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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Your eyes weren’t deceiving you when you saw Detroit, MI sitting at No. Yes, we know that Detroit became the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection, a process the city is expected to emerge from this year. Airbus is the largest customer of the U.S. aerospace industry, with over $14 billion in purchases from U.S.

Metro 111
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Separated at Birth

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Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways. The planners of the Interstate Highway System focused on moving people across the country quickly, so the grid incorporated several ring roads (a.k.a. The project originally was scheduled to be completed in 1998 at an estimated cost of $2.8 DC now is moving forward with a $1.3-billion

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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Isabel then moved over to the construction industry in New York City as a Civil Engineering Estimator at the Spanish-based contractor, Dragados USA, and quickly grew into a successful Proposal Coordinator; working on proposals that won her company nearly $7.8B Nevermind the avoidance of costly rework down the road.