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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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The new UI Labs facility is being lauded by public officials from all levels of government as being one that may help bring manufacturing—specifically high-tech manufacturing—back to the United States. The airport serves as a resource for business and industry, and is a magnet drawing commerce to the area. Illinois’ Tenth U.S.

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

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Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock. The 800,000-square-foot plant is a model of eco-friendly manufacturing.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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billion monoethylene glycol—or MEG—plant at the junction of United States Interstate 10 and 210. The southwest side of Louisiana is in a strategic location with access to ports, airports, rail, the Intercoastal Canal, and America’s premier pipeline that helps to deliver industrial products across the country,” he said.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The winner of the new Achievement in Public-Private Partnership Award has set the standard for best practices in this dominant new economic development model. After more than 18 years of planning, work finally began in late January on a new, 8,000-foot-long runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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She helped develop an auditing system that can monitor modeling quality issues automatically, thus streamlining the process for the teams at the firm. She also contributed to generative design approaches, which enabled the team to mass-produce models. Yesenia is a Senior BIM/VDC Engineer Manager for Largo Concrete, Inc.,

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Train travel in Europe: 10 of the best slow train journeys

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In this, they’re model Europeans. According to European Union statistics, rail use grew for the sixth consecutive year in 2018, the most recent year for which figures are available. The train descends into a tunnel after Copenhagen Airport station, emerging on Peberholm island, where the five-mile bridge begins.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country. The percentage of electricity generated by renewables continues to surge in the United States.

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