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Facility programming: The driving force behind healthcare design

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The Wainwright Building —one of America’s first steel “skyscrapers”—still stands (and it’s just 30 miles from our headquarters in Highland, Illinois). Background infrastructure requirements ranging from electrical, mechanical, telecommunications and fire suppression. Department of Defense. The total square footage of a facility.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense. Quinn said.

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Green construction tips to make your facility environmentally friendly

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Electric lights are getting more efficient, but they still account for between 25% to 45% of a building’s energy use. And equipping spaces with motion sensors that only turn on the lights when someone’s nearby dramatically reduces electrical costs. Here are a few we love to showcase: Spartan Light Metal Products – Sparta, Illinois.

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Advanced Manufacturing Industry: Dynamic Advancements

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When you think of community development, job creation, investment and business retention and expansion an electric generation and transmission company wouldn’t top the list. As a non-profit electric cooperative founded in 1949, Hoosier Energy is owned by its members. Hoosier Energy is unique. The Cooperative Way.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. Equipment or transmission lines used directly in producing or transmitting electrical power, but not including distribution.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ALABAMA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM: Funds are available for extension of water, sewer and road facilities. PUBLIC UTILITY TAX REBATES: Tax Credits are available for a rebate of 50 percent of the public utilities tax imposed on new or increased consumption of gas and electricity for five years. The public utilities tax rate is 4.25

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