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State of the Construction Industry: January Roundup

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Andrew Cuomo proposed a $150 billion, five-year infrastructure plan for transportation and mass transit projects, park facilities and expanding the use of design-build and other alternate project delivery methods. In Chicago, officials are mulling over several design plans for an $8.5 The Memphis, Tenn. Region saw $1.3

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. Sheffi is a professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA

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Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. $ Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. University of Memphis indoor practice facility. The company offers his services in the various fields like Construction and Engineering which includes transportation, Oil and gas and chemical, wastewater and mining. MC Dermott International.

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

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NOLA, MEMPHIS ARE LOGISTICS LEADERS. Memphis, home to the global hub for FedEx, continued to command the top spot in BF’s Logistics Leaders (Air Cargo Hubs) metro ranking. Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles, Genesee County (NY) and Sioux City (IA) were the top five finishers in BF’s Food Processing Industry Leaders metro ranking.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S.

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East vs. West

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It’ll enable huge post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to Atlantic and Gulf ports instead of offloading their cargo on the West Coast and transporting it across America. By train, cargo can get to Chicago in four days. to reduce transit times.

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Georgia Ports See Surge In Private Investments, Record Cargo Volumes

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Both the Governor’s and the Legislature’s support of port deepening and transportation projects have helped make Savannah and Brunswick what they are today. The container ship MSC Chicago sails up river to the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal near Savannah Ga. Louis, Chicago and the Ohio Valley.

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