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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

Business Facilities

Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate. For many years, Iowa’s public high schools have had the nation’s highest graduation rate. Iowa ranks fifth in the nation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees conferred per 1,000 residents. In addition, Iowa is second in the U.S.

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An Off-Grid Electric Hot Tub

Natural Building

I started out building hot-air solar collectors and designing root cellars with sunspaces on top. For those designs, I fed air to the root cellar via a 50-foot ground tube. ” “But how to run a hot tub in an off-grid campground with a 7-year-old, 150-amp-hour battery bank? Clearly, I needed more PV and battery power.”

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The New American Home 2022: Thinking Inside the Box

Pro Builder

Even before the pandemic, builders and designers were creating home environments that respect physical and mental health. Architect: BSB Design , Des Moines, Iowa (Tampa, Fla., Interior Designer: Builders Design , Gaithersburg, Md. Landscape Architect: BSB Design. Michele Lerner. PROJECT DETAILS. FLOOR PLAN.

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

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Obtaining the Shovel Ready designation better positions the city of Becker [a St. One of the header designs is 45 feet wide. In September, the program helped to make a new designation in Goshen’s Waterford Commons Business Park in Indianapolis. Geringhoff is a 130 year old company, based in Ahlen, Germany. Indiana Lt.

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Pulse: 08/20/2012

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. It is being designed by Pickard Chilton. Iowa The City of Sioux City is planning to build a consolidated field operations facility to house offices and equipment for its utilities, parks and transit departments, and a central maintenance garage. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams.

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

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million aviation technical school is nearing completion at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park, designated at an Alabama AdvantageSite. With this designation, communities can receive more looks from companies as sites become qualified as shovel-ready. This is the fifth Baldwin County site to earn this designation.

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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. BREAKING NEW GROUND IN IOWA. Issues uncovered as a result of this review must be mitigated within a designated timeline. States across the U.S. The outcome?

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