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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

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Vernon Distribution Center over a weekend and hand-delivered the proposal to Walgreens’ Headquarters in Chicago on Monday morning to edge out five other competitors that had a two-week head start. . In 1993, about 20 of the nation’s industry leaders—including Dennis and Vern Eardley—met in Chicago to discuss the future of Design-Build. .

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FEATURE STORY: Game-Changer In The Heartland

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With more than 265 processing plants, 460 crop procurement facilities, and the world’s premier crop transportation network, ADM helps connect the harvest to the home in more than 140 countries. billion in 2012 after soaring 30 percent in 2011. Louis and Indianapolis. Exports from Illinois rose 5.1 percent to $68.1 In 2012, Gov.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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You know if the white shirt should go to Kansas and the blue shirt should go to Chicago or the other way around.”. Memphis, Panama, Chicago—are so efficient that they make globalization and trade easier virtually everywhere around the world. Many of the country’s inland ports are located in the Midwest, including Chicago, Memphis, St.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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The Alliance, Port of Lake Charles and LED’s Business Expansion and Retention Group joined together in 2011 to find property for the project. In addition to the mammoth Sasol project, Chicago Bridge and Iron has opened a new $100-million facility. Jefferson Davis Parish is where BP Biofuels invested $400 million in a new facility.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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But a decade long drought and a listeria scare in 2011 has caused the agriculture business in Southeastern Colorado to struggle over the past few years. Only Springfield reaches a greater population in a 500-mile radius because of a closer proximity to the Chicago market. HEMP, MELONS AND JOB GROWTH IN COLORADO’S SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS.