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Iowa: A $4 Billion Economy Grows In Ottumwa

Business Facilities

The post Iowa: A $4 Billion Economy Grows In Ottumwa appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine. With shovel-ready sites, a skilled workforce and a strategic location, Ottumwa, IA has everything you need to grow.

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Alcoa Announces Investment In Iowa Aerospace Manufacturing Plant

Business Facilities

Alcoa Announces Investment In Iowa Aerospace Manufacturing Plant appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Daily News Featured Post Iowa Manufacturing Online Features Plastics And Medical Devices U.S.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate. For many years, Iowa’s public high schools have had the nation’s highest graduation rate. Iowa ranks fifth in the nation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees conferred per 1,000 residents. In addition, Iowa is second in the U.S.

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Jury Awards Millions in Sustainable Hog Case

Green Building Law Update

Hog farms are a multi Billion dollar business in North Carolina, the second largest pork producing state (second to Iowa). Right to farm laws have been passed to provide a defense to nuisance suits when non-agricultural uses extended into areas used for agricultural operations, but such may not be enough.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National 19 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). General Services Administration (GSA), US Department of Defense (DOD), and National 35 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense. 30, 2001, p.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. More than 162,000 workers are directly employed in the aerospace/defense industries in the Golden State. aerospace and defense industry directly employed 1.05 2012 Alternative Energy Industry Leader: Iowa.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

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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. Built in1827, the Louis Arriandeaux Log House originally housed pioneer settlers in Dubuque, Iowa, and has since been moved twice.