Higher Education Partnerships: Closing The Gap
Business Facilities
JUNE 13, 2022
Partnerships with higher education organizations are making a clear impact on businesses today, especially regarding workforce training.
Best Higher Education: University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work & Smart Hospital Building
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Located at the heart of UT Arlington’s main campus is its newest facility, featuring a mix of classrooms; flexible and state-of-the-art technology; enriched learning spaces; teaching and research labs; faculty and staff offices; study and support spaces; and infrastructure support space.
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Texas Governor Presented With 2016 State Of The Year Award
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott was presented with Business Facilities’ 2016 State of the Year Award by Senior Account Executive Joyce Wasserman, along with a proclamation from Chief Business Officer Ted Coene. Significant progress in workforce development and higher education.
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Skilled labor shortage amplifies need to boost vocational education
The Korte Company
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Vocational education is disappearing. in states like Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Florida) where populations are skyrocketing and new construction is booming. The problem is the systematic de-emphasis of vocational education in America’s schools. And yet, school systems still devalue vocational education as a matter of policy.
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Business Report: Texas – First Data’s TeleCheck Services HQ Relocates to Sugar Land
Business Facilities
APRIL 22, 2015
Business Report: Texas – First Data’s TeleCheck Services HQ Relocates to Sugar Land appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Back Office, IT, And Call Centers Education Food Processing Foreign Direct Investment Incentives Manufacturing Texas U.S.
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Lassoing Jobs in Texas
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 29, 2013
Not so in Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry has fiercely embraced his role as champion of the state’s economic development program, ready to saddle up and steer herds full of jobs into the big Texas corral from near and far. Perry moved into the top state office when then-Gov. We told Gov.
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Ivan O’Garro, AIA joins LEO A DALY as a vice president
BD+C
MAY 8, 2024
In higher education , he has led teams on major projects at the University of California, Irvine, and University of Texas at Austin. He was responsible for establishing the SmithGroup office in Atlanta in 2021. As design principal at SmithGroup, he managed project teams, staffing and billing for $100 million in projects.
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Texas Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 9, 2016
For a list of Texas economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. This program is a matching grant program to assist eligible institutions of higher education in recruiting distinguished researchers. FINANCING & GRANTS. of qualified in-state spending.
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Construction BIG DATA: Both grand and granular
GCP Applied Technologies
MARCH 7, 2018
Take Texas. Texas is one of the leading states in educational building construction. Education in any geographical area is typically driven by demographics. Lo and behold, Texas has one of the fastest rising populations in the country—more babies are being born there coupled with a high degree of immigration.
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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 15, 2013
TEXAS FAST FACTS. After Firefly LED Lighting was acquired by a larger lighter company, Austin-based Convergence Wireless seemed a perfect next step for Amstel, who has lived in Austin for 27 years and started out as a facilities engineer at Texas Instruments. Amazon Puts Three New Warehouses In Texas. seamless mill.
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Barclays Bank Chooses McKinney, Texas For U.S. Tech Center
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
“McKinney presented Barclays a competitive opportunity with a high profile location along the Sam Rayburn Tollway, a highly educated and abundant labor pool, and sufficient parking for employees,” said McKinney Economic Development Corporation Board Chairman, Ernest Lynch III.
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TeleTech Opening New Facility In McAllen, TX
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 9, 2014
Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Back Office, IT, And Call Centers Daily News Education Featured Post Online Features Texas U.S. TeleTech Opening New Facility In McAllen, TX appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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How BIM Helps General Contractors Win More Business
Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 18, 2021
S&P averages over $500M in annual revenue and is a market leader in K-12 educational construction in Texas. Section In the Office. They prefer to work with those willing to say, ‘I am going to give you every detail upfront.’” – Mike Diehl, Senior Vice President, S&P. Download the guide today! . Promote to rotator No.
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STEM Leaders: This Will Be On The Test
Business Facilities
MAY 31, 2022
locations partner with educational entities to foster Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills to fill labor market demand. Across the U.S.,
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Construction BIG DATA: Both grand and granular
GCP Applied Technologies
MARCH 7, 2018
Take Texas. Texas is one of the leading states in educational building construction. Education in any geographical area is typically driven by demographics. Lo and behold, Texas has one of the fastest rising populations in the country—more babies are being born there coupled with a high degree of immigration.
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Viega Joins PHCC Educational Foundation Board of Governors.
