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Illinois Design Professionals Targeted by Scam

Construction Lawyer

A firm called Corporate Records Service has been targeting Illinois design firms with an official-looking letter that asks for $125 to prepare corporate minutes. The Secretary of State has posted the following alert on its website: Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is warning businesses to beware of a scam targeting.

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Facility programming: The driving force behind healthcare design

The Korte Company

Five years prior, a Sullivan-designed structure widely considered to be illustrative of the famous phrase rose ten stories above Seventh and Chestnut streets in downtown St. The Wainwright Building —one of America’s first steel “skyscrapers”—still stands (and it’s just 30 miles from our headquarters in Highland, Illinois).

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

Design-Build was not always accepted in the industry. So when he encountered Ralph Korte’s vision of Design-Build in action, he saw the industry’s future. . Dennis grew up in Marissa, Illinois, a small town of farmers and coal miners. There Dennis learned about “on-site design” from Jack Goldman.

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New Illinois Law Affects Certain Settlements

Construction Lawyer

No doubt as a surprise to many Illinois defense attorneys, a new Illinois law that goes into effect on January 1, 2014, will affect the way settlements are handled. Claims against design professionals alleging malpractice would also be affected. Many construction cases involve either personal injury or property damage claims.

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constructionattorneyblog: illinois supplier denied mechanics lien

Construction Lawyer

He is also a founding member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. His book, Legal Guide to AIA Documents, published by Aspen Publishing, is in its fifth edition. Zahn is a licensed architect and attorney in the State of Illinois. He is currently on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board. Shawn Goodman.

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constructionattorneyblog: ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT DEEMS.

Construction Lawyer

He is also a founding member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. His book, Legal Guide to AIA Documents, published by Aspen Publishing, is in its fifth edition. Zahn is a licensed architect and attorney in the State of Illinois. He is currently on the Illinois Architecture Licensing Board. Shawn Goodman.

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Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted

Green Building Law Update

In an effort to consider as representative a sample as possible, the last 50 contracts received where an owner was a party were selected and the last 50 contracts received where a design professional was a party, were selected. But such was not the case, The errors in the contract documents, most simply put, were all over the board.

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