Tag: May 2018
Encompass Health’s New Digs
Even the glass is smart at the new home office of Encompass Health, formerly HealthSouth, Birmingham's leading healthcare company and operator of hundreds of hospitals, home health and hospice centers.
Communities Partner to Restore Their Watersheds
Chris Conway, Montgomery’s public works director, visits the cleaned up Genetta Creek. ...
How Can Alabama Businesses Prepare for the New Data Breach Notification Law?
On June 1, Alabama’s new data breach notification law goes into effect. What can Alabama businesses do to prepare and protect themselves?
Spotlight on Baldwin County
Baldwin County is home to Alabama’s Gulf Coast beaches, and those beaches and region surrounding them, combine to create the state’s top natural resource destination and a formidable economic impact.
Supply and Demand of Water
Only 10 percent of Alabama’s cropland is irrigated, compared to Georgia’s 50 percent and Mississippi’s 60 percent. If Alabama’s were 50 percent, the impact would be $200 million to $300 million a year.
State Water Plan Stalled
ABOVE Roy McCauley, of the Alabama Pulp and Paper Council, worries that a state water plan might put an unnecessary layer...
Reef Master
David Walter is the country’s premier builder of man-made reefs. He helped make Alabama the most productive red snapper state. Tourist destinations compete for him to attract snorkelers.
Career Notes, May 2018
Who's moving up?
Evolution of a Ship Rigger
ABOVE Chris Gossett puts a load on the overhead crane. Adapting to changing markets has kept Marine and Industrial Supply of...
Abundance, Droughts and Floods
Great bounty is the median measure of Alabama’s water supply. But a lot depends on where and when the rain falls.