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Kevin Taylor, of Cullman, has devised a way to turn classroom white boards into safe rooms in seconds.

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MANUFACTURING SAFETY PATROL Cullman manufacturer turns classrooms into safe rooms.

ROCKET BOOST Aerojet Rocketdyne makes the systems that power and propel missiles, rockets and space vehicles.

LOGISTICS KEEPING BUSINESS MOVING Logistics parks bring economic boost to Alabama.

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LEARNING LOGISTICS Pandemic aimed a spotlight on the supply chain; university programs aim to prepare leaders for the high-demand field.

RETROSPECT THE DOCTOR IS IN The legacy of pioneering physician Lloyd Noland.

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On the Cover: Philip Burton, president and CEO of Burton Property Group, is marketing the South Alabama Logistics Park in Theodore.

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57: Bayou La Batre, in south Mobile County, looks to capitalize on its waterfront locale with a marina, freshfrom-the-boat shrimp sales and more.

20: Aerojet Rocketdyne, in Huntsville, puts the whoosh into rockets.

82: Lloyd Noland Hospital, in Fairfield, was named for the man who pioneered healthy working conditions in and around Birmingham's young steel industry.

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The UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA celebrated twice this spring — first with the announcement that the USA Health System was acquiring long-standing Mobile landmark Providence Hospital, second with the kickoff to the university’s 60th anniversary celebration marked by a $20 million gift from benefactor Abe Mitchell to underwrite a new performing arts facility on campus.

With the hospital acquisition, an $85 million deal that is expected to close this fall, USA Health will have three hospitals — its flagship University Hospital on the city’s north side; USA Children’s & Women’s; and now Providence, on the west side of town, much closer to the university’s medical, nursing and allied health schools.

“The values shared by USA Health and Providence make the acquisition a good fit,” said University of South Alabama President Jo Bonner. “USA Health and Providence have long shared a commitment to provide compassionate care to those who need it the most, and that core value will not change.”

Don King, president and CEO of Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast, said, “Ascension Providence has a legacy of serving the health care needs of the community that dates back to the mid-1800s. We

Mobile’s historic Providence Hospital will become part of USA Health System.

are pleased that this strong tradition will continue as the hospital and its related services transition to USA Health, which will allow associates and physicians to continue to serve the community through an integrated care delivery system. This transition will ensure that the Mobile community and surrounding regions have sustainable, quality health care access long into the future.”

Providence was founded in 1854 by the Daughters of Charity, who came to Mobile at the request of Mobile’s first bishop, Michael Portier, to help in the wake of yellow fever epidemics. The hospital functioned in a series of locations near downtown, until the city’s populations began shifting to the west.

Construction began on the landmark white towers on the city’s west side in 1982 and the facility opened in 1987.

Until the deal is finalized Benefactor Abe Mitchell (left) and USA this fall, the two President Jo Bonner at the university’s 60th will continue to anniversary celebration kickoff.

operate independently.

A few weeks later, as the University kicked off its 60th birthday year, the school received a $20 million gift for a new performing arts center. The Mitchell gift adds to the family’s legacy on the campus, bringing total donations to the university to some $120 million over the years. The College of Business, campus event center, cancer center and more are named in honor of earlier gifts from him and his brother, Mayer, who built their Mitchell Company into one of the largest real estate firms in the region.

“It gives me great happiness to see the impact that my support — and that of my family — has brought to the University of South Alabama,” Mitchell said. “The impact it has had on our students, on their ability to attend and graduate from college, and their ability to pursue their dreams and establish dreams for their future generations.”

South plans to keep using its current performing arts center, the Laidlaw Center, and complement it with the new facility.

“World-class cities feature worldclass event venues,” said Bonner. “Mr. Mitchell’s generosity allows us to take the next big step toward advancing the arts both on campus and throughout the region.” June 2023 BusinessAlabama.com | 7

BENCHMARKS

Tanner, Birmingham airports tapped for new facilities

A rendering of the proposed Million Air terminal at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

PRYOR FIELD in Tanner and BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT both inked deals with new tenants

that will bring new services for area residents.

Acquisition Integration, based in Huntsville, has leased space to build a $30 million maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Pryor Field, which serves Decatur and Athens. The project could bring some 250 jobs.

The firm serves commercial and military aerospace and vehicle industries and plans for 170,000 square feet of hangar and office space.

“We all are excited for Acquisition Integration to join us at the airport,” Pryor Field Airport Manager Adam Fox said. “We have worked hard, and strategically, to market and grow the airport, and I’m proud that Pryor Field is in the position to capture these growth opportunities.”

“Acquisition Integration is happy to be involved in the longterm plans at Pryor Field,” AI CEO Dave Bristol said. “We look forward to bringing a capability to Pryor Field that will benefit both the aviation world and the local workforce. We believe that it will support the expected growth in North Alabama and thank the local community for its support in helping us build this capability.”

In what the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is calling a “landmark agreement,” Texas-based Million Air will build new hangars and a new terminal to begin service in Birmingham.

The company will be a new fixed based operator (FBO) at the

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WORK TIME Alabama’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.3% in March, a record low. In March 2022 the rate was 2.5%.

with 3 million annual visitors to the Port City, Visit Mobile President and CEO David Clark told the Mobile City Council.

Clark said Mobile collected almost $11 million in lodging taxes in 2022, with more than 110,000 convention room nights booked, a record year. A poll in USA Today ranks Mobile as the No. 2 summer vacation destination in the U.S. for 2023.

The Port City comes in behind Mackinac Island, Michigan.

NEW HOME FOR LAWMAKERS A possible new legislative building in Montgomery has taken a step forward with the Retirement Systems of Alabama soliciting bids for a new facility. RSA would handle construction of the new facility, which is proposed for the parking lot directly behind the current Statehouse. RSA would then lease the building to the legislature.

WELCOME VISITORS Tourism in Mobile is at record levels, supporting 17,000 jobs

HUNTSVILLE HIGHLIGHTS A $65 million project that includes a suspended pedestrian “skybridge” over Memorial Parkway will begin in the spring. The project, which also includes a River Walk,

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airport. FBOs typically offer aircraft fueling, parking, storage and maintenance, along with flight planning support services, the airport said in a news release.

Million Air operates similar businesses in 38 airports around the United States.

“This partnership represents a lot of hard work and a commitment to elevating our game here at the airport,” said Bill Smith, member of the board of the Birmingham Airport Authority and chair of the review committee. “Million Air is committed to making a huge investment in this community and creating an upscale experience for all customers.”

Million Air’s plans at the Birmingham airport include a 10,000-square-foot terminal to serve pilots, aircraft owners and guests, military and corporate business travelers; a 24,000-squarefoot hangar designed for smaller, privately owned aircraft; and two 30,000-square-foot corporate hangars. 

will take about 30 months to complete.

FARM FAREWELL The demonstration farm at Oak Mountain State Park is closing, as staffers find new homes for the aging animals. The space will be converted into a dog park and an event venue.

WATERFRONT DECATUR The Decatur City Council voted to move forward with a proposed development along the Tennessee River.

Real estate developer Patrick Lawler, who built City Harbor in Guntersville, will enter a lease agreement with the city for the land where Ingalls Harbor currently sits.

GOOD TRADE Tuskegee University and six Alabama companies were honored by Gov. Kay Ivey with trade awards, recognizing their overseas work and sales.

Companies honored were Adah International and ICONN Orthopedics, both based in Birmingham; Bud’s Best Cookies, based in Hoover; Canfor Southern Pine, based in Mobile; Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama, based in Montgomery; and Pinnacle Solutions, based in Huntsville.

CAPITAL STAY Montgomery’s Trilogy Hotel has begun taking reservations.

The hotel is comprised of three

BENCHMARKS

Space Race LEIDOS and its Huntsville-based DYNETICS crew are teaming up with NASCAR to compete in another

moon race. The team unveiled its Lunar Terrain Vehicle at the Space Foundation’s 38th annual Space Symposium in Colorado in April.

“We are thrilled to unveil our lunar vehicle design and to announce our exciting new promotional partnership,” said Roger Krone, CEO of Leidos. “This groundbreaking collaboration between Leidos and NASCAR takes both companies into uncharted territory, just like we believe our rover will do for NASA and its astronauts. We aim to pave the way for human exploration of space and inspire the next generation of engineers, scientists and innovators to reach for the stars.”

Leidos is looking ahead to the next phase of NASA’s Artemis program. The company has submitted a bid for the Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Development contract. It also is currently working on the Universal Stage Adapter (USA), a piece of equipment that will enable the transport of large payloads, including, potentially, the rover.

“As an industry leader in space technol-

historic buildings, including the Water Works, Sanitary Board Building and the Murphy House.

JOB OPPS Airbus, which has an expanding plant in Mobile, plans to hire 800 people in the U.S. in 2023.

More than 500 of those hires will be for new positions, the company said.

BACK AT THE HELM Jay Gogue, who served as Auburn University’s president for 13 years during two stints, has been named interim chancellor at New Mexico State University. Gogue had been president at NMSU from 20002003.

ogy, we are uniquely positioned to help NASA achieve its objectives, providing everything from necessary crew mobility to workhorse flexibility for building a lunar base,” said Steve Cook, president of Leidos Dynetics Group.

The rover design is simplistic, while incorporating modern innovations that prioritize sustainability and astronaut safety. It supports male and female crew members across varying height and weight scales, promoting inclusivity in space exploration, Leidos stated in its release.

“NASCAR partnering with Leidos couldn’t make more sense when it

MERGERS & ACQUISTIONS Huntsville-based Discovery Life Sciences has acquired Seattlebased ReachBio Research Labs, which specializes in cell-based assays, predictive hematotoxicity and drug screening services.

Turkish firm Borusan Mannesmann has acquired Berg Pipe, which has operations in Mobile and nearby in Florida.

Dothan-based Construction Partners, which specializes in road construction, has acquired the Huntsville operations of Tennessee-based excavation, grading and utilities contractor Southern Site Contractors.

American Carbonyl, which manufactures carbonyl iron micropowders and iron pentacarbonyl at Huntsville’s

comes to this vehicle,” said Pete Jung, NASCAR senior vice president and chief marketing officer. “With both companies being known for exciting innovations in distinctive fields, this collaboration brings together ideas that normally don’t meet in other developments. We are eager to watch this uniquely designed rover traverse different areas of the lunar surface.”

Other teammates are Roush Industries, Collins Aerospace, Motiv Space Systems, Moog, A-P-T Research, Sophic Synergistics and the University of Mississippi’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Systems.

Virginia-based Leidos purchased Dynetics in early 2020. 

Redstone Arsenal, has acquired Ashland Micropowder and Iron Pentacarbonyl assets.

SPEEDWAY DOCS UAB Medicine has been named the official medical provider at Talladega Superspeedway. The three-year partnership includes providing care for competitors and fans at racing events at the speedway.

DEATH PENALTIES Maplesville-based South Coast Paper is facing nearly $230,000 in fines after a worker was fatally electrocuted. The Chilton County company says while it disagrees with information released by OSHA, it will cooperate with the agency.

WOODFIN ON HISTORY President Joe Biden has named Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Woodfin’s term on the council, which advises the president on historic preservation policy, lasts until June 2025.

CAMPUS NEWS Samford University broke ground on a $65 million recreation and wellness complex on campus. Hoar Construction is handling the project. The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded a $108,000 grant to Calhoun Community College, and it will be supplemented by

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BENCHMARKS

The automotive supplier is investing $6 million in its North American headquarters.

EFI Automotive expands in Elkmont EFI AUTOMOTIVE is expanding its North American headquarters

in Elkmont with a $6 million investment.

The automotive supplier, which makes sensors, activators and actuators to improve powertrain and transmission efficiency, said the investment will create two new production lines, increasing its production by 6 million sensors annually, all dedicated to Ford Motor Co. In addition to a range of new equipment being purchased for the production lines, EFI Finance Manager François Lefebvre said the company would add 35 employees over the next three years, including jobs in maintenance, quality, logistic technicians and operators.

According to Lefebvre, one production line will produce transmission range sensors for the Ford F-series truck and the other will produce engine sensors for the Super Duty truck and

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$144,000 in grants from local sources for a program that merges art, technology and engineering. Trenholm State in Montgomery has purchased land for a third instructional site, this one to handle health care programs. Trenholm also has forged a partnership with Baptist Health for a new Licensed Practical Nursing program called Immediate Impact. University of Alabama in Huntsville broke ground in April for a new engineering building, while Jacksonville State University took the first steps on three new buildings — a dorm, a dining hall and a football complex — expected to transform portions of the campus. Northwest-Shoals Community College announced

plans for a $30 million investment to create a central plaza and renovate buildings on its Phil Campbell campus. University of North Alabama awarded its first doctoral degree this spring, granting student Kyle Reason a doctorate in clinical exercise physiology. Stillman College won the Honda Campus AllStar’s Challenge competition in California in late April. Stillman beat 64 other colleges and won a $75,000 grant.

BIG BOOST HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology provides a $4.2 billion boost to the state’s economy, according to a recent study performed at the University of Alabama in

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the E-Series, which should result in approximately $30 million in annual revenue for the facility.

The Elkmont Town Council approved a tax abatement of non-education taxes for sales and use taxes during construction and property taxes. During construction, EFI will save approximately $192,500 and the schools will receive $55,000. The property tax abatement will save EFI $251,750 and the schools will receive $121,212 over a 10-year period.

