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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. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), working with other state agencies, offers a Career Readiness Certificate to potential employees. population. Department of Education.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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In March 2016, McAuliffe signed into law measures that establish a workforce training program targeted to increase specific industry certifications and occupational licenses that meet the needs of businesses in each region of the state. million for a veterans’ portal to strengthen outreach to this key population.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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He’s also a SharePoint and Office 365 internal consultant and an expert in database management and ETL processes, data visualization, and standardization. Atlanta, Georgia. In fact, the company’s ISO 19650 kitemark certificate by BSI demonstrates this, and Ahmad played a significant role in its implementation and audit process.

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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. Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Born in Manchester, UK (and supporting the Manchester City football club) Chris has spent most of his adult life in the U.S.,

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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. Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Born in Manchester, UK (and supporting the Manchester City football club) Chris has spent most of his adult life in the U.S.,

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. City of Atlanta, Office of Sustainability. Green Building Certification Institute. Visual Cue Thermal Imaging. That said, should LEED be a requirement? Is LEED cost effective? Should LEED be modified? How can that be? What costs would increase?

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FEATURE STORY: Nothing Matters More Than Talent

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AIDT’s workforce selection and training processes have achieved the world’s first ISO 9001:2008 certification for a state-funded workforce training program. Taking full advantage of visuals, voice-over, audio cues and text, FastStart created effective training material that feels much more like “play” than “study.”.