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Coastal Construction Relies on Impact- and Wind-Resistant Composite Roofing

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Every impressive DaVinci product has achieved the Miami-Dade County Acceptance and Texas Department of Insurance criteria for high velocity hurricane winds. They’ve also passed the TAS-125 certification test for wind uplift resistance in High Velocity Hurricane Zones up to 180mph. So, how did Fleet’s home survive?

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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Now, Florida’s leaders are committed to expanding upon that foundation by making sure the business community knows that Florida is open for business. The Tax Foundation names Florida the #1 business tax climate in the Southeast. According to the 73rd Annual Report released by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the U.S. Its FTZ No.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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AeroTurbine, the Miami-based aviation supply company is expanding to a new, 264,000-square-foot building in Miramar. The city has created two Tax Increment Financing Districts with a third in process, to expand the municipal infrastructure to industrial and commercial zones.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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The present effort in this part of the project is to develop 600 acres that will be the foundation of Virginia’s fourth, deep-water marine terminal. Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. MIAMI: A GLOBAL LOGISTICS HUB. million TEUs handled per year. PortMiami will be the only U.S.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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19 million for Space Florida, $5 million for the Florida Sports Foundation, $74 million for Visit Florida’s tourism marketing and promotion efforts and $71 million for the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). Located on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida, Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and Miami.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Facets of Florida

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It has two Foreign Trade Zones and a transportation network that includes an international airport, Page Field, a general aviation airport, and I-75. Two Foreign Trade Zones; I-75, I-4, and I-95; the Florida Turnpike; four U.S. highways (17, 27, 441, and 98); and 12 state roads traverse or pass near the region.

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Home Stretch

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The big ports of Virginia, Baltimore and Miami already are at that depth. Work on the bridge raising is almost 50 percent complete and the northbound roadway foundations are finished; bridge abutments on both ends are about 95 percent complete; and the installation of pier segments is 50 percent complete, the Port Authority said.

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