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Building Efficiency Drives Customer Retention

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According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Thrive reported 26% customer retention by prioritizing third-party certification for major selling points like energy efficiency standards and product performance. Even with competition from several other builders in this development, Thrive has a 26% repeat customer rate.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Tennessee Initiates Site Certification Program

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In June, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) launched the Select Tennessee Certified Sites Program ( www.selecttennessee.com ), a new, statewide endeavor that assesses, certifies and promotes available sites for relocations and expansions. Each aspect has its own purpose and meaning.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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are implementing site certification programs called “shovel ready”—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. The tool is successful because it increases the speed in which companies can start up operations after the site decision has been made, and limits their risk for the unknown.”.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds With Terry Gill, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

Business Facilities

Our partners and we are addressing infrastructure such as river ports, highways, workforce initiatives, community, sites and buildings preparation. For example, we recently announced a Build-Ready site for Ashland, the availability of which coincides with likely additional development Braidy Industries will generate.

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The Drone Age

Business Facilities

30, 2013, the Federal Aviation Administration announced the six locations it had selected to be government-sanctioned test sites for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), a.k.a. billion to create a global shipping hub for its growing fleet of traditional cargo aircraft at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

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Construction Americas 2015 Expo a Success

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The Miami Airport Convention Center (MACC), was an excellent venue for the expo, with great food! Cranes were well represented with the manufacturer of the biggest cranes in the world, Liebherr, along with the Crane Inspection and Certification Bureau (CICB). Alpi and Brookside displayed beautiful wood veneers specified by architects.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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I n order to attract new development, locations have to be prepared for it and have sites that are ready to hit the ground running. are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development.

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