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5 Best Railroad Work Boots

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If you are one of the many professionals that work for the railroads, you know well enough the challenges and issues regarding personal safety that you face every day you go to work. Railroad professionals deal with the heaviest of machinery daily, so good PPE is a given and this includes a good pair of protective work boots. 

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Louisiana Economic Development Wins Deal of the Year: Bronze Award

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The Bronze Award winner in BF ’s 2015 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition will generate an estimated $17.7 Logistics and infrastructure played a key role in securing this mega-deal for Louisiana. (FPCC) announced it will build a $9.4-billion billion ethylene production complex on a 1,000-acre Greenfield site in St.

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15 Tennessee Communities To Receive Site Development Grants

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The grants are intended to help rural communities overcome barriers to site certification and prepare them to receive and economic development project. The Site Development Grant program works in cooperation with the department’s Select Tennessee Site Certification program.

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ASTM vs ASME Standards: Whats the Difference?

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What was initiated by railroad engineers as a committee to ensure better rail products, is now an international organization known for the development and publication of voluntary standards for products, materials, services, and systems. Although industries that deal with the areas mentioned above do adopt these standards.

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

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states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. The latest designation happened in April, when the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park in Baldwin County received the AdvantageSite certification. Across the U.S., million in capital investments.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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Lotte had already closed an investment deal with Westlake Chemical for the construction of a $1.9 There are 2-Class I railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and the Union Pacific (UP) that serve the parish and a short line that accesses the major industrial areas. The port is located about 12 miles south of the 4-lane.

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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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TEF: MEGA “DEAL-CLOSING” FUND. His approval is required for every incentive grant handed out by the Texas Enterprise Fund, The governor likes to call the TEF his “deal-closing” program, enabling Texas to compete with incentives offered by other states, on a project-by-project basis.

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