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Chicago Casino Construction: How to Deal the House a Winning Hand

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The pending downtown Chicago casino will involve a different set of construction challenges than the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines (shown here). In Chicago commercial construction news , everyone knows the big buzz right now is on the pending Chicago casino. More challenges = higher commercial construction costs.

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What are Today's Best New Retail Developments? | Hard Hat Chat

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Recently, we were performing a pre-construction analysis for a retail client on a Chicago-area property. Keyword Cloud Best Chicago Contractor. Chicago Construction News. Chicago restaurant construction. Construction Subcontracting. Crain's Chicago Business. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010.

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#112:  Owners' Implied Warranty Rights Against Subcontractors

NH Construction Law

A few years back I blogged ( #84 ) that owners generally lack “third party beneficiary” rights required in order to enforce subcontracts. The Richards Group of Chicago , 116 Ill. But what about the implied warranty of good workmanship ( #4 )? 3d 852, 856, 452 N.E.2d ”).

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Seventh Circuit examines "pay-if-paid" provision

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Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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Federal Court dismisses sub's claim against GC because of arbitration

Construction Lawyer

Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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Construction Contract's arbitration provision is separable, based on

Construction Lawyer

Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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5 Signs Your Shopping Center Construction Contractor is Costing You Business

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Now, I’m not going to name names, but when we were the retail construction contractor for a couple of stores at a suburban Chicago mall a few years ago, everything was on the timetable of the shopping center general contractor, who could have cared less about the mall’s tenants.