News & Notes 3/09/09
News & Notes is a section we have dedicated to interesting items that do not contain enough information to have full entries but are certainly worth noting.
Blair Kamin over at the Chicago Tribune’s Skyline Blog has posted some interesting stories:
Today’s is a piece on Chicago philanthropist Richard Driehaus’ announcement at a Landmarks Illinois event on Saturday night of the creation of grant program to preserve Historic Illinois Courthouses – certainly of interest to anyone in the restoration business.
Skyline also has this piece featuring an article about the new Blue Chip Casino Hotel in Michigan City by Chicago architect Lucien Lagrange.
Additionally, the best video of the Trump spire going into place comes from the Tribune.
The South Carolina Construction Law Blog has an article detailing a New York case interpreting a New York statute similar to Illinois’ own Construction Contract Indemnification for Negligence Act. The Illinois statute has become a must-know for anyone in the industry since the Virginia Surety decision and carries the possibility of drastically altering the limitation of liability that would otherwise be in place for parties under the worker’s compensation statutes.
We’d also like to be the first to welcome the Chicago Construction Law Developments blog to the blogosphere. Illinois is gaining independent information sources for its construction industry at a fast pace.
