Enel chooses Oklahoma as home of first US solar panel factory
Construction Dive
MAY 24, 2023
The $1 billion-plus factory will be located at the Tulsa Port of Inola, giving it easy access to rail and river transport.
Ardmore Industrial Airpark Becoming Global Multimodal Logistics Hub
Business Facilities
AUGUST 23, 2021
A $124 million investment will create the Global Transportation & Industrial Park of Oklahoma, bringing global commerce opportunities, economic development, and jobs to the region.
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Four Contractor Owners, Managers Plead Guilty in Oklahoma Bid-Rig Case
ENR Construction
MARCH 4, 2024
The conspiracy targeted contracts together worth more than $100 million on transportation infrastructure projects over several years.
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Four Contractor Owners, Managers Plead Guilty in Oklahoma Bid-rigging Case
ENR Construction
MARCH 4, 2024
The conspiracy targeted contracts worth more than $100 million on transportation infrastructure projects over several years.
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Oklahoma Readies $903 Million Road, Bridge Plan
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a five-year, $903-million road and bridge improvement program. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a five-year, $903-million road and bridge improvement program. New construction would occur on county roads in each of the 77 counties. Source: The Oklahoman.
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State Focus: Oklahoma – Oil, Cattle and Much, Much More
Business Facilities
JANUARY 14, 2015
State Focus: Oklahoma – Oil, Cattle and Much, Much More appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Data Centers Education Featured Post Location Focus Magazine Magazine Highlights Oklahoma State Focus Transportation Infrastructure U.S.
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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… With Larry V. Parman, Secretary, Oklahoma Department Of Commerce
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 7, 2014
Parman Secretary Oklahoma Department of Commerce. BF: Oklahoma has launched 20%x2020, an initiative to reduce energy consumption in state buildings by 20 percent by 2020. Is Oklahoma a major logistics/distribution hub? These capabilities are the basis for why a distribution/logistics company should consider locating in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 9, 2016
For a list of Oklahoma economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. 3911): This incentive was created to attract growth industries and sectors to Oklahoma in the 21st Century. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
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40 Oklahoma Will Seek Investors On $240M Tulsa Road Section
ENR Construction
MARCH 15, 2017
Oklahoma transportation officials will seek private-sector assistance to close the last gap in the Gilcrease Expressway, a highway that loops around downtown Tulsa.
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LOCATION FOCUS: Sooner or Later You’ll Choose Oklahoma
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Multi-modal transportation options—highway, rail, waterway and air—also provide easy global access. The post LOCATION FOCUS: Sooner or Later You’ll Choose Oklahoma appeared first on Business Facilities. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Featured Post Location Focus Magazine Oklahoma U.S.
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Transportation and Energy Jobs Lead Region’s 2016 Top Starts
ENR Construction
APRIL 3, 2017
Expanded geographic coverage area also includes Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi
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Report: 7.3% of America’s Bridges are “Structurally Deficient” in 2021, Down Slightly YOY
Construction Junkie
APRIL 12, 2021
Each year, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) puts out their annual Bridge Report, which highlights the general state of America’s bridges. Oklahoma – 2,326 (ranked #4 last year) 5. The states with the most bridges in poor condition are: 1. Iowa – 4,571 (ranked #1 last year) 2.
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Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership
Business Facilities
JULY 17, 2017
Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network. Read: Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership.
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Shutdown's Impact Severe for Transit, Slight for Highways
ENR Construction
JANUARY 23, 2019
As the partial federal shutdown neared the one-month mark, Oklahoma's and New Mexico's departments of transportation delayed lettings for some highway projects, citing uncertainty over federal funding as a reason for the decision.
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Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership
Business Facilities
MARCH 13, 2017
Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network.
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Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership
Business Facilities
MAY 22, 2017
Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network.
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Linde Process Plants Invests In Expansion At Port Of Catoosa
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Daily News Featured Post Manufacturing Oklahoma Online Features Transportation Infrastructure U.S. Linde Process Plants Invests In Expansion At Port Of Catoosa appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Southwest Blog-Nov-2014 Port of Catoosa Tulsa'
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Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership
Business Facilities
AUGUST 17, 2015
Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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LOCATION OF THE WEEK: Joplin Regional Partnership
Business Facilities
JANUARY 31, 2014
The Joplin Region is comprised of Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network that reaches from coast to coast and Canada to Mexico. Articles By Location Featured Post Kansas Missouri Oklahoma U.S.
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How Cell Phone Use While Driving Laws Vary
Safety Services Company
JUNE 12, 2014
Department of Transportation (DOT) says that you are three times more likely to get into a crash when distracted while using a cell phone. Louisiana and Oklahoma limit the ban to Learner or Intermediate license holders. Mississippi and Oklahoma ban texting for school bus drivers and those with a Learner or Provisional license.
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48 Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 22, 2016
It provides graduates with the hands-on training they need to begin careers in diverse fields such as aerospace, automotive, building technologies, consumer products, logistics, energy, green technology, manufacturing, materials processing, medical, mining and transportation. Source: Oklahoma Department of Commerce).
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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 23, 2016
Sooner is Better in Oklahoma | Oklahoma is staying ahead of the curve on the critical priorities for economic development. So Many Ways to Get There | It’s had some ups and downs in shifting economic tides, but the ship of the state of logistics has kept its bow pointed in the right direction, heading for a land of plenty.
Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 11, 2014
The updated Oklahoma incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. For a list of Oklahoma economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide.
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40 Industry Focus: MidAmerica’s World-Class Flow Chart
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 24, 2014
For certain manufacturing processes, from food processing to metal fabrication, from cooling to transporting, water is indispensable. Today MidAmerica’s water system is the still fourth largest in Oklahoma. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Topic Featured Post Industry Focus Magazine Magazine Highlights Oklahoma U.S.
