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President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

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

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S. population.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Earth USA 2011

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Other reports came from China, Bulgaria, England, Oklahoma and Texas. Germans lead the way with thoroughly embedded building construction norms in their national codes which will soon be inserted into the European Union standards. However new locations for earthen buildings are always being reported. where it is defined.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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From New Mexico, it’s possible to reach Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Utah within one day’s trucking, and California markets in two days. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

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Tammy McCuen , Oklahoma University. Tammy McCuen is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at the University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture. Tamera McCuen, Oklahoma University. Future of the BIM Capability Maturity Model. Raymond Issa, University of Florida. . Educational Cricculum Approaches.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Tammy McCuen , Oklahoma University. Tammy McCuen is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at the University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture. Tamera McCuen, Oklahoma University. Future of the BIM Capability Maturity Model. Raymond Issa, University of Florida. . Educational Cricculum Approaches.

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