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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

Business Facilities

FLORIDA: GOLD STANDARD FOR PPP. The project was made possible thanks to partnerships between the CEO Council and Enterprise Florida, Inc., We’re pleased to stay in Florida and bring new jobs to Fort Lauderdale. ENTERPRISE FLORIDA: TWO DECADES OF PPP SUCCESS. Enterprise Florida Inc.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Nevada and Alabama rounded out the top five in Economic Growth Potential, followed by Utah, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. In our Solar Power Employment category, Florida has surged into 2nd place and Ohio has joined the top 10. TX, VA LEAD CYBER CONTENDERS. LED’S FASTSTART: DECADE-LONG GOLD STANDARD FOR TRAINING.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

After several years in Atlanta, he currently resides in Tampa, Florida, with his wife and two sons. Siebel Center for Computer Science and the National Center for Supercomputing for the University of Illinois Urban/Champaign and two research laboratory buildings for The Scripps Research Institute for their new campus in Florida.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

After several years in Atlanta, he currently resides in Tampa, Florida, with his wife and two sons. Siebel Center for Computer Science and the National Center for Supercomputing for the University of Illinois Urban/Champaign and two research laboratory buildings for The Scripps Research Institute for their new campus in Florida.

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FEATURE STORY: Workforce Development Programs – The Recipe For Success

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In August 2012, Austal entered into a five-year, $5 million agreement that will help it to continue its workforce expansion efforts, called the Phase V Agreement. As part of the agreement, the company also will receive employee training services from AIDT. Navy to construct 10 new warships.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

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Because of this liability, Foulke advises builders to have “really good agreements” with their trade partners that spell out in specific detail that they will follow OSHA regulations, wear fall protection gear, and promise not to subcontract (or “sub-sub”) any work within their scope without the builder’s approval. . Foulke Jr.,

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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State and local incentives from Florida and the City of Pembroke Pines totaled $554,000, including $434,000 from the Qualified Target Industries Tax Refund Program and $80,000 from the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund. The first, announced in 2012, is ConAgra’s new facility and research agreement.

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