Google Unveils Plans for Full Gut and Rehab of Chicago's Thompson Center
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Thompson Center in Chicago. Construction is expected to start in 2024 on the project to re-develop the James R.
Chicago Transit Authority Shortlists Three Teams For $3.6B Red Line Extension
ENR Construction
MAY 24, 2023
CTA's plan calls for its Red Line L train to be extended 5.6 miles into Chicago's Far South Side with four new stations and a storage and maintenance facility.
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Four Design Teams Named for $4.6B Project to Clear Chicago Rail Bottlenecks
ENR Construction
AUGUST 24, 2023
The firms will plan the replacement or rehabilitation of nearly 100 bridges and other structures along a 6-mile stretch of Chicago's south side where more than 100 trans from six rail lines meet daily.
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Plan Approved To Pay For $959M of Red Line Extension in Chicago
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 16, 2022
billion extension of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line would serve communities on the city’s far Southside. A proposed $3.6
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5-Year, $3.7-Billion Chicago Capital Projects Plan Clears Finance Committee, Headed for Council Vote
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
The city of Chicago's new five-year capital plan calls for road, sewer and Lake Michigan and Chicago river work, but requires $1.4 billion in new borrowing for the first two years alone.
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Four Design Teams Named for Piece of $4.6B Project to Clear Chicago Rail Bottlenecks
ENR Construction
AUGUST 24, 2023
The firms will plan the replacement or rehabilitation of nearly 100 bridges and other structures along a 6-mile stretch of Chicago's south side where more than 100 trans from six rail lines meet daily.
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Chicago to Replace Lead Water Lines
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 24, 2020
City officials are finalizing a plan to replace the lead service lines responsible for contaminating the tap water in thousands of Chicago homes, Department of Water Management Commissioner Randy Conner told alderman on Tuesday. The replacements will cost between $8 billion and $10 billion to…
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Top Construction Projects in Chicago
Autodesk Construction Cloud
APRIL 25, 2022
Chicago is the third-largest city in the U.S., In fact, building construction employment in the Chicago metro region reached 28,400 in December 2021. Chicago is also rated the 2nd highest city in the U.S. Here, we’ll discover the top five construction projects that are currently taking place in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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Tall-Timber Building Expected in Chicago, 151 Years After the Great Fire
ENR Construction
AUGUST 26, 2022
Developer Sterling Bay plans to break ground on Chicago’s first tall-timber building since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
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CareerBuilder’s Chicago HQ undergoes renovation
BD+C
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The CareerBuilder HQ in Chicago occupies 75,000-sf across three and a half floors at 200 N LaSalle Drive. The renovation project turned the workspace into an open-plan concept that houses executive staff, administrative staff, and sales in an inclusive and non-hierarchical workplace.
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The Weekly show: Decarbonizing Chicago, re-evaluating delayed projects, and the future of the jobsite
BD+C
OCTOBER 1, 2020
A five-point plan for decarbonizing Chicago. • This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors spoke with leaders from Balfour Beatty, Farr Associates, and Graycor on three important topics: . • Re-evaluating delayed capital projects. • The future of the construction jobsite. WATCH THE SEGMENTS ON DEMAND BELOW . .
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McCarthy to build $535M solar project to help power Chicago
Construction Dive
APRIL 14, 2023
The company plans to hire approximately 435 tradesworkers in coordination with local unions on the project.
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Rahm Emanuel announces plans for Chicago's own Biennale
BD+C
JUNE 24, 2014
The Chicago Tribune reports that Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce plans for the Chicago Architecture Biennial today, planned to rival the Venice Architecture Biennale. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Team'
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Invenergy Plans to Build $220M Ohio Solar Panel Plant
ENR Construction
MARCH 23, 2023
Chicago-based renewable energy developer is partnering with Chinese solar panel manufacturer LONGi for the facility.
