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Business Facilities’ 10th Annual Rankings Report: Louisiana, Utah, Texas Tops In Best Business Climate

Business Facilities

Business Facilities magazine has released the results of its 10th Annual Rankings Report, naming Louisiana as the state with the Best Business Climate. Louisiana surged into the top slot in BF ‘s annual state business climate assessment from last year’s fourth-place finish. SOUTH CAROLINA. Great Lakes U.S. Southeast U.S.

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Infrastructure and Resilience Projects Ahead

ENR Construction

Energy, industrial and transportation projects fuel solid growth for design firms across the Texas and Louisiana region.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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SWLA’s transportation infrastructure is keeping pace with surging development needs. Credit: Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance). Opportunity is a word used a lot when discussions about Southwest Louisiana are started. Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) is home to the most impressive network of pipelines in the U.S.:

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Danos Announces New Louisiana Headquarters And Expansion

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Bobby Jindal and Danos President and CEO Hank Danos have announced the company will retain its headquarters in Louisiana and that Danos & Curole Marine Contractors LLC has selected a site in Gray, LA, for its new $10 million corporate headquarters facility. We appreciate the commitment of our state’s leadership.

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Axiall, Lotte Invest $3 Billion in Louisiana Chemical Plants

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Louisiana Economic Development estimates the combined projects will result in 1,892 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 2,100 new jobs in Southwest Louisiana. The plant’s design capacity will make it the largest MEG plant in the U.S. million for the MEG facility to pay for site infrastructure improvements.

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3 ways computational tools empower better decision-making

BD+C

Megha Sinha, Melissa Alexander, Nate Holland Higher Education Laboratories Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects BIM and Information Technology Computational tools—which harness the power of computation to streamline decision making—were once considered “nice to have.” Now they are integral to the design process.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Nevada and Alabama rounded out the top five in Economic Growth Potential, followed by Utah, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. The Utility Account helps rural communities finance necessary infrastructure upgrades to attract future business. Louisiana, no.