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Colorado: Growing Their Own Talent

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John Hickenlooper aims to plant Colorado’s flag on the summit of red-hot growth sectors like cybersecurity and unmanned aerial systems. Read: Colorado: Growing Their Own Talent at BusinessFacilities.com. Leveraging his state’s impressive assets, Gov.

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Ball Aerospace Completes Final Phase of $75M Colorado Expansion

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The 90,000-square-foot expansion is designed to accommodate larger and more sophisticated satellites and simultaneous spacecraft builds to fulfill new NASA and the Department of Defense contracts for space-related assets. supports critical missions for national agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, NOAA and other U.S.

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The U.S. Metros Where Homeowners Are Staying the Longest—and Those They’re Leaving the Fastest

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On the contrary, Colorado Springs, CO is home to a large military population with a number of bases in the surrounding area, meaning that its residents stick around for roughly 5 years on average. -Mexico border with a median home list price of just $277,000. Housing Markets. Market Data + Trends. Housing Markets.

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The Issues Associated with Using Location Factors and “national average” cost databases

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The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. Location factors are primarily used in class 4 and 5 estimates and are not intended to be used for higher quality estimates, such as class 3, 2, or 1. Martinez, A.,

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The Most Popular ZIP Codes in 2021 So Far

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Colorado Springs, CO (80916). Colorado Springs, about an hour south of Denver, is no stranger to our list of the hottest ZIP codes. But homes in this year’s top ZIP code, 80916, in eastern Colorado Springs have become more popular thanks to the lower prices. Read more to see the full list.

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Google, Environmentalists and University Push Methane-Leak Detection

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natural-gas utility to use technology advanced by Google Earth, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Colorado State University to boost large-scale methane-leak detection. National Grid, which serves New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is set to be the second U.S.

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A Week in the Life of LEED Certification

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The smallest project was a 4,958 square foot Kum & Go convenience store in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Certified level LEED NC Retail v2009 rating system participating in LEED Volume. 22 of the 45 projects are owned by government and 10 of those are associated with the Department of Defense.