Closing the Skills Gap
Even with an unemployment rate hovering at around 7.9 percent, many U.S. industry leaders say that one of their toughest challenges is...
Critical Thinking Command
Gen. Charles Krulak took the job of president of Birmingham-Southern College in March 2011, following a career in the Marine Corps and...
Build It and They Will Come Build
When Rob Adams spent a year working at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 2010, he stumbled onto a trend that...
Building Tools Redesigned
A magnetic drill attachment to avert neck pain for overhead work. An ergonomic mud pan for drywall finishers. A hard hat that monitors...
Construction Crew Chief
As a teenager, Birmingham native Henry Hagood had his life all planned out, or so he thought. After college, he...
America's Corner Market
Members of the Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama (P&CMA) operate in every part of the state, and economic activity here would...
Oil to Move Industry
Like many of the other Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama members, Clanton-based W.H. Thomas Oil Co. is a relatively small, ...
Critical Retail Savvy
For David Collins, there is no doubt about it. “No product on earth generates more competition than a gallon of gasoline, ”...
Finns’ Alabama-based Advance on U.S. Market
Mick Wallis heads up one of the largest stainless steel plants in the world and the newest. He is president of Outokumpu Stainless...
Hard Hat Higher Ed
It has all of the characteristics of a typical construction site. The pounding of hammers and the piercing sound of circular saws fill...