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2014 Northern California Construction Management Scholarship Program

Construction Cost Estimating

A supplementary $500 is provided to an individual scholarship receiver who belongs to a dynamic CMAA Student Chapter Member The students who registered in CM programs at Stanford, UC Berkeley, Sacramento State, Chico State, Fresno State and San Jose State universities can avail the scholarship program. Sacramento, CA 95814.

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Construction Equipments

The Constructor

Sometimes a bulldozer is used to push another piece of earthmoving equipment known as a "scraper" The towed Fresno Scraper, invented in 1883 by James Porteous, was the first design to enable this to be done economically, removing the soil from the cut and depositing it elsewhere on shallow ground (fill).

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

PROPERTY TAX REFORM: Business: Accelerated Depreciation schedules for prospective acquisitions of commercial personal property have also been improved. Five-year accelerated depreciation schedules have been increased to help companies recover their investments even faster. The previous statute defined the schedule.

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