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Chicago Firm Sets Out to Change Construction

Construction projects usually go forward with everyone involved isolated in silos, and Skender wants to break that down.

chi-Skender3 (3) Mark Skender, the company’s chief executive officer.

CHICAGO—Everyone who has been involved in a construction project knows how difficult it can be to get developers, subcontractors, suppliers and designers on the same page. But Skender, a construction firm with offices in Chicago and San Francisco, has decided to break with the past and transform itself into a vertically integrated company including construction, design and building component manufacturing functions.

The expansion includes the launch of a new Chicago-based advanced manufacturing subsidiary and the acquisition of the boutique design firm Ingenious Architecture. The company also recruited two industry leaders: architect Tim Swanson, and construction technologist Kevin Bredeson.

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Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.

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