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Construction Trends in the Heartland

2016-10-18 21:05:56| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

In the heart of the country, electrical contracting companies are competing for new opportunities fueled by the economic recovery. One case in point is Lemberg Electric in Milwaukee, which has experienced an explosion of opportunities, says David Washebek, the company’s president and CEO. “Milwaukee woke up a few years ago, and it has finally started to get some traction,” Washebek says. “The metro area had some pent-up demand coming out of the recession, and we’re extremely busy across every segment of our business.” read more

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Axalta Hitting the Road on the Revn Rods & Heartland Music Tour

2016-07-05 21:39:00| Coatings World Breaking News

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In California Farming Heartland, Study Finds Drilling and Fracking into Freshwater Formations

2016-06-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: Oil and gas development, including hydraulic fracturing, occurs in as many as one in five underground sources of fresh water in California's farming heartland, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study by Stanford scientists assessed the amount of groundwater that could be used for irrigation and drinking supplies in five counties of California's agricultural Central Valley, as well as the three coastal counties encompassing Los...

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Flooded Canadian towns in gas heartland declare state of emergency

2016-06-17 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Intense flooding has prompted two northern communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia to declare states of emergency, just a month after forest fires prompted evacuations in the region. The city of Dawson Creek, which sits atop the gas rich Montney formation, declared a state of emergency on Friday due to heavy rain that washed out bridges, flooded sewers and forced some 60 people from their homes, the mayor said. "It was a crazy, crazy couple of days," Mayor Dale Bumstead said,...

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