“EFI has been and continues to be an outstanding corporate partner and the Town of Elkmont is honored to have the opportunity to play a small role in this announcement,” said Elkmont Mayor Tracy Compton.

The start of production of the sensors is expected at the end of 2023, with a slow ramp up into 2024. EFI Automotive has been in operations in Elkmont, in Limestone County, since 2004. 

Huntsville. Nearly $1 billion of that impact is new in the past two years.

NEW AT THE TOP W. Patton Hahn has been named managing shareholder for the Birmingham office of law firm Baker Donelson. Steve Ammons, now a Jefferson County Commissioner, is resigning from the commission to take the helm of the multicounty Birmingham Business Alliance. Kyle South, at present a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, has been tapped to lead the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama beginning July 1. He will resign his House seat to take the new job.

OVERSEAS WORK BL Harbert International, based in Birmingham, has broken ground on a $1.2 billion U.S. embassy building in Hanoi, Vietnam. The new embassy will relocate American diplomats from central Hanoi to a boulevard in the northwest part of the city.

GROCERY SWAP Imperial Trading Co., based in Louisiana, has acquired City Wholesale, a thirdgeneration, 97-year-old wholesale distribution company in Birmingham. The Dichiara family will continue to operate and manage the distribution warehouse in Birmingham.

BENCHMARKS

Crowley adds new Mexico-to-Canada intermodal service through Mobile.

Ships, Trains and Planes in the Port City Maritime and logistics firm CROWLEY has announced plans for a new multimodal service linking trade from Mexico to the Midwest and into Canada, via the Port of Mobile.

Next door to the port, at the Mobile Aeroplex, AIRBUS delivered its 100th Mobile-built A320 jet to Delta Air Lines.

Delta has added 400 of the single-aisle jets to its fleet, a quarter of them built in Mobile. Spirit Airlines received its 200th A320new, delivered from the Mobile Airbus plant.

Crowley’s new service is an integrated ocean-and-rail service combining the firm’s new U.S.-Mexico ocean route — between Mobile and Tuxpan in the Mexican state of Veracruz — with Canadian

HAIL & FAREWELL Bruce Irwin, who turned his Hoover clinic into the 30-state American Family Care network, has died. He was 73. Irwin opened the first AFC in Hoover in 1982, and the company now has more than 300 locations.

NEW HOMES The former AT&T Center, one of downtown Birmingham’s tallest buildings, will open this summer as The 600, featuring luxury apartments. The building, at 600 19th St. North, will include amenities such as a gym and co-working space, as well as retail and restaurants. On the coast, sales have opened for the new Abaco Orange Beach condo development along Terry

National Railway networks in the U.S. and Canada.

“With this collaboration with Canadian National, Crowley has further expanded market reach for our customers and the communities they serve with the fast, reliable transport of goods across the entirety of North America,” said Brett Bennett, senior vice president and general manager, Crowley Logistics. “Leveraging each side’s unmatched supply chain capabilities and commitment to customers long-term, we are creating even more efficiencies to advance the power of today’s innovative and demanding global supply chain.”

The weekly shipping service between Mobile and Tuxpan can carry up to 1,000 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers and more than 200 refrigerated containers, Crowley says in announcing the new service, adding that the ocean route “avoids inland transportation congestion at the U.S.-Mexico border.”

From Mobile, rail service will transport containers to Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Memphis and more U.S. cities, plus Canadian cities of Toronto, Montreal and more.

“We can better serve our customers

Cove. The waterfront property, complete with marina, will have 259 units.

NEW MEDIUM Alabama broadcast pioneer Shelley Stewart is adding one more medium to his repertoire, kicking off a podcast that presents historic radio clips with today’s vantage point.

ROCKET READY Aerojet Rocketdyne, based in Washington but with a heavy presence in Huntsville, has received a $67 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-VIII. This is an extension of a 2019 production

in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada by assisting Crowley in providing a reliable, and seamless door-to-door customer experience,” said Doug MacDonald, chief marketing officer of CN. “The new service will enable more efficient supply chain corridors and increased market access throughout North America.”

The Alabama Port Authority, which operates the Port of Mobile, has an existing Mobile-to-Mexico ocean-rail service via the terminal railway, CG Railway, which is a joint venture of Seacor Holdings and Genesee & Wyoming. While CG Railway provides a traditional rail service, rolling loaded rail cars on and off special ships, the new service will provide Mobile-to-Mexico service for containers.

“The Alabama Port Authority is proud to deliver optionality daily, and the new service with Crowley and CN is a great addition to what we already offer,” said Port Director John Driscoll. “We have the capacity to handle growth and are actively invested in more than $700 million of expansion projects. With an average turn time of 51 minutes and intermodal connectivity to Chicago in only three days, the Port of Mobile’s efficient and fluid operations make Alabama an increasingly important hub for containerized trade.”

The port has been setting container shipping records throughout the past year. 

contract, and the spacecraft recently completed a successful Artemis I mission.

EMERGENCY READY The State Certificate of Need Board has approved Cullman Regional Medical Center’s application to build a freestanding emergency department in Hartselle.

Construction is expected to take 12 months for the facility that will serve Hartselle and south Morgan County.

GRUB CLUB BJ’s Wholesale Club has broken ground for its location in Madison, its first in Alabama.

BJ’s, like Costco and Sam’s, is

a wholesale club that sells a variety of products.

WHY DIABETES? The National Institutes of Health has given researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham more than $3.7 million to study the increasing prevalence of diabetes in minority youths. UAB was one of 15 institutions selected to participate in the research.

CORRECTION A story in the May 2023 issue of Business Alabama incorrectly attributed a pound cake recipe. The recipe came from April McClung’s ex-husband’s grandmother.

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MANUFACTURING

Cullman manufacturer turns classrooms into safe rooms

By ALEC HARVEY Photos by ART MERIPOL

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ullman’s Kevin Thomas knows how to build ballisticresistance structures. His KT Construction Services for years has been building housing units for the military that offer protection from gunfire.

So, in June 2022, about a week after 19 children were killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Thomas’ wife called him in tears.

“She said, ‘Do you think we can take one of our 8-by-8 housing units, which are already ballistic-resistant, and put it in every classroom to give them a place to go?,’” Thomas recalls. “I said, ‘That’s a great idea, but I don’t think they can afford to give up that square footage in the classroom. Let me think about it.’”

What Thomas, with his morethan-three-decades of experience in architecture and construction, came up with is what he says is a first — a large whiteboard in the classroom that can be deployed in seconds as a ballistic-resistant safe room that will protect students and teachers from an active shooter.

Two of those structures are now in use at Cullman’s West Elementary School, and Thomas has ambitious plans for expansion.

“I have a personal goal that’s probably not attainable of getting in a million classrooms within a year,” Thomas says. “Am I going to get there? No. But if I can get to 100,000, that’s 100,000 more than we had.”

Building structures is what 1 Thomas does.

From 1989-2000, he worked as a project manager in architecture. Since then, he’s had three construction companies — KT Outdoors, which builds hunting blinds; KT Shelter Solutions, which builds quickly constructed, modular housing for the homeless or those affected by natural disasters; and KT Security Solutions, which builds ballistic-resistant 3 housing for the military,

storm shelters and now the convertible safe rooms for classrooms.

The classroom structures Thomas came up with are built with quarter-inch steel and Honeywell Spectra Shield that’s ballistic-resistant to a National Institute of Justice Level III, Thomas says.

In the Cullman classrooms, Thomas has two different setups. One is his standard 8-by-8 deployable unit, which the teacher can convert into a safe room within 15 seconds without help; the other is a 6-by-8 fixed-position space, which is at the ready but takes up a good portion of the classroom since it doesn’t fold away.

The deployable units are symmetrical, from 6-by-6 up to 9-by-9. “After that, it’s too heavy for someone to pull, but we’re working on a system where we can go 10by-10,” Thomas says. The fixed-position units can be any size. “For cafeterias, for instance, units can be 5 feet wide by 50 feet long, and you can get 75 people in it,” he says.

The units lock from the inside and can be outfitted with cameras, microphones and other things on the inside. And they

can be used during severe weather and other emergencies.

Another benefit? Once students and teachers are safely inside, law enforcement can be more aggressive on the outside.

“The teacher can get in there, send a text that everyone is in, and then law enforcement is just looking for a person who is not in the room,” Thomas says. “We don’t have to worry about friendly fire.”

Right now, the structures are being built in a facility that can make about 11 units a day. But a 25,000-square-foot facility that Thomas is building will help him scale up quickly.

Since launching in March, he says he has had inquiries about 5,000 classrooms, and his structures have been featured on local and national news. “It has been a whirlwind ever since we released this thing,” Thomas says.

In about 15 seconds, Kevin Thomas, founder and CEO of KT Security Solutions, can turn a specially designed whiteboard in a classroom into a safe area for students and teachers to be in an active shooter situation.

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Thomas was surprised that no one else was doing what his company does, but he understands.

“I’m not the first concerned parent that is trying to do something about this,” says Thomas, who has a son who went to West Elementary and now has two grandchildren who are students there.

“But people have been focused on the

outside, trying to secure the perimeter from getting breached in the first place.

We’ve done a lot when it comes to preventing the breach of a campus, but we haven’t done much when it comes to protecting students on the inside if the building is breached. … The highest percentage of casualties of every school shooting is inside a classroom, but we

don’t have any protection inside the classroom.”

The safe-room units don’t come cheap — the models in the Cullman classrooms are $60,000 apiece — but they are about as inexpensive as they can be, considering the ballistic-resistant power in their materials, Thomas says.

“I would love for it to be even cheaper than it is, but I can promise you, there’s not a parent who has lost a child that wouldn’t spend $60,000 to get them back,” Thomas says. “It’s expensive, but not for what it is.”

School systems would not pay for the units out of education budgets, and Thomas says his hope is that units would be paid for on a larger scale. “This is a security budget item,” Thomas says. “This is Homeland Security, the Department of Justice. I just got back from Capitol Hill. I visited with a bunch of senators and representatives on both sides of the aisle. We had no negative meetings.” The units in Cullman, Thomas says, were paid for partially by the State of Alabama and partially by the Cullman school system.

Thomas says that production of the classroom units is not driven by profits.

“I don’t do this stuff for the money,” he says. “I do stuff for reasons, and the reason here is kids deserve it. They’ve done nothing wrong to become a target.

When these shootings happen, they are undeserving targets.”

And that’s what was on Thomas’ wife’s mind when she called him last June, tearfully setting this all in motion. She just told him, “Enough is enough.”

“Everybody says ‘they’ have got to do something,” he says of school shootings.

“But who the heck is ‘they’? Is ‘they’ the government? Is ‘they’ other entrepreneurs?

Are ‘they’ billionaires? We don’t know.”

“So now,” he adds, “I guess I’m ‘they’.”

And “they” hope they’ve come up with a product that will never be used.

“I hope this whole thing just ends up never having to be needed,” Thomas says.

“But if they are used and deployed, they might save some lives.”

Alec Harvey is executive editor of Business Alabama and Art Meripol is a freelance contributor. Both are based in Birmingham.

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M A N U FAC T U R I N G

Alabama’s Largest Manufacturers Ranked by the Number of Employees.

RANK

COMPANY

EMPLOYEES

YEAR FOUNDED

Compiled by MEGAN BOYLE

1

Anniston Army Depot (ANAD)

Anniston Calhoun

256-235-7511

anad.army.mil.com

Combat vehicles & small arms for Department of Defense

4,600

1942

2

Honda Manufacturing of Alabama LLC

Lincoln Talladega

205-355-5000

hondaalabama.com

Automobile manufacturing, V-6 engines

4,500

2001

3

Mercedes-Benz US International Inc.

Vance Tuscaloosa

205-507-2252

mbusi.com

Automobile manufacturing

3,900

1994

4

M1 Support Services

Fort Rucker Dale

334-598-0433

m1services.com

Aircraft maintenance

3,800

2003

5

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC

Montgomery Montgomery

334-387-8000

hmmausa.com

Automobile manufacturing, automotive engines

3,530

2002

6

Austal USA

Mobile Mobile

251-434-8000

austal.com

Shipbuilding

3,000

1999

7

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing

Madison Madison

256-716-4636

toyota.com

Motor vehicle manufacturing

3,000

2018

8

Boeing Co. — Huntsville

Huntsville Madison

256-461-2121

boeing.com

Missile defense, space exploration, missile systems, 2,900 systems engineering, integration, design & fabrication

1962

9

Dynetics Inc.

Huntsville Madison

256-964-5000

dynetics.com

Aerospace, defense

2,796

1974

10

SAIC

Huntsville Madison

256-971-6400

saic.com

Research & development

2,746

DND

11

Remington Outdoor Co.

Huntsville Madison

800-243-9700

remington.com

Firearms

2,550

2014

12

Northrop Grumman Corp.

Huntsville Madison

256-327-6501

1,970

1939

13

Adtran Inc.

Huntsville Madison

256-963-8000

adtran.com

Telecommunications equipment

1,925

1986

14

Maples Industries

Scottsboro Jackson

256-259-1327

maplesrugs.com

Scatter rugs, bath rugs

1,850

1966

15

BBB Industries

Daphne Baldwin

800-280-2737

bbbind.com

Engine electrical equipment

1,734

2018

16

Wayne Farms

Enterprise Coffee

334-897-8751

waynefarms.com

Poultry processing

1,730

1979

17

AM/NS Calvert

Calvert Mobile

251-289-3000

usa.arcelormittal.com

Steel

1,600

2007

18

New South Express LLC

Lincoln Talladega

205-355-8200

newsouthexp.com

Automotive supplier

1,575

2000

19

Great Southern Wood Holdings Inc.

