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MCA Chicago teams with Horton Group to teach new confined spaces standard

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The Mechanical Contractors Association of Chicago has teamed up with the Horton Group’s Gary Glader—a leading safety consultant—to teach a comprehensive workshop on OSHA’s new Confined Spaces in Construction standard. The course will provide an in-depth introduction to the complex new rule. read more.

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Trending: The Rise of Prefab and Modular Commercial Construction Techniques

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Here are some reasons why: Component Costs: If a shop is set up to manufacture a specific item off-site, as opposed to creating it in a make-shift workshop on a job site, it typically saves time and therefore money.

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Guide to Top 2022-23 Construction Conferences & Events

Autodesk Construction Cloud

CMAA Focus (Chicago, IL). CMAA Focus 2022 will take place at the Renaissance Chicago in Downtown Chicago. AIA Conference on Architecture 2022 (Chicago, IL). Find out at AIA Conference on Architecture, coming to Chicago in June of 2022. This is THE event for merit shop construction, and you don’t want to miss it!”.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Without stable shelter, it all falls apart,” Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond told the Chicago Tribune on publication of his book Evicted. Housing is Fundamental “Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Affordable housing is housing built for people who earn 80% or less of the area median income (AMI).

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LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong

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Illinois has a broad economic base with Chicago in the northeast; small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in the central and western regions; and natural resources like coal, timber and petroleum in the south. Chicago in particular is a major player in business.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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CHICAGO AIMS FOR THE TOP OF THE TECH CHART. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

VM programs commonly take the form of arranging a workshop in which the client, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, specialists and other stakeholders involved take part and put forward suggestions for discussions and investigations (Harry, 2000). Chicago: Institute of Real Estate Management. N., & Celik, T. 15th Edition.