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Lion Electric Bringing First-Ever U.S. Manufacturing Facility To Illinois

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The $70 million investment by Lion Electric will pave the way for the largest all-electric commercial vehicle production plant in the U.S., Read: Lion Electric Bringing First-Ever U.S. Manufacturing Facility To Illinois at BusinessFacilities.com. create 745 jobs.

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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion

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These types of commercial construction projects are very important to the growth of their brands and offer many opportunities for our national contracting team to apply our experience and know-how to ensure a successful completion. Working with equipment suppliers ahead of time is key.

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Commercial Construction Strategies: Adaptive Reuse for Big Box Retail

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But from experiential retail, restaurants, and entertainment to fun and fitness , developers have recently gotten a lot more creative in their approach to commercial retail redevelopment. This 30,423-square-foot space on the third floor is the national brand’s first location in Illinois. And with good reason.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change. However, the average U.S.

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3 Keys to Senior Housing Renovation Construction

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In both these cases, a trusted commercial construction contractor with local expertise is an important partner in executing renovations as efficiently as possible and maximizing both capital improvement and maintenance budgets. That meant we could tie into existing plumbing and electrical, ultimately reducing costs.

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Construction Lead Services – Webcast and Survey

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He has been Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of numerous marketing and digital agencies for the past 20 years, managing some of the most successful brands in the construction sector including Emerson Electric, USG and Bosch Tools. He earned a BS–Marketing from Southern Illinois University, and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.

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Ameren Illinois Opens Champaign Smart Grid Technology Applications Center

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Ameren Illinois has opened a new $3.3 Under EIMA, Ameren Illinois is investing an additional $643 million over 10 years, through its Modernization Action Plan, or MAP, to make improvements to the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable and to create hundreds of new jobs. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.