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Reading Up on Construction
The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
has announced the availability of two books on tall building
leaders and a guide.
"Engineering Architecture: The Vision of Fazlur R. Khan"
(W.W. Norton & Co.) focuses on the legendary engineer's
work with Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLC,
including the 110-story Sears Tower and 100-story John Hancock
Center. Visit www.fazlurrkhan.com on the Internet for a description.
The 416-page book can be ordered at a bookstore or online
at amazon.com.
The CTBUH-published "Catalyst for Skyscraper Revolution:
Lynn S. Beedle - A Legend in His Lifetime" covers the
founder of the organization. The book includes tributes, a
list of publications and two papers, "High-Rise Habitat"
and "The Reporter Calls."
The 210-page volume is available for $25 by calling Geri Kery
of the CTBUH at 312-909-0253.
A 47-page guide has been published, "Emergency Evacuation:
Elevator Systems Guideline." It is the result of a 14-month
study by a 16-member CTBUH task force.
The guide is available for $23 in the U.S. and can be obtained
by calling Kery.
Report: Equipment Leasing to Grow
Leasing of construction equipment is projected to grow eight
to 10 percent in 2004 and 2005, a study says.
The same report says that lease financing is expected to reach
$12.5 billion in 2004 and $13.5 billion in 2005. This compares
to $11.4 billion in 2003 and $10.5 billion in 2002.
The projections are made in "Construction and Agricultural
Equipment Leasing, 2004: U.S. Market Dynamics and Outlook."
The Arlington, Va.-based Equipment Leasing Association and
White Plains, N.Y.-based R.S. Carmichael & Co., a marketing
research and management-consulting firm, issued the study.
Other key findings include the following:
Ticket sizes range between $25,000 and $5 million but mainly
fall between $25,000 and $250,000 with average terms being
three to five years.
Lease financing of construction equipment is most prevalent
in earthmoving, road building and forestry.
Replacement demand of leased equipment is projected to
sustain the construction market growth through 2004 and 2005.
Organizations can purchase a copy of the study, which is $699
for members of the ELA and $999 for nonmembers, by calling
703-527-8655 or by visiting www.elaonline.com/elastore.
MSOE Student Gets SIR Title
Matthew Tadisch, a senior at the Milwaukee School of Engineering,
has received the Skill, Integrity and Responsibility award.
Tadisch, who is pursuing a double major in architectural
engineering and construction management, will receive $2,000
from the Associated General
Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, the award sponsor.
He has interned as an assistant superintendent on the Lambeau
Field redevelopment in Green Bay, Wis., and as a field engineer
on the MSOE Kern Health Center.
Usher to Lead CBHCC
Andrew Usher, vice president of Brookfield-based Ideal
Heating Co., was elected president of the Chicagoland Better
Heating-Cooling Council.
Other elected officers include First Vice President Don
Howley, technical sales representative with Alsip-based
Affiliated Steam Equipment Co.; Second Vice President John
Stern, vice president of Bellwood-based Bert C. Young &
Sons Corp.; and Secretary/Treasurer Kevin Bailey, vice president
of Willowbrook-based Fluid/Air Products.
David Milsk, president of Des Plaines Supply Inc., remains
on the board as the council's past president.
Elected to two-year terms on the group's board of directors
were David Lintz, senior account representative with SG
Supply Co. in Calumet Park; Tom Olson, service manager of
Thermodyne Mechanical Service Inc. in Northbrook; William
Riening, service manager of Independent Mechanical Industries
in Chicago; and Tom Sullivan, president with Hillco Distributing
Co. Inc. in Chicago.
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