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First Street Foundation Helps Homeowners Calculate Wildfire Threat Score

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First Street Foundation Helps Homeowners Calculate Wildfire Threat Score. More homes are being destroyed by wildfires than ever before, but risk assessments from the First Street Foundation offer personalized solutions for at-risk properties. Mon, 05/16/2022 - 10:27.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

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It is Washington’s last Pre-Revolutionary colonial building on its original foundation. A defensive fort that can be traced to 1672, Castillo De San Marcos was built under the direction of Florida’s Spanish governor to protect the city of St. The house was already 59 years old when the British invaded Washington in 1814.

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

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The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. For example, Estes (2016) found that for a slab-on-grade foundation assembly with 0.1 Martinez, A., Built Environ. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2023.1111563

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4BT OpenCost(TM) Local Market Granular Cost Data an RSmeans Alternative?

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The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. For example, Estes (2016) found that for a slab-on-grade foundation assembly with 0.1 Martinez, A., Built Environ. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2023.1111563 Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The $600-million Institute already is well on its way to establishing the region as a national hub for producing next generation integrated photonics, a light science with the potential to transform communications, medicine and national defense, and could create thousands of jobs. The institute is funded in part by $110 million from the U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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In addition to the manufacturing industry and California’s small business employers, the Panel also prioritizes nanotechnology, biotechnology and life sciences, goods movement and transportation logistics, aerospace and defense, advanced IT services, multimedia/entertainment, healthcare, construction, agriculture and renewables.

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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 major component of the program is a state tax credit equal to 25 percent of a qualifying gift to a community foundation.

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