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Illinois: A Talent Pool With World-Class Skills

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The Land of Lincoln offers a highly educated workforce and a logistics network that is hard to match. Read: Illinois: A Talent Pool With World-Class Skills at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

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Pat Quinn and state agencies are working together to advance Illinois. Quinn launched the Welcome Home Illinois program in April. It is administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) and offers $7,500 in down-payment assistance with an interest rate as low as 3.75 Quinn said. “I were named to the 2013 “Inc.

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Is Your Commercial General Contractor More Relevant Than You?

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Or how often do you visit their websites to see what they consider the latest retail and shopping mall news? At the time, Bill was a little skeptical if people would even read it, and he didn’t really understand how the blog “got out there,” but he knew we had years of educational insights and commercial construction best practices to share.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Maggie Farrell, Diversity & HR Manager at S. M. Wilson & Co.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Louis, Missouri with an office in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and one in Edwardsville, Illinois. Our areas of expertise are education, retail, healthcare, and commercial projects. Wilson was founded in 1921, so we recently celebrated 100 years in business, which is a fantastic accomplishment for us.

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LOCATION FOCUS: The Heartland of America Beats Strong

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Often noted as a microcosm of the entire country, Illinois is the 25th most extensive and the fifth most populous state in the U.S. Illinois is served by 2,169 miles of interstate highway and lies at the heart of the system. Both the Illinois International Port District and the Tri-City Regional Port District near St.

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Lessons learned from our museum construction projects

The Korte Company

We thought a lot about that when we built the Cahokia Mounds Museum & Interpretive Center in Collinsville, Illinois. This maximizes the museum’s ability to comfortably channel visitors to its various focal points, including a large glass display wall, a wide-screen theater, a multi-purpose space and a retail area.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

Pro Builder

Education • BA, Business Administration, The George Washington University • MDes, Real Estate Development and Finance, Harvard University. Education • BS, Architecture, Lawrence Technological University. Education • BS, Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas. Education • BS, Marketing, Louisiana Tech University.