This ban came about because of numerous complaints from those who live near several of their properties, with regards to loud work crews, safety issues and trash being left at their sites.
The city was also none too pleased with Eckhardt and Gramenos for having crews complete work without permits and failing to put up safety barriers.
In addition to that, he and Gramenos weren’t allowed to take out any permits for new building projects that didn’t relate to fixing work on existing jobs.
Last summer, Eckhardt’s company had its permit privileges revoked by Chicago’s buildings department (in addition to his contractor’s license being temporarily revoked), with the original year-long ban eventually being cut down to only 45 days.