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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Technology shares the spotlight with music and film at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX. Technology innovation is happening across the country, but there is no better place to witness the revolution other than Austin, TX, home to a rapidly expanding technology industry. By Jenny Vickers. TEXAS FAST FACTS.

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Race to a Smart Future

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additionally will award up to $10 million to the winning city to support electric vehicle deployment and other carbon-emission reduction strategies. The finalists, announced at the South by Southwest (SXSW) tech and music fest, are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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Some of the locations already are well-known for developing the next generation of technologies, such as Austin, home to Dell, Apple, Facebook and Google, and Tucson, with its hotbed of solar technology innovation. Austin: A Tech Hotbed Grows in the Southwest. In the past decade, nearly $1.8 funding round.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

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“ Most people really don’t know what environmental engineers do ,” says Dan Wittliff, managing director of environmental services with GDS Associates in Austin , Texas. Their work might focus on topics like waste disposal, erosion, and water and air pollution. About Paramount Ltd. Basic Information .

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Eleven Caterpillar generators—each of which is about the size of a diesel locomotive engine—back up the electricity in each data center, and flywheels power the facility during the 10 seconds it takes the generators to kick in. Source: Texas Workforce Commission). and Austin Community College (ACC).

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2023

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Robert Havins Director – Integrated Construction, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors Austin, TX Robert has played a pivotal role in driving significant advancements in Bartlett Cocke’s technology initiatives. Mark Jason Villanueva, Newcon Builders Pte.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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DMDII currently works with over 300 academic, government and industry partners such as Dow, General Electric (GE), Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Microsoft, to name a few. “A The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission voted to authorize $18.5 workers with the skills required for digital manufacturing jobs. Photo: Havas PR).