Contractor Magazine
JULY 19, 2012
Home > Plumbing > Viega Joins PHCC Educational Foundation Board of Governors. Viega Joins PHCC Educational Foundation Board of Governors. The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation is proud to name Viega LLC as the newest Corporate Founder of its Board of Governors.
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TX Tops Cybersecurity Leaderboard, KS Surges In Wind Power
Business Facilities
JULY 25, 2019
Texas has topped the leaderboard in Cybersecurity Growth Potential and Kansas is the top-ranked state for the percentage of electricity generated from Wind Power in Business Facilities ‘ 15th Annual Rankings Report , released this week.
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Business Report: Texas – First Data’s TeleCheck Services HQ Relocates to Sugar Land
Business Facilities
APRIL 22, 2015
Business Report: Texas – First Data’s TeleCheck Services HQ Relocates to Sugar Land appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. The Fortune 500 Company is moving into Sugar Creek on the Lake as part of a $10-million investment that will create 600 jobs.
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Life of an Architect Podcast Ep. 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence
BD+C
APRIL 3, 2023
Welcome to Life of an Architect episode 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence Here are the show notes from episode 122: Today we are going to start the process of discussing artificial intelligence and how it is intersecting with the practice of architecture, as well as the education process of architecture students.
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105 PowerSchool Investing $1.8M, Creating 96 Jobs In Virginia
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 4, 2017
PowerSchool, a leading education technology platform for K-12, will invest $1.8 The company also considered California, Pennsylvania, and Texas for the project, which will retain 85 existing jobs and create 96 new jobs. million to expand its operations in the City of Roanoke, VA. Photo: PowerSchool). said Governor Terry McAuliffe.
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What's new at the International Roofing Expo 2023
BD+C
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The IRE is set to deliver more than 60 educational sessions taught by industry experts and has a full conference program featuring 45 sessions. IRE, in partnership with Rebuilding Together North Texas, repairs homes for those in need in the metropolitan Dallas area, ensuring the health and safety of the community.
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52 What You Missed at Collaborate 2018: The Power of Connection
Viewpoint Construction Technology
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Viewpoint Chief Product Officer Matt Harris continued with a sneak peek at coming products and hosted a panel discussion with customers Sachse Construction , Griffith Electric and Interstate Electric on the innovative ways they are meeting industry challenges head-on. And then of course, there were the llamas. Yes, real live llamas.
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192 Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report
Business Facilities
JULY 24, 2019
4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. military and business—will rule the cyber sector tomorrow.
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Apple’s Austin Operations Center Claims Bronze 2012 Deal Of The Year From Business Facilities
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 24, 2013
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. The Apple facility in Texas will become one of four major global operations centers for the tech giant outside of its California HQ.
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57 Walking the Walk
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
The smartest locations are bringing their higher education resources together with leading-edge startups to dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to get breakthroughs from the lab directly to market. ” Hope Shimabuku, director of the Texas Regional U.S.
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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA
CivilJungle
OCTOBER 18, 2020
The Chief Executive officer and Chairman of the Bechtel Group are Brendan Bechtel. The Chief executive officer of AECOM is W.Troy Rudd. Jacobs engineering group has headquartered in Dallas, Texas, United States. Construction of new campus of Hi-Tech Education and business incubation Saudi Arabia. JACOBS Engineering Group.
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Is a National General Contractor or Local Commercial Construction Firm Better For Your Project?
HardHatChat
AUGUST 21, 2012
In some cases, subcontractors are coming from as far as Florida and Texas because they were the only subs local GCs knew. As a national general contractor, we have access to 20,000 subs across the country, so we don’t have to go all the way to Texas to find a qualified sub. Education construction can go either way.
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214 FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Texas Governor Rick Perry. Rick Perry of Texas for the September/October 2013 issue of Business Facilities , we assumed our encounter would be similar to the informal yet highly informative session we had with him in May at the State Capital in Austin. Our recipe for success in Texas is simple,” he said. By Jack Rogers.
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Cybersecurity Takes Center Stage
Business Facilities
APRIL 16, 2018
As cyber threats multiply at an exponential rate, an emerging cybersecurity sector tries to keep pace, with government agencies forming close alliances with world-class institutions of higher education. Read: Cybersecurity Takes Center Stage at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 22, 2016
Here’s the good news: most of the states (and the federal government) got the memo (Workforce Training is Job One) and they are moving aggressively to put in place innovative and highly effective workforce training programs that put forward-thinking businesses and higher education resources on the same team. VIRGINIA’S TRADITION OF TRAINING.
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75 How Mortenson Opened an Office in China | ENR: Engineering.
