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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda. He was like, ‘I can really do something because there are so many capable people who are willing to collaborate and innovate.’” Just ask the local sewer district sued by the Coalition that eventually refunded $35 million of overcharged impact fees. The Prize of Innovation.

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

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. Three other innovation hubs are being built in Canton, MI near Detroit, Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, N.C. The center offers advanced training and development services.

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U.S. Construction – Improving Efficiency & Competitiveness

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Measurement of performance to enable innovation and improvements in products and processes. (3.). Ability to adapt to new conditions and to deploy new technologies effectively. Use of best practices to reduce rework and delivery time, and to improve job-site safety and project quality; and.

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Cool Planet Energy Systems Announces $168 Million Investment In Louisiana Bio-Refineries

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We are now setting the pace for innovative new technologies that harness Louisiana’s renewable energy resources and supply advanced fuels to meet our nation’s energy demands. The fuel will be compatible for use in existing vehicles on the road today. The company estimates 750 construction jobs will also be created by the project.

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Nitrogen Diet Reduces Arizona County's Drinking Water Threat.

ENR Construction

The new Roger Road Water Reclamation Facility project includes several design improvements over the nearby facility it is replacing. At that point, the 41- million-gallons-a-day Roger Road plant was releasing wastewater with nitrogen levels between 30 milligrams and 57 mg per liter, well above the 10 mg/l requirement, say county officials.

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Global AEC is limping, hobbling. It should be handed over to our children. Turn it back into a viable career choice and let them thrive and contribute to its recovery!

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The big money and murky deals are only about building our most valuable collective assets: hospitals, schools, roads and rails. They’d carry on obligingly climbing the limited staircase of their careers by keeping their profiles low and sticking to forever designing cheap office layouts, calculate bending moments or size sewer pipes.

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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Rendering of Kaiser Permanente’s National Innovation Center. Under the codename “Project Profile,” KP conducted a wide-ranging site selection search for a new National Innovation Center. Georgia has become a hotbed for global brands such as Kaiser Permanente to locate innovation and IT centers. Source: georgia.org).

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