Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Read: Ferrero Investing $75M In Illinois Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com. Ferrero will establish its first North American Chocolate Manufacturing Center at its facility in Bloomington, IL, creating approximately 50 new jobs.

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Illinois Employment News 105

Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Central Illinois EV Supplier will invest over $20 million to manufacture electric compressors and establish an EV innovation hub in Decatur.

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Illinois Electrical Innovation News 85

Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Construction trade press members, as well as industry influencers, were invited to the to the Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center in Peoria, Illinois, for a day of machine demonstrations, educational sessions, operating opportunities and interviews.

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Roads Illinois Education Industrial 329

Business Facilities

JANUARY 27, 2022

Illinois once again topped the U.S. The post Illinois Led U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) annual ranking of the Top 10 States for LEED in 2021, demonstrating leadership in green building. Green Building Council’s Top 10 States For LEED In 2021 appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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The Korte Company

OCTOBER 22, 2024

5 for the renovation of the Highland Elementary School located in Highland, Illinois. The 8,753-square-foot renovation project is the first Design-Build school project for The Korte Company in Illinois and comes on the heels of the passage of Public Act 103-491 (aka the Municipal Design-Build Authorization Act).

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Illinois Design Renovating Safety 52

ENR Construction

MAY 3, 2023

Four former ComEd executives, consultants and lobbyists were found guilty of bribery and conspiracy in a scheme to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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Illinois Consulting Housing 83

ENR Construction

JANUARY 11, 2024

Bids for eight highway projects on the Illinois Tollway system must be submitted by Feb.

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Illinois Bidding 74

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Read: Illinois: The Intersection Of Talent And Innovation at BusinessFacilities.com. A great logistics network and a world-class education system enable the Land of Lincoln to generate the fifth-highest GDP among states.

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Illinois Innovation Education Arlington 85

Construction Equipment

JULY 21, 2020

Fecon announces the addition of Luby Equipment as a new distributor for Missouri and Illinois. Luby sells new and used construction machinery from locations in Cape Girardeau, Fenton, and O’Fallon, Missouri, and Caseyville, Quincy, and Springfield, Illinois. Luby Equipment also has extensive…

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Rebuild Illinois funding will support eight new wet lab centers valued at over $90 million; Another $5 million will expand the Illinois Institute of Technology’s microgrid. The post Illinois Investing $15.4M

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Illinois Site News 52

Business Facilities

MAY 7, 2021

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

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Illinois Electrical Commercial Products 86

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With a talent pool approaching 7 million—a third of whom hold a bachelor’s degree or higher—Illinois has the skill sets needed to fill 21st-century jobs. The post Illinois: Building The Future In The Land Of Lincoln appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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Construction Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

has acquired the Sparta, IL location of Wright Building Center, which has held a long-time standing industry presence in Southwestern Illinois. RP Lumber Co Inc. “For 39 years, Wright Building Center has served the citizens of the Randolph County area, and we are thrilled to have their team join the R.P.

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Illinois Industrial News 52

Business Facilities

JANUARY 22, 2020

Read: Colorado, Illinois, New York Lead Nation In LEED Green Building at BusinessFacilities.com. Massachusetts and Hawaii round out Top 5 on USGBC's Top 10 States for LEED, which recognizes current leaders committed to sustainable buildings, cities, and communities.

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New York Colorado Illinois Green 89

Levelset

JUNE 27, 2022

Illinois in particular handles the amounts a subcontractor can file a lien for very differently than most other states. But as you’ll see from this article, subcontractors should never rely on a contractor’s sworn statement in Illinois. What is an Illinois Contractor’s Sworn Statement?

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Construction Equipment

JULY 2, 2019

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a $45 billion plan to repair Illinois’ infrastructure over six years. According to Curbed Chicago, the plan, dubbed “Rebuild Illinois,” calls for nearly $1.8 billion in tax increases. In order to generate funding, the state will: Raise gas taxes from 19…

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Illinois Infrastructure Plans Chicago 70

Business Facilities

DECEMBER 5, 2019

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE will be the first company to make use of Illinois’ new sales tax exemption on equipment purchases at its Chicago data center campus. Read: Data Center Company First To Qualify For New Illinois Tax Incentive at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Illinois Chicago Infrastructure Equipment 67

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Read: World’s Largest Insect Protein Production Facility Coming To Illinois at BusinessFacilities.com. Innovafeed and ADM will establish a new livestock feed production facility and headquarters in Decatur, IL, expanding sustainable agriculture solutions and creating more than 280 jobs in the region.

