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BUSINESS REPORT: Illinois – Strong Demand Lifts Industrial Parks In Wheeling, IL

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Another longtime Wheeling business—a polyethylene extruder, converter and printer that manufactures a variety of industrial and commercial plastic products—has expanded into a nearby 105,000 sq. These efforts are aimed at supporting industrial occupancy, workforce sustainability, and general growth and retention rates.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense. Quinn said.

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Green construction tips to make your facility environmentally friendly

The Korte Company

While juggling sustainability and profitability at the same time is a challenge, construction companies can help owners achieve both by implementing green construction principles. What characteristics of the property and its environment can be leveraged to make the building more sustainable? Sustainable return on investment.

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He is also a founding member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. Zahn is a licensed architect and attorney in the State of Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Illinois and his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is currently on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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We have an abundance of resources and, in particular, access to talent which is really impactful when you think about leading commercialization in technology as well as providing a foundation for companies to be able to draw their own workforces.”. King, Managing Director of the Quonset Development Corporation.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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Not only do logistics clusters have huge potential for jobs creation, they also are hubs of innovation of environmental sustainability. The I-69 International Trade Corridor, which spans four counties in eastern Michigan, serves as a strategic commercial gateway between the midwestern U.S. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

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FM Global is one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management organizations specializing in property protection. Phil Wirdzek is the founding president and executive director of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL). During his career at the U.S.

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