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Florida State Focus: Changes And Challenges

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From COVID challenges to the road to recovery, not unlike many others, Florida is dealing with new territory in 2021. Read: Florida State Focus: Changes And Challenges at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana And Georgia Top The Field In BF‘s Best Infrastructure Ranking

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infrastructure and America received a D+. Most of the states failed to get individual grades higher than C- in ASCE’s evaluation—on average, the society found that at least 40 percent of the roads in each state are in poor or mediocre condition and a similar percentage of bridges are crumbling. ASCE estimates the U.S.

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Florida: A Warm Climate For Business Growth

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You can have peace-of-mind when you locate your business in Florida. Florida consistently ranks among the best states for business, thanks to its pro-business state tax policies, competitive cost of doing business and streamlined regulatory environment. Florida ranks fourth in the nation for high tech employment.

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Student Videos Win ARTBA Infrastructure Contest

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A high school student from Pennsylvania and an undergraduate student from Florida Polytechnic Institute were named winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 4th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.”'

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Accelerated Bridge Construction Explained

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To address the backlog of work that needs to be done and reduce the time it takes to plan and build bridges, many organizations such as the Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center at Florida International University (FIU) have promoted a new construction method called Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC).

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Presented by Penske Logistics and authored by transportation consultant, Rosalyn Wilson, senior business analyst at Parsons Corporation, the report tracks and measures all costs associated with moving freight through the U.S. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6 Costs for water transportation rose 8.9

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BUSINESS REPORT: EC Railway, Port Everglades Join Forces on Intermodal

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Florida East Coast Railway has signed a joint marketing agreement with Port Everglades to promote the new, 42.5-acre As a result, traffic congestion on State Road 84 is to be reduced. FLORIDA FAST FACTS. Port Everglades (Source: Wikipedia). By Ed Felton. From the January/February 2013 issue. Population (2011 Est.): 19,057,542.

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