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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S. population.

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

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Tammy McCuen , Oklahoma University. Tammy McCuen is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at the University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture. Tamera McCuen, Oklahoma University. Future of the BIM Capability Maturity Model. Raymond Issa, University of Florida. . Educational Cricculum Approaches.

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

Building Information Management

Tammy McCuen , Oklahoma University. Tammy McCuen is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at the University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture. Tamera McCuen, Oklahoma University. Future of the BIM Capability Maturity Model. Raymond Issa, University of Florida. . Educational Cricculum Approaches.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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A business that applies for the exemption must enter into an agreement with the Governor of Alabama. The business must sign a job-creation agreement under the Advantage Arkansas program within 24 months of signing the Tax Back agreement. Must expand its labor force, make new capital investment, or prevent loss of employment.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The business must sign a job-creation agreement under the Advantage Arkansas program within 24 months of signing the Tax Back agreement. New, full-time, permanent employees must be hired within 24 months of the date the financial agreement is signed. An approved “pilot” city may enter into a withholding agreement: 1.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Last year, the state signed an agreement with Mercedes-Benz that recognizes Shelton State Community College as one of the best in its field in preparing individuals for careers in manufacturing. Iowa surges into second place and Oklahoma joins the top five in our annual wind power generation ranking. Mercedes-Benz U.S.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The system provides a 448-mile navigation channel for barge traffic from the Mississippi River northwest to fifteen miles east of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Union Pacific, ConAgra Foods, Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. In fact, two of Greater Omaha’s Fortune 1000 companies are in this sector, Union Pacific and Werner Enterprises. Meyer Tool, Inc.

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