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Facility programming: The driving force behind healthcare design

The Korte Company

The Wainwright Building —one of America’s first steel “skyscrapers”—still stands (and it’s just 30 miles from our headquarters in Highland, Illinois). Background infrastructure requirements ranging from electrical, mechanical, telecommunications and fire suppression. Designing modern healthcare facilities is the perfect example.

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A HERS Rating for Water Use?

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As headlines about drought and aging infrastructure grab the public’s attention, the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) is several months into launching HERS H2O, a system that grades a home’s water-use efficiency. There's a 65% increase in water and sewer costs from 2009 to 2019. Sustainability.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

Can these connections be customized, or must the site work with existing infrastructure that cannot be altered? The property should also be able to support additional connections to roadways, railways, parking lots or other external infrastructure. The 92,000-square-foot expansion to Spartan Light Metal Products in Sparta, Illinois.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

We started Illinois Manufacturing Lab with the University of Illinois. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (NCSA) will play a key role at the new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. A GOLDEN CORRIDOR OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN ILLINOIS.

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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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Investing in transit infrastructure including bus rapid transit lines and bike lanes, and promoting transit-oriented development (TOD) that attracts new businesses and creates jobs. Charging its Promise Zone Director and Advisory Board with eliminating wasteful and duplicative government programs. Far West U.S. - Mid Atlantic U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Incorporated in 1949, Hoosier Energy is a generation and transmission cooperative (G&T) providing wholesale electric power and services to 18 member distribution cooperatives in central and southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois to meet the collective electricity needs of more than 750,000 residents, businesses, industries and farms.

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State Focus – Indiana: Regional Plans Are Hopping In The Hoosier State

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.” Hoosier Energy services Central and Southern Indiana, plus Southeastern Illinois, where it delivers wholesale power to 18 member distribution cooperatives (REMCs). A robust utility and transportation infrastructure enhances production and transportation of goods in all parts of the service territory.

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