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Secrets of a structural engineer

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Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA Building Team Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Recently, I was asked to present to a group of aspiring engineers at the Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Education • BA, Business Administration, The George Washington University • MDes, Real Estate Development and Finance, Harvard University. Certifications • Florida Building Contractor. Extracurricular • Akel Cares partners with Feeding South Florida and other local nonprofits. Forty Under 40. . . Alex Akel, 29.

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2023 Nationals Winners: Home Building Sales and Marketing Magicians

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But those conditions didn’t faze her; she used the company website to showcase homes and pointed customers to the builder’s 11 other sales parks that included models. Shea’s 30-minute self-guided tours allow people to visit models after hours and during holidays. Even as a “rookie,” she already helps train other sales counselors. “I

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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Called the Alabama Robotic Technology Park (RTP), the project is helping to move Alabama to the forefront of education, training and technology. In Phase 3, the Integration and Entrepreneurial Center will be a collaborative consolidation of technology involving higher education and industry. Growing a High-Tech Workforce in Florida.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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State and local incentives from Florida and the City of Pembroke Pines totaled $554,000, including $434,000 from the Qualified Target Industries Tax Refund Program and $80,000 from the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund. million capital investment over a three-year period. Most recently, the Lincoln WIB was brought into the group.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Property Tax Abatements: The Tax Incentive Reform Act of 1992 (TIRA) allows qualified industries to receive abatements of non-educational property taxes for new businesses locating to Alabama and for expansions of existing facilities in Alabama. The combined state and local millage rate would then be applied to the assessed value.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT TAX ABATEMENTS: Gives cities and counties the ability to abate the following: Non-educational city and county sales & use taxes; Non-educational state, city and county property taxes—up to 20 years; Mortgage and recording taxes. Three of the nation’s 40 Renewal Community areas are in Alabama.

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