Leopardo Wins 290,000 SF Construction Project, Completes 160,000 SF Project

CHICAGO, Ill — Leopardo Companies, Inc. has been selected as construction project manager for Zebra Technologies" 290,000-square-foot office space at 3 Overlook Point in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The new assignment comes as Leopardo recently completed the interior build-out of Integrys Energy's 160,000-square-foot space at Aon Center in downtown Chicago. Zebra Technologies selected Leopardo to reflect these values in building out its 290,000-square-foot space at 3 Outlook Point in Lincolnshire. Construction will start in August on a seven-month completion schedule.The build-out includes demolition of existing interior offices to create an open-plan environment designed by architect tvs design with modular furniture and new … Read more

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KBE Building Corp. Wins CBC’s Project Team of the Year Award for K-12 Schools Category

ROCKY HILL, Conn. — The Connecticut Building Congress has awarded its Project Team of the Year Award to KBE Building Corporation’s project team for Carrington Elementary School. The project was also recognized with a First Place award in the K-12 Schools category. KBE served as construction manager at risk for the newly built $30-million elementary school located in Waterbury, Connecticut. “We are thrilled to have won this award from the Connecticut Building Congress,” said KBE owner and CEO Mike Kolakowski, who bought the firm in 2007 with longtime senior executives Eric Brown and Simon Etzel. “K-12 schools has emerged as … Read more

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ELFA’s Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for May was $6.9 billion, down 8 percent from new business volume in May 2013. Month-over-month, new business volume was down 14 percent from April. Year to date, cumulative new business volume increased 3 percent compared to 2013.   Receivables over 30 days were unchanged from the previous month at 2.0 percent, and were up from 1.6 percent from the same period … Read more

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ARCADIS Report: U.S. Construction Dispute Values Triple to $34.3M in 2013

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — In its fourth annual Global Construction Disputes Report, ARCADIS reported that in 2013, the average claimed value of construction disputes in the U.S. tripled over 2012, to an average of $34.3 million. However, the U.S. was still well below average construction dispute values globally, behind Asia and the Middle East. At the same time, construction disputes in the U.S. took 1.8 months longer to resolve than in 2012, averaging 13.7 months. This year's ARCADIS report on the top trends driving the value, duration, causes and resolutions of construction disputes worldwide, "Global Construction Disputes: Getting the Basics … Read more

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