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47 Why Choose the Joplin Region?
Business Facilities
JULY 7, 2017
Anchored by the Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area and Pittsburg, KS and Miami, OK micropolitan areas, this region has an affordable business climate, excellent transportation access and a high quality of living. The power of the Joplin Region lies in the highly effective workforce coupled with an array of location options.
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Evaluating Natural Disaster Risk In Site Selection
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Factors such as workforce availability, proximity to suppliers and customers, and transportation accessibility are the most commonly considered factors. Seismic activity being felt in Oklahoma and southern Kansas is human-caused and referred to as induced earthquakes. Earthquake Risk.
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42 State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 19, 2014
Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Hunt Transport, ABF Freight System, P.A.M.
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Massachusetts Holds On To Top Energy Efficiency Ranking
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
The balance of the 10 most-improved states are Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Louisiana, Oregon, Washington, D.C., California, Massachusetts, and New York continue to lead the way in energy-efficient transportation policies for the second consecutive year. Idaho advanced seven spots, from 33rd to 26th place. and Kentucky.
Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 25, 2016
The Joplin Region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network that reaches from coast to coast and Canada to Mexico. The area incorporates communities in seven counties working in partnership to ensure the success of business expansions or locations.
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New York, San Francisco Top Fintech, Crypto Leaders Rankings
Business Facilities
JULY 28, 2022
New York City leads the pack in Fintech, San Francisco is the Crypto Market Leader, and Morgantown, WV tops new Metros For Movers list in Business Facilities’ 18th Annual Rankings Report.
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117 The Drone Age
Business Facilities
JANUARY 8, 2014
Jim Inhofe also is demanding an explanation from the FAA administrator on behalf of another contender, Oklahoma State University. Far West U.S. Great Lakes U.S. - Mid Atlantic U.S. - New England U.S. Plains U.S. Rocky Mountains U.S. Southeast U.S. Southwest Drones FAA'
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47 Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Eurotranciatura will also build a roughly 30,000-square-foot distribution warehouse near its current plant to accommodate growth and reduce transportation costs. WE HAVE LIFTOFF IN OKLAHOMA. Eurotranciatura’s investment includes upgrades and new equipment for its existing manufacturing plant in Henry County.
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Linking The Global Supply Chain
Business Facilities
APRIL 4, 2022
A number of states are now in the matchmaking business, all trying to help companies solve their increasingly complex and demanding supply chain issues.
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Post-Pandemic Industrial Parks: Risk-Resilient, Resource Efficient
Business Facilities
JUNE 23, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that social, health and environmental risks are economic risks. Industrial parks can mitigate risks by embracing a resource-efficient eco-industrial concept. Read: Post-Pandemic Industrial Parks: Risk-Resilient, Resource Efficient at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Minimize Incidents & Injuries at the Worksite
Construction Business Owner
OCTOBER 5, 2022
The next largest industry sector was transportation and warehousing, which suffered 805 deaths in 2020. . . Workers miss at least four days of work annually costing 3.94% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). The construction industry had the largest amount of fatalities, with 1,008 in 2020. Do Not Sell My Personal Information.
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Top Logistics Hubs: On The Move
Business Facilities
APRIL 6, 2022
Cities and counties are leveraging their locations, skilled workforce, and intermodal services to keep goods moving.
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105 Winners of 2012 Best A/E/C Employer Award Named in San Francisco
PSMJ Resources
APRIL 4, 2012
out of 5) · They had positive staff growth (between 1% - 19% from 2010 to 2011) · They had solid profitability (between 10% - 31% of their revenue) The winners were: · Cobb Engineering Company ( www.cobbengr.com ) – a transportation engineering, land developer, and surveyor headquartered in Oklahoma, City, OK. ·
American Airlines Investing $550M At Tulsa Maintenance Base
Business Facilities
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
The project, which involves upgrades to nearly every building, will begin in early 2021 and is the largest investment ever made at a maintenance location in the airline’s history. Read: American Airlines Investing $550M At Tulsa Maintenance Base at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Business Facilities’ 2018 Metro Rankings Report
Business Facilities
JULY 23, 2018
Business Facilities' 2018 Metro Rankings Report takes a look at the hot topics in economic development on the city level, including solar energy, job growth, economic growth potential, diversity, and more. Read: Business Facilities’ 2018 Metro Rankings Report at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 12, 2014
SelectUSA states that “A highly integrated supply chain network in the United States links producers and consumers through multiple transportation modes, including air and express delivery services, freight rail, maritime transport and truck transport. logistics and transportation industry totaled $1.33
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Editor’s Picks: Business, Industry And Tech Parks
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Business, industrial and technology parks increasingly are providing all of the amenities needed to attract and keep a skilled workforce, a top priority for 21st-century growth sectors. Read: Editor’s Picks: Business, Industry And Tech Parks at BusinessFacilities.com.
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High-performance roofing strategies
Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 22, 2020
McCarthy, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman Oklahoma, June 2009. Next, there is capillary action, air-transported moisture follows, and, finally, vapor diffusion. Image © “The Frequency of Large Hail Over the Contiguous United States” by Joseph T. Schaefer, Jason J. Levit, Steven J. Weiss, and Daniel W.
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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
OCTOBER 3, 2012
However, recent developments have made it difficult to get an accurate fix on the metro pecking order in this critical employment sector, as jobs continue to shift between aerospace hubs in Wichita, Charleston, Seattle and Oklahoma City. Therefore, in our 2012 report we have refocused this category as a state ranking.
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