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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

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Plantd Durham, North Carolina | Construction and Design Category Plantd makes durable carbon-negative building materials for homebuilders using fast-growing perennial grass instead of trees. zoning codes through a first-of-its-kind user-friendly online resource.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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Plantd | Durham, North Carolina Plantd makes durable carbon-negative building materials for homebuilders using fast-growing perennial grass instead of trees. Vantem | Greensboro, North Carolina Vantem builds affordable, energy-efficient, climate-resilient homes at scale.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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ElectriCities service area. Photo: ElectriCities.). In April, South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped to 8 percent, its lowest in five years. That same month saw North Carolina’s unemployment rate fall to 8.9 A number of companies have announced expansions and/or relocations to the Carolinas in the recent past.

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Meet the most innovative precast floor system in the U.S.

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To do that, Tindall decided to put T-SLAB to test by teaming up with experts at the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC) to analyze the product. Additionally, the T-SLAB production process enables the inclusion of conduits, solid zones (as structurally or functionally required), and holes for ducts and drains.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Culpeper’s five strategically located Tech Zones provide incentives to qualified technology zone businesses. In addition, businesses that qualify for technology zone grants will receive reimbursements up to 100 percent of the cost for building permits and site plan review permits for the property subject to technology zone grants.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Top products exported from the region were transportation equipment, machinery, except electrical, computer and electronics, and electrical equipment, appliance and components. Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. Canada is also the largest trading partner to the U.S.

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