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SoftBank-Backed Construction Technology Startup Katerra Set to Close

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Founded in 2015, the company received $1 billion in funding from SoftBank and was once valued at $4 billion, according to TheRealDeal. It laid off hundreds of employees last year and neared bankruptcy. SoftBank-Backed Construction Technology Startup Katerra Set to Close. cbroderick. Thu, 06/03/2021 - 10:13.

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IAPMO looks at the government’s first week of December

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In the first week of December, the House passed legislation reforming the bankruptcy code for financial institutions (see below), authorizing defense programs for fiscal year 2015, and extending over 50 tax provisions for this year. Hansen, Vice President of Government Relations, The IAPMO Group. Contractor Marketplace Management'

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Elio Motors Announces Vehicle Manufacturing Facility In Shreveport, LA

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plans to create 1,500 new direct jobs by late 2015 paying an average annual salary of $47,700, plus benefits, as well as make a capital investment in excess of $100 million. Bankruptcy Court settlement agreement to redevelop former GM locations. “We Elio Motors Inc. RACER is an independent trust created by a U.S.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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A 2011 report for the State of Maryland projected that the state could need new generation capacity as early as 2015. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware and said it expects the sale to be completed in two to three months. Two-thirds of the power generated in Maryland comes from power plants that are at least 30 years old.

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Modular Builder VBC On the Verge of $25-Million Buy for Katerra Assets

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Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) is in the final stages of a $25-million bankruptcy acquisition of Katerra’s former headquarters in Tracy, Calif. Katerra was founded in 2015 as a startup that brought design, manufacturing, and building construction under one roof, initially in a manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Ariz.,

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Construction officially started on the $600-million facility in April 2013 and aircraft assembly is planned to begin in 2015, with a targeted 2016 delivery of its first A320 jetliner. Yes, we know that Detroit became the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection, a process the city is expected to emerge from this year.

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Meltdown

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A decision will be announced in February on whether to continue the troubled project, which has already seen its original contractor file for bankruptcy as cost estimates for the reactors ballooned to an estimated $20 billion. The demise of the V.C. Summer project was a devastating blow to hopes for a revival of the U.S.