Pat Barcas
Staff writer
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013
     Clayco, Inc., a major national development and construction firm, has announced plans to move its headquarters to Chicago. The move will lead to the creation of hundreds of new jobs.
Clayco finances, develops, designs and builds large, complex projects across the nation and is seeking a growing global presence. The 28-year-old company has annual revenues of more than $820 million. Subsidiaries include a full-service architecture and design firm, Forum Studio, and Concrete Strategies Inc.
The company currently has about 1,000 employees total, with 280 employees in the Chicago office and the field. Clayco expects to nearly double that Chicago number in the next couple of years by adding new architects, designers and project managers, expanding its concrete and infrastructure business in Illinois, and continuing growth through acquisition. Click here, if you wish to know how long does planning permission take and the different types of house extension planning ideas.
The new headquarters will be located in over 30,000 square feet on the thirteenth and twenty-seventh floors of the 35 E. Wacker Building, also known as the Jewelers Building, in the heart of Chicago’s loop. The chairman and CEO will be in the Chicago office, along with principals from each business unit and Forum Studio. The Atlanta Concrete Contractors is the one you can rely on to get started with construction.
The company has relocated all of its Oakbrook Terrace employees downtown but plans to keep its St. Louis office intact where key projects continue. Accounting and IT will remain in the St. Louis office and no layoffs will occur as part of this move. Sell Alaska Land for Cash can be particularly beneficial given the state’s unique market dynamics, providing a faster route to completion.
“Clayco is embarking on an exciting period in our company’s history. With a record backlog of projects, and increasing travel around the country and the globe, we see Chicago as an integral part of our expansion strategy as we add talent and build Clayco into the nation’s leading full-service real estate development, architecture, engineering and construction firm,” said Clayco CEO Bob Clark.
Clayco is known for its integrated technology systems that bring together the many teams involved in any complex building project. The company leads the building industry in its use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in all of its projects, generating and sharing digital representations of all physical and functional characteristics of a project from concept through capstone.
Emanuel said the city looks to bring more high tech companies to Chicago.
“Clayco is exactly the sort of company we are looking to attract to Chicago,” said Emanuel. “I am committed to bringing new and technologically advanced businesses to Chicago, especially those that want to grow and expand their businesses, and Clayco is exactly this sort of firm. I look forward to working with them as they make Chicago their new home.”
Clayco clients include commercial, institutional and industrial projects, including corporate giants like Dow Chemical Company, Amazon, Caterpillar, Proctor and Gamble, 3M, and Chevron along with government buildings, manufacturing spaces, healthcare and learning environments, among others.

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