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Airports: Kansas City, O'Hare Redevelopments Show How Not to Deal With Transparency

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The cost of the design for a new Kansas City International Airport has nearly doubled since a developer was picked in September 2017 in a very open, if chaotic, process. Now, Chicago is going with a completely closed process to pick the designer of a new terminal at O'Hare International in a process that's just as bad.

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Carpenters Union Dissolves St. Louis-Kansas City Council, Merges Locals with Chicago

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The merger follows a trend of reorganizing smaller districts into larger regional councils.

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Intouch Solutions Announces Expansion In Kansas

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Intouch Solutions has created many good jobs in Overland Park,” Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George said. “It It is great news for our economy that the company plans to keep growing, hiring and investing in Kansas.”. is a privately held marketing agency headquartered in the Kansas City area with offices in Chicago and New York.

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2015 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions

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Englewood recently did this with Harry Caray’s 7 th Inning Stretch and Chicago Sports Museum in Chicago’s Water Tower Place. And earlier this year, we completed a ground-up retail construction project Goodwill in the Chicago area. While signage was visible to shoppers, the restaurant space could not be seen from the escalators.

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Tallgrass Announces New $5 Million Brewing Facility In Manhattan, KS

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Through hard work and innovation, Tallgrass continues to grow its business in Manhattan,” Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George said. “It It is a great sign for our economy that the Kansas business environment encourages entrepreneurs and supports their efforts to invest and create good jobs in our state.”.

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1,500th Envision Sustainability Professional Credentialed

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jurisdictions from New York City to Chicago, from Dallas to Los Angeles, and from Kansas City to San Diego. Envision is a voluntary third party sustainable development rating system for all types and sizes of infrastructure projects, as opposed to buildings (. yes, something like LEED for roads and bridges).

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Biggest Construction Companies In The US

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Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. BMWC Constructors. Duke Construction. The Hagerman Group. TRAYLOR BROS. Wilhelm Construction. Ball Construction. Henkel Construction. Larson & Larson. Clarkson Construction. Crossland Construction. Fogel Anderson Construction. Schweiger Construction. Straub Construction. Abel Construction. Haliburton.

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