Abbeville Henry

334-585-2253

yellawood.com

Wood preserving

1,550

2012

20

Polaris

Huntsville Madison

256-822-3200

polaris.com

Off-road vehicles

1,500

2015

21

American Cast Iron Pipe Co.

Birmingham Jefferson

205-325-7701

american-usa.com

Fire hydrants, valves, ductile iron pipe, spiral-welded steel pipe, high-frequency-welded steel pipe

1,400

1905

22

MOBIS Alabama LLC

Montgomery Montgomery

334-387-4800

mobisalabama.com

Motor vehicle chassis, plastic parts, distribution

1,400

2002

23

North American Lighting

Muscle Shoals Colbert

256-314-4200

nal.com

Automotive lighting fixtures

1,400

DND

24

VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering Inc

Mobile Mobile

251-438-8888

stengg-aero.us

Aircraft parts and equipment

1,400

1990

25

Wellborn Cabinet

Ashland Clay

800-762-4475

wellborn.com

Manufacturer of wooden cabinets and drawers

1,400

1961

26

Warrior Met Coal

Brookwood Tuscaloosa

205-554-6150

warriormetcoal.com

Metallurgical coal mining

1,387

2015

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WEBSITE

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

northropgrumman.com Autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike and logistics

RANK

COMPANY

EMPLOYEES

YEAR FOUNDED

M A N U FAC T U R I N G

27

GE Appliances

Decatur Morgan

256-552-1305

geappliances.com

Refrigerators

1,381

2002

28

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama

Huntsville Madison

256-746-5000

toyota.com/tmmal

V-6, V-8 and 4-cylinder engines

1,350

2001

29

Michelin North America/BF Goodrich

Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa

205-391-6200

michelin-us.com

Tire manufacturing (aftermarket)

1,348

1946

30

Hexagon US Federal

Huntsville Madison

256-799-6300

1,325

2010

31

Yulista Holding LLC

Huntsville Madison

907-275-2917

yulista.com

Business management

1300

2007

32

Tyson Foods

Eufaula Barbour

334-687-7790

tysonfoods.com

Poultry processing

1,270

DND

33

Constellium

Muscle Shoals Colbert

256-386-6710

wisealloys.com

Aluminum & sheetmetal fabricating

1,250

1999

34

Koch Foods

Montgomery Montgomery

334-281-0400

kochfoods.com

Poultry processing

1,250

DND

35

Generics International (US) Inc.

Huntsville Madison

256-859-2575

Pharmaceutical preparations

1,232

2010

36

Tiffin Motor Homes Inc.

Red Bay Franklin

256-356-8651

1,215

1972

37

Phifer Inc.

Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa

205-345-2120

1,204

1952

CITY/ COUNTY

PHONE

WEBSITE

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

hexagonusfederal.com Software Development

tiffinmotorhomes.com Motor homes phifer.com

Fabricated wire products and woven fabrics for screening and related purposes

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YEAR FOUNDED

Carpet & rugs

1,200

1968

RANK

CITY/ COUNTY

EMPLOYEES

M A N U FAC T U R I N G

COMPANY

38

TDG Operations LLC

Saraland Mobile

251-675-9080

dixie-home.com

39

Southern Energy/Cavalier Homes

Addison Winston

800-465-7923

cavalieralabama.com

Manufactured homes

1,166

2009

40

Wayne Farms Prepared Foods

Decatur Morgan

256-552-4900

waynefarms.com

Poultry processing

1,151

DND

41

Lockheed Martin Missiles/Space

Huntsville Madison

256-722-4000

lockheedmartin.com

Missiles & space vehicles; commercial physical & biological research

1150

1963

42

SMP Automotive Systems Alabama

Cottondale Tuscaloosa

205-723-4990

smp-automotive.com

Automotive components

1,107

DND

43

Collins Aerospace, A United Technologies Co.

Foley Baldwin

251-952-3000

collinsaerospace.com

1,100

2019

44

Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Florence Lauderdale

256-718-7045

saralee.com

Processed meats

1,100

1975

45

Tyson Foods Inc.

Albertville Marshall

256-593-1020

tysonfoods.com

Poultry processing

1,088

1935

46

Shaw Industries Inc.

Andalusia Covington

334-222-8433

shawinc.com

Carpet fiber

1,082

1982

47

Pactiv Evergreen

Birmingham Jefferson

205-853-7100

Aluminum cans

1,063

DND

48

Mar-Jac Poultry

Jasper Walker

205-387-1441

Poultry processing

1,050

DND

For more manufacturers, visit BusinessAlabama.com.

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PHONE

WEBSITE

marjacpoultry.com

Aircraft nacelle manufacturing & MRO

Source: Dun & Bradstreet and local economic development agencies.

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Tyler Evans (right), senior vice president of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Defense Business Unit, meets with team members at the company’s defense headquarters located in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park.

Aerojet Rocketdyne makes the systems that power and propel missiles, rockets and space vehicles

By KATHERINE MacGILVRAY

erojet Rocketdyne is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced propulsion and energetics systems for the aerospace and defense industry, including the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA. It provides a full range of propulsion and power systems for launch vehicles, satellites and other space vehicles and hypersonics, as well as strategic missiles, missile defense and tactical systems and armaments.

While Aerojet Rocketdyne’s liquid- and solid-fueled propulsion systems have been at the heart of nearly every major U.S. space and missile program since the dawn of the Space Age, the company actually dates all the way back to 1915, when it was the General Tire & Rubber Co. based in Akron, Ohio. In addition to manufacturing tires, its early history also included owning radio and television stations, a movie production company, an airline and soft drink bottling franchises.

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Engineering Corp., a rocket design and production company that it would fully acquire one year later. By the 1980s, the company fully shifted its focus to the defense and space industries, evolving into the GenCorp Inc. holding company in 1984 and completely exiting the tire business three years later.

In 2015 it changed its name again to Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. to better reflect the company’s 70-plus years of contributions to national defense and space exploration.

Today, Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. consists of two major subsidiaries of which Aerojet Rocketdyne is its primary focus.

Aerojet Rocketdyne employs more than 5,000 people at 14 sites in 10 states and the District of Columbia.

Aerojet Rocketdyne and its heritage companies have had a continuous presence in Huntsville for more than 50 years. Due to the amount of engineering expertise in the area and its close proximity to the company’s prime customers, as well as the collaborative support from local and state leaders, Huntsville

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became the company’s Defense Business Unit Aerojet Rocketdyne's defense headquarters in 2016. Since then, Aerojet headquarters in Huntsville.

Rocketdyne’s employee footprint in the area has grown by more than 700%, and more than 800 team members currently operate out of the Huntsville headquarters.

In addition to being the company’s defense headquarters, the Huntsville facility also plays a major role in developing and providing critical engineering support for the software that controls the RS-25 engines that will power NASA’s Artemis Moon missions. A team of hardware engineers, software engineers, quality engineers, laboratory technicians and configuration management staff collaborate with Marshall Space Flight Center’s Hardware in the Loop Laboratory, located on Redstone Arsenal, to simulate the environment for Last fall, Aerojet Rocketdyne announced plans to lease a masflight hardware and provide verification for engine control unit sive 379,000-square-foot facility located in the Jetplex Industrial software.

Park near the Huntsville International Airport that will specialize “Our mission to enable national defense and space exploration in producing and assembling inert solid rocket motor compois only possible because of our talented and hardworking team, nents. It will be the company’s third Huntsville campus and is many of whom reside here in Alabama,” says Tyler Evans, senior expected to be operational later this year. vice president of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Defense Business Unit.

The acquisition is part of a strategic decision to support the “Our defense headquarters in Huntsville has better positioned us growth of inert capabilities and to transition some inert compoto support our customers, and we continue to see the benefits of nents from the company’s site in Camden, Arkansas, to Huntsour expanded presence in the state.” ville. The company says the expansion is in response to increased In 2019, Aerojet Rocketdyne celebrated the opening of a statedemand for the propulsion products it provides and that the of-the-art rocket propulsion Advanced Manufacturing Facility decision to further expand its Huntsville footprint was a natural (AMF) in Huntsville. The 136,000-square-foot AMF produces choice due to the area’s many resources, including an abundance solid rocket motor cases and other hardware for the Standard of local talent, space to grow, business-friendly infrastructure and Missile-3, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) a vibrant community. In February, Aerojet Rocketdyne began system and other critical U.S. defense and space programs. The hiring for the new campus to fill positions for quality, operations, AMF was also designed to provide propulsion solutions for new logistics and engineering with manufacturing experience. developments, including advanced motors capable of achieving In March, Lockheed Martin awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne hypersonic speeds and Sentinel, the U.S. Air Force’s next-generaa new contract to produce additional solid rocket motors and tion Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program.

Divert and Attitude Control Systems (DACS) for the THAAD weapon system. The THAAD weapon system is a land-based element of the Missile Defense Agency’s Missile Defense Aerojet Rocketdyne's advanced manufacturing system and is one of the country’s primary facility in Huntsville. defenses against short, medium and intermediate-range missiles. The THAAD solid rocket boost motor is produced at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Huntsville AMF and at the company’s Solid Rocket Motor Center in Camden.

In April, the company announced it had entered into a $215.6 million cooperative agreement with the Defense Department to supplement ongoing modernization efforts and increase solid rocket motor manufacturing capacity to meet increased warfighter demand for tactical missile systems used by the DoD. Through the agreement, Aerojet Rocketdyne has agreed to build additional June 2023 BusinessAlabama.com | 21

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Powering the nation’s defense is an important mission that we take seriously. Our team is committed to providing the highest quality propulsion to help protect what we value most — our nation, our military service members and our allies.”

— TYLER EVANS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF AEROJET ROCKETDYNE’S DEFENSE BUSINESS UNIT

facilities, purchase advanced equipment and automate manufacturing processes to support increased production demand mainly centered on Javelin, Stinger and the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The company will also implement elements of digital transformation to align with DoD’s Digital Modernization Strategy to give the Joint Force a competitive advantage.

“Powering the nation’s defense is an important mission that we take seriously,” says Evans. “Our team is committed to providing the highest quality propulsion to help protect what we value most — our nation, our military service members and our allies.”

As its presence in Huntsville continues to grow, Aerojet Rocketdyne remains committed to supporting the surrounding community. The company partners with more than 70 Alabama businesses and since 2015 has sourced more than $81 million to Alabama suppliers. Aerojet Rocketdyne also supports local school systems by sponsoring STEM events, activities and scholarships. This year, the company was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents in the Huntsville area based on workplace flexibility, paid parental leave and other benefits.

Katherine MacGilvray is a Huntsville-based freelance contributor to Business Alabama.

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Keeping Business

MOVING Logistics parks bring economic boost to Alabama

By GAIL ALLYN SHORT Photo by DAN ANDERSON

O

rder a book online, buy a new car at a dealership or purchase machine parts for your shop — the chances are pretty high that those items passed through a logistics park.

Simply put, logistics parks — sometimes called logistics centers — consist of clusters of industrial warehouses strategically positioned close to rail lines, roads, waterways or airports. Retailers and manufacturers use warehouse space to engage in handling, assembling, light manufacturing, storing or packing goods and materials before shipping them off to retail outlets or distribution centers.

The network of logistics parks around Alabama is continuously expanding with new ones being built across the state.

Here’s a look at three that are changing the economic landscape in their regions.

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These buildings are unique to the market given that they will be the largest speculative industrial development in Huntsville with buildings ranging from 383,064 square feet to 587,645 square feet.”

— EDWIN MOSS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT J.H. BERRY & GILBERT

HUNTSVILLE LOGISTICS CENTER

The new Huntsville Logistics Center is a Class A industrial development site under

Philip Burton at the new South Alabama Logistics Park, which welcomed its first tenants in 2022.

construction along Old Highway 20 and Gunters Way and just off County Line Road.

Its 132 acres lie near the I-565, Greenbrier Parkway and Huntsville International Airport and industry heavy hitters like Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, Buffalo Rock, Amazon, Raytheon and NASA’s U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

Once complete, the Huntsville Logistics Center’s four buildings will offer 2.2 million square feet of industrial warehouse space to lease from J.H. Berry & Gilbert Inc. “The Cooper Construction Team has made significant progress on grading the land site in the last few weeks for the Huntsville Logistics Center, and we expect phase one of the project to be complete by early 2024,” says J.H. Berry & Gilbert’s Executive Vice President Edwin Moss.

Moss says the build out of the logistics center will be “a phased development,” with buildings One and Two on the western part of the property making up the first phase of the project totaling over 1 million square feet and nearly $100 million of private capital investment.

“These buildings are unique to the market given that they will be the largest speculative industrial development in Huntsville with buildings ranging from

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383,064 square feet to 587,645 square feet,” he says.

Moss says the warehouses will have the necessary depth to allow for more goods from inbound vehicles to be efficiently unloaded and then loaded onto outbound vehicles. The square footage, the depth and the clear height of 40 feet of the warehouses will make Huntsville Logistic Center buildings the ideal place for a variety of users to work, Moss says.

“These buildings offer drive-through capabilities and are unique in the market as they can accommodate large squarefoot tenant users with heavy transportation or utility needs with an expandable building connection option,” he says.

