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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

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The City of Chicago recently put out the LaSalle Reimagined Initiative IFP , which, in the words of Department of Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara, aims to “create hundreds of homes, including much-needed affordable housing in the city's central business district.” Model kitchen at Millenniium on LaSalle.

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Innovative Approaches to Industrial Construction Project Management

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All stakeholders have access to the same files, documents, drawing, and models. Use prefabrication processes to reduce transportation costs and limit the amount of time spent at the construction site. Modern projects are incorporating building information management (BIM) software. It streamlines scheduling.

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Upcoming Webinars & Construction Events in June 2022

Autodesk Construction Cloud

There’s a number of big construction events happening in June covering transportation, preconstruction, the future of construction technology, and more. We have a great webinar in the first week of June, on the life of a model for BIM/VDC managers and any other stakeholders that tend to rely on or interact with design models.

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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. 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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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA

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Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. $ Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. The company use one of the advanced technology such as building information modelling and lean construction methods with the help of Advance types of equipment and techniques. MC Dermott International. List of Construction Companies in the USA. PCL Construction.

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The programmatic evolution of the lobby

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This was later in the year after the summer slowdown, as many organizations issued return policies and tested or incorporated more long-term hybrid and distributed models. 200 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. Sites that tout workspace options across the property—e.g.,

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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

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The ‘Sponge City’ model looks to simultaneously address issues of flooding, water shortages and water pollution, turning entire districts and cities into landscape sponges to capture and retain stormwater and preserve it for future use.

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