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Customer Relationship Management: Why Good Relationships Are Good Business in Commercial Construction

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Plus, there’s a lot of crossover between the world of professional athletics, where he already has strong in-roads, and the restaurant industry – a commercial construction sector where Englewood has a proven track record, especially with fine-dining and sports-based concepts such as the Chicago Sports Museum and Harry Caray’s 7 th Inning Stretch.

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Managing from the Mother Ship: How a National Commercial Contractor Operates

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The other day I was talking with a Chicago-area client who didn’t realize Englewood is a national general contractor that manages national commercial construction projects across the country. He asked me, “You only have offices in Chicago, right? So how does that work?”. Knowing the Local Terrain.

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Susan Bowman sets the example

The Korte Company

She’d graduated with an accounting degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, worked at a Big 8 public accounting firm, passed the CPA exam and learned the ins and outs of construction accounting at Pepper Construction in Chicago. Meanwhile, Rob’s hometown of Chicago was a great place to launch their careers. They didn’t.

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4 Lessons Construction Companies Can Take From Episodes 1 & 2 of The Last Dance

Construction Junkie

Sports fans probably watched parts 1&2 of ESPN’s documentary, The Last Dance, which chronicles the final season of the Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1990s last weekend (because what else are you doing?). Bumps in the road can be seen as an opportunity for the next excuse to cut corners or accept poor quality work.

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We Analyzed 600+ Construction Job Listings for Gender Bias: What We Found Surprised Us

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We looked at many different types of roles including: Construction Laborer, Project Manager, Foreman, Project Engineer, Construction Administrator, Construction Estimator, Electrician, Pipefitter, Carpenter, Plumber, BIM Manager/ VDC Manager, Construction Director, and Machine Operator.

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Civil Engineering Marvels- 5 Tallest Skyscrappers

The Constructor

Sears Tower The Sears Tower, a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the tallest building in North America since 1973. Advertisement Hot Topics Recent Topics Most Viewed Most Discussed FOUR PHASES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT?

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Hard Hats & Crafts – Celebrating Women Leaders in Construction Safety

Construction Junkie

I remember early on in the project my Superintendent taking me out and asking me to look at a connection on an air compressor hose. He explained Chicago couplers to me and the need to always have a cotter pin, how whip checks worked and that it was important they sit above and below (not on) the fitting. Fell into it.

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