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Mowing the Sky to Model Hurricane Ian’s Destruction (Tue, 04 Oct 2022)
We’re at Autodesk University 2022 in New Orleans on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, but our attention is focused to the East, where Hurricane Ian has just ripped through Florida—from one side to the other—leaving behind unprecedented destruction. We’ll be flying over the state, no question, said Kit Revell, VP of U.S. sales, at Nearmap’s booth in the exhibit hall. Nearmap is in the business of aerial photography. At the request of Governor DeSantis? We fly proactiv...
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Autodesk Flies into the Clouds (Sun, 02 Oct 2022)
Autodesk advances cloud collaboration and coordination for AEC customers with the Forma Cloud. (Picture and caption courtesy of Autodesk) Autodesk advances cloud collaboration and coordination for AEC customers with the Forma Cloud. (Picture courtesy of Autodesk) Autodesk’s biggest announcement at Autodesk University 2022 may have been the lightest, that of three “industry clouds” to manage and contain the workflows of the three industries that the company addresses. Th...
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Texas & Louisiana Construction News

Texas & Louisiana Snapshot: October 2022 (Tue, 27 Sep 2022)
Photographs chosen by our editors from submissions to ENR.com/southwest/photos.
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Texas & Louisiana People: October 2022 (Tue, 27 Sep 2022)
Updates about construction professionals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.
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Today in Energy

Residential and commercial natural gas prices reach multiyear highs in 2022 (Tue, 04 Oct 2022)
Residential and commercial U.S. natural gas prices were relatively high throughout 2021 and have exceeded the previous five-year (2017–21) range so far this year, according to our recently released Natural Gas Monthly. In real terms, the 2021 annual residential price was the highest since 2014, and the commercial price was the highest since 2015. For January–July 2022, the nominal residential price averaged $13.25 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf), 25% higher than for the same period in 2021. The commercial price averaged $10.50/Mcf, which was 33% higher.
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Hurricane Ian temporarily disrupts Florida’s gasoline supply chain (Mon, 03 Oct 2022)
Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida’s western coast on September 28 as a Category 4 hurricane. The hurricane-related rain and wind and the resulting flooding disrupted key gasoline supply chains to the state. Florida does not have any refineries or gasoline pipelines that connect it to states with excess supply. Florida's gasoline is delivered by ship from domestic and international sources. Because of the storm, several ports were temporarily closed, and the remaining ports were open with restrictions.
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Business

'Toxic misinformation': Uvalde conspiracies top TikTok's recommended searches (Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:29:58 UT)
TikTok users are being led to Uvalde conspiracy videos.
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College photos, memorabilia of Elon Musk auctioned for $165K (Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:41:07 UT)
“We broke up just before he started conquering the world,” the seller said.
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