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Evaluating Natural Disaster Risk In Site Selection

Business Facilities

Natural disaster risk is an important site selection factor that has the risk of being overlooked when evaluated alongside factors such as workforce and logistics. . This initial GIS screening is the optimal opportunity to incorporate natural disaster risk potential into a site selection evaluation. Best viewed on desktop.).

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Top Utilities: Power Players For Development

Business Facilities

Size counts, but when it comes to making our picks for forward-thinking utilities, so do smart grids, renewable energy and a seat at the table when economic development deals are negotiated. Read: Top Utilities: Power Players For Development at BusinessFacilities.com.

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10th Annual LiveXchange Kicks Off April 6

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

and Canada to discuss their location needs; attend seminars, workshops, and think tanks led by experts in the field of relocation; and enjoy networking activities with other delegates, leading site selection consultants and economic development representatives. This year’s speakers and topics include: The Future of Site Selection.

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Active Interference Wins Skee Ball Points and Precludes Enforcement of A “No Damages for Delay” Clause

Best Practices Construction Law

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company , 668 F.2d As a result, superstructure contractor was delayed for 170 days while waiting for access to work site. The real lesson is to make sure to review your contract for these types of provisions and try to negotiate the terms. In the a regularly cited case, United States Steel Corp.

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Deal of the Decade

Business Facilities

As this is being written, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Utah, California and Washington reportedly have thrown their hats into the ring in what is shaping up as the biggest economic development contest in recent memory. Missouri Gov. If Boeing chooses to relocate the 777 line it will sacrifice $8.7 Far West U.S. Plains U.S.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

Will the site require many loading docks or just a few? Can these connections be customized, or must the site work with existing infrastructure that cannot be altered? Louis, Missouri. Easy access to transit is non-negotiable. It’s important to be flexible when determining how your site fits in with its neighbors.

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More than a headquarters: Deepening roots for Glik’s and Korte’s next generation

The Korte Company

After building Glik’s retail locations in Missouri and Illinois across four decades, The Korte Company took on an even bigger venture for this century-old retailer: A new 50,000-square-foot headquarters. And it wouldn’t be complete without a few traditional Glik family touches (ask them why there’s a buckeye tree on site).

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