Dave Helms
Tank Farm Questions, Conciliations
Then there was that time in Mobile when two companies sought to increase the port’s oil storage footprint, at the same time residents...
Robots Invade Honda, UAH College of Nursing
In what sounds like the plot to a summer blockbuster, robots were spotted in August roving the hallways of both the Honda Manufacturing...
The Quest to Make (and Brand) A Better Paint Can
Build a better paint can and you may still need someone to help convince folks that you’ve done exactly that. Last September, ...
Gulf Coast Landmark Reborn
It’s hailed as the first skyscraper on the Gulf Coast and one of the first in the Southeast, an 11-story reinforced concrete, ...
Complete Your Look With a Cloud Computing Jacket
Wearable technology has taken many forms in its brief history, from smart watches and miniature medical sensors to the short-lived Google Glass. Researchers...
Small Businesses Contract $1B in Missile Work
Northrop Grumman Corp. in late June celebrated exceeding $1 billion in work subcontracted to small businesses under the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Joint National...
Alabama Positions For U.S.-Cuba Trade
After 50 years of isolationist policy with a promising consumer market just off the Florida coast, the time has come for Congress to...
Navy’s Shock Rating Standards Lead to Austal Revamp, Write-off
It was a Fourth of July bottle rocket from Australia that sizzled through the living rooms of about 4, 000 shipyard workers, not...
Lawrence County’s Fastest Son Gets His Own Home Stretch
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s plan at the Berlin 1936 Olympics was to showcase the Aryan people as the world’s dominant race. Jesse Owens, ...
Pay Plunges 42 Percent for State’s Auto Parts Workers
Alabama attracted more than $7 billion in capital investment in 2015, along with nearly 20, 000 new and future jobs, according to...