An efficient site selection process can make the difference between a fundable and a failed project.
Partnerships with local economic developers and other community stakeholders are key to a company getting approval to site a big-box distribution center.
Resiliency in manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution requires a robust, data-driven approach to understanding the financial and operational influences across the new and ever-evolving industrial ecosystem.
Although opportunities abound, companies in the life sciences sector are also facing numerous challenges — from accessing skilled labor to deciding whether to build out or retrofit existing space.
Global trade imbalances have been created by systems designed pre-pandemic to handle JIT manufacturing that were not adaptable to sourcing and moving goods.
A culture of teamwork and collaboration paves the way for the execution of integrated project delivery, which helps to cut costs and time while offering other advantages.
Area Development’s editor recently asked Robin van Puyenbroeck, executive director of business development for the WTCA, about trends in global trade and investment, top challenges, supply chain woes, and how to prepare for the next global crisis.
Reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign imports of rare earth materials is critical to the production of energy-efficient as well as other high-tech products.
According to the experts, respecting and listening to employees’ concerns is key to keeping unionizing efforts at bay.
The e-commerce revolution and its related supply chain challenges have created a surge in spec development of industrial and logistics space.
A Virginia community college demonstrates how workforce training programs as well as accelerated degree programs are being used to help close the skills gap in critical industries.
In light of supply chain challenges post-pandemic, some manufacturers have decided to reshore their production, with varying results.
Shovel-ready sites give companies a jump-start in getting their operations up and running, while helping communities quickly create jobs.
Utilizing big data and project controls such as BIM or Digital Twins (DT) will help to mitigate any challenges and bring a project to completion on time and within budget.
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