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Chicago · building permits · 2025-W12

New excavation permits in Chicago — week of March 17, 2025

Every matching building permit the City of Chicago issued from 2025-03-17 to 2025-03-23, read from the City’s own dataset ydr8-5enu and re-read hourly. Filter: Any permit whose work description mentions excavation, caissons, or shoring. 245 in the year to 2026-07-01 — a thin trade, so quiet weeks are common.

excavation permits issued this week

6

Combined reported cost

$2,528,964

where the permit reports one

Permits reporting a cost

6

Measured 2026-07-31 · City of Chicago dataset ydr8-5enu

Chicago excavation permits issued 2025-03-17 to 2025-03-23
IssuedAddressPermit typeReported costSource
2025-03-219258 S ABERDEEN STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$5,800B200417608
2025-03-20198 E DELAWARE PLPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$505,100B200417335
2025-03-194434 W GLADYS AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$23,100B200416865
2025-03-199337 S DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DRPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$7,056B200417732
2025-03-181101 S STATE STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$1,512,908B200417096
2025-03-18365 N HALSTED STPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$475,000B200414784
Fetched 2026-07-31 · City of Chicago dataset ydr8-5enu · records as issued by the City

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