Bill Dolan

Crown Point, Indiana

Staff Writer at The Times of Northwest Indiana

Staff writer for The Times since 1997. Journalist since 1972

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Articles

Controlling costs

3 weeks ago | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

Commercial construction is booming in Northern Indiana with contractors erecting millionsof square feet of medical facilities, data centers and warehouses. They’ve done so profitably, in the face of rising material and labor costs, by turning to novelstrategies and technologies like modular construction and a design/build approach to bringing projects under budgetand ahead of schedule.
Technology’s Latest Remedies

2 months ago | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

Taking biopsies of nearly inaccessible lung tumors is now as easy as mastering a joystick, said Dr. Marvi Bikak, a pulmonologist for Northwest Health-La Porte. She uses a robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system to perform minimally invasive lung biopsies, allowing for early detection of potential cancer without the need for open surgery. “You drive a catheter into the trachea with a joystick.
NWI business community applauds E-Day entrepreneurs

Nov 13, 2024 | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

Entrepreneurship is like running a marathon, veteran lawyer Larry Evans told a crowd Nov. 13 at the E-day awards ceremony honoring himself and 10 other business owners. “You have to take that first step. Do a great job. Don’t let negative thinking slow you down. See that finish line and run for it,” said Evans who has run more than a dozen marathons and practiced law for more than six decades.
Region manufacturers join movement toward Industry 4.0

Oct 4, 2024 | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

More than corn is growing in Northern Indiana’s productive soil. Hammond Machine Works flourishes as its 70-person workforce bends, grinds and assembles precision metal parts for sale in a variety of industrial applications. Peter Nau began working for the business in the 1970s and bought it from his father in the 1990s.
Players, creators, and AI collaborate to build and expand rich game narratives

Aug 5, 2024 | microsoft.com | Sudha Rao |Chris Brockett |Bill Dolan |Brenda Potts

This paper was presented at the IEEE 2024 Conference on Games (opens in new tab) (IEEE CoG 2024), the leading forum on innovation in and through games. In the fast-evolving landscape of video game development, crafting dialogues and narratives is a labor-intensive endeavor. Traditionally, creating these elements involved meticulous hand-coding, resulting in static interactions that limit player agency.
Capital requirement

Aug 1, 2024 | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

Athlete Nate Richie’s passion for exercise sparked his interest in launching a small business. Next came Bear KompleX fitness gear and KompleX Nutrition outlets in Crown Point. But in between, he needed a commercial lender. He might have chosen any one of the dozen-plus community and regional banks operating out of more than 200 branch offices from Hammond to South Bend.
Ready to litigate

Jun 5, 2024 | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

The newest Region lawyers have navigated the academic demands of law school in the face of a pandemic, landed work at area legal firms and are litigating in our courts. They arrive as the number of Indiana attorneys is shrinking, and technology threatens to disrupt their professional pursuits. But, they’ve also won the admiration of seasoned litigators.
‘Community builders’

Apr 3, 2024 | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

Northwest Indiana, growing in population and fresh, new commerce, is also framing the walls and pouring the foundations of a strong housing market. Hundreds of contemporary, craftsman detached single-family ranches, cottages, patio homes, townhouses, villas, and paired villas are under construction. Ready-to-move-in and existing homes are listed for sale throughout the Region. Sellers received 96 percent of their asking price, said Peter Novak, CEO of the Northwest Indiana Realtors Association.
Patient care closer to home

Jan 31, 2024 | nwindianabusiness.com | Bill Dolan

Northern Indiana has been the workshop of the Midwest where blue-collar workers trooped across factory floors. Now, some of its top employers are more than a dozen hospitals, a legion of outpatient clinics and a workforce that is 75,000 strong — and growing. Four of the top 10 largest hospitals in Indiana by bed size are in the Region, according to Hospital Management, a B2B website. And new ones are either under construction or just opening.
Griffith prepares to give traffic roundabouts a spin

Jan 21, 2024 | nwitimes.com | Bill Dolan

GRIFFITH — It will soon be time for town residents to join the traffic roundabout revolution. Council President Rick Ryfa said plans are in the works to replace the conventional intersection at Broad Street and 61st Avenue/Avenue H with a two-lane rotary configuration. Ryfa said he knows many drivers find these circular intersections a nuisance. “I wasn’t a big fan of them myself, but traffic backups get really bad on South Broad Street.