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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An military and business—will rule the cyber sector tomorrow.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2017 Issue. Mesa has one of the nation’s most unique cybersecurity assets—Arizona Laboratory for Security and Defense Research (AZLabs). Air Force Research Laboratory for several years, the City purchased the facility in 2014, renamed it, and retained its high security protocols. Zoned mixed-use/commercial.

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Iron Mountain Picks Northern Virginia For Data Center Campus

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

“Northern Virginia is an important national market for data centers and our customers are excited that Iron Mountain’s highly secure and reliable product will be available here. Prince William County is a great fit for us with our focus on security, compliance, efficiency and reliability.”. Source: Iron Mountain.

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Maryland: Green Energy Institute Brings Innovation To Market

Business Facilities

From the September/October 2017 Issue. Boyd Rutherford (left) and Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles, discusses his 2017 Environmental Package. Larry Hogan’s 2017 environmental agenda, which the governor unveiled in January. By the BF Staff. T he Maryland state legislature has allocated $7.5 Larry Hogan, with Lt.

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Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System

Pro Builder

From 2015 to 2017, IBACOS performed lab tests and modeling to validate the technology. Source: July 2017 report: "A Plug-and-Play Duct System Evaluation" / DOE Building America. “As Part of the project was to develop a design methodology for determining the length and number of duct runs. Smaller homes could be conditioned using 2.5-inch

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OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology

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Considered one of Construction’s ‘Fatal Four’ , falls from height accounted for 381 out of 971 deaths in 2017 in the construction sector, and was the leading cause of construction worker deaths. Fall Restraint Systems secure workers in order to avoid the interaction of the worker and the fall hazard. Controlled Access Zones.

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OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology

Safety Services Company

Considered one of Construction’s ‘Fatal Four’ , falls from height accounted for 381 out of 971 deaths in 2017 in the construction sector, and was the leading cause of construction worker deaths. Fall Restraint systems secure workers in order to avoid the interaction of the worker and the fall hazard. Controlled Access Zones.

OSHA 48