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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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The Utility Account helps rural communities finance necessary infrastructure upgrades to attract future business. California remains the Sun King by far (more than five times the installed solar power capacity of any other state). Iowa, Oklahoma, California and Kansas fill out the top five, respectively. installed 10.6

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

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ENR California. Its true that many BIM readers for iPads and other smart devices are available, such as Bentleys ProjectWise for the iPad , Autodesks hugely popular AutoCAD WS for iOS devices and Graphisofts BIMx for iOS devices (which can view many 3D model file types. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Building Types. Construction Methods.

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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Using a multi-layered GIS map displayed on an iPad, LED officials were able to show site details, utilities, nearest rail access, proximity to the river and the Port of Lake Charles during the first site visits by the Sasol team. . $10-billion gas-to-liquids plant will yield 96,000 barrels/day of fuels. billion cracker unit will produce 1.4M

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