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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

Business Facilities

According to Deloitte’s 2014 Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook , the commercial aerospace sector is expected to experience significant growth this year, driven by continued record-setting production levels at assembly facilities and throughout the aerospace supplier network. Virtually every major defense contractor in the U.S.

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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

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The industry urgently needs a specification framework that is measurable, verifiable, and defensible. The NCRI provides education to architects and engineers and certification courses on surface measurement and refinement to installers. includes updated metrics for bare-foot travel on hard surfaces. and B101.4.

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What Are Scottish Brochs?

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Traveling through Scotland you’ll eventually see some crumbling stone towers rising against the Highland peaks like ancient crag-top castles. These mysterious Iron Age monuments are known as brochs and they exist nowhere else in the world.

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Governor’s Report: Sooner Is Better In Oklahoma

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Projects like the GE Global Research Center and Boeing’s Global Services and Support facility are creating more demand for STEM-educated workers in Oklahoma. Travel and tourism now make ups the third-largest industry in the state, bringing in nearly $9 billion and more than 20 million visitors annually to Oklahoma. programs.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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For example, this year we supplemented our traditional Best Education Climate ranking with a scorecard of the states that emerged out front in the fierce competition for federal Race to the Top education funding. For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Illinois – Strong Demand Lifts Industrial Parks In Wheeling, IL

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In addition, Wheeling is becoming increasingly recognized for its ongoing collaboration between local government, area educational institutions, workforce development partners, industrial brokers, and manufacturers in the area. Great Lakes BF-July/Aug-2013 Chicago Executive Airport manufacturing Wheeling'

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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I owa’s leaders have an ambitious target for the state’s workforce education goals. Governor Kim Reynolds is calling on educators, employers and legislators to collaborate to add 120,000 Iowans with postsecondary degrees or credentials to the state’s workforce by 2025. Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate.

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