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Airport trends 2018: Full flights with no end in sight

BD+C

Department of Transportation. Airports Council International estimates that 8.8 billion flyers used airports worldwide last year, up 6.6%. Domestic and foreign airlines serving the U.S. carried an all-time high of 965 million passengers in 2017, according to the U.S.

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KPMG Report: The value of Information Management in construction for VolkerWessels

Lets Build

In 2018, the group launched its ‘Tomorrow Now’ digital transformation strategy operating across the groups’ five business units. Heathrow Airport Ltd (Heathrow). Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). The group has established a vision to be “Powered by Data and Driven by People”. About VolkerWessels UK. Environment Agency.

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State of the Construction Industry: January Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Andrew Cuomo proposed a $150 billion, five-year infrastructure plan for transportation and mass transit projects, park facilities and expanding the use of design-build and other alternate project delivery methods. billion expansion of O’Hare International Airport to modernize the facility. The Memphis, Tenn. Region saw $1.3

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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A major logistics trend on the rise is autonomous road transportation—no drivers needed. Autonomous forklifts and robot arms load, unload and transport goods within the warehouse area, connecting to one another and forming flexible conveyor belts. By the BF Staff. From the September/October 2017 Issue.

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Monitoring mix design performance with an in-transit concrete management system

GCP Applied Technologies

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 14:37. June 01, 2018. Visibility into the concrete mix as it’s transported from plant to jobsite, via this cloud-connected system. Monitoring mix design performance with an in-transit concrete management system. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies. The reason? In-Transit Concrete Management. Mass transit.

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Barbados And Medical Tourism: A Perfect Match

Business Facilities

billion in 2018 according to Grand View Research, and is expected to grow at over 20 percent for the next decade. Some travel for treatment they cannot access at home, others to escape lengthy waiting lists for public health care or to access lower costs for various procedures.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. billion), Public Transportation ($200.4 billion), Auto Transportation ($166.5 Domestic travelers accounted for $933 billion of the 2018 total (86 percent of the total travel expenditures). Travel Association, 2.9

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