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What Are Scottish Brochs?

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Traveling through Scotland you’ll eventually see some crumbling stone towers rising against the Highland peaks like ancient crag-top castles. You can read the original article at www.bbc.com. These mysterious Iron Age monuments are known as brochs and they exist nowhere else in the world.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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According to Deloitte’s 2014 Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook , the commercial aerospace sector is expected to experience significant growth this year, driven by continued record-setting production levels at assembly facilities and throughout the aerospace supplier network. Virtually every major defense contractor in the U.S.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Illinois – Strong Demand Lifts Industrial Parks In Wheeling, IL

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In addition, Wheeling is becoming increasingly recognized for its ongoing collaboration between local government, area educational institutions, workforce development partners, industrial brokers, and manufacturers in the area. Great Lakes BF-July/Aug-2013 Chicago Executive Airport manufacturing Wheeling'

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Moving Onward And Upward

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A positive outlook is on the horizon for the aerospace sector as the demand for fuel-efficient aircraft and the growth of travel ramp up the production cycle. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Industry Focus: Aerospace Moving Onward And Upward appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

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This article contains a strong, generic model specification in standard CSI format for FRTW that will help specifiers: • Identify the critical code requirements for FRTW; and. • A more detailed explanation of these standards appears later in this article. Use those requirements to write their own strong generic specification for FRTW.

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State Focus: Minnesota’s Formula For Success

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WFSI, a Sauk Rapids company that does customized welding projects for the energy and defense industries, is adding 32 new jobs in that central Minnesota community. Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Program—The program enables businesses and educational institutions to develop customized training for workers. Located in the central U.S.,

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For example, this year we supplemented our traditional Best Education Climate ranking with a scorecard of the states that emerged out front in the fierce competition for federal Race to the Top education funding. For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders.

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