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Natural Disasters Cause $85 Billion Global Economic Loss During First Half Of 2013

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Impact Forecasting , the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield (the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc), has issued its mid-year natural disaster analysis, which aggregates the key global natural disaster perils data for the first half of 2013. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. billion).

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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

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Rick Perry and GEICO Chairman and CEO Tony Nicely recently announced the insurance giant will be expanding its Katy operations, creating 1,000 new jobs over the next three years and $8.5 Texas Commissioner of Insurance Julia Rathgeber noted that Texas is the 12th-largest insurance market in the world. “We By Ed Felton.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. Tom Gay manages worldwide CAD and GIS services, site plan documentation and engineering document management services for The Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global). Thursday: Information Exchanges.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. Tom Gay manages worldwide CAD and GIS services, site plan documentation and engineering document management services for The Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global). Thursday: Information Exchanges.

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Seattle Mechanical Contractor Adds Facilities Management to Its In.

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The firm has grown steadily over the years, adding a design-build component in the 1960s, architectural metals in the 1980s and electrical services in 2003. As the sole point of contact for the mechanical portion, McKinstry can also use building information modeling data from construction in facility management. Blogs: Other Voices.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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So he rallied other chief executives and employers to join the newly formed Housing Gap Coalition through the local Chamber of Commerce—and not just builders and developers, but also insurance companies, bankers, and a variety of others. RELATED: How Small and Medium-Size Builders Can Prevail.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The exceptions are for financial institutions, financial institution groups, and insurance companies that have a maximum business privilege tax of $3,000,000. This credit can also be claimed against the insurance premium tax, the oil and gas production and property taxes, the fisheries business and landing taxes, and the mining license tax.

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