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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development. Home builders, trade associations, NGOs, and other groups are aggressively ramping up skilled construction labor training programs to bring more workers into the industry. How to Scale Hiring and Create a More Diverse Workforce in Construction.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The facility was constructed specifically to support the deluge of activity in the Eagle Ford Shale. Baylor will soon construct a 120 bed facility as part of a new 52 acre medical complex. Midland is located in the heart of West Texas, half way between Fort Worth and El Paso.

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

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Over the next three years, the company will invest $60 million in new construction and the refurbishment of existing facilities. Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. From the March/April 2014 issue. population.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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It was closed on April 17 and construction of the new landing surface is going on top of it. Union Pacific, ConAgra Foods, Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. In fact, two of Greater Omaha’s Fortune 1000 companies are in this sector, Union Pacific and Werner Enterprises. In its old configuration, the runway was only 5,276 ft.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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billion investment by Dominion Virginia Power, which constructed a cutting-edge technology power plant. Positive absorption remains in all industrial submarkets in DuPage County, showing continued strength and growth in the county in leasing, user sales and construction completions. The picturesque rural setting recently welcomed a $1.3

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing 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).

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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With two locations in Denver (Union Station and in the Lower Highlands), WeWork has the capacity for up to 2,000 workers. These efforts are paying off as jobs are being created in construction, hospitality, transportation, retail and healthcare. There are even rooms with Xbox consoles when a fun break is needed.

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