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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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These have been dark days for Detroit. But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse — and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit — a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.

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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion

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For instance, if the site includes retail, restaurant, hotel, residential, and office space – it is crucial to time noisy work such as jackhammering in order to cause minimum disruption to residents and hotel guests, in particular. And, of course, the desire to use union vs non-union labor can dramatically influence costs and timelines.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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City of Fort Lauderdale, Workforce Florida, Workforce One Broward County, Florida Power & Light’s Office of Economic Development, Department of Economic Opportunity and Florida Power and Light Energy Services (FPL). “It Navy Federal Credit Union, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Deutsche Bank. million in capital investment.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The Austin Chamber of Commerce, Travis County and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism were key players in bringing the project to fruition. Your eyes weren’t deceiving you when you saw Detroit, MI sitting at No. Airbus is the largest customer of the U.S. 10 in our Economic Growth Potential metro ranking.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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DuPage County is in close proximity to North America’s largest inland port, the Centerpoint Intermodal Center, which provides direct access to the BNSF logistics park and the Union Pacific Joliet Intermodal Terminal. Louis, Indianapolis and Detroit—significant markets that I-69 will bring closer. “We 50 percent of all U.S.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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In his current role, he defines the digital construction strategy for Ferrovial and leads the integration of Office 365 with BIM implementation and Information Management. He’s also a SharePoint and Office 365 internal consultant and an expert in database management and ETL processes, data visualization, and standardization.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. City of Atlanta, Office of Sustainability. City of San Antonio, Office of Environmental Policy. City of Chicago.