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New Mexico Governor’s Report: A Catalyst For High-Tech Growth

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L ast year, New Mexico secured one of the most coveted economic development projects in the country when Los Lunas was chosen to be home to Facebook’s massive new data center, the social media giant’s seventh data hub in the U.S. They weren’t considering New Mexico at all,” Martinez recalled.

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

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ccc, Developing Location Factors Using a Factoring Method, International Cost Engineering Council, ICEC International Cost Management Journal (ICMJ), 1998.). The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. (Peitlock, B.A.,

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2022 NHQA Winners: 3 Home Builders Committed to Better Business and Operational Excellence

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They told me we were going to identify some problem areas and that we’d get defensive about them and try to hide them from the judges,” he says. The NHQA program tailors the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and ISO 9000 concepts for quality management systems to the home building industry. Photo: courtesy French Brothers.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

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Originally constructed in Ardmore, Alabama in 1808 before being restored at to the Burritt on the Mountain museum in 2007, the Joel Eddins House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. New England’s oldest stone house, the Henry Whitfield property in Connecticut, was constructed in 1639.

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

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Many in the public sector are unaware of the construction cost estimating issues caused by the use of national average cost data and location factoring. ccc, Developing Location Factors Using a Factoring Method, International Cost Engineering Council, ICEC International Cost Management Journal (ICMJ), 1998.) Peitlock, B.A.,

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4BT OpenCost(TM) Local Market Granular Cost Data an RSmeans Alternative?

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Significantly improve cost visibility and cost management for ALL your facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects. #1 Granular line items for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds organized by expanded CSI MasterFormat. . #3 1 Over 85,000 line items available. Peitlock, B.A., Martinez, A.,

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of New Mexico economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. Funding of grants is strictly based on the receipt of capital outlay funds appropriated by the New Mexico Legislature. Department of Defense.