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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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MISSISSIPPI TARGETS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SECTOR. Advanced manufacturing is an important target sector for the state of Mississippi, and it has grown significantly in recent years. Mississippi is a manufacturing state and always has been,” said Jeff Rent, Public Relations Manager for the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA).

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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. Certified sites provide potential corporate decision-makers with less worry about surprises emerging that could delay a project’s speedy completion. Across the U.S.,

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. We have two winners for this year’s award for Achievement in Site Certification: Indiana Economic Development Corp. for the Indiana Shovel Ready Program and the Tennessee Valley Authority for TVA’s Data Center Site Certification Program.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

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Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Messner was also a principle investigator on two Globalization projects for the Construction Industry Institute. 1:30 – 3:00 PM Construction – Operations Integration. NBIMS Content – OmniClass.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Messner was also a principle investigator on two Globalization projects for the Construction Industry Institute. 1:30 – 3:00 PM Construction – Operations Integration. NBIMS Content – OmniClass.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. Green Building Certification Institute. USGBC Mississippi Chapter. That said, should LEED be a requirement? Is LEED cost effective? Should LEED be modified? The below letter clearly states that cost will INCREASE should the GSA move away from LEED?

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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And, a network of water transportation along the Arkansas River contains ports in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Fort Smith, in addition to Mississippi River terminals in Osceola, West Memphis and McGehee. The West Memphis Mega Site is located in East Arkansas along the Mississippi River and is 1,420 acres.