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Best Project Airport/Transit: Vineyard Commuter Rail

ENR Construction

The project added a new station to the existing FrontRunner commuter rail system, which shares a corridor with the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) freight main line.

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

The Korte Company

A precedent for career goals had already been set in Tom’s family: working for the railroad. His father, a railroad engineer for the Cotton Belt Railroad. His grandfathers on both sides, railroad telegraphers. For Tom’s father, “the railroad was his life.” His uncle, a dispatcher for the Illinois Central.

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane….

Business Facilities

More than half of Russia’s foreign trade traditionally has been with the 17 countries that make up the European Union; less than a quarter of Russia’s trade has come from APEC’s 21 members, including China, Japan and the U.S. “We The main line of the 4,000-mile Trans-Siberian Railroad runs between Vladivostok and Moscow.

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15 Tennessee Communities To Receive Site Development Grants

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The grants awarded were: Brownsville I-40 Advantage, $500,000: Extension of 1600 linear feet of water line and boring under the railroad tracks to close the loop in the system along the bypass. Humboldt Gibson County Industrial Site North, $356,400: Extension of 3200 linear feet of 12 inch water main.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

Business Facilities

There are 2-Class I railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and the Union Pacific (UP) that serve the parish and a short line that accesses the major industrial areas. There is a four-lane interstate quality highway US 90 (future I-49) that parallels the railroads. The port is located about 12 miles south of the 4-lane.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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The riverfront complex is being built on the old Advocate newspaper site bordered by Main, North, Lafayette Street and River Road. The European Union has been in intense negotiations with Beijing in recent weeks to try to resolve the trade dispute, and the latest reports say a tentative agreement has been reached.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: MHC says starts rise in August; housing is.

PSMJ Resources

skip to main | skip to sidebar. The pickup for total construction in August was the result of greater activity for each of construction’s three main sectors—nonresidential building [7%], residential building [4%] and nonbuilding construction [13%]. “Union Pacific plans to invest approximately $3.3