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Instructions to Lay Pipe Culverts

Construction Cost Estimating

Pipe culvert, box culvert, and curve culvert are the normal sorts of culverts utilized under roadways and railroads. Excavation : The foundation for pipe culverts will be uncovered to the lines and levels, as appeared in the drawings.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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Instead of trying to replicate Vegas’ famous Strip, Reno is opting for Startup Row, a string of e-Commerce ventures that is drawing from an overflow of techies flocking to the city’s biggest recent prize—Apple’s new data center. high-tech hubs. Additionally, Tennessee ranks within the top 10 R&D states in the nation.

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

The Korte Company

A precedent for career goals had already been set in Tom’s family: working for the railroad. His father, a railroad engineer for the Cotton Belt Railroad. His grandfathers on both sides, railroad telegraphers. For Tom’s father, “the railroad was his life.” I would sit and draw things when I was young.

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

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Since the Shovel Ready Program began in 2009, it has helped to draw projects like Geringhoff and many others to the region. “Some states manage their programs in-house with a committee that reviews the application, but in Georgia we have a third-party site location consultant that handles it.”.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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SWEDFA offers a variety of financing strategies to help fund small business including bank participations, direct loans, loan guarantees and taxable and tax-exempt bonds. Tax Incentives. High Wage Jobs Tax Credit: A taxpayer who is an eligible employer may apply for and receive a tax credit for each new high-wage economic-base job.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. The COMMERCIAL FISHING AND AGRICULTURE BANK provides loans to fishing, tourism, natural resources and agriculture-based projects.

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

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Georgia’s GRAD program has certified 33 sites in 30 communities, drawing eight major projects to date, creating more than 3,000 jobs and bringing $2 billion in investments to the state. For more information about AdvantageSite requirements and the application process, visit www.edpa.org/bsc/advantagesites.asp. Photo: georgia.org.).

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