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BNSF Opens New Logistics Park Intermodal Facility In Kansas

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BNSF Railway introduced its new Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC) Intermodal Facility in Edgerton, KS in October, 2013. LPKC is projected to help create an estimated 7,400 jobs in the area of the development and 13,000 jobs in the state of Kansas at full build-out.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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However, technology companies are realizing that to be truly global, they need to tap innovation at more locations and in new high-growth markets. Tiversa: 25 new jobs, a cybersecurity company that recently expanded into a $2.6M, seven-story, 48,000-square-foot building in downtown Pittsburgh. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie.

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Ford Offers Gas When Diesel Is Too Much | ENR: Engineering News.

ENR Construction

plans to cash in on that trend by offering gasoline power in its new medium-duty F-650, which just starting rolling off the assembly line in Escobedo, Mexico, on August 15. near Kansas City. Ford Motor Co. The 2012 F-650 can now be had with a 6.8-liter liter V-10 that cranks out 362 horsepower and 457 lb-ft of torque.

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Katoen Natie USA Announces $150 Million Baton Rouge Area Facility

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The logistics platform will create 210 new direct jobs. LED estimates the project will also result in 516 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 700 new permanent jobs. We are excited about the new project that will expand our U.S. Another 150 construction jobs will be created during the building phase.

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

The Korte Company

The out-of-town job took him to Kansas City for a restaurant chain called Chutes, which delivered food by pneumatic tube—just like at the bank drive-through, but for hamburgers, fries or their signature “Chute the Works” sandwich. And when Ralph and Vern asked Tom if he’d consider traveling, Tom responded, “That’s fine with me.”.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With nearly a decade of experience in the AEC industry, Isabel began her career in Kansas City with Burns & McDonnell as an Environmental Engineer focusing on water and wastewater treatment and distribution design. . She’s also skilled in design optimization, value engineering, and cost estimating.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Research Tax Credit: Kansas offers an income tax credit equal to 6.5% No Local Income Taxes: Kansas cities and counties do not impose an earnings tax on personal or corporate income. No Kansas Franchise Tax: Kansas eliminated its franchise tax in 2011. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

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