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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

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Biophilic design reduces stress in high-traffic areas Individuals who live and work in urban areas are subject to a variety of external stressors such as crowded environments, packed schedules and excessive stimuli. The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Atlanta, Ga.

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Kaiser Permanente Bringing 800 Call Center Jobs To Georgia

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The move will bring more than 800 new jobs to metro Atlanta by 2020—most of them by 2017. ” Metro Atlanta’s market for call center workers—the seventh largest in the country—was a key reason Kaiser Permanente chose to locate a national contact center in Georgia. . Nathan Deal. Related articles across the web.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Innovative thinking, quick action and impressive regional cooperation enabled Arizona to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in creating a bold new opportunity for the First Solar site in Mesa,” Rogers said. Project Title: General Motors Technology Innovation Center. Photo: georgia.org.).

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. The latest designation happened in April, when the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park in Baldwin County received the AdvantageSite certification. Across the U.S., million in capital investments.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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A new containers-on-barge service, called the M-580 Marine Highway, for shipping ocean containers between the ports of Stockton and Oakland is scheduled to start operations this year. Louis, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Atlanta, providing overnight trucking access to more than half of the nation’s population.

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

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During its all-day meeting of innovative technology demonstrations, the Information Exchange (IE) Working Group will reveal the newest, most cutting-edge building information modeling (BIM) information exchange standards for inclusion in the National BIM Standard-United States™. buildingSMART alliance Conference. Chris Moor, Chair.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. To achieve certification, sites go through a rigorous review process. States across the U.S. The outcome?

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