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OSHA Proposing Several New Rule Changes for Construction Through 2021

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On May 4, 2015, when OSHA published the final rule for Confined Spaces in Construction, a new subpart was added to provide protections to employees working in confined spaces in construction. This final rule will address compliance concerns raised by the railroad industry.

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Louisiana Economic Development Wins Deal of the Year: Bronze Award

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The Bronze Award winner in BF ’s 2015 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition will generate an estimated $17.7 Louisiana has the most extensive network of pipelines in the nation, and offers unmatched supply-chain access to domestic markets via railroads and barges. In September, Taiwan-based Formosa Petrochemical Corp.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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In comparison, railroads are in a much better position regarding infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Three Class I railroads (Norfolk Southern, Canadian Northern and the CSX) serve Decatur and are directly interconnected through a privately owned intermodal ramp as part of the Midwest Inland Port. Subsequently, the U.S.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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The state also ranks in the top 10 in railroad miles, which helps facilitate second day freight delivery to every area of the continental U.S. This railroad system includes the Logistics Park Kansas City intermodal facility located in Edgerton, Kansas. joined the Topeka community in 2015.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: MHC says starts rise in August; housing is.

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’” Data on August housing starts and building permits that the Census Bureau released on Tuesday show a mixed outlook for residential construction. from August 2010; permits, a reliable indicator of near-term single family construction, rose 2.5% Single-family starts dipped 1.4% from July’s level and 2.3%

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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When the Panama Canal expansion is complete in 2015, supersized post-Panamax ships from Asia will be able to traverse the canal and, for the first time, have direct all-water shipping access to ports on the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast. By Jenny Vickers. From the July/August 2013 issue. markets via train or truck.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov. Barstow Industrial Park.