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Kansas: Amazon Picks Kansas City for Fulfillment Center

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A mazon.com recently announced it will open a new fulfillment center in Kansas City, KS. In addition to the new fulfillment center in Wyandotte County and the upcoming facility in Edgerton, Amazon has existing Kansas facilities in Lenexa. “We This is a transformative capital investment in our city. By Jonathan Sanders.

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Commercial Construction 2017 Trends and Predictions

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Rounding the corner into the final weeks of 2016, it’s time for our annual post predicting the commercial construction trends that will influence the industry in the coming year. Here’s how that overall trend will drive commercial construction opportunities across different sectors in the coming year: Eat. Bill Di Santo. Questions?

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Kansas City, MO Assembly Plant Preps To Launch All-New Ford Transit

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Ford began welcoming nearly 1,000 new employees at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to prepare for the launch of the all-new Ford Transit that goes on sale in the U.S. ” The Kansas City Assembly Plant is home of the 2014 F-150 and will begin producing the all-new 2015 F-150 in the first quarter of 2015. this summer.

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Virgin Hyperloop One study finds Missouri route feasible

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The company found that a connection between Missouri cities St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia would be commercially viable, safe and cheaper than driving.

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Black & Veatch Study Finds K.C. to St. Louis Hyperloop Feasible

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17 that said building a hyperloop transportation system along the 1-70 corridor—connecting the cities of St. and Kansas City—would be buildable and commercially viable and could cut travel times by three hours and generate $410 million in economic development locally. Louis; Columbia, Mo.;

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Comings and Goings at Green Building Law Update

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My family and I have re-located to Kansas City, Kansas. My entire family lives in Kansas City. My business partners live in Kansas City. And frankly, there is not as much going on in the industry because commercial construction is stagnant. Green Building Law Update has moved.

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Report Explores Sectors And Metros Driving Construction Jobs Recovery

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Commercial and industrial building is outpacing residential construction, despite strong growth in remodeling and new housing developments. Looking at new building construction, commercial building jobs are projected to grow at 4 percent, to about 764,000 jobs, from 2011 to the end of 2014. Kansas City, MO-KS. Plains U.S.

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