lorenz, PE With the signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( IIJA ) 1 and the Inflation Reduction Act ( IRA ), 2 federal funds for infrastructure construction and low-embodied carbon materials will soon be entering the construction pipeline. Photo by Sarah Crowley.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

According to a statement issued Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Infrastructure Trust have issued a request for qualifications (RQF) for groups who want to take on the job of designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining an express train to O’Hare as a public–private partnership.

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BD+C

MAY 20, 2016

For several American cities, the infrastructure for their public transit systems have been in place for more than a century. It’s almost like Chicago, New York City, and Boston laid down train tracks the day after they were founded.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 14, 2017

Under the 12-year leadership of CEO Philip Asherman, Chicago Bridge & Iron grew, as the company points out, from a specialty tank subcontractor to a global energy infrastructure powerhouse.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 28, 2014

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure announced that earlier this week it reached the milestone of 1,500 Envision Sustainability Professionals who have been credentialed in the use of the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system. Bertera, Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 31, 2019

In construction, however, signs point to at least one more big year, with a rush of infrastructure projects getting rolled out, new technologies showing positive impacts and new ideas to overcome labor shortages. A number of high-profile infrastructure projects could give the construction industry a boost in 2019. In New York, Gov.

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Over the last some years the US government is investing massively in the Infrastructural Development of the country which creates a use demand in the Construction Industry of the United States of America. Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. $ Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. PCL Construction.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Archives Articles By Location Articles By Topic Daily News Featured Post Online Features Quality Of Life Transportation Infrastructure U.S. - Smart Planning Boosts Seattle To #1 City For Pedestrians appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

We were pulling a feeder cable through a Chicago retail construction project when we heard the explosion. At one point or another, even the best Chicago commercial construction contractors are susceptible to a construction site demon. Then, the transformer blew out. What the heck happened? Step 3: We fixed the problem. Case closed.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 28, 2018

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Gets Go Ahead to Build a High-Speed Train to Chicago’s Airport. CNBC reports that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has approved a new kind of infrastructure project: a high-speed loop from Chicago’s airport to the city’s downtown.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

will help identify and reduce the risk of damage in the event of a natural disaster, economic disruption, resource depletion or other crisis for buildings, homes, neighborhoods and infrastructure. The Green Business Certification Inc.’s s newest rating system, RELi 2.0 Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, RELi 2.0

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HardHatChat

JULY 19, 2011

Working with a commercial general contractor who can build in any of these disciplines will help you determine what can be saved, repaired, moved or redistributed from the existing infrastructure. And I know people don’t believe this, but the best Chicago contractors hate change orders. It’s just more paperwork and time on a job.

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HardHatChat

MAY 18, 2011

First, let’s have a refresher on the most common types of available retail space in Chicago shopping centers — actually, the terms below work for all new commercial construction projects. Keep in mind, the rent is reflected with increases for each of these levels.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

will help identify and reduce the risk of damage in the event of a natural disaster, economic disruption, resource depletion or other crisis for buildings, homes, neighborhoods and infrastructure. The Green Business Certification Inc.’s s newest rating system, RELi 2.0 There is a credit, Productivity, Health + Diversity 4.0:

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Construction Knowledge

MAY 18, 2012

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HardHatChat

JULY 16, 2019

Englewood Construction is in the midst of two adaptive reuse projects right now – one a former meatpacking facility in Chicago that we’re updating for office, retail or restaurant use, and the other a former convent we’ll be converting into a senior living community.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 25, 2016

A Massachusetts food processor is opening a factory in northwest suburban Wheeling, bringing more than 125 new jobs to the state, according to a report in Crain’s Chicago Business. In 2015, the FILM Office worked with 291 television, commercial and film projects, representing the state’s multidimensional film infrastructure.

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HardHatChat

APRIL 20, 2010

For those familiar with Chicago retail construction , think back a couple of years to when the dated Orland Park Place interior mall underwent construction and turned itself inside out to became one of the area’s most successful outdoor shopping centers. Reuse as much of the existing mechanical infrastructure as possible.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

We are presently working with several real estate developers to create this type of environment in Chicago and its suburbs, as well as New York and Los Angeles. In fact, restaurants, theaters and music venues are increasingly moving from individual stand-alone buildings to integrated entertainment districts.

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