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3 Secrets to Serving Up Restaurant Construction Success from a Top Restaurant Contractor

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Earlier this month, the Englewood Construction team was honored to be recognized as one of the Best Restaurant Contractors in Chicago by Chicago Architects. Amped-Up Restaurant Construction Inspections. Projects Within A Restaurant Construction Project.

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Trending: The Rise of Prefab and Modular Commercial Construction Techniques

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Municipality Inspections: In a traditional construction process, rough inspections at various stages allow the municipality’s inspectors multiple opportunities to see the inner details of systems and components while they are visible and ensure everything is up to code.

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Flight plan: Drones fill the skies over construction sites

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In early 2016, Clayco, the Chicago-based design-build contractor, launched Uplift Data Partners, a full-service provider of drone technology and remote pilot training. The eight “mission” types that Uplift flies include construction and thermal inspection, as well as real estate surveying and mapping.

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Illinois Plumbing Contractor Ignores 3 OSHA Warnings In One Month

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Less than three weeks after being cited for exposing workers to unsafe trenches, federal investigators saw a Chicago plumbing contractor, Og Plumbing, exposing the same four-man crew to trenching hazards as they worked on sewer and water utilities at two locations in Oak Park on consecutive days in March 2016. OSHA's inspection found:

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Adam Klemme of F.E. Moran Fire Protection Receives Certificate of Appreciation from Fire Prevention Bureau

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Moran Fire Protection was awarded with a certificate of appreciation for conducting a fire sprinkler system training for the Fire Prevention Bureau of the city of Chicago. dam Klemme, Project Manager at F.E. Fire Sprinklers'

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Illinois Contractor Fined for Trenching Hazards

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OSHA opened the inspection March 10, 2014, after observing employees working in an unprotected trench at a residential home under construction in Chicago. B & T Underground Inc., based in North Riverside, Ill., Proposed penalties total $76,340.'

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Weekly Product Gallery: Webstone, General Pipe Cleaners, Chicago Faucet, Esco Tool, Watts and ColdTub

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This week the product gallery features a ball valve with a 3/4" hose connection, a video pipe inspection system that connect to a tablet or smartphone, a pipe beveling machine, an innovative anti-scale system and more. read more.