The Weitz Co. nabs $113M Orlando airport infrastructure project
Construction Dive
JULY 25, 2023
The Des Moines, Iowa-based company will build a pedestrian bridge and rental car lobby at the Orlando International Airport.
Iowa: A $4 Billion Economy Grows In Ottumwa
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
The post Iowa: A $4 Billion Economy Grows In Ottumwa appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine. With shovel-ready sites, a skilled workforce and a strategic location, Ottumwa, IA has everything you need to grow.
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Link Mfg. Building High-Tech Manufacturing, Training Facility In Iowa
Business Facilities
APRIL 5, 2021
Building High-Tech Manufacturing, Training Facility In Iowa at BusinessFacilities.com. Link's 50,000-square-foot expansion project sets the stage for continued growth in Sioux Center, IA and will help the company accommodate a new, broader product line. Read: Link Mfg.
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Brian Witte: Designing Innovation Solutions for a Treacherous Stretch of Highway in Canadian Wilderness
ENR Construction
JANUARY 25, 2024
Brian Witte was just a freshman in high school when he launched his infrastructure career. “It It was a small town in Iowa, and the teacher’s neighbor was the town engineer for a dozen communities,” recalls Witte, vice president of construction engineering for Parsons Corp. They needed help.
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Apple Investing $1.3 Billion in Iowa Data Center
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 29, 2017
The Iowa Economic Development Authority and Governor Kim Reynolds have announced Apple plans to build a $1.3 billion data center in Waukee, Iowa.
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Iowa approves $3.4B infrastructure plan
Construction Dive
JUNE 14, 2018
The transportation commission approved a 2019-2023 program that includes airport, transit, railroad, trail and highway projects.
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Apple Investing $1.3B in Iowa Data Center
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 29, 2017
The Iowa Economic Development Authority and Governor Kim Reynolds have announced Apple plans to build a $1.3 billion data center in Waukee, Iowa.
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Feds Announce $6.5M in Infrastructure Grants
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, and the Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma will receive a combined $6.5 million in federal grants, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). These federal grants will advance innovative…
Iowa Is Built for Business
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Read Iowa Is Built for Business on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. With certified sites of up to 600 acres available for shovel-ready projects and innovative targeted tax credits, the Hawkeye State is soaring above the competition.
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Construction Dive's 'mini megacities' to watch: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Construction Dive
JANUARY 17, 2020
From medical marijuana manufacturing to infrastructure upgrades, a range of diverse projects is fueling a massive uptick in construction activity.
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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class
Business Facilities
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate. For many years, Iowa’s public high schools have had the nation’s highest graduation rate. Iowa ranks fifth in the nation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees conferred per 1,000 residents. In addition, Iowa is second in the U.S.
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Iowa Incentives Help Five Companies Invest $48M
Business Facilities
AUGUST 23, 2017
Earlier this month, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board awarded direct financial assistance and tax benefits to five companies for job creation and expansion projects. The board also approved awards for strategic infrastructure, entrepreneurial assistance and a reinvestment district project.
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State Focus: Iowa Keeps Attracting Major Business Expansions
Business Facilities
JANUARY 21, 2015
State Focus: Iowa Keeps Attracting Major Business Expansions appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Featured Post Iowa Location Focus Magazine Magazine Highlights State Focus Transportation Infrastructure U.S.
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Municipal “Green Streets” Redevelopment Project Wins 2015 Iowa ASLA Award
Business Facilities
JUNE 5, 2015
The green pilot program will assist the community in creating sustainable practices including energy efficient measures for local businesses and green infrastructure in many projects across the city. Municipal “Green Streets” Redevelopment Project Wins 2015 Iowa ASLA Award appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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Iowa Incentives Support Over $53M In Capital Investments
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Iowa Incentives Support Over $53M In Capital Investments originally appeared on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board has awarded direct financial assistance and tax benefits to six companies for job creation and expansion projects.
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18,000 Still Without Power in Cedar Rapids Area After Derecho Damage
ENR Construction
AUGUST 21, 2020
Violent storm's effect on power infrastructure and buildings is still being dealt with in Iowa.
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Cornell College partners with Johnson Controls to improve campus energy efficiency
BD+C
JULY 14, 2020
Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa has partnered with Johnson Controls on a $5.9 million infrastructure improvement plan to rectify the campus’ aging infrastructure and significantly reduce operations and maintenance costs.
