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The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of local ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Chicago. [1] The Code contains original and new ordinances, adopted by the Chicago City Council, organized into eighteen titles of varying subject matter. [2] The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [3] The current Code ...
Citicorp Center engineering crisis. Citigroup building with a sketch of internal framework superimposed on one side. The same design is used on all four sides and transmits wind and gravity loads to the four support stilts. There is also a fifth support column in the center. In July 1978, a possible structural flaw was discovered in Citicorp ...
A code of practice is adopted by a profession (or by a governmental or non-governmental organization) to regulate that profession. A code of practice may be styled as a code of professional responsibility, which will discuss difficult issues and difficult decisions that will often need to be made, and then provide a clear account of what behavior is considered "ethical" or "correct" or "right ...
The Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) is a non-profit and non-governmental, professional association serving the construction management industry. The Association was formed in 1982. Current membership is more than 14,000, including individual CM/PM practitioners, corporate members, and construction owners in both public and ...
541 North Fairbanks Court, formerly the Time-Life Building, is a 404-foot-tall (123 m), 30-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Harry Weese and completed in 1969. [1] Located on the Near North Side, it was among the first in the U.S. to use double-deck elevators. [2] The odd-numbered floors are accessible from the lower lobby ...
Ragnar Benson (contractor) Eric Ragnar Benson (born July 29, 1899 in Virestad, Älmhult, Sweden, died March 10, 1979, in Chicago) was a Swedish-American building contractor in Chicago whose firm was one of the ten largest in the United States and employed thousands. Benson was the son of Karl Edvard Bengtsson and Matilda Bengtsdotter, and one ...
Grant Thornton Tower (formerly Chicago Title & Trust Center, 161 North Clark and sometimes Chicago Title Tower[1]) is an office tower located in Chicago designed by the firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Before completion in 1990 the twin tower design was awarded The Chicago Athenaeum's "Best Building" Architecture Award, the award was received ...
American Institute of Certified Planners logo. The American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) is the American Planning Association's professional institute. [1] AICP certifies professionals in the United States in the field of town planning and assists planners in the areas of ethics, professional development, planning education, and the standards of planning practice. [2]