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Validity of a Construction Cost Estimate – Public Sector

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Make certain that the selected year-of-expenditure reflects a realistic scenario, taking into account project planning and development durations, as well as construction. Appropriate notes should be added to line items to track changes throughout the planning, procurement, and project delivery phase. utility, railroad) costs.

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Repower off-highway diesel equipment with EPA-compliant replacement engines

CK Power

To qualify for the exemption, all criteria laid out in the rule must be met, including: The equipment in question is less than 40 years old if it’s mobile, according to 1068.240(a)(3). diesel particulate filter) as part of a localized plan to improve air quality. Certain locations (e.g.,

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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The rapid and widespread adoption of mobile and social technologies within the last three years has changed the way customers and companies interact with one another—driving fundamental transformations to business processes and applications. AIRBUS: POWERFUL ENGINE FOR GROWTH IN MOBILE REGION.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Dassault Falcon Jet plans to increase the size of its plant (pictured above) in Little Rock, AR. 1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. By Shana Daley. From the March/April 2014 issue.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Bill Hagerty, Commissioner, Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development

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Reno is busy planning a future beyond gambling. The Biggest Little City still plans to focus on chips, just not the kind you sweep off the table after a winning hand: Reno has put down a marker that it intends to be one of the leading U.S. The answer can be found in Reno, NV, which bills itself as “The Biggest Little City in the World.”

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BUSINESS REPORT: Joplin Area Rises From The Rubble And Reaches For New Heights

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On January 22, representatives from businesses, utilities, nonprofit, and city and county government attended a meeting of the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission to get an update on the tornado recovery efforts. Elementary iPad and laptop carts increase access to mobile technology devices and improve student and teacher flexibility.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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its access to highways, water, railroad, and cargo airports has made this region of the United States an ideal location for new businesses to succeed. Preferred often brings popcorn here from Nebraska via the railroad. The locally owned, short line railroad company provides facilities for them to unload the corn.

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