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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 23, 2013
This announcement comes from Jay Parikh VP of infrastructure engineering at Facebook: We’re thrilled to announce that Altoona, Iowa, will be the home for Facebook’s newest data center. Thanks to Iowa, we’re building the global infrastructure to bring the next billion people online. Photo: Facebook.
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Turning Back the Clock: DOL Proposes Previous Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Definition
Construction and Infrastructure Law
APRIL 6, 2022
4] The DOL proclaims this proposal “is necessary to ensure employers on federally funded or assisted construction projects pay fair wages to the workers who build our roads, bridges, federal buildings and energy infrastructure.” [5] However, Representative Cindy Axne, also of Iowa, re-introduced the bill in May 2021. [11]
How is artificial intelligence impacting data center design?
BD+C
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Training requires extensive datasets, so data centers provide the necessary infrastructure to store, manage, and deliver the information to the models. Photo courtesy Page Southerland Page Page used a step-by-step expansion plan in an Iowa data center that didn’t require significant structural modifications.
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Turning Back the Clock: DOL Proposes Previous Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Definition
Construction and Infrastructure Law
APRIL 6, 2022
4] The DOL proclaims this proposal “is necessary to ensure employers on federally funded or assisted construction projects pay fair wages to the workers who build our roads, bridges, federal buildings and energy infrastructure.” [5]. Representative Abby Finkenauer of Iowa introduced the Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act in June 2020. [10]
How to Prepare for an Increase in Projects From the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
How to Prepare for an Increase in Projects From the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act What impact could the bill have on the construction industry? Promote to rotator No Main Image Sponsored by Tags AvidXchange construction and infrastructure. Fill out the form on this page to download the e-book.
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September / October 2016 Issue (Volume 49, Number 5)
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Iowa: Certified for Development | Finding a suitable location for business has never been easier than it is right now in Iowa. The Hawkeye State has certified sites—ranging from 150 to almost 500 acres—in more than 10 communities that are shovel ready for your latest project. Logistics: $1.4
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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
DECEMBER 16, 2015
State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. If you think Iowa is about corn, you’re right. If, however, you think Iowa is all agriculture, you’re wrong. Much of what you know about Iowa is true. Iowa is a right-to-work state.
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Dow, DuPont Reveal Agriculture Company Locations
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
“Our deep presence in Iowa and Indiana will continue the close ties to our customer base and the broader Agriculture community, while leveraging the existing corporate infrastructure and expertise we have in Delaware – DuPont’s home for more than 200 years.” Breen, chairman and chief executive officer of DuPont.
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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Shovel Ready Silver certified sites means that its documentation is less than one year old and has proper zoning and infrastructure built to the property. IOWA STARTS WITH MEGA SITES. Iowa’s program is one of the newest out there and is still under development. The program also has two additional tiers of readiness.
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High-Water Mark
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
By the time the water receded, thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed in the worst natural disaster in Iowa’s history. In the wake of the 2008 flooding, officials in Iowa’s second-largest city initiated a $600-million flood-control project to eliminate the threat from the rising river once and for all.
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Richelieu Foods Expanding In Wheeling, IL
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 14, 2016
Richelieu Foods employs more than 800 employees across manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Ohio. “We The company evaluated several locations across a number of states and decided on the Wheeling site due to its geographic location, superior infrastructure and strong labor market,” O’Connor continued. “We
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40 Data Centers: 5-G Day
Business Facilities
MAY 6, 2019
The introduction of 5G small cell technology means changes in data center infrastructure as well as significant increases in their processing speeds and volumes. Read: Data Centers: 5-G Day at BusinessFacilities.com.
Spanish Firm Unveils Concrete Wind Tower Design
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Acciona Windpower has completed fabrication of the first section of a 100-meter high concrete tower for a wind farm in Iowa.
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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 3, 2012
Our Best Business Climate ranking evaluates an amalgamation of our key rankings results (including education climate, workforce training/availability, cost of labor, infrastructure, utility costs, credit rating and business tax climate). This year’s leaders among the emerging players are Utah, Virginia, Arizona, Iowa and Kansas.
