March 2014 TA BLE OF CONTENTS special section
special section
Pacific NW-Alaska Connection
Building Alaska
32 | A Closer Look at the Pacific NW-Alaska Connection Human resources and transportation dominate By Tasha Anderson
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38 | Alaska Rubber and Jackovich Industrial Acquisitioning the future for Alaska and the Northwest By Julie Stricker Photo by Brian Schlumbohm/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office
ARTICLES
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© Exxon Mobil Corporation
Point Thomson.
50 | New North Slope Infrastructure Critical to oil and gas industry development By Mike Bradner
60 | Alaska’s Construction Spending Forecast for 2014 Annual Report for the Construction Industry Progress Fund and the Associated General Contractors of Alaska By Scott Goldsmith, Marry Killorin, and Linda Leask 70 | Construction in Interior Alaska Expecting to fare well, depending on funding By Julie Stricker
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
54 | Construction Financing Facilitates More Affordable Housing and Office Space in Alaska By Tracy Barbour
ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATIONS
99 | The Economic Impact of Interior-based Alaska Native Organizations
TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY
103 | Apples to Androids Comparing and pairing devices for work By Tasha Anderson
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Alaska Business Monthly | March 2014
©ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
The CD5 development is being modeled after CD4, pictured here.
74 | Building Bridges: CD5 Creates Construction Jobs ConocoPhillips to use low-impact construction technique By Gail West 78 | Crude Crossing Planned Cook Inlet subsea pipeline could eliminate risky oil tanker runs By Wesley Loy
Photo courtesy of MWH
OIL & GAS
Busy trucks at Fort Wainwright construction site.
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82 | Industrial Water & Wastewater: North Slope Borough’s Service Area 10 New treatment facility improves current operations and looks to the future By Rindi White 88 | Alaska Business Monthly’s 2014 Construction Directory
Correction Because of an editing error, we incorrectly stated Karen Hagedorn’s name and title in “Point Thomson Construction: Proceeding on schedule” by Mike Bradner (page 50, December 2013). Karen Hagedorn is ExxonMobil’s Production Manager in Alaska. www.akbizmag.com