Mobile Airport Authority picks construction team for new terminal
Mississippi-based Jesco and Mobile’s Volkert Inc. are part of the team selected Wednesday by the Mobile Airport Authority to serve as lead contractor for the $252 million commercial airline terminal at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley. The goal is to finish the project by the fall of 2024. – AL.com
Oakbridge Insurance comes to Alabama
Oakbridge Insurance Agency LLC, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the Southeast, is partnering with Your Insurance Centers, an Alabama-based independent agency. It’s Oakbridge’s first partnership in Alabama. – WFMZ
Drax plans to double production
United Kingdom-based Drax Group plans to double its biomass pellet production to 8 million metric tons per year by 2030. The company has 13 pellet plants around the world, including one in Demopolis. – BioMass Magazine
Austal company completes successful reverse sensitization treatments
ElectraWatch, an Austal USA company, has completed two successful reverse sensitization treatments of aluminum alloy on a guided missile cruiser. The process restores aluminum on the ship to near-factory condition and reduces the need for replacement of the material or other treatment. Austal USA is headquartered in Mobile. – Austal USA
Former NSA head talks U.S. security at UAH
The U.S. needs to think more broadly about its national security than it has historically, former National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers said during a speech this week at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Traditional geographic lines that countries have used to define security needs have been blurred, he said. – University of Alabama in Huntsville
