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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. Three other innovation hubs are being built in Canton, MI near Detroit, Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, N.C. The center offers advanced training and development services.

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Building Energy Efficiency, LEAN, and Cloud Technology

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Non-building energy use is included in the commercial sector, where it contributes to public services such as traffic lights and water and sewer systems. Education (10% of consumption). Building in the Cloud is an innovative service to create, share and manage all the information of a building. Office (14% of consumption).

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds With Terry Gill, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

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Initiatives include pipeline programs for high school students, skills training for mid-career employees, our innovative Justice to Journeyman program, full-tuition scholarships for in-demand careers, and large-scale reinvestments in training facilities. The Ignite Institute goes even further by incorporating arts for a STEAM-based education.

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U.S. Construction – Improving Efficiency & Competitiveness

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Measurement of performance to enable innovation and improvements in products and processes. (3.). It’s time that more Owners educated themselves on best value collaborative construction delivery methods and are held accountable as stewards of the built environment.

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Kansas: Amazon Picks Kansas City for Fulfillment Center

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Our residents will now have access to a career pathway that includes not only a job, but a chance at an education. The funds will allow Albers to finance a sewer lift station, valve vaults and sewer lines. “But most significantly, it is transformative because of the quality employment opportunity Amazon will offer.

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HD Supply Waterworks Awarded 2011 National Utility Contractors Association Associate Member of the Year Award

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The business distributes a complete line of water, sewer, fire protection and storm drain products, integral to building, repairing and maintaining water and wastewater systems that are part of the basic municipal infrastructure required to support population and economic growth and residential and commercial construction. About NUCA.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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As a member-driven initiative, TTC delivers high-value-add programs and services that start-up and expansion businesses need such as collaborative research, education and training, extensive business support, networking opportunities and employee recruitment services. It is a companion program to the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program.