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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

Green Building Law Update

Includes wood, wood waste, wood liquors, peat, railroad ties, wood sludge, spent sulfite liquors, agricultural waste, straw, tires, fish oils, tall oil, sludge waste, waste alcohol, municipal solid waste, landfill gases, other waste, and ethanol blended into motor gasoline. The atmosphere also contains clouds and aerosols.

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Repower off-highway diesel equipment with EPA-compliant replacement engines

CK Power

North America’s leading railroad company once called us on a Friday to replace an engine for a critical piece of maintenance equipment. We disassembled the engine, reconfigured it to their specifications and, by Tuesday, the railroad company had their replacement engine. The value we provide during the engine replacement process.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” In comparison, railroads are in a much better position regarding infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Spending in the U.S. trillion in 2012, a 3.4

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Louisiana Economic Development Wins Deal of the Year: Bronze Award

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Louisiana has the most extensive network of pipelines in the nation, and offers unmatched supply-chain access to domestic markets via railroads and barges. James Parish is located within the largest port district, by tonnage in the Western Hemisphere.

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Rail Industrial Access Program: Helps connect businesses to freight rail service by funding the construction or improvement of railroad tracks and facilities to serve industrial or commercial sites where freight rail service is currently needed or anticipated in the future. Virginia Port Tax Credit Programs. Green Job Creation Tax Credit.

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Linking The Global Supply Chain

Business Facilities

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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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

They protect inventory and, when built right, improve on the efficiency with which that inventory is received, sorted, retrieved and shipped. Whether it’s fresh food, cell phones, mail or socks, businesses are more reliant on warehouses and distribution centers than they’ve ever been. The value of these facilities cannot be overstated.

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