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The architects behind George Lucas' planned Chicago museum unveil 'futuristic pyramid'
BD+C
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Fast Company got an exclusive first glimpse of preliminary designs for George Lucas’ planned museum in Chicago. “It It looks like a pyramid from the year 2020,” they wrote. Body Image: read more. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Team Museums'
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces plans for a Chicago Architecture Biennial
BD+C
JUNE 24, 2014
The Chicago Tribune reports that Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce plans for the Chicago Architecture Biennial today, planned to rival the Venice Architecture Biennale. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Team'
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Underground Infrastructure Mapping Technology Launches in Chicago
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 4, 2016
Last week City Digital , a Chicago-based UI LABS collaboration, announced it has developed the underlying technology components to create a new underground infrastructure mapping (UIM) platform.
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Former Chicago Ready-Mix Teamsters Local's Leadership Ousted, Lawsuit Planned
ENR Construction
AUGUST 30, 2019
The union that represents Chicago area ready-mix concrete truck drivers and owner-operators has been put into trusteeship by the Teamsters national organization. Its former president says it's part of a long-term attempt to take lucrative ready-mix contracts away from Local 786.
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Chicago's $5B-$6B Lincoln Yards still up in the air
Construction Dive
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Developer Sterling Bay's mixed-use plan for the Chicago waterfront is on hold until locals' concerns about how the project will impact the area are addressed.
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[VIDEO] Illinois Governor Signs $45 Billion Infrastructure Plan
Construction Equipment
JULY 2, 2019
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a $45 billion plan to repair Illinois’ infrastructure over six years. According to Curbed Chicago, the plan, dubbed “Rebuild Illinois,” calls for nearly $1.8 billion in tax increases. In order to generate funding, the state will: Raise gas taxes from 19…
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Exclusive Chicago club re-emerges as a boutique hotel
BD+C
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
By 2008, it looked like the historic Chicago Athletic Association (CAA) building, located in downtown Chicago across from Millennium Park, was destined to become another casualty in the march to modernity. Charles Comiskey, and Albert Spaulding.
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79 Chicago's Historic Pullman Area On the Rise Again
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
has announced plans to build a 62 acre industrial park in the historic Pullman area 20 minutes south of the Loop in Chicago. Ryan Companies US, Inc.
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Chicago Set to Replace Dam with Ripple Strips
Construction Equipment
JULY 18, 2018
Chicago Park District officials plan to demolish a 4-foot dam and replace it with ripple strips in order to improve river quality and enable fish to move upstream. The dam was built in 1910, according to the report, and is located where the North Branch of the Chicago River meets the North Shore Channel.
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Planned Lucas Museum in Chicago Relies on $1.2B Debt
Construction Equipment
APRIL 19, 2016
The Chicago Tribune reports details of the latest proposal to bring the George Lucas museum to Chicago will require galactic-size funding. The George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and the City of Chicago have been working on a deal to build a new museum facility in the area around McCormick Place.
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Related proposes $1B dual-tower project in Chicago
Construction Dive
MAY 21, 2018
The waterfront buildings planned for the former site of the defunct Chicago Spire could break ground next year.
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CAF announces plans for 20,000-sf Chicago Architecture Center to be built on East Wacker Drive
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has recently announced plans to build the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC). The 20,000-sf building will showcase Chicago’s architectural legacy and how it has helped to shape cities around the world.
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First Modern Wooden Office Building Planned for Chicago
Construction Equipment
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
Division Street in Chicago. Houston-based Hines Interests is seeking zoning approval for its new project at 1017 W. The building would be similar to the seven-story T3 office building finished in 2016 in Minneapolis which was built using engineered wood with each floor separated by a concrete layer.
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Developers reveal plans for 1,422-foot-tall skyscraper in Chicago
BD+C
APRIL 17, 2018
The city known as the birthplace of the skyscraper has plans to build a new 1,422-foot-tall addition to its already impressive high-rise collection. and CIM Group unveiled plans to build a mixed-use tower as part of the $1 billion Tribune Tower redevelopment. On Monday, developers Golub & Co.
