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September / October 2017 Issue (Volume 50, Number 5)

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Mississippi Has the Winning Ticket | Mississippi has proven time and again that it has a winning combination—including a skilled workforce, low tax rates and one-stop permitting process—for stimulating corporate growth and success. advanced manufacturing operations.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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The Arizona team worked closely with Maricopa County’s air-quality department to obtain the required permits for Apple. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously. Bill Haslam (third from left) said Hankook Tire’s decision to invest $800 million in its new TN plant “reinforces [Tennessee’s] goal of becoming the No.

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Brrrrrr, It’s Cold! How to Best Prepare a Delay Claim for Unusually Severe Weather

Best Practices Construction Law

In anticipation of what could be an influx of wintry weather, the Tennessee Department of Transportation has made arrangements to ensure the state’s roadways stay clear. Cold weather not only affects traffic on our highways, it can dramatically affect construction projects. In Daewoo Eng’g & Constr. 3d 1332 (Fed. Photo: Espen Klem.

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What Is Bridge Abutment | Types of Abutments

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Early applications in Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee were restricted to relatively short bridges, generally less than 100 ft (30 m) long. The ideal material would have elastic properties that permit large recoverable cyclic movements and hydraulic properties that provide adequate drainage without erosion of lines from the backfill.

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If Memory Serves Us

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The Nissan exec served up the old canard that Nissan [and other Japanese carmakers] “guarded against quality concerns” in the 1980s by refusing to permit U.S. A quick word about quality here: almost every car on the road in 1980 was equipped with a Rockwell drive train. We felt sourcing parts in the U.S.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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The Union Pacific intermodal facility in Santa Teresa will provide increased service from Mexico by both road and rail, with established logistics parks that have rail spurs providing short-line railroad cross-docking services. New Mexico also is geographically well positioned to serve major markets in Mexico by both road and rail.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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million aviation technical school, under construction near the airport’s entrance on county road 32, is a partnership between Faulkner State Community College, Enterprise State, the Fairhope Airport Authority and the Baldwin County Board of Education. Its environmental review has been completed and fast track permitting is available.

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