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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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In December 2015, DOT announced the Smart City Challenge, a competition designed to help one city develop a fully-integrated transportation network using data and technology to connect communities and move people and goods more efficiently. NXP, Autodesk, and Mobileye to help execute its Smart City Plan.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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Architecture Employment on the Rise

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Finally, some good news for the hard-hit design profession: Firms are hiring again. Yet those firms’ principals say that signs of renewed demand for design services are strong enough to justify new hires. Government commissions are another silver lining. economy — a trend is emerging that may have once seemed unthinkable.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

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SFPUC also inappropriately approved 5 task orders for federally funded projects, which occurred because federal regulations contradict the expectations of the SFPUC’s commission for JOCs. Labor rates were not billed consistently with the labor rates that were actually paid to employees thereby costing the city $73,742.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

Building Information Management

SFPUC also inappropriately approved 5 task orders for federally funded projects, which occurred because federal regulations contradict the expectations of the SFPUC’s commission for JOCs. Labor rates were not billed consistently with the labor rates that were actually paid to employees thereby costing the city $73,742.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Joplin Area Rises From The Rubble And Reaches For New Heights

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On January 22, representatives from businesses, utilities, nonprofit, and city and county government attended a meeting of the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission to get an update on the tornado recovery efforts. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. It also focused on increased safety.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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Its facility includes the City Docks—located 34 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, which is 40 feet deep and 400 feet wide. Rail service is provided by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. Interstate 10 and Interstate 210 are within a few miles of the port.