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NGA Breaks Ground on $1.7-Billion St. Louis Campus

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Billion NGA West Project Breaks Ground in St. Louis; World's Largest Starbucks Opens in Chicago.

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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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Singles Choose to Buy Over Rent Most in These Cities

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Moving to the top 25, we see that only three cities (St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois in the Midwest and New York, New York in the Northeast) are not located in either of these regions. Demographics. Financial.

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How to Avoid a Commercial Construction Scandal

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While there are three sides to every story, recent commercial construction news stories like this one from the Chicago Tribune , “Construction firm caught in contract probe” , really burn me up. The best Chicago construction firms play by the rules and do business above board. I don’t mean to come off as preachy, I’m just mad.

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Clayco Acquires the Lamar Johnson Collaborative

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Design-builder Clayco, which was founded in St. Louis, has acquired Chicago design firm Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC).

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ASCC Recognizes Concrete Contractors for Exemplary Safety

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Concrete contractors with exemplary safety records for 2011 were recognized by the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Mo., at the association’s Annual Conference, September 20, in Chicago, Ill.

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How to Choose the Best General Contractor to Partner with for your “First” Commercial Construction Project

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It’s a pretty cool ground-up commercial construction project for us because not only is it the first time we’ve worked with this national retail brand, but it’s also the very first Farm & Fleet store in the Chicago area. Navigating the ins and outs of a new market: If you take a set of plans and build the exact same project in both St.