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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

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Rick Perry and GEICO Chairman and CEO Tony Nicely recently announced the insurance giant will be expanding its Katy operations, creating 1,000 new jobs over the next three years and $8.5 Whenever we hear about a major employer expanding or relocating to Texas, it affirms what we’ve been telling people all these years,” Gov. Perry said.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

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Iowa’s Certified Site Program takes into account national site location standards, benefits provided by Iowa’s natural resources and the needs of key business sectors, including advanced manufacturing, finance and insurance and the biosciences. To achieve certification, sites go through a rigorous review process. The outcome?

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

ENR Construction

Environment. ENR Texas & Louisiana. The VEO platform helps project teams work inside complex 3D models on project delivery. based Newforma, says with the VEO license, customers can view and navigate 3D building models without the need for the underlying software or authoring tools that were used to generate the model.

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

ENR Construction

Environment. ENR Texas & Louisiana. Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. Strong foreign demand has also spurred divestitures, creating rich auction paydays for late model equipment. "We Transportation. ENR Midwest.

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Product Snapshot: Upgraded Field Controller and iT4 Loaders.

ENR Construction

Environment. ENR Texas & Louisiana. The company has upgraded the S850 and T870 models with a higher operational hydraulic pressure, resulting in greater breakout and lift forces as well as shorter digging cycles. Since Owners are Demanding Designers Carry Higher Insurance Limits, Is a Split-Limit Approach Best?

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Video, Still Camera Mounted on Sunglasses Allows for Hands-Free.

ENR Construction

Environment. ENR Texas & Louisiana. ENR reviewed the Recon model of the $349 sunglasses—one of several models offered—in July. The camera seems similar to the camera on newer iPhone models. Cox says that, by August 15, the Recon model will have customized prescription-lense options that are ANSI Z87.1

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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The success of that strategy, as well as a sincere and long-standing commitment to industry innovation, community service, the environment, and collaboration with local government—the upshot of which is a 90% customer satisfaction rating and $620.3 Photos: courtesy Ivory Homes. The Prize of Innovation.