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Google Invests $1B in Green Energy Projects
Construction Knowledge
MAY 31, 2013
75 million in the Rippey Wind Farm, a 50-megawatt wind farm in Iowa. Investment in the Atlantic Wind Connection, critical transmission infrastructure for offshore wind power. . $12 million in the Jasper Power Project, a solar power plant to be built in South Africa. 280 million in a SolarCity fund to help 8,000 customers go solar.
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Google Chooses Clarksville, TN For $600M Data Center
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
DECEMBER 29, 2015
This site comes with the benefits of existing infrastructure, which we plan to reuse and recycle – for example, many of the office buildings will be used for Googlers when the data center is operational,” said Joe Kava, Google Vice President for Data Center Operations. Credit: Greg Williams/The Leaf-Chronicle). 10 Rules for the Data Center.
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40 COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
AUGUST 5, 2013
Infrastructure was another category that deserved a closer look. Iowa remains the undisputed champ of traditional ethanol production, but the Hawkeye State has laid down a marker it’s not sitting on its hands as the future of ethanol unfolds: Iowa is second only to Alabama in leading the way to commercial production of cellulosic ethanol.
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Learn the Benefits of Push-to-Talk over Cellular, GPS Dispatching & Real-Time Videoconferencing
Construction Business Owner
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Get nationwide voice, text & video calling that can be quickly deployed with no infrastructure costs. Push-to-Talk over cellular (PoC) is today’s Nextel radio network with nationwide voice, text and video calling that can be quickly deployed with no infrastructure costs. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 09:31.
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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 5, 2014
To facilitate collaboration across the four nodes and secure patient data, Farr Institute provides the physical and electronic infrastructure. Markus Reinhard, vice president, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, agrees to this: “Vienna’s infrastructure and overall stability are excellent. This has worked very much to our benefit.”.
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68 SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… With Larry V. Parman, Secretary, Oklahoma Department Of Commerce
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 7, 2014
billion project by MidAmerican Energy, an Iowa-based utility, and the long-awaited Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. Siemens AG will supply 448 giant turbines (with the capacity to generate 1,050 megawatts of power) as part of largest economic development project in Iowa’s history. Is Oklahoma a major logistics/distribution hub?
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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running
Business Facilities
AUGUST 5, 2019
BREAKING NEW GROUND IN IOWA. With more than 20 development-ready locations and additional sites working toward designation, companies can easily find the right option for their needs on an accelerated timeline thanks to Iowa’s Certified Site Program, first introduced by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) in 2012.
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87 Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 25, 2016
and Grundy Center, Iowa. In 2015, the FILM Office worked with 291 television, commercial and film projects, representing the state’s multidimensional film infrastructure. The Wheeling plant will be Richelieu’s fifth. It has four others: in Elk Grove Village; Washington Court House, Ohio; Beaver Dam, Wis.,
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47 Kwik Trip Expanding Operations, Creating 300 Jobs In Wisconsin
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
which owns and operates more than 600 retail convenience stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, has announced a $300 million capital investment project that will enable the growing company to meet its capacity needs for the foreseeable future. Kwik Trip Inc.,
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Capturing a Treasure Trove of Data Insights With Digital Twin
Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
In his 20 years there, he has been a part of some of the largest infrastructure projects around the globe, including mining, hydropower and water and wastewater treatment, conveyance and storage, frequently working with teams in North and South America, the UK, India and Asia.
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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 8, 2014
So evolved is Louisiana’s pipeline infrastructure that the state’s No. Combined with those infrastructure advantages, the advent of low, stable natural gas prices in the U.S. States poised for major growth in wind energy in coming years include Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Michigan. times that of the Nos.
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56 PSMJ Resources Blog: Recent Transaction Provides One More.
PSMJ Resources
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
The transaction creates a full-service architectural and engineering firm that will serve southern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. Private Equity Expert William Lehr joins PSMJ’s M& Infrastructure & Energy Projects Continue to Carry. ► March. (5). ▼ February. (9). Stress Busters for Your Project Team.
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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 19, 2014
Alabama’s AdvantageSite program has had a tremendous success record in matching new industrial projects with infrastructure-rich sites in the state. FOUR INDUSTRIAL SITES RECEIVE CERTIFICATION IN IOWA. On April 28, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Those projects mean more Iowa jobs.”. COMPANIES ON GRAD?SITES*.
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