Moss says companies from a wide range of industries have already expressed their interest in setting up a logistics operation on the property.

“Due to the property’s unique offerings and strategic location, we’re confident that the property will continue to gain momentum as construction continues,” Moss says.

The $200 million project is a private investment, Moss says. The commercial real estate development firm, Flint Development, bought the land from a private seller.

“For projects such as this, the local municipalities don’t provide any incentives on the front end. However, if a manufacturing tenant ends up occupying any part or all of the facilities, there could be incentives for them given the nature of the workforce required for those operations,” he says.

And for the local economy, the Huntsville Logistics Center will bring in approximately 700 new, full-time jobs in addition to the 450 construction trade jobs to develop the logistics center facilities, Moss says.

“We’re confident that the true beneficiaries of this project will be the citizens of Huntsville.”

SOUTH ALABAMA LOGISTICS PARK, MOBILE COUNTY

In Theodore, an unincorporated section of Mobile County, lies the South Alabama Logistics Park.

The park is located along the I-10 corridor, 12 miles from the Port of Mo-

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There’s a huge need for newer modern facilities to be built to replenish existing product that’s in the market today."

— PHILIP BURTON, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE BURTON PROPERTY GROUP

bile, I-65, Class I rail lines, two airports — including the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley — and thousands of miles of inland waterways.

“Those infrastructure assets that close to this particular site made Theodore the ideal location,” says Philip Burton, president and CEO of the Burton Property Group, which is developing SALP. The park property stretches some 1,300 acres and will be constructed in two phases. Phase I of the development is 500 acres with about 6 million square feet of industrial distribution warehouse space available for leasing, Burton says.

Phase Two will hold an additional 6 million square feet of warehouse and industrial space that will one day house warehouse distribution centers, manufacturers and companies serving the aerospace industry, he says.

“Our goal is to break ground on Phase Two within 48 months,” he says.

“There’s a huge need for newer modern facilities to be built to replenish existing product that’s in the market today,” Burton says.

“In addition to that, as the container terminal throughput grows, there’s going

to be anywhere from 50 to 100 square feet of new warehousing square footage that’s needed to support each box that comes off the boat,” he says.

Burton says his firm is targeting companies such as manufacturers and suppliers, especially those with a need to import raw materials and export products from the Port of Mobile, to lease space in the SALP. “We’re targeting manufacturers, we’re targeting warehouse distribution operators, and we’re targeting aerospace companies that want to be in close proximity to Airbus,” he says.

“We have over a dozen different companies in varying stages of negotiations. Companies that are U.S. domestic companies, but also international. Our hope is that by the end of this year, we’ll be able to announce as many as five new, additional companies into the park,” Burton says.

One company, DC Safety, recently moved its headquarters to the SALP, a $33.5 million investment and 51 new jobs to the area, according to the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. DC Safety manufactures and distributes first aid and preparedness accessories for the automotive industry.

Meanwhile, another company, Averitt Express, has announced plans to make a $23 million capital investment with its plans to move into the SALP. While the warehouse space it will occupy is still under construction, Burton says construction is set to be completed later this year.

Averitt Express, which already has operations in Mobile, provides freight transportation and supply chain management solutions.

In 2021, both the city of Mobile and Mobile County each committed $3 million towards SALP for roads and infrastructure. But the majority of the project is privately funded, Burton says.

Overall, says Burton, the SALP will bring thousands of jobs to the county.

“We think that total employment out of this facility will be in the range of five to 10,000.”

REGIONAL EAST ALABAMA LOGISTICS PARK

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logistics park is in the works and promises to bring an economic boost to Macon County and its largest city, Tuskegee.

The Regional East Alabama Logistics Park is a nearly 700-acre project in Tuskegee, just off Exit 42 on I-85. It is 35 miles from the KIA auto assembly plant in West Point, Georgia; 55 miles from Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery; 8 miles from the Auburn Technology Park West and 210 miles from the Port of Mobile.

“The project will be done in three phases,” says Joe Turnham, director of the Macon County Economic Development Authority.

“The first phase was a 40-acre tract, which encompasses the 169,000-squarefoot warehouse space. It’s currently being shown and quoted to a number of companies for uses either for warehouse logistics or manufacturing,” Turnham says.

Farpoint Development, based in Chicago, is developing the site, and, according to MCEDA materials, the site

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We could see 15 to 50 jobs and we’ve had projects that could be north of 200 to 300 jobs just in Building 100 alone.”

— JOE TURNHAM, DIRECTOR OF

THE MACON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

will feature speculative and “build-to-suit industrial uses” for companies in need of space for assembly, manufacturing, logistics and general warehousing.

“Phase Two will be another 200 acres and then Phase Three will be about 450 acres,” Turnham says.

Building 100, built during Phase One, is a customizable 720-by-240-foot, Class A warehouse and manufacturing facility completed by Doster Construction and Farpoint in May and available for rent as of press time. Building 100’s listed features include a 32-foot ceiling and 36 dock doors.

Ultimately, the masterplan for R.E.A.L. is for up to 6.5 million square feet of logistics and warehouse manufacturing and fulfillment space, and so far, the range of industries that have expressed interest in renting warehouse space runs the gamut, Turnham says.

“We’ve had some local industries that have run out of warehouse and logistics space in neighboring communities that are looking at this space that’s ready to go.

We’ve had several manufacturing concerns and we’ve had some in the automotive sector that have looked at this particular building that could fit those needs,” he says.

To help with sales, the Birmingham office of Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate agency, is marketing the R.E.A.L. park internationally, Turnham says.

The R.E.A.L. park is paid for through a public-private partnership that includes MCEDA and the Macon County Commission. One of the investors is Opportunity Alabama, a nonprofit initiative that connects investors with assets in the state’s Qualified Opportunity Zones. Opportunity zones are a mechanism that lets individuals invest in distressed areas in the country.

Turnham says the new logistics center will provide a much-needed economic lift to the area.

“We could see 15 to 50 jobs and we’ve had projects that could be north of 200 to 300 jobs just in Building 100 alone.”

Gail Allyn Short and Dan Anderson are freelance contributors to Business Alabama. Short is located in Birmingham and Anderson in Mobile.

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Auburn University students visit shipbuilder Austal USA in Mobile.

Learning

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University programs aim to prepare leaders for the high-demand field

By KATHY HAGOOD

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labama university business educators marvel at how supply chain management has come out of the shadows since the advent of the pandemic to get fuller recognition as a critical part of business strategy and an essential part of a working economy.

That’s helped boost enrollment in both supply chain management courses and degree programs, say educators, including Robert Glenn Richey Jr., Ph.D., chair of Auburn University’s department of supply chain management in the Harbert College of Business. His department offers on-campus and online options from un-

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dergraduate minor to Ph.D. “The major currently is the highest paid for Auburn graduates with undergraduates earning $60,000 per year on average for their first job,” he says.

Supply chain management jobs — both domestic and international — are diverse, ranging from sales, including freight brokering, to positions in procurement, logistics and data analytics.

“COVID brought a new awareness to the importance of supply chain management and more job creation,” Richey says.

Because the pandemic spurred on shortages of consumer and other goods, the media began reporting on supply

chain problems on a regular basis and showed memorable images such as container ships backed up off the coast of Southern California. Soon “supply chain” became a common term, says Jennifer Pettitt, assistant dean of the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s College of Business, which offers an online master’s degree and certificate program. “Even my children began talking about the supply chain,” she says.

Previously the average person might know about marketing, branding, accounting, finance and investments, but had little awareness of supply chain management, says University of South

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Alabama’s Alvin Williams, Ph.D, interim dean of the Mitchell College of Business.

“The supply chain was an afterthought, totally behind the scenes until the pandemic,” he says. “Now young people are being inspired to major in supply chain management because they want to help make things better.”

Companies not only are adding supply chain management positions, they are encouraging their supply chain staff members to get additional training or degrees.

“About 70% of those who work in supply chain management have had no specific education in it,” Richey says. “A degree is valued today because of all the tools and technology needed in the field.”

Richey, Pettitt and Williams believe the demand for supply chain management education will continue to grow. “Our undergraduate program is relatively new,” Williams says. “But our location as a port and distribution hub gives us significant support from our business community.

We are in the process of creating a supply chain advisory board as we look at where our program needs to go from here.”

Part of the challenge and opportunity for university research and instruction is that supply chain management strategies are evolving post-pandemic. Emergency and risk management are receiving more focus, educators say. Instead of keeping inventories low for “just in time” efficiencies, many businesses are keeping larger inventories of safety stock “just in case” of future supply chain disruptions, says Richey, who also serves as research director for Auburn’s Center for Supply Chain Innovation. “The old rules have been thrown out and new technologies are developing super rapidly,” he says.

In addition, companies are hedging their bets on their suppliers. Instead of opting for one, least expensive supplier, often in China, they are adding a second supplier, perhaps in Latin America, and a third supplier in the United States.

“There’s a risk of having all your eggs in one basket,” Williams says. “Businesses used to have four or five suppliers but that was reduced down to one or two to create efficiencies and to save money. Now the corporate risk model is that it’s too risky to have few suppliers.”

The new emphasis on smarter supply

Networking is an important aspect of career preparation at UAH.

chain management is good news for employment opportunities, Pettitt says.

“There is a growing demand for individuals who can bring a strategic perspective to supply chain management and navigate the complexities of global supply chains,” she says. “Companies have to manage their inventory while also coordinating with suppliers and distributors, all while responding to disruptions.”

Here’s a closer look at supply chain management programs offered at three universities across the state.

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

The supply chain management program at Auburn University is one of the top ranked in the country and offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate offerings, including master’s level certificates that can be combined for a master’s degree.

Auburn’s program has by far the largest student enrollment in the state. In addition to a handful of Ph.D. students, including three lieutenant colonels, Auburn currently has about 80 students in its master’s degree and certificate program, 550 in the undergraduate major and 180 in the minor, Richey says. “Student participation was already growing — then jumped after the pandemic began,” he says.

Almost every supply chain management graduate is able to find a job, Richey says, thanks in part to Auburn

hosting two supply chain job fairs a year with more than 70 companies. “Students participate in paid internships with 70% receiving job offers from those internships,” he says.

The program’s history began in the 1970s when the emphasis at Auburn was transportation. Later other supply chain management areas were added and a department created thanks to a generous endowment made by Raymond Harbert, Richey says. “The pandemic brought new attention to supply chain management, but Auburn already was ahead of the game,” he says.

While Richey appreciates the higher profile the media has given to supply chain management, he wishes reporting would better portray the supply chain as a multi-faceted system. “When there’s a supply chain problem we need to talk about where specifically the problem lies. Is it in manufacturing, raw materials, transportation, retail technology, or something else?”

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE

Highly ranked among the nation’s online supply chain management programs, the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s master’s degree and certificate program got its start in the fall of 2015. Graduate certificates can be combined to complete a master’s degree and the college also offers an MBA with a concentration in June 2023 BusinessAlabama.com | 31

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Job fairs help University of South Alabama students connect with potential internships and employers.

supply chain management.

Currently 50 students, most of whom are working professionals attending part-time, are enrolled, Pettitt says. “Supply chain management is one of our most popular graduate programs,” she says. “Students are learning through doing. They participate in hands-on, practical projects where they can take what they have learned back to their company to provide immediate, positive contributions.”

The major was created to meet the workforce needs of the Huntsville metropolitan area, which includes Fortune 500 companies as well as defense and aerospace organizations, Pettitt says. “In designing the program, we wanted to accommodate working professionals through flexible scheduling and fully online delivery,” she says.

But the well-respected program also has drawn students outside of North Alabama, including 19% enrolled this

semester from other parts of Alabama and 20% from other states. Local and visiting students are able to meet with faculty on campus, Pettitt says. “The program, although online, also allows students to build relationships with faculty and other students through the learning program, Zoom, calls and emails,” she says. “Students collaborate on projects and form lasting relationships with their peers. A number of former students reach out to faculty members even after graduation.”

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Until about four years ago, the business college at Mobile’s University of South Alabama had no degree in supply chain management. It was available only as a concentration for those majoring in marketing, says Williams, who in addition to being interim dean is the chair of marketing and quantitative methods.

Williams created the undergraduate supply chain and logistics management (SCLM) degree program, which has grown to 20 students now majoring in the discipline in addition to others minoring in it. “The minor is open to any major,” he says. “Someone in an engineering-related area might be interested in the minor, for instance. It could make the graduate more marketable.”

The SCLM program has already attracted an adjunct faculty member from global shipbuilder Austal, a vice president who also has a Ph.D. in supply chain management. “The program is more or less in its infancy,” he says. “We have fulltime and adjunct faculty members and are in the process of adding more faculty and courses.”

The business school requires at least one internship, but encourages students to complete two or three to help them gain experience and become more employable. Many internship opportunities are available, Williams says. “Mobile is uniquely situated,” he says “It’s a supply chain center with the port, rail system and interstate. Baldwin County is a mega distribution center.”

Kathy Hagood is a Homewood-based freelance contributor to Business Alabama.

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ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

ALABAMA AGC: A DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION LEADING THE WAY

By BILLY NORRELL CEO, ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

A

labama AGC is 103 years old, and our focus is stronger than ever.

Alabama AGC continues its focus on helping our members and the construction industry overcome its challenges. Like your businesses, we remain committed to overcoming the obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and delivering to our members what they need. We are proud of what we did in 2022 and look forward to bringing relevance and value to you.

