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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

When Branka Minic became CEO of the Building Talent Foundation (BTF), an Orlando, Fla.-based In Dallas-Fort Worth, the country’s largest housing market in annual starts and closings, labor availability has been a challenge over the last six or seven years, says Phil Crone, executive director of the Dallas Builders Association.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Rob Huffman, Director of Kawneer Collaborative at Kawneer

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Rob has adopted a forward-thinking mindset throughout the decades he’s spent in the construction industry, and he truly knows how to set a solid foundation that sets teams up for the coming years. We also deliver our products in a number of ways from stick to fabricated to unitized, depending on the project needs.

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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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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

Business Facilities

Taking advantage of that strong educational and training foundation is the new BRIDG (Building the Innovation Development Gap) facility at NeoCity in Osceola County. Oswego County has a highly skilled manufacturing workforce, with welding, fabrication and CNC experience, who are ready to work. Photo: Enterprise Florida).

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

Business Facilities

These three legs provide the essential foundation for its economy. To address the city’s projected growth, the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance partnered with Bandera Ventures, a real estate developer from Dallas, to build a hi-tech speculative distribution building with 161,555 square feet of space in the Lubbock Business Park.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Established in 1986, PSC is supported by several federal agencies, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and private industry, and is a leading partner in XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment), the National Science Foundation cyberinfrastructure program. and Dallas-Fort Worth at 96.5. science and engineering.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The allocation to each Public University which makes application shall be based on each Public University’s federally financed research and development expenditures as reported by the National Science Foundation. The Research Program. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . This credit is transferable and may be carried forward up to 14 years.

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