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Restoring Our Defenses

Construction Business Owner

11, 2001, began in its usual manner for John Nienabar, operations manager at ServiceMaster of Springfield, Virginia. At 11:30 a.m., however, Nienabar received an unforgettable call.

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Global Technical Systems To Create 1,110 New Jobs In Virginia Beach

Business Facilities

million in a new, electro-mechanical energy storage system manufacturing operation in the City of Virginia Beach, VA. Virginia successfully competed against Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Washington, DC for the project, which will create 1,110 new jobs with an average annual salary of $74,000. Photo: Terry McAuliffe via Twitter).

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking. Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report. TN TOPS IN BUSINESS CLIMATE.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Virginia’s High-Tech Economy Keeps Growing

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Virginia has been making headlines as a great state for business with several favorable factors. CNBC ranked Virginia as America’s Top State for Business for 2011. Virginia is birthplace of the Internet and one of the leading centers of software development. By Donna Clapp. From the July/August 2012 issue.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

Natural Building

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. Today the structure is a national monument that’s open to the public and managed by the National Park Service. It later garrisoned both Mexican and Texan soldiers.

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The Drone Age

Business Facilities

The two remaining sites were in the middle of heavily traveled air corridors in the East: New York’s Mohawk Valley and Virginia Tech (in a joint effort with Rutgers University in New Jersey). ” In the past year, 645 drone test flights were conducted at the NUAIR-managed test site in Rome, a tenfold increase from the year before.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. buildingSMART alliance Conference.

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