article thumbnail

Auto Truck Group Expanding Indiana Operations

Business Facilities

Founded in 1918, Auto Truck Group transforms truck bodies and chassis into functional, task-specific work trucks for a wide range of customers across the construction, energy and utility, telecommunications, municipal and state government, and railroad industries.

Indiana 63
article thumbnail

ASTM vs ASME Standards: Whats the Difference?

Work Gearz

What was initiated by railroad engineers as a committee to ensure better rail products, is now an international organization known for the development and publication of voluntary standards for products, materials, services, and systems. They have Standards Development Forums online which can be accessed 24/7 worldwide.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… With Larry V. Parman, Secretary, Oklahoma Department Of Commerce

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The temporary loosening of eligibility rules on federal tax credits for wind power projects spurred billions of dollars worth of new wind-power investments in a series of year-end project announcements. Before last year, utilities had to make sure their projects commenced commercial operation by Dec. runways; one with a 7,800 ft.

article thumbnail

Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra

The Korte Company

All he needed to do was confine his work to residential projects for two years before going commercial. Every motorist who came across them stopped, confusing the hazard lights for a railroad crossing. That incident made news, if only because a local reporter was traveling with Effic that night.

article thumbnail

A Blueprint For Success In Rural Colorado

Business Facilities

Colorado is a magnet for new and expanding businesses. News & World Report , is #1 in labor supply per CNBC and is the 5th best state for well-being according to Gallup-Healthways. The original blueprint was developed as an economic development strategy for Colorado. GRAND VALLEY: THE “REAL” COLORADO. Interstate 70 and U.S.

article thumbnail

PSMJ Resources Blog: MHC says starts rise in August; housing is.

PSMJ Resources

And what appears to be the early signs of recovery for commercial building may well end up being deferred by rising investor concern about employment growth and the near term prospects for the U.S. New York Times. Proposal Writing News. “This is in part because of a $5.25 billion project to widen the Panama Canal by 2014.

article thumbnail

Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

Business Facilities

1,677 miles of class 1 railroads. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Arkansas also has 22 smaller railroads operating over its more than 2,700 miles of track. 16,416 miles of state and U.S.