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State of the Construction Industry: June Roundup

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AGC Uses Targeted Ads to Try to Prevent Work Zone Crashes. A survey from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) found that 54 percent of highway contractors reported crashes in their work zones within the past year. The AGC aims to increase work zone safety this summer with targeted advertising.

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Texas Cities Lead Recovery Employment Leaders In BF 2013 Metro Rankings Report

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Houston (Zone 84) and El Paso (Zone 68) also shined in BF ‘s new ranking of top Foreign Trade Zones. Broward County, FL (Zone 25) and El Paso (Zone 68) took top honors in the Top FTZs (Exports) category. Southwest Business Facilities Cities Economic Development Employment rankings'

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Commercial Construction Trends and Predictions for 2016

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Developers and Tenants Create Entertainment Zones to Drive Traffic. We are presently working with several real estate developers to create this type of environment in Chicago and its suburbs, as well as New York and Los Angeles. Food service and entertainment venues have evolved to a point that one feeds off of the other.

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West Michigan Lands Largest Third-Party Data Center In Eastern U.S.

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SUPERNAP Las Vegas is 7 milliseconds from Los Angeles and 14 milliseconds from San Francisco. SUPERNAP Michigan will be 2 milliseconds from Chicago and 14 milliseconds from New York. SUPERNAP Tahoe Reno is 6 milliseconds from Silicon Valley and 14 milliseconds from San Diego.

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Rising Export Volumes Spur Inland Port Development Across the U.S.

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Many of the country’s inland ports are located in the Midwest, including Chicago, Memphis, St. which will become the first inland port to serve the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Louis and Kansas City. There are a number of new locations under development such as the 4,000-acre Florida Inland Port in St.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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You know if the white shirt should go to Kansas and the blue shirt should go to Chicago or the other way around.”. Memphis, Panama, Chicago—are so efficient that they make globalization and trade easier virtually everywhere around the world. The Corridor offers export assistance and Foreign Trade Zones. Louis and Kansas City.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Through the Enterprise Zones Program business and industry can realize state incentives such as Job Creation Grants and Real Property Investment Grants, while also realizing a number of local tax and other incentives. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. Asking rental rates are $4.70

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