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The Travel & Tourism Game

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Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.

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How Owners Should Comply with OSHA Roofing Safety Guidelines  

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OSHA prescribed certain safety requirements that were introduced in January 2017. OSHA has designated three work zones on low-slope roofs with unprotected edges that are four feet or more above a lower level. personal fall arrest, travel restraint, positioning system), or a 42-inch-high parapet. .

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Maryland: Green Energy Institute Brings Innovation To Market

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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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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. Indiana may be known as the Crossroads of America, but the aptly named Hoosier state connects far more than travelers criss-crossing through the state’s network of interstate highways. million travelers—more than one million more passengers than the previous year, a whopping 11.2

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. This high achievement level is one reason a 2017 Chief Executive survey of CEOs placed Iowa second in the nation in worker quality. billion signature I-74 bridge, where tens of thousands of people will travel back and forth between the states every day. By the BF Staff.

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Home Stretch

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The expanded Canal will permit super-sized Post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. The estimated completion date for the Bayonne Bridge project recently was pushed back by more than a year, until late 2017. for the first time.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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The less money that is needed to spend on gas and other work-related travel, the more money that can be spent on everything else. “In Four sections are now open to travelers. Section 5 is scheduled to be finished by June 2017. Enterprise zone, including tax credits. Designated Foreign Trade Zone (Zone 87).

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