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September / October 2017 Issue (Volume 50, Number 5)

Business Facilities

The Rise of the Machines | The logistics industry has seen a major shortage of truck drivers over the past few years, but the rise of autonomous road transportation eventually may render this issue moot. Smarter and Faster | Smart sensors and digital process controls are poised to exponentially improve the efficiency and safety of U.S.

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Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation

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Palatine Road. and Grundy Center, Iowa. The Illinois FILM Office promotes Illinois as a location for film, television and advertising productions, providing assistance with everything from location scouting, hiring cast and crew to working with local unions and guilds. The Wheeling plant will be Richelieu’s fifth.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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and the largest road project in Pennsylvania’s history. Massive solar-power facilities have come online in the California desert; forests of wind turbines have been hooked up to grids in Iowa and West Texas. [There are an estimated 4,000 bridges in PA rated structurally deficient.]. ACHIEVEMENT IN TARGETED INCENTIVES.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. Alabama Industrial Access Road & Bridge Program: Provides financial assistance to communities for industrial access to new and expanding industries.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

ALABAMA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM: Funds are available for extension of water, sewer and road facilities. ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL ACCESS ROAD & BRIDGE PROGRAM: Provides financial assistance to communities for industrial access to new and expanding industries. It allows for the construction of roads, bridges, etc.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

The 2008 announcement by then-owner Cerberus Capital Management that it would upgrade Jefferson North and expand its capacity by another 285,000 square feet almost immediately hit a huge bump in the road to recovery. It took a federal bailout and the acquisition of Chrysler by Italy’s Fiat to keep the third-largest U.S. Names Innovation Hubs.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

Iowa-Des Moines Supply. Service Employees International Union. USGBC Iowa Chapter. Hampton Roads Green Building Council. InterDesign. Interior Directions. InteriorDesign-ED. Interiors for Business, Inc. Interiorscapes, Inc. International Commissioning Engineers West, Inc. Intex Solutions Inc. Koch Hazard Architects.