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constructionattorneyblog: Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed

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Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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Commonwealth Center For Advanced Manufacturing To Partner With The Department Of Defense Technology Development Institute

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DMDI is one of two new manufacturing innovation institutes being led by the Department of Defense (DoD). CCAM is pleased to support DMDI and looks forward to leveraging the CCAM facility and research capabilities in concert with the institute’s goals,” said Bob Fagan, Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Great Lakes U.S.

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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. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov.

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Building Perimeters are Only One Layer in Safe School Design

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Government Accountability Office, current or former students account for half of school shootings. For example, the effectiveness of parking lot video surveillance can be increased with clear sightlines from the front office. Using such glazing can complement a hardened building envelope by providing another layer of defense.

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Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules

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A secure entry vestibule is a small space that leads into the school building or main office. A vestibule’s ability to provide such defense is twofold. They can also act as barriers between the front office and the intermediate space within the vestibule.

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DBIA turns 25

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It started in 1993 when a group of around 35 representatives of national construction firms gathered in Chicago to discuss forming an organization that would push the federal government to recognize Design-Build as an option they could choose from during procurement. Postal Service and the Department of Defense, to name just a couple.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Of that total, nearly 30,000 have settled in rural areas, according to a report from Canada’s Office of the Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism. Gary Herbert took office in 2009 (replacing Jon Huntsman, who was named U.S. Busy Beehive Yields Job Honey. With the fastest growing population in the U.S. Herbert told us.

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