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[VIDEO] Helicopter Drops Cooling Tower During Lift to Roof

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Either way, there are some important safety precautions to take in case something goes wrong. During a recent helicopter lift in Oakland, California, something did go wrong, but luckily, it appears that no one was injured – at least not until someone found out what happened to their large, expensive industrial cooling tower.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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The new facility will include 15,000-square feet of hangar space and 3,000-square feet of office complex on the north side of Tower Road. A new containers-on-barge service, called the M-580 Marine Highway, for shipping ocean containers between the ports of Stockton and Oakland is scheduled to start operations this year.

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MAP-21 Toughens 'Buy America' Requirements, U.S. Industry Says.

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Safety & Health. ” The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project is viewed as an impetus for the change. Keywords: MAP-21 ; Buy America ; highway ; bridge ; transit ; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ; AISI ; CME ; Thomas Gibson ; Kevin Dempsey ; Nick Rahall ; USW ; Linda Andros ; Jayson Myers ; Caltrans ; American Bridge.

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Industry Focus: Data Centers – To Serve And Protect

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Furthermore, the Sanwald Road substation built in 2007 is capable of significant expansion. Wixom Business Center is located in western Oakland County on Beck Road, just off of I-96. Dart Development has 70 acres of space that can be adapted to fit the needs of biomedical technology companies or other high-tech industries.

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Fall Conferences 2019: Top Takeaways

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VERGE 19 | Oakland, CA. #11: With 80-90% fewer vehicles on the road, safety improves and resource demand is cut, all without affecting our ability to get where we need to go. 11: Reducing emissions isn’t enough—we need to reverse them. A number of sessions made clear that we’ve run out of time to simply reduce carbon emissions.

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Heroic Efforts In California

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The city is focused on providing a high level of public safety through the Murrieta Police Department. million track, runaround, service road and drainage channel, which were completed in 2012. Adjacent to the Stockton Arena is the Stockton Ballpark, home of the Stockton Ports Minor Baseball Team (Oakland A’s affiliate).

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The 2008 announcement by then-owner Cerberus Capital Management that it would upgrade Jefferson North and expand its capacity by another 285,000 square feet almost immediately hit a huge bump in the road to recovery. billion), Oakland ($22.0 automaker from going the way of the dinosaurs. billion) and Macomb ($4.7

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