Here are some highlights of 2022: • Alabama AGC remained in solid financial shape as we closed out 2022, and we look forward to delivering again in 2023 and beyond. Special thanks to our board of directors, led

by President Evans Dunn and Chair

Mark Harry, for the excellent oversight and support.

• Following an exceptional BuildSouth annual officer installation and project recognition banquet in April, we followed up with an annual convention in Sandestin with more than 350 attendees, including Gov. Kay Ivey, substantive educational programs, business development opportunities, networking and dynamic speakers. We also had a well-attended 40 Under 40 recognition in the fall, recognizing future leaders of Alabama’s construction industry. The section meetings were well received by the members, as respected speakers presented on topics ranging from ALDOT project opportunities and generational transitions for familyowned businesses to cyber-defense of company assets.

• Excellent Alabama AGC staff work — as well as the same with AGC of America in D.C. — was evident throughout the sections in the state and in the home office in Birmingham. Your staff worked around the clock in giving members the information they needed in these challenging times.

I thank you for responding to the association’s legislative action alerts in 2022 that were launched by AGC of America. Because of your action and that of construction professionals

like you, members of the Alabama Legislature, the U.S. Congress, the President and other administration officials received hundreds of thousands of emails and tweets in support of the industry’s priorities. And it made a difference.

AGC was able to: • Make the case of the industry’s proven track record of complying with complex safety and health rules.

• Work with the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to ensure that its essential workforce’s guidance to states included the construction workforce broadly.

• Participate in safety stand down demonstrations through the state.

• Inform membership of the importance of mental health in the workplace and the industry.

• Partner with its 89 chapters throughout the country to keep construction prosperous and active at the state and local levels.

Our victories in Alabama and Washington, D.C., were made possible because of you. The association will again need your help to protect and advance the interests of your construction career, business and industry by contacting your elected leaders.

We are grateful for your support and encourage you to invite your friends in the industry to join the Alabama AGC family. A unified voice speaks more strongly than individual voices — and Alabama AGC is living proof.

Stay safe and thank you so much for your support.

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ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

SPECIAL SECTION

2023 ALABAMA AGC BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Rob Middleton Middleton Construction LLC 3496 Halls Mill Rd. Mobile, AL 36693 251-377-3600 rob@rm-const.com

VICE PRESIDENT Mac Caddell Caddell Construction Co. (DE) LLC P.O. Box 210099 Montgomery, AL 36121 334-462-7904

BIRMINGHAM SECTION Bradley Brock Marathon Electrical

Chad C. Ammons Ammons & Blackmon Construction

Allan Dedman Doster Construction Co. Inc.

John T. Whitman Mobile Asphalt Co. LLC

Keith Dillard Alabama Guardrail

Robert Fabbro Whitesell-Green

Johnny Garlington BL Harbert International

NORTH SECTION

Blake Rhodes BL Harbert International

mac.caddell@caddell.com

2ND VICE PRESIDENT Greer Walker Wiregrass Construction Co. Inc. 6200 Stringfield Rd. NW Huntsville, AL 35806 256-883-4900 gwalker@wiregrassconstruction. com

TREASURER Mike Scarborough Rabren General Contractors Inc. 2100 Devereux Cir., Ste. 100 Vestavia Hills, AL 35243 205-832-0068 MikeScarborough@rabren.com

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Evans Dunn Dunn Construction Co. Inc. P.O. Box 11967 Birmingham, AL 35202 205-510-0256 edunn@dunnconstruction.com

MOBILE SECTION

Mike Scarborough Rabren General Contractors Inc. Hasting Sykes Rives Construction Co. Inc. Brad Tew Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

CENTRAL SECTION Mac Caddell Caddell Construction Co. (DE) LLC Jason Walker Pate Landscape Co. Alex Whaley II Whaley Construction Co. Inc.

DOTHAN SECTION Eric McCord Midsouth Paving Inc. Wayne Palmer Engineered Systems Inc. Ricky Saliba Saliba Construction Co. Inc.

Conn Crabtree Doster Construction Co. Inc. Rick Moon Moon Construction Services Inc. Brian Nelson Martin and Cobey Construction Co. Inc.

SHOALS SECTION John-david Goolesby Carbine Construction Co. Inc. Hatton Marbury B.H. Craig Construction

WEST SECTION Josh Harris F L Crane & Sons Inc. Greg Pearson WAR Construction Inc.

OTHER DIRECTORS Life Governors Milton (Mit) A. Kopf III Turner Insurance & Bonding Co.

EAST SECTION

Paul Moore Moore Construction Services LLC

Josh Green Forsyth Building Co. Inc.

Ben Nevins BL Harbert International

Megan Smith Hurst Construction LLC

Rick Pate Pate Landscape Co. Inc.

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Eddie Stewart Caddell Construction Co. (DE) LLC Alex Whaley Sr. Whaley Construction Co. Inc.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Marc Dempsey B.H. Craig Construction Co. Inc. Al Stanley Stanley Construction Co. Inc. Mike Tew S.J. & L. Inc. Johnny Walton John G. Walton Construction Co. Inc. Alex Whaley II Whaley Construction Co. Inc.

STATE ASSOCIATE BOARD PRESIDENT Morris King Vulcan Materials

STATE ASSOCIATE BOARD VICE PRESIDENT (NON-VOTING)

Joe Lindsey Thompson CAT Rental Store

CLC PRESIDENT Derick Boutwell S & S Sprinkler Co. LLC

SPECIAL SECTION

ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

2023 ALABAMA AGC ASSOCIATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

Morris King Vulcan Materials 6213 Oak Branch Ct. Mobile, AL 36609 251-583-9690 kingm@vmcmail.com

VICE PRESIDENT

Joe Lindsey Thompson CAT Rental Store 2011 Northern Blvd.

Montgomery, AL 36110 334-262-1101 joelindsey@thompsontractor.com

2ND VICE PRESIDENT To Be Determined

PAST PRESIDENT

Charlie Vines Vulcan Materials 1200 Urban Center Dr. Birmingham, AL 35242 256-509-2883 vinesc@vmcmail.com

MOBILE

Chad R. Brown Sr. Thompson Engineering Inc. P.O. Box 9637 Mobile, AL 36691 251-666-2443 cbrown@thompsonengineering.com

Gina Dalton Safety Plus Inc. 3725 Airport Blvd.

Ste. 208-8 Mobile, AL 36608 gdalton@safetyplusinc.net

MONTGOMERY

Tony Graydon Max Credit Union P.O. Box 244040 Montgomery, AL 36124 334-215-4946 tgraydon@mymax.com

Josh Price Turner Insurance & Bonding 2601 Bell Rd. Montgomery, AL 36117 334-386-3614 jprice@turnerfirst.com

NORTH

Jeremy Jess GTEC 412 Governors Dr. Huntsville, AL 35801 256-541-0165 jjess@gteccorp.com

Cody Dunagan Vulcan Materials 4210 Stringfield Rd. Huntsville, AL 35806 256-303-4766 dunaganc@vmcmail.com

SHOALS

Adam Muston United Site Services 150 Pioneer Dr.

Killen, AL 35645 256-757-9900 adam.muston@ unitedsiteservices.com

Mike Bishop Vulcan Materials P.O. Box 740070 Tuscumbia, AL 35674 256-366-0761 bishopmi@vmcmail.com

WEST

Charlie Bailey Pritchett Moore P.O. Box 2086 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 205-758-4441 cbailey@pritchett-moore. com

Ty Evans United Rentals 2750 Southside Dr. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 205-614-0564 mevans3@ur.com

BIRMINGHAM

Sam Audia McGriff Insurance Services Inc. P.O. Box 10265 Birmingham, AL 35202 205-583-9528 saudia@McGriff.com

Rachel Moore Christian & Small LLP 505-20th St. N., Ste. 1800 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-250-6640 rjmoore@csattorneys.com

DOTHAN

Daniel Tew Jackson Thornton P.O. Box 6965 Dothan, AL 36302 334-793-7001 Daniel.tew@jt-am.com

EAST

Jim Barber Webb Concrete & Building Materials P.O. Box 35 Heflin, AL 36264 256-463-2195 jbarber@webbconcrete.com

Ty Parnell Parnell Insurance 400 Snow St. Oxford, AL 36203 256-831-8887 ty@parnellinsurance.com

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SPECIAL SECTION

2023 ALABAMA AGC SECTION OFFICERS BIRMINGHAM SECTION Blake Rhodes, President BL Harbert International LLC 820 Shades Creek Pkwy.

Ste. 3000 Birmingham, AL 35209 205-802-2806 brhodes@blharbert.com

Bradley Brock Vice President Marathon Electrical Contractors LLC 2830 Commerce Blvd.

Irondale, AL 35210 205-815-6842 Cell: 205-946-7948 BBrock@marathonelectrical.com

Sam Audia Associate President McGriff Insurance Services Inc. P.O. Box 10265 Birmingham, AL 35202 205-583-9528 Cell: 205-718-6583 saudia@McGriff.com

Rachel Moore Associate Vice President Christian & Small LLP 505-20th St. N., Ste. 1800 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-250-6640 Cell: 205-910-7070 RJMoore@csattorneys.com

DOTHAN SECTION

Wayne Palmer, President Engineered Systems Inc. P.O. Box 1207 Dothan, AL 36302 334-794-6722 wayne@engsystemsinc.com

Eric McCord, Vice President Midsouth Paving Inc. 381 Twitchell Rd. Dothan, AL 36303 334-712-7512 eric.mccord@midsouthpaving.com

Daniel Tew Associate President Jackson Thornton P.O. Box 6965 Dothan, AL 36302 334-793-7001 daniel.tew@jt-am.com

Megan Smith, Vice President Hurst Construction LLC P.O. Box 3364 Oxford, AL 36203 256-835-7745 megan@hurstconstruction.com

jimmymorrisjr@morrisbuildersllc.com

Jim Barber Associate President Webb Concrete & Building Materials P.O. Box 35 Heflin, AL 36264 256-463-2195

Tony Graydon Associate President Max Credit Union P.O. Box 244040 Montgomery, AL 36124 334-215-4946

jbarber@webbconcrete.com

tgraydon@mymax.com

Ty Parnell Associate Vice President Parnell Insurance 400 Snow St. Oxford, AL 36203 256-831-8887

Josh Price Associate Vice President Turner Insurance & Bonding 2601 Bell Rd. Montgomery, AL 36117 334-386-3614 Cell: 256-596-0086

ty@parnellinsurance.com

MOBILE SECTION

John T. Whitman, President Mobile Asphalt Co. LLC P.O. Box 190279 Mobile, AL 36619 251-408-0770 Cell: 251-402-1635 jtwhitman@mobileasphalt.com

Chad C. Ammons Vice President Ammons & Blackmon Construction 9695 Stagecoach Commercial Park Cir. Spanish Fort, AL 36577 251-626-0656 Cell: 251-379-4592 Chad R. Brown Sr. Associate President Thompson Engineering Inc. P.O. Box 9637 Mobile, AL 36691 Cell: 251-510-3156

jprice@turnerfirst.com

NORTH SECTION

gdalton@safetyplusinc.net

EAST SECTION

josh@forsythbuilding.com

jason@patelandscape.com

Jason Walker, President Pate Landscape Co. Inc. 3408 Greenpine Cir. Montgomery, AL 36108 334-264-2220

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Adam Muston Associate President United Site Services 150 Pioneer Dr. Killen, AL 35645 256-757-9900 adam.muston@unitedsiteservices. com

Mike Bishop Associate Vice President Vulcan Materials P.O. Box 740070 Tuscumbia, AL 35674 256-366-0761 bishopmi@vmcmail.com

Rick Moon, President Moon Construction Services Inc. P.O. Box 19048 Huntsville, AL 35804 256-489-1448

WEST SECTION

rmoon@moonconstructionservices.com

mjharris@flcrane.com

Conn Crabtree Vice President Doster Construction Co. Inc. 408 Franklin St. SE, Ste. 100 Huntsville, AL 35801 256-513-5316 ccrabtree@dosterconstruction.com

Jeremy Jess Associate President GTEC 412 Governors Dr. Huntsville, AL 35801 256-541-0165 jjess@gteccorp.com

cbrown@thompsonengineering.com

Gina Dalton Associate Vice President Safety Plus Inc. 3725 Airport Blvd., Ste. 208-8 Mobile, AL 36608 Cell: 251-490-0626

Hatton Marbury Vice President B.H. Craig Construction Co. Inc. P.O. Drawer 129 Florence, AL 35631 256-766-3350 hmarbury@bhcraigconst.com

chadammons@ammblk.com

MONTGOMERY SECTION

Josh Green, President Forsyth Building Co. Inc. P.O. Box 1147 Anniston, AL 36202 256-835-0033

Jimmy Morris Jr. Vice President Morris Builders LLC P.O. Box 680627 Prattville, AL 36068 334-365-6306

Cody Dunagan Associate Vice President Vulcan Materials 4210 Stringfield Rd. Huntsville, AL 35806 256-303-4766 dunaganc@vmcmail.com

SHOALS SECTION

John-david Goolesby President Carbine Construction Co. Inc. P.O. Box 1079 Florence, AL 35631 256-766-9210 jdgoolesby@carbineconstruction.com

Josh Harris, President F. L. Crane & Sons Inc. 1120 35th St., Ste. N Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 205-759-5040 Greg Pearson, Vice President WAR Construction P.O. Box 1218 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 205-758-4723 gpearson@warconstruction.com

