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Highway/Bridge Best Project: Reconstruction of Union Turnpike Retaining Wall

ENR Construction

The retaining wall along Union Turnpike was reconstructed through the portion of the road adjacent to Grand Central Parkway and Jackie Robinson Parkway between Austin Street and 126th Street.

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State of the Union Follow-Up: What About Rising Rents?

Pro Builder

State of the Union Follow-Up: What About Rising Rents? Biden’s first State of the Union address outlined his administration’s plan to build back the nation after the devastating and costly COVID-19 pandemic, but absent from his speech was an objective to cut housing costs. Fri, 03/04/2022 - 10:14. Louis and Detroit.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

AUSTIN, DENVER, NEW YORK CITY HAVE TOP STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS. Austin, TX, Denver, CO and New York City topped our metro leaderboard for Startup Ecosystems. There are tech hubs across the country, but what makes Austin different and desirable is a culture that fits seamlessly with tech.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

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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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. In 2016, U.S.

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A glossary of terms with reference to Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Cost Estimating

Example: 223 in Boston / 187 in Austin = 1.19. To adjust a known cost in Austin to that in Boston, multiply the Austin cost by 1.19. O Open shop is a place of employment at which one is not required to join or financially support a union (closed shop) as a condition of hiring or continued employment.

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Guide to Top 2022-23 Construction Conferences & Events

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It takes place at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square this year. NECA Show (Austin, TX). Hosted by ENR, Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWIC) is an in-person event after two successful years of it being a virtual event. Get more details. October 15 – 18, 2022. Electrical contractors, this is your event!