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Staying in control with fabric cladding

Construction Specifier

Tension fabric structures have served a key role as a cost-effective facility solution for years. In some cases, users have turned to fabric buildings when brick-and-mortar construction is not economically feasible or would take too long to complete. The fabric building market remained stable, but also stagnant, for a long time.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. Baton Rouge, LA has been named our top-ranked metro for Economic Growth Potential. billion over 10 years.

Metro 110
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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Yurts: Living in.

Natural Building

Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. The outer fabric shell of the yurt can be made of felted wool, coated canvas, or a modern architectural fabric. Thanks, Kat. Kelly Hart said.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

PARTNERS FOR INNOVATION: HESSEN RESEARCH FACILITIES WITH CORE COMPETENCE IN INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. The cluster CI3 works on innovative medicine that is exactly adjusted to the individual patient, who suffers, for example, from tumors or autoimmune diseases. The center of the cluster is based in Mainz. Berlin: Biotech Mega-Hub.

Florida 63
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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Alabama Innovation Fund: As part of the implementation of Accelerate Alabama, this fund was created to maximize the use of the State’s economic development resources by leveraging annual research and development expenditures by Public Universities within the State to generate resources which can be used to support economic development initiatives.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

ALASKA GROWTH CAPITAL: Provides financing to nontraditional borrowers/businesses that use innovative technology, are in rural Alaska and are minority-owned. ARIZONA INNOVATION ACCELERATOR FUND: An $18.2 This is an innovative new program that will help strengthen local supply networks and sectors.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

The methodology is about being creative, innovative, and susceptible to changes, consensus, enhancing the use of resources, analytical, togetherness and good communication (Stevens, 1997). Building in this context involve the building’s fabrics, structure and engineering services. Available at www.nrc.ca/irc/uir/apwa