Charlie Bailey Associate President Pritchett-Moore Insurance Inc. P.O. Box 2086 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 205-349-6548 cbailey@pritchett-moore.com

Ty Evans Associate Vice President United Rentals 2750 Southside Dr. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 205-614-0564 Mevans3@ur.com

SPECIAL SECTION

ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

2023 AGC STAFF MEMBERS BIRMINGHAM/ CHAPTER HEADQUARTERS Billy Norrell CEO, Alabama AGC 205-451-1448

Jenna Davis Marketing, Section Manager Birmingham, East, West 205-451-1440

COMPTRUST AGC

Mary Yarbrough Controller 205-451-1430

Jeff Rodgers President of AGC Services 205-451-1455

maryy@alagc.org

jeffr@alagc.org

Michelle McDonald Bookkeeping 205-451-1441

Bill Caton Financial Manager 205-451-1411

michellem@alagc.org

billc@alagc.org

Anna Rosato-Brown Membership Director, Events Coordinator 205-451-1409

Josh West Vice President of AGC Services/Loss Control Manager 205-451-1434

Jennifer Chesnut Executive Assistant 205-451-1450 jenniferc@alagc.org

pattih@alagc.org

jennad@alagc.org

billyn@alagc.org

annab@alagc.org

Patti Holliday Assistant Underwriter & Auditor 205-451-1436 Chris Johnson CompTrust AGC Loss Control Consultant 205-451-1424 chrisj@alagc.org

David Sellers CompTrust AGC Loss Control Consultant 205-451-1435 davids@alagc.org

Tom Robinson CompTrust AGC Loss Control Consultant/ Education & Training 205-451-1437 tomr@alagc.org

joshw@alagc.org

Tammy King CompTrust AGC Underwriter 205-451-1414

Susan Collins CompTrust AGC Assistant, Conference Center Coordinator 205-451-1422

tammyk@alagc.org

susanc@alagc.org

CENTRAL/ MONTGOMERY Trace Zarr Montgomery and Dothan Section Manager Director of Governmental Affairs 334-244-4001 tracez@alagc.org

Elizabeth Moody Montgomery Section Administrative Assistant 334-244-4001 elizabethm@alagc.org

HUNTSVILLE Darrell Henry North Section Manager 256-772-2421 darrellh@alagc.org

MOBILE Charlotte Kopf Mobile Section Manager 251-344-8220 charlotte@agcmobile.org

Katherine Galanos Mobile Section Administrative Assistant 251-344-8220 katherine@agcmobile.org

Carol Harris Mobile Section Bookkeeper 251-344-8220 carol@agcmobile.org

SHOALS Melody Cross Shoals Section Manager 256-767-7216 melody@alagc.org

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2023 AGC MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY - FULL MEMBERS In alphabetical order by company name.

COMPANY

MEMBERS

Acme Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. Inc.

John Miller Jr.

Acton Flooring Inc.

G. Fred Acton

actoncommercial@aol.com

Aderholt Masonry Inc.

Ray Aderholt

rayaderholt@yahoo.com

Air Conditioning Assoc. Inc.

Jeff Metcalf

jeff@acassociatesinc.net

Al Hill's Boiler Sales & Repairs Inc.

J. Randall Samford

Alabama Guardrail Inc.

Wes Dillard, Keith Dillard

Alabama Painting Inc.

Mike Wilson, Bryan Tardo

Alabama Railroad & Construction Co.

Emily Crigler Smith

Emily@alabamarr.com

Alscan Inc.

Edward Goldberg

egoldberg@alscaninc.com

Amason & Associates Inc.

Robert M. Amason Jr. Chet S. Cowsar

ramason@amason-associates.com ccowsar@amason-associates.com

AMC Mechanical LLC

Lori Knepper

lori@amcmech.com

Ammons & Blackmon Construction LLC

Alaina Ammons

ammblk@ammblk.com

Anderson Construction Co. of Fort Gaines

Trey Anderson

trey.anderson@accofg.com

Armor's Contracting Inc.

Christopher Armor

armor@hiwaay.net

Ashton and Co. Inc.

Leslie Bryan

leslie.bryan@ashtonandco.com

Assurance Service Group Inc.

Bill Gibson

ldtbill@bellsouth.net

Audet Electric Inc.

Kristen Audet

kvaudet@audetelectric.com

B & B Quality Construction Inc.

James Barden

james@bbqconstruction.com

B & L Cable Construction LLC

Greg Rabren

grabren@bandlcable.com

B Electric Inc.

James Bowles

jbowles@belectricinc.com

B W Hobson Construction Co. Inc. B. G. Watkins Construction Co. Inc.

EMAIL

wdillard@alguardrail.com Kdillard@alguardrail.com mwilson@alabamapainting.com Btardo@alabamapainting.com

B. W. Hobson Graves Watkins

graves@bgwatkinsconstruction.com

B. H. Craig Construction Co. Inc.

Dave Marbury

dmarbury@bhcraigconst.com

B&H Contracting Inc.

Mary Bennett

Bagby Elevator Co. Inc.

Todd Sharpe, James Hogan

Bailey Harris Construction Co. Inc.

Tom Birchfield, Dennis Hamlet

Baird Contracting Co. Inc.

Louis Carruba

ljcarruba@bellsouth.net

Baldwin County Construction Inc.

Cheryl Callaway

bccinc02@hotmail.com

Baldwin Road Builders Inc.

Bryan Peacock

Bryan@baldwinroadbuilders.com

Ballcon Inc.

Richard Ball, Ilona Ball

ballcon43@gmail.com

Bama Utility Contractors Inc.

Gavin Jones

gavin@bamautility.com

Barlovento LLC

Jane Solomon

jane@barloventollc.com

Battle Miller Construction Corp.

Fred Battle

admin@battlemiller.com

Bayshore Construction Co. Inc.

Jerry Redmon

Jerry_bayshore@bellsouth.net

Beasley & Co. LLC

Larry Beasley

bcompan02@aol.com

Ben M. Radcliff Contractor Inc.

Ben Radcliff Jr., Josh Harris

benjr@benradcliff.com Josh@benradcliff.com

Benchmark Construction LLC

Tim Rogers

Bennett Building Inc.

Lacrisha Bishop

Big M Excavating Inc.

Brad Miller

brad@bigm.us.com

Big River Electric Inc.

Jeff Talbot

jeff@bigriverelectric.net

Bigbee Steel Buildings Inc.

Rodney Harris

rharris@bigbee.com

Birmingham Backhoe & Excavating Co.

George Boohaker

bhambackhoe@yahoo.com

BL Harbert International LLC

Blake Rhodes, Marty Martin

brhodes@blharbert.com mmartin@blharbert.com

BL Harbert International LLC

Sandra Marks

smarks@blharbert.com

Blackwood Construction Co. Inc.

John Blackwood Sr.

john@blackwoodconstruction.net

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toddsharpe@bagbyelevator.com jameshogan@bagbyelevator.com Tbirchfield@baileyharris.com dhamlet@bailey-harris.com

ADDRESS 37 Banner St. Dothan, AL 36303 P.O. Box 43312 Birmingham, AL 35243 700 County Rd. 138 Florence, AL 35634 P.O. Box 460 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 662 Theodore, AL 36590 P.O. Box 126 Cleveland, AL 35049 3021 Central Ave. Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 P.O. Box 2430 Daphne, AL 36526 237 Oxmoor Cir., Ste. 101 Birmingham, AL 35209 P.O. Box 1729 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 3750 Logan Martin Dam Rd. Cropwell, AL 35054 9695 Stagecoach Commercial Pkwy. Cir. Spanish Fort, AL 36527 58 Crozier Ln. Ft. Gaines, GA 39851 812 Bradley St Decatur, AL 35601 P.O. Box 407 Saraland, AL 36571 P.O. Box 248 Thomasville, AL 36784 22840 McAuliffe Dr. Robertsdale, AL 36567 P.O. Box 230 Springville, AL 35146 11446 Brooklyn Rd. Andalusia, AL 36421 6644 Hwy. 17 Florence, AL 35634 7290 Charlie Shirley Rd. Northport, AL 35473 P.O. Box 353 Northport, AL 35476 P.O. Drawer 129 Florence, AL 35631 2610 Cone Dr. Birmingham, AL 35217 3608 Messer Airport Hwy. Birmingham, AL 35222 2204 Whitesbury Dr., Ste. 301 Huntsville, AL 35801 276 Snow Dr. Homewood, AL 35209 P.O. Box 130 Summerdale, AL 36580 18520 County Rd. 9 Silverhill, AL 36576 2070 Repoll Rd. Mobile, AL 36695 P.O. Box 788 Fultondale, AL 35068 431 Technology Dr. Dothan, AL 36303 P.O. Box 26472 Hoover, AL 35260 P.O. Box 1481 Bay Minette, AL 36507 P.O. Box 925 Brewton, AL 36427 P.O. Box 8368 Mobile, AL 36689 P.O. Box 1936 Albertville, AL 35950 126 First Ave. W., Ste. A Alabaster, AL 35007 10817 Middle Coaling Rd. Cottondale, AL 35453 P.O. Box 344 Killen, AL 35645 P.O. Box 2314 Muscle Shoals, AL 35662 4624 Dolly Ridge Rd. Birmingham, AL 35243 P.O. Box 531390 Birmingham, AL 35253 123 N. Side Sq., Ste. 200 Huntsville, AL 35801 P.O. Box 2097 Cullman, AL 35056

PHONE

CATEGORY

334-983-3577

Composite and Metal Roofing

205-967-4001

Flooring

256-349-5680

Brick Masonry

334-792-1106

HVAC Install and Maintenance

251-653-0361

HVAC

205-625-3880

Traffic Control and Guardrails

256-383-2462

Commercial Painting

251-957-3352

Highway; Industrial

205-945-0003

Building, Vaults, Parking Control, Security

205-345-9626

Building

205-525-0040

Install Machinery Construction

251-626-0656

Heavy

229-768-2555

Building; Public Building; Utilities

256-355-2686

Water; Gas Main Construction

251-410-5600

Industrial

334-636-2300

5500; 5580

251-947-4707

Building; Heavy; Utilities; Industrial

205-467-2928

Building

334-427-0888

Utilities; Telephone Line

256-366-0369

Electrical Contractor

205-339-1724

Building

205-758-9408

Building

256-766-3350

Building; Industrial; Utilities

205-841-6010

Utilities

251-432-7732

Elevators

256-489-1731

Building

205-942-1095

Heavy; Utilities; Public Utilities

251-947-7711

Excavating and Grading

251-988-8128

Sitework; Road Building

251-458-0160

Utilities; Public Utilities

205-849-7826

Building; Industrial; Utilities; Public Utilities

334-983-9979

Utilities

205-824-2501

Building; Public Building; Heavy; Highway; Industrial; Public Industrial; Utilities

251-937-3333

Building

251-867-9831

Industrial; Utilities

251-666-7252

Building; Public Building; Heavy; Public Heavy; Industrial; Public Industrial

256-878-8652

Utilities

205-403-6511

Building

205-553-2690

Excavation

256-272-0742

Electrical Contractor

256-383-7322

Pre-Engineered Structures

205-923-2858

Heavy

205-802-2800

Building; Heavy; Industrial

205-445-2105

Building; Heavy; Industrial

256-739-8412

Utilities; Public Utilities

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

Blalock Building Co. Inc.

Steven Blalock

sblalock@blalockbc.com

Bob Smith Construction Inc.

John Friedberg

JohnF@bobsmithconstruction.com

Bobby Terry Co. Inc.

Charlsa Greenhaw

charlsa@bobbyterry.com

Boyd Engineering LLC

Megan Boyd, Dallas Boyd

Bradley Plumbing & Heating Inc.

Megan@BoydEngineeringLLC.Com DallasBoyd@BoydEngineeringLLC.com

Ray Allen

rallen@bradleyph.com

Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

Graham Johnson

gjohnson@brasfieldGorrie.com

Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

Rachel Harvey, Stephen Franklin

rharvey@brasfieldgorrie.com sfranklin@BrasfieldGorrie.com

Harris Newman

harrisn@brettrobinson.com

Kacy Mims

kacym@tbbofalabama.com

Bright Future Electric LLC

Allen McCain

amccain@brifutelectric.com

Brion Hardin Construction Co. Inc.

Brion Hardin

brion@bhardinconst.com

Bryant and Co. Inc.

Jeff Bryant

jeff@bryantandcompany.org

Building Technology Inc.

Marion Pettus

marionpettus@gmail.com

Bulls Construction Group LLC

Elliott Bulls

ebulls@bullsconstructiongroup.com

Burks Brothers Construction Inc.

Chris Burk, Jamie Burk

chrisburks1836@yahoo.com burks6968@yahoo.com

Burns Dirt Construction Inc.

Nic Parish

nic@burnsdirt.com

C & H Construction Services LLC

Roman Clayton, Richard Whitworth

C & J Contracting & Plumbing

romanclayton@candhconst.com Rwhitworth@candhconst.com

Joe Lane

cj_contracting@bellsouth.net

C N A Construction Inc.

Chris Alves

Chris@cnaconstructioninc.com

C Roberds General Contracting LLC

Brett/Robinson Development Co. Inc. Bridge Builders of Alabama LLC, The

Cain Roberds

cain@croberdsgc.com

C. Thornton Inc.

Chylane Gregory Emmanuel Gregory

ctgregory@cthorntoninc.com egregory@cthorntoninc.com

C. W. Smith Decorating Co. LLC

Diane Smith

cwsmithdecorating@charter.net

Caddell Construction Co. (DE) LLC

Eddie Stewart, Mac Caddell

eddie.stewart@caddell.com Mac.Caddell@Caddell.com

Cahaba Disaster Recovery LLC

Joseph Miller, Stewart Fuzzell Jr.

