Full Text of HR0777 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are | 3 | | pleased to recognize and honor the HNTB Corporation on the | 4 | | occasion of its 100th anniversary in business as a professional | 5 | | engineering and infrastructure solutions consultant; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned | 7 | | infrastructure firm serving public and private owners and | 8 | | contractors; celebrating a century of service, HNTB's | 9 | | contributions can be seen among the largest, most complex | 10 | | bridges, highways, airports, public buildings, and public | 11 | | works projects across the country, including the State of | 12 | | Illinois; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Since its founding in 1914 as a small bridge | 14 | | design partnership in Kansas City, Missouri, HNTB's core work | 15 | | has evolved from meeting clients' needs with mechanically | 16 | | innovative structural designs to solving larger technical and | 17 | | institutional challenges; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The firm originally made its name in | 19 | | moveable-bridge designs for railroads and toll roadway bridges | 20 | | and toll highways before moving into the United States | 21 | | interstate highway system, aviation, water services, | 22 | | architecture, rail and public transit, program management, and |
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| 1 | | integrated delivery, including design-build and public-private | 2 | | partnerships; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The firm's Chicago office has played a significant | 4 | | role in a large share of the Chicago metropolitan area's | 5 | | infrastructure and transportation, including such landmark | 6 | | projects as the Reconstruction on the Dan Ryan Expressway, the | 7 | | Chicago Transit Authority's Wilson Station, the North Avenue | 8 | | Bridge, program management initiatives for PACE and its bus | 9 | | rapid transit program, capital improvement programs at O'Hare | 10 | | and Midway International Airports, and managing the Illinois | 11 | | Tollway's Congestion-Relief Program; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, HNTB has been consistently named among the | 13 | | industry's top firms in bridges, highways, airports, | 14 | | transportation, mass transit and rail, design firms, and green | 15 | | design firms; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, HNTB is commemorating its 100th anniversary by | 17 | | having its Chicago office's 170 employees unite to contribute | 18 | | 100 hours of community service through partnerships with | 19 | | organizations such as the Future City Competition, the ACE | 20 | | Mentoring Program, and Special Olympics Illinois; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, There are very few Illinois businesses that have | 22 | | reached 100 years of operation and service; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate and commend HNTB Corporation on the occasion of | 4 | | its 100th anniversary and wish its owners and employees | 5 | | continued success in the future; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to HNTB Vice President and Chicago Office Leader | 8 | | David P. Crosson, PE, as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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