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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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Meanwhile, Pro Builder ’s 2023 Housing Forecast Survey found builders are relying on a wide range of sources to help refill the labor pool, putting themselves at the top of the list and followed closely by state or local HBAs, independent recruiting services or programs, trade partners, and local labor unions, in that order.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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million for workforce training, $6 million for equipment needed by career and technical training programs and $1.5 The project should be completed by August 2017. The Phase II building, which covers 43,000 square feet, allows company workers to test new robots or other automated equipment. 220 in Daleville.

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. Contributing to the area’s outstanding infrastructure are Johnson County REMC, a member-owned electric distribution cooperative, and Hoosier Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative providing wholesale power and services to the distribution cooperative. By the BF Staff.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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According to the Florida & Metro Forecast 2013–2016 , published in April by the Institute for Economic Competitiveness (College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida), Florida’s economic future also looks bright. The state will cross the trillion dollar threshold for nominal GSP in 2017. By Dominique Cantelme.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. Here’s a peek at what’s driving change in 2017: The factory of the future: Tesla’s “Gigafactory,” may represent not just what future factories look like, but how companies approach their entire manufacturing process. The program boasts 225 member companies and 650 students enrolled for fall 2017.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement project aims to replace 558 aging bridges across the Keystone State by the end of 2017. The percentage of electricity generated by renewables continues to surge in the United States. There are an estimated 4,000 bridges in PA rated structurally deficient.].

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

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Each crane weighs 1,550 tons and is fully electric so it emits no diesel emissions. The project, which began three years ago and is expected to be completed by 2017, is more than halfway done after workers finished dredging an 11-mile stretch, known as Reach D, last month. The next segment slated for dredging is in the Delaware Bay.