Jmiller@cahabadisaster.com

Cahaba Electric Inc.

Russell Hogelin

russ@cahabaelectric.com

Capstone Building Corp.

Brandon Loyd

bloyd@capstonebuilding.com

Capstone Building Corp.

Carl McKinney

CMcKinney@CapstoneBuilding.com

Capstone Process Systems

Terry Hyatt

melinda@capstoneprocess.com

Carbine Construction Co. Inc.

Russell Carbine

rcarbine@carbineconstruction.com

Carpenter's Services Inc.

Fay Johnson

fay@carpenters-services.com

Cassity Bros. Construction Inc.

Scott Cassity

scassity@gmail.com

Castone Corp.

David James Jr.

Cates & Puckett Construction Co. Inc.

Steve Cates

steve@catesandpuckett.com

CGJones LLC

Trey Alexander

Trey@gocgjones.com

Cheyenne Steel Inc.

Bo Ogden

jnoiv@bellsouth.net

Christopher Contractors Inc.

Tony Christopher

christopherpe2610@bellsouth.net

CivilWorx Construction LLC

Matt Caddis

Caddis22@yahoo.com

CKA Construction Group of FL

Nicolas Gomez

contact@ckaconstruction.com

Clements Dean Building Co. LLC

Randy Clements

rclements@clementsdean.com

Coalmont Electrical Development Corp.

Shaun McCutcheon

Shaun@coalmont.com

Coastal Slip Form LLC

Kelly McElhenney

Kelly@coastalslipform.com

Commercial Construction and Maintenance Inc.

Kevin Pence, Lacey Pence

KevinP@ccminc.net, LaceyP@ccminc.net

Conn Equipment Rental Co. Inc.

Richard Conn

richard@connequipment.com

Construction Labor Services Inc.

Deborah Bishop, Tammy Parker

debbie@cls-midway.com Tammy@cls-midway.com

Corbitt Power & Light LLC

Shannon Corbitt

Shannon@corbittpower.com

Cornerstone Civil Contractors LLC

Edmund Colgrove

edmund@cornerstonecivil.com

Craft & Associates Inc.

Richard Craft

richard.craft@craftassociates.com

Crimson Contractors Inc.

Jill Holder

greatroofs@aol.com

ADDRESS 7309 Gadsden Hwy. Trussville, AL 35173 P.O. Box 187 Springville, AL 35146 110 Robyn St. Athens, AL 35611 1117 W. McKinnon St. New Brockton, AL 36351 P.O. Box 210007 Montgomery, AL 36121 15040 Alabama Hwy. 20 Madison, AL 35756 P.O. Box 10383 Birmingham, AL 35202 25299 Canal Rd., Ste. B-4 Orange Beach, AL 36561 231 Applegate Trace, Pelham, AL 35124 3420 Richard Arrington Blvd. N. Birmingham, AL 35234 3705 Fosters Industrial Dr. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 2055 Ruffner Rd. Birmingham, AL 35210 P.O. Box 2053 Muscle Shoals, AL 35662 P.O Box 360302 Birmingham, AL 35236 P.O. Box 17 Bremen, AL 35033 P.O. Box 2982 Columbus, MS 39704 P.O. Box 2252 Daphne, AL 36526 P.O. Box 704 Russellville, AL 35653 3169 Midtown Park S. Mobile, AL 36606 21883 Hwy. 181, Ste. D Fairhope, AL 36532 12390 Airport Blvd.

Mobile, AL 36608 1313 Hwy. 31 N. Prattville, AL 36067 P.O. Box 210099 Montgomery, AL 36121 520 Mineral Trace, Ste. C, Birmingham, AL 35244 P.O. Box 367 Centreville, AL 35042 4650 Whitesburg Dr., Ste. 201 Huntsville, AL 35806 1200 Corporate Dr. Birmingham, AL 35242 P.O. Box 2408 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 P.O. Box 1079 Florence, AL 35631 P.O. Box 2824 Semmes, AL 36575 P.O. Box 3043 Mobile, AL 36652 P.O. Box 747 Opelika, AL 36803 P.O. Box 3658 Muscle Shoals, AL 35662 919 E. Avalon Ave., Ste. B Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 1900 Brookdale Dr. W. Mobile, AL 36618 P.O. Box 247 Athens, AL 35612 731 Bear Creek Rd. E. Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 3524 NW 10th Ave. Oakland Park, FL 33309 5455 Hwy. 51 Wilsonville, AL 35186 22577 Hwy. 216 McCalla, AL 35111 P.O. Box 1439 Theodore, AL 36590 1809 Riverchase Dr., Unit 360568, Hoover, AL 35236 P.O. Box 2157 Sylacauga, AL 35150 P.O. Box 987 Semmes, AL 36575 203 Pecan Ave. Albertville, AL 35950 P.O. Box 20225 Tuscaloosa, AL 35402 P.O. Box 1320 Cullman, AL 35056 1808 14th Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

PHONE

CATEGORY

205-661-3040

Building

205-655-9006

Building; Public Building

256-232-3135

Electrical; Mechanical; Plumbing; HVAC

334-685-7196

Utilities; Heavy; Highway

334-271-0700

2351; 15120; 13080; 15250; 15400; 15500; 15600; 156700; 15800; 15900

256-970-3201

Building; Heavy; Industrial; Utilities

205-328-4000

Building; Heavy; Industrial; Utilities

251-981-4713

Building

205-663-6501

Building; Heavy

205-326-1409

2353; 16500; 1660

205-752-9611

Industrial

205-592-9673

Building; Public Building

256-386-7577

2351; 15080; 15950

256-394-9981

Highway; Street Construction

256-708-4771

Steel Erection; Masonry; Drywall; Carpentry

662-329-3703

Civil Construction

251-973-9500

1550

256-331-9676

2351

251-378-8472

Building

251-279-0018

Building

251-639-1906

Commercial Concrete; Roadwork

334-351-0560

Building

334-272-7723

Building; Industrial

205-634-6459

Demolition; Debris Removal

205-926-7897

2353; 16400; 16500; 16700; 15915 Building

205-803-5226

Building

205-758-3648

13200

256-766-9210

Building; Public Building

251-633-2600

Building

251-665-9159

23491; 02510; 23599

334-745-3571

3400

256-381-1202

Building; Heavy; Public Heavy; Industrial

256-320-1025

Civil Grading; Drainage; Utilities

251-473-7730

5100

256-232-4460

Water; Plumbing; Sewer

205-737-7885

23593

954-537-4006

Building

205-678-4295

Building

205-477-4611

Building; Utilities

251-581-7227

Concrete Construction

205-434-2047

Fueling Systems; Underground Storage Tanks

256-245-4741

14600; Mobile Crane Operators

251-645-4147

54162

256-572-7203

02500; 16200; 16300

205-366-8788

23491; 02530; 13280

256-739-2452

Building

205-758-8659

23561

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ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

CRL - Lovelady Construction LLC

Randall Lovelady

randy@crllovelady.com

Crucible Construction LLC

George Yates

gyates@crucibleconstruction.com

Cunningham DeLaney Construction LLC

Mark DeLaney, Jacob Cunningham

Mark@cunninghamdelaney.com jacob1@gulftel.com

Cypress Contracting LLC

Brian Benson

cypresscontractingllc@comcast.net

D. R. Davies Contractors LLC

Joey Davies

JoeySDavies@aol.com

David Jordan & Co. Inc.

Amanda Jordan

amandaj3698@att.net

Dexter Fortson Associates Inc.

Donna Lee

Dlee@dfa-inc.com

Dixie Acoustical Contractor Inc.

Herschel Yerby

hmyerby@bellsouth.net

Donald H. Allen Development Inc.

Donald Allen

dallen@dallendev.com

Dortch, Figures & Sons Inc.

Rashawan Figures

dortchfiguresandsons@gmail.com

Doster Construction Co. Inc.

Conn Crabtree

ccrabtree@dosterconstruction.com

Doster Construction Co. Inc.

Allan Dedman M. Alan Chandler Jr.

adedman@dosterconstruction.com achandler@dosterconstruction.com

Dothan Awning Co. Inc.

Pat Thomas

Dothan Glass Co.

Tony Williams

Tony@DothanGlass.com

Doyle Restoration Inc.

Jay Doyle

sales@doylerestoration.com

Dunn Building Co. LLC

Allan Gustin

agustin@dunnbuildingcompany.com

Dunn Building Co. LLC

Brett Clark

bclark@dunnbuildingcompany.com

Dunn Construction Co. Inc.

Evans Dunn, Hugh Hagood

edunn@dunnconstruction.com hhagood@dunnconstruction.com

Eagle Solar and Light

Samuel Yates

syates@eaglesolarandlight.com

East Bay Electric Inc.

Mike Crim

mikecrim@att.net

Eaves Construction Co. Inc.

Lane Eaves

Lane@eavesconstruction.com

Empire Construction

Jere Miller

jmiller@empire-concrete.com

Engineered Systems Inc.

Wayne Palmer

wayne@engsystemsinc.com

Esfeller Construction Co. Inc.

Patricia Esfeller, David Esfeller

pesfeller@esfellerconstruction.com desfeller@esfellerconstruction.com

Evergreen Siteworks LLC

Tom Lanier

Tlanier@evergreensiteworks.com

F. L. Crane & Sons Inc.

Jake Silva

jsilva@flcrane.com

F. L. Crane & Sons Inc.

Ray Pruitt

rpruitt@flcrane.com

Faulk Constructors Inc.

C. J. Faulk

fconstruction@bellsouth.net

Fite Building Co.

Michael Garber, Christina Cook

Mgarber@fitebuilding.com Ccook@fitebuilding.com

Fite Building Co. Inc.

Jack Fite

info@fitebuilding.com

Forestry Environmental Services Inc.

Mark Lawrence

forestryenv@aol.com

Forsyth Building Co. Inc.

Harold Forsyth, Josh Green

harold@forsythbuilding.com Josh@forsythbuilding.com

Ryan Turner, Frank V. Turner

RyanT@ftconst.com

Christie Sawyer

christie@frasier-ousley.com

Frank Turner Construction Co. Inc. Frasier-Ousley Construction Engineering Inc. Fred Owen Railroad Construction Inc.

Ron Owen

Fueling Solutions Inc.

Dale Simmons

dale@fueling-solutions.com

Fulcrum Construction Group LLC

Nathan Dunn

nathan@fulcrumgroup.com

Fyr Fyter Sales & Service

Jack Hill

jhill@fyrfyterhillmarine.com

G. W. Norrell Contracting Co. Inc.

Pam Kearley

pnkearley@yahoo.com

G.A. West & Co. Inc.

Gary West

bids@gawest.com

Gaillard Builders Inc.

Peter Gaillard, Sarah Coley

shunt@gaillardbuilders.com

Garnet Electric Co. Inc.

Charles Crow

ccrow@garnetelectric.com

Garrison Steel Erectors Inc.

John Garrison, Jason Garrison

jgarrison@garrisonsteel.com JasonGarrison@garrisonsteel.com

GFC Construction Inc.

Kay Free

Giddens Inc.

Mackie Giddens

Golden Railroad Construction Inc.

Ben Golden

ben@goldenrr.net

Goram Air Conditioning Co. Inc.

Darren Deas

darren@goramair.com

Gorrie Regan and Associates Inc.

Rick Shadix

rick.shadix@gorrieregan.com

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ADDRESS 890 Ravenwood Dr. Selma, AL 36701 29891 Woodrow Ln., Ste. 300 Spanish Fort, AL 36527 P.O. Box 1040 Magnolia Springs, AL 36555 P.O. Box 3047 Florence, AL 35630 1835 Cobbs Ford Ct. Millbrook, AL 36054 3698 US Hwy. 80 E. Lowndesboro, AL 36752 5511 Powder Plant Ln. Bessemer, AL 35022 1901 29th Ave. N. Birmingham, AL 35207 P.O. Box 1130 Auburn, AL 36831 2476 Commercial Park Dr. Mobile, AL 36606 408 Franklin St. SE, Ste. 100 Huntsville, AL 35801 2100 International Park Dr., Birmingham, AL 35243 P.O. Box 1563 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 1308 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 1066 Pell City, AL 35125 520 Saraland Blvd.