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66 Nation's Largest Mass-Timber Office Building Slated for Chicago
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Curbed Chicago reports Houston-based commercial real estate developer Hines is planning a six-story, 270,000-square-foot “mass timber” structure at 1017 W. Division Street—ironically the former site of the Big Bay Lumber Yard owned by the Ciral family.
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Tribune Tower Redevelopment Would Also Add Chicago's Second-Tallest Building
ENR Construction
APRIL 18, 2018
Los Angeles-based CIM Group and Chicago's Golub & Co. unveiled plans this week for the redevelopment of Chicago's neo-Gothic Tribune Tower and the land surrounding it.
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Modified Plan Unveiled for Chicago's Sixth-Tallest Tower
ENR Construction
JANUARY 31, 2018
The Chicago Plan Commission on Jan. 18 approved a $700-million development that, as presented, would include the city’s sixth-tallest building.
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Commercial Construction Checklist on Beating the Next Chicago Blizzard
HardHatChat
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
The Chicago blizzard of 2011 is a story we’ll be talking about for generations. 3, 2011, that didn’t mean the best Chicago contractors weren’t working. If you’re involved in Chicago retail construction , or any type of commercial construction in a cold weather climate, take note of the checklist below.
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196 Skender plans Chicago modular manufacturing facility
Construction Dive
JULY 27, 2018
The contractor-turned-modular builder said the plant will help merge design, manufacturing and construction into one process and shave up to 40% off schedule and 20% off costs.
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Caterpillar Moving Global HQ To Chicago Area
Construction Equipment
JANUARY 31, 2017
Caterpillar will place “a limited group of senior executives” in the Chicago area later this year. based company's opening of a tech office in Chicago's Merchandise Mart late last year. Caterpillar also canceled plans to build a new headquarters complex in Peoria. The move comes on the heels of the Peoria, Ill.-based
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FAA Clears $7.1B Chicago O'Hare Terminal Revamp to Begin
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Work on two new satellite concourses is planned to begin in spring of 2023, with demolition and replacement of an existing terminal to follow.
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74 One Chicago Square Approved, Chicago's 6th-Tallest Tower Reaches 'Supertall' Status
ENR Construction
JANUARY 25, 2018
The Chicago Plan Commission votes to approve a $700 million development that's planned to include the city’s sixth-tallest building.
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Studio Gang-Led Team Selected for Chicago's $8.5B O'Hare Revamp
ENR Construction
MARCH 27, 2019
Chicago has chosen Studio ORD JV Partners' design for the $8.5-billion billion planned O'Hare International Airport expansion which includes a new 2.2-million-sq-ft million-sq-ft global terminal and concourse.
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52 Chicago Cubs unveil plans for premier fan club underneath box seats at Wrigley Field
BD+C
JULY 20, 2016
The Chicago Cubs announced plans to build an exclusive club underneath the best seats in Wrigley Field. The Chicago Tribune reports that fans with tickets will be able to access the American Airlines 1914 Club for upgraded food and beverages, comfortable indoor seating, and private bathrooms (but no views of the field, however).
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Cook County General Hospital's $90-Million Redevelopment Saves a Chicago Icon
ENR Construction
MARCH 19, 2019
As redevelopment plans fizzled, graffiti from squatters began to turn up inside the 1.2-million-sq-ft million-sq-ft building once known as Chicago’s Ellis Island. Until last year, Cook County General Hospital sat vacant for 17 years.
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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
In fact, after helping American Girl relocate their flagship stores in Chicago and New York City, we just completed our third relocation project in Los Angeles. For a commercial construction firm, there’s a certain level of unknown with a prototype feature, requiring a different methodology of thinking, planning, and building.
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Uponor presents at Techweek Chicago
Contractor Magazine
JULY 16, 2014
A few weeks ago, I attended Techweek in Chicago. This week-long expo is for startups and Fortune 500 companies to showcase their newest products, insights, ideas and plans for the future.
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