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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The Transportation and Climate Initiative of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States is a regional collaboration that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. In Maryland, over 640,000 public school students receive transportation services.

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

Construction Marketing

1 ] Construction spending for nonresidential buildings totaled more than $330 billion in 2004, according to data from the U.S. Finally, regulatory approvals—land entitlement, special use permits, zoning, environmental issues, and historical considerations— also influence the length of the design phase. Overall ABI.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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Austin hosts the Army Futures Command, cybersecurity firms, transportation technology, life sciences and health tech and companies innovating in film, gaming and music. NYU-Poly: NYU-Poly started BEST, its first business incubator, at its downtown Brooklyn campus in 2004. NORTHERN VA IS DATA CENTRAL.

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Those Days Are Over

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Supreme Court hearing on a legal challenge to Alabama’s law mandating segregation on public transportation. Mike Pence signed a hastily passed revision of the bill with language clarifying that the law would not permit discrimination. The boycott coincided with a U.S. Three months later, then-Gov.

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The tsunami of 2004 also comes to mind when we think of Thailand. The BOI even offers on-site visa and work permits, with most permits being issued in under three hours! While BOI incentives are a positive factor, so is the nation’s solid transportation infrastructure. A land of contrasts, we are told.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Site Location Factors For Automotive Suppliers

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Figure 2 : Vehicles Sold, 2004 — March 2013. Example costs include land acquisition; site preparation; geotechnical or environmental remediation; utilities; drainage and transportation infrastructure; permitting and tap fees; construction costs. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis.). 8) Value of Incentives.

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Homeland Insecurity

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This category tells you which states are doing the best job of upgrading their roads, bridges, dams, pipelines, broadband and all of the other essentials of transportation and commerce. What, you didn’t know that suspected terrorist wannabes we’re actually watching are legally permitted to buy weapons?