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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. Three other innovation hubs are being built in Canton, MI near Detroit, Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, N.C. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Pat Quinn, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen.

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The impact of office-to-residential conversion on downtown areas

BD+C

While we’ve studied the impact of this rising office vacancy and proposed innovative solutions at the building level , it’s becoming increasingly clear that the proverbial mountain we have to climb is convincing cities to come to the table to unlock this value.

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Greenbuild – The Target Rich Environment for Green People

Green Building Law Update

Greenbuild has become much more than only “green building” as sustainability has become woven into the fabric of business, the conference has evolved into the watering hole for leaders across the entire environmental industrial complex. Educational activities abound with more than 200 formal sessions. more than food prep).

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

Business Facilities

Locations are bringing higher ed resources and high-tech businesses together to plant the seeds for market-ready advanced technology at incubators and innovation institutes, and to create the STEM-savvy workforce that will fill these new jobs. CHICAGO AIMS FOR THE TOP OF THE TECH CHART. Photo: tedescopictures.com).

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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA

CivilJungle

Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. $ Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. Construction of new campus of Hi-Tech Education and business incubation Saudi Arabia. PCL construction works on various institutional, residential, educational and commercial construction projects. The gorgon phase 2 Subsea manifolds fabrication project.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. Baton Rouge, LA has been named our top-ranked metro for Economic Growth Potential. space program.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Nowhere is this more evident that in the unprecedented cooperation between higher education resources and business in LA. Department of Education recently released its assessment of the progress made by recipients of Race to the Top (RTTP)?funding funding in the first three years of the program.

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