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Converting Old Buildings to New Uses Takes Center Stage in Chicago

ENR Construction

Sustainably preserving and repurposing older buildings and creating entertainment/hospitality venues and high-end apartments and hotels are all dominant themes in the Chicago market.

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Environmental Conference Focuses Building with Sustainability and Resilience

ENR Construction

Quantifying efforts to build more sustainably and with resilience was explored at the Environment Analyst Global Business Summit in Chicago.

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Sustainability Experts Explore Challenges in Client, Community Buy-in

ENR Construction

Quantifying efforts to build more sustainably and with resilience was the focus of the Environment Analyst Global Business Summit in Chicago.

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The University of Chicago Harris School at the Keller Center

BD+C

Extreme sustainability was the chief goal for the reconstruction of Edward Durrell Stone’s Kellogg Center for Continuing Education at the University of Chicago.

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This $1B federal lab project has been on hold since a worker’s fall in May

Construction Dive

An ironworker plunged approximately 23 feet at Fermilab’s accelerator project near Chicago, sustaining serious injuries including head trauma.

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Evolution of sustainability in construction from LEED to federal mandates

Construction Specifier

551 Elm apartment building in Chicago. From voluntary transparency to government mandate Initial awareness of sustainable design and construction in the U.S. The post Evolution of sustainability in construction from LEED to federal mandates appeared first on Construction Specifier. Photo by Sarah Crowley.

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Evolution of sustainable construction from LEED to federal mandates

Construction Specifier

551 Elm apartment building in Chicago. From voluntary transparency to government mandate Initial awareness of sustainable design and construction in the U.S. The post Evolution of sustainable construction from LEED to federal mandates appeared first on Construction Specifier. Photo by Sarah Crowley.