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Knutson Construction lays off 40, closes Iowa office

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The contractor said it is shifting its strategic approach and will continue to serve Iowa clients out of its three locations in Minnesota.

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Iowa office first to be built with dowel-laminated timber

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The all-wood mass timber product employed on the Des Moines project is the first in North America to not require nails or other fasteners.

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Kraft Heinz meat processing and packaging facility occupies 70 acre plot in Davenport, Iowa

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Designed and built by Gray Construction, Kraft Heinz’s new 382,157-sf meat processing and packaging facility in Davenport, Iowa occupies a 70-acre site in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center. The facility includes a 305,346-sf food processing area, a 34,342-sf utility area, and a 42,469-sf office area.

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Is it Legal for Iowa's DOT to Write Tickets?

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Peyton Atzen, a 16-year old student at Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, decided to fight a speeding ticket he received from an Iowa DOT officer, citing a 70-year old Iowa Supreme Court case that said DOT officers have limited ticketing authority that does not include speeding or arrests.

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Iowa Program Introduces Low-Income Women To Heavy Equipment Jobs

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Iowa Workforce Development , IowaWORKS and Hawkeye Community College are using a $75,000 Walmart Foundation grant to introduce low-income Iowa women to high-growth construction jobs.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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One of our employees recently visited one of their locations in Iowa where they have built out the electrical power and control system for a large grain processing operation. The Office, The Field, and Technology. Free Webinar: Managing Information Overload » Silos: Great for Grain, Not so Great for Business.

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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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