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Illinois Products Sustainability Employment 61

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is proposing a freeze on the state gasoline tax that funds road, bridge and other infrastructure projects this summer as a way to give taxpayers inflation relief, but road builders are crying foul as their projects have long been underfunded.

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Illinois Roads Infrastructure 66

Business Facilities

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Illinois’ Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) is attracting a number of renewable energy companies looking to reap the benefits of the legislation. Read: Illinois: Renewing The Midwest at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Illinois Arlington Retail Transportation 50

ENR Construction

MARCH 3, 2022

A developer who hired former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's law firm cooperated with the federal probe that resulted in 22-count indictment filed March 2.

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Illinois Housing 69

Construction Dive

JULY 15, 2024

Illinois and Michigan are partnering on the Brandon Road Interbasin to stave off invasive carp and other aquatic nuisance species.

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Michigan Illinois Roads Construction 158

Construction Dive

AUGUST 5, 2024

The new Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois, will have 12,000 fewer seats, allowing it host smaller events in addition to football, but some local residents are fighting it.

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Illinois 146

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Illinois-based contractor cited its recent growth and geographic expansion as the impetus for the promotions.

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Illinois Contractors Construction 132

Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

California, New Jersey, and Illinois Top List of Markets Most Vulnerable to a Downturn. Several regional markets in California, New Jersey, and Illinois are at risk of a downturn as the housing market cools off from a mid-pandemic buying frenzy . Fri, 09/16/2022 - 10:20.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 30, 2018

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner announced a proposal to spend $11.05 Rauner said " “Investing in transportation creates jobs and economic opportunity, improves safety and makes Illinois a better place to raise a family. This plan will make Illinois more competitive while protecting the interests of the taxpayers.”

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Illinois Infrastructure Plans Transportation 57

Business Facilities

OCTOBER 30, 2019

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

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Illinois Education Arlington Retail 59

ENR Construction

AUGUST 24, 2022

Tip-off of EV plant's alleged workplace violations came from union local, Illinois authorities say.

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Illinois Union Contractors 69

Construction Equipment

APRIL 27, 2018

Legislation intended to incentivize large-scale construction projects and jobs investment in Illinois was introduced Thursday in Springfield. House Bill 5864 , aka the Illinois Blue Collar Jobs Act, would give tax credits to companies that invest at least $12 million to build, renovate or expands a facility.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 29, 2020

The Illinois Tollway Authority widened the Central Tri-State’s Mile Long Bridge while also reducing the number of piers beneath it by half, making room for the three waters and two railways underneath.

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Illinois 78

Construction Equipment

MAY 29, 2019

Illinois governor J.B. In published reports, Pritzker said he is confident that Illinois residents will agree to the overall $1.8 Pritzker says new taxes on beer, wine, and liquor would provide an estimated $120 million for infrastructure work in the state. billion in new and increased taxes to…

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Illinois Infrastructure Estimating 62

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Top lobbyist Thomas O'Neill testified that lobbying work, internships and other favors were given in exchange for passing bills that hiked electric rates with only modest investment in the state power grid.

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Illinois Housing Electrical 74

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Illinois Gov. Pritzker's and the state DOT's six-year plan differs from previous versions in that it focuses on prevention instead of reactive replacements.

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Illinois DOT Roads Plans 71

ENR Construction

JULY 17, 2024

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems recently released a mobile app for SiteMap, its cloud platform that can bring GIS and BIM project data together in one workflow.

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Illinois Mobility BIM 81

BD+C

AUGUST 7, 2019

Illinois enacted a law that makes all one-person public bathrooms gender-neutral. It prohibits signs designating a gender for such accommodations. All such facilities must comply with the law by January 1, 2020.

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Illinois Design 72

Construction Dive

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The ruling, passed down from the state’s supreme court, could affect which issues contractors choose to litigate with insurers across the country.

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Insurance Liability Illinois Contractors 135

BD+C

OCTOBER 30, 2019

A 166,000-sf barracks with 300 bedrooms for 600 military personnel is under construction at the Great Lakes Naval Base in Illinois with the help of robots that can lay bricks every seven to 10 seconds and can lift and place foundation blocks weighing up to 135 lbs.

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Illinois Foundation Housing Construction 91