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8 grand green roofs (and walls)

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acre vegetated roof at the Kauffman Performing Arts Center in Kansas City, Mo., Among the eight winning projects are a massive, 4.4-acre and a dramatic interior green wall at Drexel University. Body Image: read more.

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DLR Group adds executive leaders

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DLR Group adds executive leaders 0 qpurcell Mon, 01/08/2024 - 13:56 Designers DLR Group Chief Executive Officer Steven McKay, AIA, RIBA, announced new executive leaders for the 100% employee-owned, globally integrated design firm. Reyes brings 30 years of design experience to DLR Group, with expertise in education and private markets.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Successful partnerships between academia and industries are regularly developing new products and technologies.

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Katoen Natie USA Announces $150 Million Baton Rouge Area Facility

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Bobby Jindal and Frank Vingerhoets, Katoen Natie’s president of petrochemicals in North America, have announced that Katoen Natie USA will invest $150 million to build a plastics storage, custom packaging and distribution facility for producers of petrochemical products in Baton Rouge. The logistics platform will create 210 new direct jobs.

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Rising Export Volumes Spur Inland Port Development Across the U.S.

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agricultural products are in high demand from China. Inland ports are hubs designed to move international shipments more effectively between maritime ports and locations throughout the U.S. China has a growing appetite for raw agricultural products such as wheat, soybeans, corn and hay. Louis and Kansas City.

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… With Larry V. Parman, Secretary, Oklahoma Department Of Commerce

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Third, agencies will designate energy managers who will be responsible for monitoring the program. cents a kilowatt-hour for the first 10 years of production. Oklahoma is served by three Class 1 Railroads—UP, BNSF and Kansas City Southern—utilizing over 2,500 miles of Class 1 rail lines and over 3,700 total miles of rail.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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The product is already there, on the shelf in the distribution center,” Sheffi notes. Since these clusters enjoy low transportation costs coupled with high level of service, manufacturing plants located in the area can enjoy efficient movement of inbound material and parts as well as distribution of the finished product.

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