Business Facilities

APRIL 6, 2020

Mike Parson is busy building a 21st century infrastructure in Missouri with world-class logistics, a bevy of workforce development initiatives and high-speed connectivity for all. Read: Missouri Governor’s Report: Show Me Success at BusinessFacilities.com.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says although it still has plenty of snow salt, it is 401 employees short of fully staffing its available plows. The department recently tried to hire 500 drivers, but because the job pays just over $15 an hour, it was only able to hire 150—and some…

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Kansas City, Missouri, will make bus rides free next year, becoming the first major metropolis in the U.S. to provide no-fare public transit. The move is an attempt to spur more economic activity by subsidizing mobility for residents.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition—a public-private partnership that includes the Missouri Dept. of Transportation, the University of Missouri and other public stakeholders—announced on Jan. 30 an agreement to produce a feasibility study for a 248-mile hyperloop route, connecting Kansas City, Columbia, Mo.,

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The next largest industry sector was transportation and warehousing, which suffered 805 deaths in 2020. . . Workers miss at least four days of work annually costing 3.94% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). The construction industry had the largest amount of fatalities, with 1,008 in 2020.

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Business Facilities

MAY 4, 2022

Nestlé Professional USA, the out-of-home division of Nestlé, will create more than 30 jobs with its Trenton, MO expansion project.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The facility is the Hilliard, OH-based company’s 62nd manufacturing plant, its 48th in the United States, and its first in Missouri. It represents a significant capital investment for ADS, whose growth is a result of favorable policies enacted by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT).

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 11, 2016

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to help repair roads and bridges damaged throughout the state by heavy flooding last month.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Missouri Department of Transportation has a shortage of more than 400 plow truck drivers and heavy equipment operators, according to a report from KOMU 8 TV. The shortage is not new to MoDOT, but the Covid-19 pandemic is proving to be a challenge for the upcoming winter season. "We We have very strict…

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 27, 2018

Read: CVS Health Opens Retail Distribution Center In Missouri at BusinessFacilities.com. The new facility in the Skyport Industrial Park will create more than 360 new jobs across the Kansas City, MO region.

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JUNE 1, 2022

The Missouri Dept. of Transportation’s draft 2023-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program includes an average of $1.5 billion each year for road and bridge projects.

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Business Facilities

MARCH 9, 2018

Peters will be the online retail giant's first fulfillment center in Missouri. Read: Amazon Creating Over 1,500 Jobs In Missouri at BusinessFacilities.com. The high-tech operation in St.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Transportation construction companies from Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee were recognized for their corporate worker safety programs during the 2014 American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) National Convention, held in September in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.'

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Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Feature Story Featured Post Industry Focus International Logistics And Distribution Magazine Magazine Highlights Missouri New York Panama Transportation Infrastructure U.S. - Mid Atlantic U.S.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 28, 2016

Bridges built in Missouri during the Great Depression are already older than their 50-year design life and aging rapidly.

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Construction Junkie

APRIL 12, 2021

Each year, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) puts out their annual Bridge Report, which highlights the general state of America’s bridges. Missouri – 2,190 (ranked #5 last year) The states with the highest percentage of structurally deficient bridges are: 1. Iowa – 4,571 (ranked #1 last year) 2.

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ENR Construction

JULY 15, 2015

Many engineers, consultants and contractors will have to seek work in places other than Missouri through the rest of the decade. Early this month, the Missouri Dept. of Transportation announced it will not embark on any new expansion projects in its five-year FY2016-20 transportation plan, due to lack of funding.

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Business Facilities

JUNE 27, 2022

The 16 Host Cities picked for FIFA World Cup 2026 were selected based on transportation, human rights, stadium infrastructure, fan fest locations and training sites.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) will open a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70, from Kansas City to St. Louis, to private industry for use as a “laboratory” for construction of future generations of highways.

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Business Facilities

JANUARY 31, 2014

The Joplin Region is comprised of Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network that reaches from coast to coast and Canada to Mexico. Articles By Location Featured Post Kansas Missouri Oklahoma U.S.

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MARCH 26, 2018

The Missouri Department of Transportation will be shifting a 2,165-foot long section of the Poplar Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi between downtown St. Louis and Illinois. The Poplar Street Bridge (PSB) is one of only two bridges in the nation that carry three interstates (I-70, I-55, I-64) across a river.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 17, 2016

The Federal Highway Administration awarded $3 million in job training grants this week to eight states, targeting apprenticeships and training opportunities for underrepresented or disadvantaged people seeking careers in transportation, engineering or construction.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

In Transportation Research Record: Journal of 23 the Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Utah Department of Transportation. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Volume I, Subpart 16.5,

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Veteran Missouri lawmaker Sam Graves takes the transportation and Infrastructure panel gavel.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. Sheffi is a professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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MARCH 26, 2018

The Missouri Department of Transportation will be shifting a 2,165-foot long section of the Poplar Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi between Downtown St Louis and Illinois. The Poplar Street Bridge (PSB) is one of only two bridges in the nation that carry three interstates (I-70, I-55, I-64) across a river.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

A construction worker died when he fell eleven feet from a box sitting on a fork of a tractor at Missouri job site, reports KY3. The victim was transported by ambulance to a local hospital and pronounced dead later that same day. The worker fell out of a three-sided box that was sitting on the forks of a tractor.

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Business Facilities

JULY 17, 2017

Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network. Read: Location Spotlight Of The Week: Joplin Regional Partnership.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Virginia''s transportation department this month followed Missouri, Nevada and Massachusetts in taking off a controversial guardrail end-terminal model from its approved highway-products list.

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Business Facilities

MARCH 13, 2017

Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Business Facilities

JULY 7, 2017

Anchored by the Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area and Pittsburg, KS and Miami, OK micropolitan areas, this region has an affordable business climate, excellent transportation access and a high quality of living. The power of the Joplin Region lies in the highly effective workforce coupled with an array of location options.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 17, 2015

Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network. Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Business Facilities

MAY 22, 2017

Joplin Regional Partnership, representing seven counties in SW Missouri, SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma, works to ensure the success of business locations. The region has a quality labor force, available buildings and sites and an efficient transportation network.

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Construction Junkie

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Human Bones A crew at a Hillsdale, Missouri construction site made a startling discovery after one of their trucks got stuck in a field in January. After spoils had been removed from a construction site in Sharnbrook, Bedforshire, England and transported to a Quarry in Cambridgeshire, a worker discovered the remains of the head.

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MARCH 19, 2014

On January 22, representatives from businesses, utilities, nonprofit, and city and county government attended a meeting of the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission to get an update on the tornado recovery efforts. The Joplin Metro area in southwest Missouri is in the center of North American markets.

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MAY 12, 2014

SelectUSA states that “A highly integrated supply chain network in the United States links producers and consumers through multiple transportation modes, including air and express delivery services, freight rail, maritime transport and truck transport. logistics and transportation industry totaled $1.33

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