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Somerville, Inc., an integrated architecture, engineering and construction services company in Green Bay, Wis., has won the Best Existing Building award in the Great Spaces, Great Places (GSGP) contest. Related Links: William Bast Named President of National Structural Engineers Council AIA Chicago Names Vitale Young Architect of 2009 Lean Construction Institute Forms Ohio Valley Chapter AGC of St. Louis and OSHA Form Partnership AIA Chicago Names Nagle Hartray 2009 Firm of the Year Great Lakes Design-Build Institute Elects Officers Two Midwestern Firms Earn National Honors from AIA Northeast Indiana Building Contractors Name Officers for 2010 American Society of Safety Engineers
Only a few months after Muchin College Prep and the Illinois Holocaust Museum had held their respective grand openings, high school students from the Noble Network of Charter School’s Muchin College Prep high school visited the new Illinois Holocaust Museum & Educational Center in Skokie, Ill. Related Links: 2010 Conex Wisconsin/Northern Illinois Show Attracts Fewer Exhibitors but More Attendees Sixty freshman students visited the museum at the invitation of Bulley & Andrews, LLC. As the general contractor that built both Muchin College Prep and the Illinois Holocaust Museum, Bulley & Andrews was pleased to sponsor the event. It provided an
The world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai), officially opened Jan. 4 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Related Links: Streeter Place 54-Story Luxury Apartment Tower Completed in Chicago Major Eye Institute is Going from Vision to Reality in Indianapolis Metea Valley High School Completed in Aurora, Ill. Building in Orland Park, Ill., Earns LEED Gold Certification St. Louis Metro System’s New Paint Facility Opens Six Months Early and 10% Under Budget Building Now Houses HQ of Company that Made its Windows R.A. Smith Provides Multiple Services on New Wis. DMV Office Project Green Building Initiative Certifies 100th Green Globes
建筑行业服务公司(CISCO) honored its project-of-the-year winners for 2009. The awards are part of CISCO’s Pride in Construction award program, which recognizes the top union construction projects in four categories. The program also honors an area educator, Illinois public body, and a labor conciliator. Related Links: William Bast Named President of National Structural Engineers Council AIA Chicago Names Vitale Young Architect of 2009 Lean Construction Institute Forms Ohio Valley Chapter AGC of St. Louis and OSHA Form Partnership AIA Chicago Names Nagle Hartray 2009 Firm of the Year Great Lakes Design-Build Institute Elects Officers Two Midwestern Firms
麦格劳-希尔建筑,of The McGraw-Hill Companies, has released the 2010 Chicago Construction Outlook. After enduring a 46% decline in 2009, Chicago construction starts are projected to rebound 18% to $11.5 billion in 2010, helped by a recovery in all major construction types. Highlights of the report conclude: Residential construction starts will advance 38% in 2010 to $2.9 billion, led by a 70% gain in single family housing. As state programs and federal ARRA stimulus funding provide aid, nonbuilding construction starts will increase 17% to $4.5 billion in 2010, with the largest benefit seen in highways and bridges. Nonresidential construction starts
Purdue University researchers in West Lafayette, Ind., are working with Westinghouse Electric Co. to ensure that a new design for nuclear power plants will stand up to strong earthquakes. Photo: Purdue University Purdue University associate professor of civil engineering Amit Varma stands atop a specimen being tested as part of work with Westinghouse Electric Co. to ensure that a new design for nuclear power plants will stand up to strong earthquakes. Engineers are testing components of an "enhanced shield building" that will contain a plant's main system components. The work focuses on testing structures like those to be used in
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Ottawa River Group and the state of Ohio began construction of phase one of a $49-million clean-up of the Ottawa River and Sibley Creek in Toledo, Ohio, on Dec. 19. Under EPA's Great Lakes Legacy Act, the project partners will remove approximately 260,000 cu yds of contaminated sediment from the river and creek. The project's goal is reducing impact to human health and the environment on the Ottawa River. This is the Legacy Act's eighth clean-up of a contaminated site. "The start of this cleanup brings us closer to the day when the public
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Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, in concurrence with Illinois DOT, awards contract to build main span of bridge from St. Louis to Illinois. The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission has awarded the Mississippi River Bridge main span contract to a joint venture of Massman Construction/Traylor Brothers/Alberici Constructors for $229.5 million. The decision was made with concurrence from the Illinois Department of Transportation. "We're excited to be moving forward with this needed project," said Kevin Keith, P.E., the Missouri Department of Transportation's Chief Engineer. "The important thing to remember is this bridge dramatically improves safety, relieves congestion on the Poplar Street
Slight Uptick in November Construction Employment Outweighed by Big Drop for Year Overall. Missouri, Wisconsin, and Indiana added a small percentage of construction jobs in November, while Illinois lost still more. Citing employment data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the AGC of America said that construction employment increased in 26 states during November. It attributed some of the construction-job growth to warm, dry weather. Over the past 12 months, however, nationwide construction employment has dropped in every state but North Dakota, the AGC analysis showed. "It is too early to say if the (November) pickup reflects improving