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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

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Rick Perry and GEICO Chairman and CEO Tony Nicely recently announced the insurance giant will be expanding its Katy operations, creating 1,000 new jobs over the next three years and $8.5 Whenever we hear about a major employer expanding or relocating to Texas, it affirms what we’ve been telling people all these years,” Gov. Perry said.

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BIM-in-The-Cloud Has New Competition With Newforma | ENR.

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ENR Texas & Louisiana. The VEO platform helps project teams work inside complex 3D models on project delivery. Model-driven project delivery on jobsites could be taking a big leap forward with a license deal between project information management (PIM) provider Newforma and M-SIXs 3D software platform, called VEO.

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Packing and Leaving

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Magpul’s announcement prompted a welcoming tweet from Texas Gov. ” The company returned Perry’s embrace and decided to move to Texas. In Colorado, firearms maker Magpul Industries announced it would relocate in response to the CO ban on high-capacity magazines. Rick Perry: “Come on down!”

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

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ENR Texas & Louisiana. Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. Strong foreign demand has also spurred divestitures, creating rich auction paydays for late model equipment. "We ENR Top Lists. ENR Sourcebooks. Survey Schedule.

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Product Snapshot: Upgraded Field Controller and iT4 Loaders.

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ENR Texas & Louisiana. The company has upgraded the S850 and T870 models with a higher operational hydraulic pressure, resulting in greater breakout and lift forces as well as shorter digging cycles. Since Owners are Demanding Designers Carry Higher Insurance Limits, Is a Split-Limit Approach Best? ENR Top Lists. ENR California.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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So he rallied other chief executives and employers to join the newly formed Housing Gap Coalition through the local Chamber of Commerce—and not just builders and developers, but also insurance companies, bankers, and a variety of others. Photos: courtesy Ivory Homes. The Prize of Innovation.

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Quake-Damaged Building Implosion One for the Books | ENR.

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ENR Texas & Louisiana. The models are based on CDI’s implosion database of similar structures and soil conditions. Since Owners are Demanding Designers Carry Higher Insurance Limits, Is a Split-Limit Approach Best? ENR Top Lists. ENR Sourcebooks. Survey Schedule. ENR California. ENR Midwest. ENR Mountainstates. 08/06/2012.

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