What Europe’s building freeze teaches every contractor, architect and builder about resilience

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Frank Kalman
Frank Kalman is Built’s editor-in-chief. A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Frank has been a business writer, editor, content strategist and marketer with more than a decade of experience contributing to and running digital publications in a variety of industries.
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