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

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Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock. The 800,000-square-foot plant is a model of eco-friendly manufacturing.

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Wisconsin: Where Collaboration Drives Industry Advancement

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In a recent European Union workshop on clusters, experts from Harvard Business School, MIT and the U.S. The panel also announced it would begin a comprehensive study of Wisconsin’s water cluster to learn from its achievements and model it for future cluster building, both in the U.S. and in Europe.

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

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Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. FM Global is one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management organizations specializing in property protection. Tuesday and Wednesday: Conference Educational Sessions.

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

Building Information Management

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. FM Global is one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management organizations specializing in property protection. Tuesday and Wednesday: Conference Educational Sessions.

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COVER STORY: Advanced Manufacturing — Creating Jobs In 3Dimensions

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President Obama also mentioned NAMII in his recent State of the Union address: “There are things we can do, right now, to accelerate this trend. We are focused on what is called a Valley of Death where new ideas that come out of research initiatives die because they can’t be transitioned to applications and commercial solutions.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership that secured the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF). Names Innovation Hubs.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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We have an abundance of resources and, in particular, access to talent which is really impactful when you think about leading commercialization in technology as well as providing a foundation for companies to be able to draw their own workforces.”. Photo: Mike Baker).