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Meet Canvas, the Drywall Finishing Robot Offering Level 5 Quality

Construction Junkie

Robots are great at repetitive, high work; people are great at having the expertise of navigating and negotiating the broader job site, figuring out edge cases, and so on. “We designed our process so that the robot does things that machines are good at, while our workers do things that people are good at.

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Caterpillar Expands In Southern Arizona

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This move significantly expands the company’s presence in the state, bringing total Caterpillar employment in Southern Arizona to nearly 1,000. In the short term, Caterpillar will lease approximately 40,000 square feet at 97 East Congress, with renovation planned to meet the unique needs of the Caterpillar business.

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Study Finds New Natural Gas Development Could Create More Than 45,000 Jobs And $9 Billion In Economic Development In Illinois

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Jobs and economic impact: The total employment impacts (direct, indirect and induced impacts) for the three different scenarios are: 1,034 new jobs for the low scenario. Therefore, Loomis created three scenarios (low, medium, high) to determine the range of economic benefits that could come to Illinois. 47,312 new jobs for the high scenario.

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Elio Motors Announces Vehicle Manufacturing Facility In Shreveport, LA

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Industrial developer Stuart Lichter, who has acquired other former GM sites, will buy the 530-acre Shreveport site in conjunction with Elio Motors and lease portions of the site to other tenants. The Caddo Parish Commission also is negotiating potential incentives to support Elio’s redevelopment of the former GM site.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Stafford County – Where Connectivity And Opportunity Intersect

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Leases range from 5,000 square feet to complete buildings. Stafford County’s Tech Park 501c3 also is actively negotiating an option for dark fiber to support its interest on the land it just purchased adjacent to QCCS, working to be SummitIG’s first customer. Another employment growth area in Stafford County is Boswell’s Corner.

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The first 5 ‘shares’ of MMA have been sold! Hold on AEC! We might yet save you…

DebunkTheBIM

This could be due to taking someone’s advice ‘not to negotiate with the terrorist’ or maybe you just are too busy with more important work. Can there be anything more important than one’s ‘integrity’? You can’t really accuse me of being inpatient.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. San Jose, CA, San Francisco and New Orleans took the top three places, respectively, in BF’s new Information Technology Employment Leaders metro ranking.

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