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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

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There are growing interests in using green roofs, blue roofs, and blue-green roofs to manage stormwater in urban centers such as Washington DC’s Green Area Ratio (GAR) environmental sustainability zoning regulation, NYC’s Climate Mobilization Act–Local Laws 92 & 94 and San Francisco’s Better Roofs Ordinance.

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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

Construction Specifier

There are growing interests in using green roofs, blue roofs, and blue-green roofs to manage stormwater in urban centers such as Washington DC’s Green Area Ratio (GAR) environmental sustainability zoning regulation, NYC’s Climate Mobilization Act–Local Laws 92 & 94 and San Francisco’s Better Roofs Ordinance.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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The rapid and widespread adoption of mobile and social technologies within the last three years has changed the way customers and companies interact with one another—driving fundamental transformations to business processes and applications. AIRBUS: POWERFUL ENGINE FOR GROWTH IN MOBILE REGION. But Huntsville, our no.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

Business Facilities

According to Deloitte’s 2014 Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook , the commercial aerospace sector is expected to experience significant growth this year, driven by continued record-setting production levels at assembly facilities and throughout the aerospace supplier network. Virtually every major defense contractor in the U.S.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with with Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama Department of Commerce

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Airbus is putting its North American manufacturing hub in Mobile. We have a supplier support team in place and are currently mobilizing education initiatives and planning training centers to accommodate the skilled workforce demands. Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama Department of Commerce. By Business Facilities Staff. Stay tuned.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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Two mobile harbor cranes. Given that it’s a substantial distance from any coasts or borders, Hendricks County, Indiana might seem to be a surprising place for a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). Foreign-trade zones help U.S. PROJECT OVERVIEW. $30 30 million TIGER grant is supporting the project. The Port of Stockton received $13.5

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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We wish we could tell you that most locations are mobilizing to fix the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and dams; unfortunately, the opposite seems to be true: the United States received an overall grade of D+ in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) annual assessment, our starting point for BF’s evaluation.