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Best Project Higher Education/Research Iowa State University Student Innovation Center

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The $59-million, 146,000-sq-ft Iowa State University Student Innovation Center was designed to be flexible. Unlike so many buildings on campus, the SIC was not defined by one college, user group or entity as the sole occupant.

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Iowa Is Built for Business

Business Facilities

With certified sites of up to 600 acres available for shovel-ready projects and innovative targeted tax credits, the Hawkeye State is soaring above the competition. Read Iowa Is Built for Business on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Iowa: A Cradle For Innovation

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From cloud computing to biorenewables, Iowa has reinvented itself as a cradle for innovation. Read: Iowa: A Cradle For Innovation at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Best Green Project: Iowa Court & South Green Living Shoreline Project

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Recreating the benefits of a natural shoreline is more complicated than it seems, but the Iowa Court and South Green Living Shoreline Project in Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton, N.J., used innovative techniques to install new features to restore damage from Hurricane Sandy and protect from future storms.

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Feds Announce $6.5M in Infrastructure Grants

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Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, and the Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma will receive a combined $6.5 These federal grants will advance innovative… million in federal grants, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

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Brian Witte: Designing Innovation Solutions for a Treacherous Stretch of Highway in Canadian Wilderness

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It was a small town in Iowa, and the teacher’s neighbor was the town engineer for a dozen communities,” recalls Witte, vice president of construction engineering for Parsons Corp. Brian Witte was just a freshman in high school when he launched his infrastructure career. “It They needed help.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate. For many years, Iowa’s public high schools have had the nation’s highest graduation rate. Iowa ranks fifth in the nation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees conferred per 1,000 residents. In addition, Iowa is second in the U.S.

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