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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

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Herbert became Utah’s chief executive in 2009 when Gov. Taking office in the midst of the Great Recession, with unemployment in Utah peaking at 8.4 What we’ve been able to accomplish in Utah measures up as good or better than anyone out there,” Herbert told BF. “Our Utah also is busy developing drought-resistant grasses.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Life Sciences Grow High-Wage Jobs in the Beehive State

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A recent Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership study reported that Utah’s life sciences industry grew by 25.8 In addition, each of the major subsectors of the life sciences industry is growing faster in Utah. Utah’s life sciences industry is a source of high-wage jobs. UTAH FAST FACTS. By Jonathan Sanders.

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Boeing Purchases New Building In Salt Lake County, UT

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Employees at the new site, located in West Jordan, will focus on fabrication of composite horizontal stabilizer components for the 787-9. Bogue, vice president and general manager of Boeing Fabrication. ” The new site, located 20 miles from Boeing’s fabrication and assembly site in Salt Lake City, was purchased from Masco.

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Building smarter healthcare through better healthcare interior design

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Somewhat related to evidence-based design is cleanability, arguably the most important defense against spreading diseases in spaces inherently full of them. The Montezuma Creek Health Center, a 51,576-square-foot health clinic we just finished for the Utah Navajo Health System, illustrates the principle of design unity. Cleanability.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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It’s no surprise that Utah and Texas, two of the business-friendliest states in the nation, round out the top three in our Best Business Climate ranking. While North Dakota must figure out a way to address its workforce availability issues in order to fully realize its economic growth potential, Utah has no such problem.

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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This new micro mill will also complement CMC’s existing recycling and fabrication footprint, enhancing CMC’s ability to further leverage our raw material supply chain and optimize product mix within our existing operations.”. UTAH: ADVANCED COMPOSITES EPICENTER. UTAH: ADVANCED COMPOSITES EPICENTER.

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Advanced Manufacturing Industry: Dynamic Advancements

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Oswego County has a highly skilled manufacturing workforce, with welding, fabrication and CNC experience, who are ready to work. Workforce development for manufacturing is top of mind in Utah. Credit: Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development).