Work has finally picked up in Chicago.Almost everyone is working Mech. outfit I'm with has a new hospital coming out of the ground,should go 2 yrs.Alot of work around the U of Chi. campus.Old post office downtown got a developer should be a 5 yr. project in phases.Talk of a new highrise on the Chi. river.Some Euro outfit is lookin to build railcars,if it comes here we will build them.Money is finally loosening up to finace projects that have been pending.4 more winters.I look at it this way,flatbeds loaded with sissor lifts,boom lifts,tower cranes and crawlers are the pluse of the building trades.Ironworkers are busy.Lots of steel beams,joists,A/C package units,Chillers and rebar on flatbeds.Better times are coming back.