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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Nationwide, office vacancies stand at 17%, with some big cities—San Francisco, Houston, Austin—topping 30%, while the U.S. An office building’s HVAC equipment is likely heavier (and perhaps outdated), and more than a new residential building would need. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units. RELATED ARTICLE: About 11% of U.S.

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West Michigan Lands Largest Third-Party Data Center In Eastern U.S.

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Senate Bills 616 and 617, sponsored by Senators Tonya Schuitmaker and Pete MacGregor, exempt all data centers and co-located businesses from the sales and use tax on data center equipment for 20 years. CyrusOne Launches Its Third Austin Data Center. The campus will provide transformational infrastructure and serve the eastern U.S.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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ASU Polytechnic campus, located in Mesa, serves as host to the Southwest’s largest 3-D printing research facility with more than $2 million in cutting-edge plastic, polymer, and metal 3-D printing equipment and advanced processing and analysis capabilities. Zoned mixed-use/commercial. Strong workforce within a 45 minute commute zone.

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10 spaces that are no longer optional to create a great workplace

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companies now provide a work café; when they are equipped to work, work cafés are highly effective workspaces that contribute to a great experience. Quiet Zone or Tech-Free Zone Designating zones just for quiet work (no phone calls!) office, we have a quiet zone at one end of our floorplate near the leadership area.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Austin, TX: On Top, Still Rising. For the past couple of years, Austin, TX and Baton Rouge, LA have been duking it out for the top ranking in our flagship metro Economic Growth Potential category. Austin is now one of the nation’s top emerging high-tech cities, with more than 120,000 people employed by around 4,400 technology firms.

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

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It is known for its harvesting equipment, particularly its innovative corn harvesting “headers”, the attachments at the front of a combine. Shovel Ready Silver certified sites means that its documentation is less than one year old and has proper zoning and infrastructure built to the property.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Additionally, IBM will work closely with local professors at LSU to create coursework focused on technology, math and software development, and equip students to meet the growing demand for business services including advanced analytics, process innovation and application development.

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