Dockworkers set to strike ports at midnight
Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic seaboard ports — including Mobile — are in danger of closing at midnight, as 45,000 dockworkers are set to go on strike. Dockworkers, represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association, are asking for higher wages and a ban on automated freight-moving cranes, gates and container-moving trucks. – WKRG-TV
Apartment complex completed at Cummings Research Park
Capstone Building Corp. has completed work on the 250-apartment Arcadia complex, a $56.8 million project within Cummings Research Park. Williams Blackstock Architects designed the complex and Design Environments handled interior design. Retail Specialists was also a project partner. – 256 Today
Alabama firms win DOD contracts
Auburn-based Intramicron Inc. has been awarded a $7.6 million contract for high-power battery modules for the Office of Naval Research and work will be performed in Auburn. Huntsville firm Agile Decision Sciences has been awarded an $8.7 million contract for cybersecurity support services for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, and Huntsville firm Sigmatech has been awarded a $14.8 million contract for technical, analytical and administrative support services for the Army. Work on both the Huntsville firms’ contracts will be performed in Virginia. – U.S. Department of Defense