ENR Construction
JULY 22, 2012
Earn Continuing Education Credits. ENR Texas & Louisiana. How Mortenson Opened an Office in China. In 2005 we established the companys first permanent office in China. Book Reviews. Information Technology. Construction Technology. Social Media. White Papers. Construction Schools. Civil Engineering Schools. Current Costs.
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Best Universities for Masters in Architecture in the USA | Masters in Architecture in USA 2022
CivilJungle
APRIL 29, 2022
You’ll use your laptop and illustration tablet for a lot better than just investigating and composing articles, so a second-hand device with Microsoft Office will not crop it. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.
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Moody’s Analytics Creates Amazon HQ2 Top 10 List
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 13, 2017
It also boasts an “exceptionally well educated” labor force, lower cost of living within the business-friendly state of Texas, and a good transportation system, according to Moody’s. The chart below shows Moody’s full Top Ten list.
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President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 9, 2014
The following post comes from the Office of the Press Secretary for the White House. Empowering every child with the skills they need by increasing enrollment in high quality pre-K programs; installing a STEM focus in the local school district; expanding enrollment in Early College Programs; and improving adult education opportunities.
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IBM Announces Creation Of 800-Job Technology Center In Downtown Baton Rouge
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 9, 2013
IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge is the result of an innovative, public-private partnership that will include expanded higher-education programs related to computer science as well as a major new riverfront development that will accelerate the revitalization of downtown Baton Rouge. The approximately $30.5 million), as well as $12.7
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Florida Supreme Court follows Texas' Lamar Homes
Construction Lawyer
DECEMBER 21, 2007
He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. Florida Supreme Court follows Texas Lamar Homes. Mid-Continent Cas.
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GM To Hire 1,000 High Tech Employees In Phoenix Region
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 7, 2013
General Motors is hiring 1,000 high-tech employees to staff an Information Technology Innovation Center in this Phoenix suburb, joining Austin, Texas; Roswell, Ga., “Recruiting talented IT professionals is intensely competitive,” said GM Chief Information Officer Randy Mott. and Warren, Mich.,
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Business Facilities
AUGUST 23, 2017
Moreover, The Phoenix East Valley region, anchored by Mesa, has a much higher educational attainment rate than the national average. Build to suit retail/restaurant pads and Class A office development opportunities. Peoria 101 Office Park: 14-acre business park site located on the SWC of Peoria Avenue and the Loop 101 freeway.
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Oscar Expands In Arizona
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 3, 2016
Founded in 2012, Oscar makes health insurance simple, transparent and human and now offers plans in New York, New Jersey, Texas and California. The Oscar Concierge is a unique program which allows Oscar to deliver a more personal experience to educate and empower our members.”. Courtesy of EverWest Real Estate Partners).
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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 16, 2014
The following updated post comes from the Office of the Press Secretary for the White House. Ensuring all youth have access to a high-quality education, and are prepared for college and careers through its Promise Neighborhoods initiative, by partnering with the Youth Policy Institute and L.A. BREAKING NEWS: U.S.
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SK Siltron Investing $302M In Michigan Semiconductor Wafer Plant
Business Facilities
AUGUST 26, 2021
The company, a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Siltron, considered sites in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas but ultimately chose Michigan due to its talent and proximity to automakers. The MSF also approved a 15-year State Essential Services Assessment exemption valued at $4.4 Bay Future, Inc.
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FEATURE STORY: State of the Year – Tennessee
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
The Volunteer State, which also won our top honor in 2009, joins Texas as the only multiple winner in the annual competition since the award was created in 2007 (the Lone Star State won in 2012 and 2007). Runners-up in the 2013 competition included Utah, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Pennsylvania. RACING TO THE TOP IN EDUCATION.
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Upcoming Webinars & Construction Events in June 2022
Autodesk Construction Cloud
MAY 25, 2022
If you’re an Autodesk Construction Cloud customer, you already have access to a growing library of on-demand education in our Learning Center. So, our Customer Success Team has setup monthly “office hours” so you can ask any questions you still have about technical workflows after going through the pre-existing learning paths.
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Texas: Tri-Agency Workforce?Initiative Aims To Meet 21st Century Job Needs
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 19, 2016
The Initiative will be spearheaded by TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, THECB Commissioner Raymond Paredes and TWC Commissioner Andres Alcantar, who will embark on a series of statewide Regional Education and Workforce meetings and will report back with their findings and recommendations. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant offer of $9.75
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