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Construction Americas 2015 Expo a Success

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The Miami Airport Convention Center (MACC), was an excellent venue for the expo, with great food! Cranes were well represented with the manufacturer of the biggest cranes in the world, Liebherr, along with the Crane Inspection and Certification Bureau (CICB). Alpi and Brookside displayed beautiful wood veneers specified by architects.

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State Focus – Arkansas: Expect the Unexpected

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The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) is a short 20 minute drive from Siloam Springs. Rail also runs through Siloam Springs and the city owns a municipal airport, which can accommodate a variety of jets as well as all sizes of piston engine aircraft. News Best Colleges Guide. 0076 percent of the time.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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San Francisco International Airport used Kingspan’s Designwall 2000 insulated metal panels to create an architectural look for its Consolidated Administration Campus. used Kingspan’s KarrierPanel in the building’s rainscreen to achieve a high R-value and reduced energy consumption toward a goal of LEED certification.

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The Drone Age

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The six sites were tasked by the FAA with conducting “critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace in the next several years.” For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the dawning of the Drone Age can’t come soon enough.

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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The lab opened in May 2015. Wheeling is also home to Chicago Executive Airport, the third-busiest airport in Chicagoland, which it co-owns with the neighboring City of Prospect Heights. The airport serves as a resource for business and industry, and is a magnet drawing commerce to the area. It recently completed a $5.9

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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Shreveport Regional Airport. Three Louisiana Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) schools, including one at Southern University at Shreveport, deliver technicians with required certificates and FAA certifications. Express Jet operates a maintenance facility at the airport and employs 280 workers. By BF Staff.

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A Blueprint For Success In Rural Colorado

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Launched in 2015, Blueprint 2.0 Union Pacific Railroad operates two freight rails in the area and Grand Junction Regional Airport, a FAA Class I airport, with private, passenger and freight operations, offers direct daily flights to several major airport hubs. The program, known as Blueprint 2.0,