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Flagship Store Retail Construction: 3 Reasons Brands Still Build in a Flagship Location

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Apple’s first flagship store was in Chicago on Michigan Avenue, where tourists and locals alike quickly became familiar with – and grew to love – the unique environment it offered to interact with the brand’s latest products. Our very first project with the brand was to relocate its original Chicago flagship store to Michigan Avenue in 2008.

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Building a Great Safety Culture Takes a Commitment to Training

Construction Business Owner

The reasons are clear and fundamental: from staying alive to being there for family, and from avoid life-changing injuries to saving money, mitigating legal risk and gaining productivity. Why is safety so important? These are the basics of a good life for workers, and good business for construction companies.

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Michigan Court Upholds Building Controversial $500M Oil Pipeline Crossing

ENR Construction

Court says Enbridge project is legal, despite opposing claim by current Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and project foes; design-build team proceeds as state appeals to higher court.

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Michigan Court Upholds Act To Build Controversial Oil Pipeline Crossing

ENR Construction

Deal with former Republican governor for $500M Enbridge project is legal, despite opposite claim by current Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and project foes.

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Chinese Military Hackers Charged with Disrupting U.S. Solar Market

Green Building Law Update

District Court Eastern District of Michigan, claiming the object of the Chinese state owned companies’ illegal dumping actions was to drive established solar industry leader, Energy Conversion Devices, out of business. “There are many more victims, and there is much more to be done. Steel been damaged, but every U.S.

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PFAS in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?

Green Building Law Update

Additionally, there are a limited number of places where PFAS is regulated as state hazardous substance, like Michigan where should likely be included in a Phase I. Such would generally be a bad idea perverting a Phase I, however might be prudent at a property where PFAS was produced or incorporated into manufacturing or other processes.

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Gearing Up for the New Year!

Construction Dive

ASPE’s Canons of Ethics specifically prohibit this practice, but most of these activities are perfectly legal, making them tough to combat. Construction Law -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has applauded Michigan Gov. Michigan is the 24th state to approve legislation of this sort.