Saraland, AL 36571 P.O. Box 11546 Birmingham, AL 35202 P.O. Box 11967 Birmingham, AL 35202 4005 2nd Ave. S. Birmingham, AL 35222 P.O. Box 201 Robertsdale, AL 36567 5925 County Rd. 19 Demopolis, AL 36732 P.O. Box 1786 Daphne, AL 36526 P.O. Box 1207 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 114 Coden, AL 36523 3100 Wyndham Industrial Dr. Opelika, AL 36804 116 Jetplex Cir. Madison, AL 35758 1357 Investigator Dorrnell Cousette St., Ste. N Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 1514 Faulk Rd. Honoraville, AL 36042 1 Independence Plaza, Ste. 706 Homewood, AL 35209 3116 Sexton Rd. SE, Ste. A Decatur, AL 35603 P.O. Box 380185 Birmingham, AL 35238 P.O. Box 1147 Anniston, AL 36202 10140 Tanner Williams Rd. Mobile, AL 36608 P.O. Box 330 Selma, AL 36702 3351 Buckhead Dr. Birmingham, AL 35216 1258 Old Hwy. 11 Birmingham, AL 35235 P.O. Box 950 Daphne, AL 36526 P.O. Box 40620 Mobile, AL 36640 P.O. Box 737 Georgiana, AL 36033 1200 Radcliff Rd. Creola, AL 36525 1505 Telegraph Rd. Mobile, AL 36611 1615 E. State St. Sheffield, AL 35660 1122 Industrial Park Dr. Pell City, AL 35125 P.O. Box 87 Duncanville, AL 35456 P.O. Box 1186 Sylacauga, AL 35150 11260 U.S. Hwy. 43 Linden, AL 36748 1252 Houston St. Mobile, AL 36606 279 Snow Dr. Birmingham, AL 35209

PHONE

CATEGORY

334-418-8187

Building

251-377-9499

Building; Industrail

251-988-1235

2500; 02740; 23593

256-710-9479

Grading; Storm Drainage; Concrete; Clearing

334-285-3159

Heavy

334-284-4274

23594

205-432-2700

2353; 25399; 23492; 13400; 13410

205-251-8131

23542; 09510

334-826-1120

Building

251-338-9751

Roofing; Concrete; Paint

256-513-5316

Building

205-443-3800

Building

334-792-4129

10530; 12400; 07400

334-793-1161

08400; 08900; 08800; 08300; 08500; 08600

205-591-1114

03900; 04900; 07570; 07900; 2352

251-679-0265

Buildings; Concrete; Steel Fabrication; Erection; Metals

205-510-0300

Buildings; Concrete; Steel Fabrication; Erection; Metals

205-592-3866

Building; Highway; Utilities

205-202-2208

Electrical LED Lighting and Solar Panels

251-421-0033

2353

334-289-5241

Building; Industrial

251-621-1160

Concrete

334-794-6722

General Building

251-957-2210

Building

334-748-9191

Sewer Construction

256-464-0113

Drywall; Acoustical Ceiling; Metal Stud Framing; Floor Coverings; Spray Coatings

205-759-5040

Drywall; Acoustical Ceiling; Metal Stud Framing; Floor Coverings; Spray Coatings

334-834-9789

Industrial; Public Industrial

256-684-0138

Building; Industrial

256-353-5759

Building; Industrial

205-288-8369

02370; 56173; 23593

256-835-0033

Building

251-649-1148

Highways; Streets

334-827-5691

Building; Highway

205-981-7474

Heavy; Public Heavy

205-655-2111

424710; 5541; 4930

251-380-8375

Building

251-432-1625

Fire Protection Systems

334-376-2605

Heavy

251-410-6271

Heavy; Industrial

251-433-9315

Building

256-381-4062

2353; Electrical Contractors

205-884-4766

Steel Erectors

205-758-1948

Heavy; Utilities

256-249-8196

Utilities; Public Utilities

334-295-4480

Heavy

251-476-5003

2351; 15180; 15100

205-871-7395

Parking; Security Services; Custom Solutions

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

Grady Ralls & Son Inc.

Amanda Ralls

rallsgrady@gmail.com

Grant Nichols Construction Inc.

Grant Nichols, Tara Nichols

Grayson Carter and Son Contracting Inc.

Grant@gn-const.com Tjnichols@bellsouth.net

Halston Carter

Halston@graysoncarterandson.com

Grayson Construction LLC

Dustin Love

dustin@graysonconstructionllc.com

Gulf Electric Co. Inc. of Mobile

Brian Freeman, Stewart Brooks

Gulf Hauling & Construction Inc.

Michael Eubanks Jr., Steven May

Gulf Services

Lyman Ramsay

lyman.ramsay@gulfservices.us

H & N Construction Inc.

Travis Hovater

gthovater@comcast.net

H. H. Jordan Construction Co. Inc.

Robert Gates

H. O. Weaver & Sons Inc.

Paul Weaver

pweaver@hoseaweaver.com

H.N. Donahoo Contracting Co. Inc.

Kenneth (Rick) Dees

rdees@hndonahoo.com

Hale Building Co. Inc.

Steve Hale

steve@halebldg.com

Hall Taylor Construction Co. Inc.

Roger W. Taylor

rogert@halltaylorconstructin.com

Hallmark Builders Inc.

Mark Hallmark

mhallmark@hallmark-builders.com

Hammer Inc.

Michael Sawyer

sawyemh@gmail.com

Hancock Construction

Ryan Harbuck

ryan@hancockbuilt.com

Hardy Corp.

Tom Cordell

tcordell@hardycorp.com

Hargrove Engineers + Constructors

Bfreeman@gulfelec.com Sbrooks@gulfelec.com meubanks@gulfdirt.com smay@gulfdirt.com

Phil Carroll

pcarroll@hargrove-epc.com

Hargrove Engineers + Constructors

Micki Kohn, Chris Comstock

mkohn@hargrove-epc.com Ccomstock@hargrove-epc.com

Harpole Steel Buildings Inc.

Jim Harpole

jim@harpolesteel.com

Harris Coggin Building Co. Inc.

Tripp Harris

tharris@harriscoggin.com

ADDRESS 12364 Brooklyn Rd. Evergreen, AL 36401 P.O. Box 183 Orange Beach, AL 36561 146 Roy Long Rd. W. Athens, AL 35611 1945 Patton Chapel Hoover, AL 35226 P.O. Box 2385 Mobile, AL 36652 P.O. Box 69 Wilmer, AL 36587 5540 Business Pkwy.

Theodore, AL 36582 P.O. Box 1858 Florence, AL 35631 P.O. Box 13456 Eight Mile, AL 36613 P.O. Box 8039 Mobile, AL 36689 P.O. Box 2345 Birmingham, AL 35201 P.O. Box 2709 Anniston, AL 36202 4703 Fosters Industrial Ln. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 3500 Blue Lake Dr., Ste. 410 Birmingham, AL 35243 P.O. Box 903 Monroeville, AL 36461 2828 Old 280 Ct. Vestavia Hills, AL 35243 P.O. Box 2046 Birmingham, AL 35201 600 Corporate Pkwy., Ste. 200 Birmingham, AL 35242 20 S. Royal St. Mobile, AL 36602 # 3 Office Park Cir., Ste. 304 Birmingham, AL 35223 2029 Kentucky Ave. Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

PHONE

CATEGORY

251-578-4000

Highway

251-406-3324

Civil; Concrete; Streets

256-233-3260

Grading; Drainage; Culverts

205-423-0256

Building

251-666-0654

2353

251-633-7474

23593; 23594

251-653-3369

Heavy; Highway

256-764-5959

Building; Public Building; Industrial

251-456-4100

Building; Heavy; Highway; Industrial

251-342-3025

Heavy; Highway; Industrial; Utilities

205-252-9246

Heavy; Highway; Utilities

256-237-4961

Building; Heavy; Industrial

205-758-8265

Building; Public Building; Heavy; Highway; Industrial; Utilities

205-972-1230

Building; Public Building; Industrial

251-575-3644

Building

205-497-3284

Building; Industrial

205-252-7191

15050; 15100; 151800; 15200; 15850; 15915; 2351; 15120

205-484-0263

Industrial

251-476-0605

Industrial

205-803-7373

Building

205-747-0670

Building

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ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

Harris Robinson Construction Inc.

Larkin Delk

Ldelk@harrisrobinson.com

Hayneville Holding Co. Inc.

Howard Powell

Herndon Electric Inc.

Justin Herndon

Higgins Electric Inc. of Dothan

Randy Smith, Gary Granger

Highland Construction LLC

Lorie Addison, Mike Addison

Hill Brothers Inc.

Jamie Montgomery

jamie@hillbrothersgc.com

Holland Industrial Services Inc.

Terrell Smith

tsmith@hollandindustrial.net

Holland Mfg. Co. Inc.

Steve Holland

Hollis & Spann Inc.

Glenn Spivey

gspivey@hollisandspann.com

Hovater Metal Works Inc.

Greg Hovater

hovatermetal2017@gmail.com

Hubbard & Drake General/ Mechanical Contractors Inc.

Chris Howard

chris@hubbarddrake.com

Hurst Construction LLC

Renee Hurst, Todd Hurst

renee@hurstconstruction.com todd@hurstconstruction.com

Hutcheson Construction Co. Inc.

John Hutcheson

john@hutchesonconstruction.com

ICS Inc.

Wendell Morgan

Ikaros LLC

Keith Andrews

kandrews@ikarosllc.net

IMS Construction LLC

Jackson Wallace

Jackson@imsbuilders.com

Ingle Demolition & Salvage Inc.

Dennis Ingle

dennis@ingledemolition.com

Ingram Construction LLC

Lee Ingram

lee@ingramconstructionllc.com

J. A. Lett Construction Co. Inc.

Josh Kirkland

jkirkland@jalett.com

J. R. Robinson Construction Co. Inc.

Jeffery Robinson

James B. Donaghey Inc.

Bob Clapper

bclapper@donagheymechanical.com

James Paving Co. LLC

Larry James

Larry@jamespavingcompany.com

Jerry Kyser Builder Inc.

Jake Kyser

jake@kyser.com

Jesse Stutts Inc.

Jay Stutts

Jay@jessestuttsinc.com

JLS International Inc.

Jeffrey Smith

jlsinternational@yahoo.com

John G. Walton Construction Co. Inc.

John Walton, Roger Dixon

jgw@johngwalton.com roger@johngwalton.com

John Plott Co. Inc.

Stephanie Woolley

swoolley@jplott.com

Johnson Contractors Inc.

Robert Staples

Rstaples@JohnsonCont.com

Johnson Contractors Inc.

Thomas Counts

tcounts@johnsoncont.com

Joiner Fire Sprinkler Co.

Robert Joiner

Jones Masonry Construction Inc.

Kristy Fife

kfife0522@comcast.net

Jones Utility & Contracting Co.

Ricky Jones

jonesutilitycont@bellsouth.net

Jordan Excavating Co. LLC

Steve Jordan

jordanexcavating@bellsouth.net

Kelly Road Builders Inc.

Mellissa Sahagun

msahagun@kellyconstructioncompany.com

Kevin Miller Development Inc.

Kevin Miller

mill401@aol.com

King & Associates Inc.

Robbie King

reking@kingassoc.net

Klapal Contracting

Fredrick Klapal

Koss Construction Inc.

Koss Green

Kyser Construction LLC

Chris Kyser

ckyser@kyser-construction.com

L & K Construction LLC

Lee Thornton

leethornton80@yahoo.com

Larry Pullen Construction Co. LLC

Larry Pullen

lpullen@gmail.com

Lee Builders

C. Sean Lee, H. Bruce Lee

sean@leebuilders.com bruce@leebuilders.com

Lewis Construction LLC

Mike Lewis

lewisllc@graceba.net

Littleton Electric Service Inc.

David Littleton

david@littletonelectric.com

M & M Construction Corp. Inc.

Chris Hutcherson

M G Roofing Inc.

Montey Gaisser

M. W. Rogers Construction Co. LLC Marathon Electrical Contractors Inc.

Jherndon@herndonelectric.net RandySmith@higginselectric.com GaryGranger@higginselectric.com lorie@thehighlandgroupllc.com Mike@thehighlandgroupllc.com

John Otts

John@mwrogers.net

Jackson Ingram

jingram@marathonelectrical.com

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ADDRESS 3133 Green Valley Rd. Birmingham, AL 35243 P.O. Box 175 Hayneville, AL 36040 P.O. Box 1588 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 447 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 230607 Montgomery, AL 36123 P.O. Box 2200 Robertsdale, AL 36567 P.O. Box 937 Bay Minette, AL 36507 P.O. Box 5568 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 1530 Dothan, AL 36302 5525 Waterloo Rd. Russellville, AL 35653 P.O. Box 1867 Decatur, AL 35602 P.O. Box 3364 Oxford, AL 36203 P.O. Box 11053 Montgomery, AL 36111 P.O. Box 1404 Ashville, AL 35953 8501 New Watermelon Rd. Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 5690 Watermelon Rd., Ste. 400 Northport, AL 35473 P.O. Box 306 Adamsville, AL 35005 1775 Taliaferro Trail Montgomery, AL 36117 P.O. Box 1330 Auburn, AL 36830 1801 S. Lakeshore Birmingham, AL 35216 P.O. Box 66647 Mobile, AL 36660 P.O. Box 480 Pelham, AL 35124 2257 Taylor Rd., Ste. 200 Montgomery, AL 36117 3414 9th Ave. SW Huntsville, AL 35805 P.O. Box 928 Robertsdale, AL 36567 P.O. Box 81222 Mobile, AL 36689 P.O. Box 20183 Tuscaloosa, AL 35402 P.O. Box 9022 Huntsville, AL 35812 P.O. Box 3779 Muscle Shoals, AL 35662 P.O. Box 10804 Birmingham, AL 35202 1140-A Whigham Place Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 2509 Cone Dr. Birmingham, AL 35217 2085 Old Montgomery Hwy. Birmingham, AL 35244 P.O. Box 101687 Birmingham, AL 35210 P.O. Box 324 Helena, AL 35080 601 F East Pasadena Ave. Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 P.O. Box 5621 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 98 Pine Hill, AL 36769 214 Hargrove Rd. E. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 P.O. Box 302 Orange Beach, AL 36561 221 Wheeler View Point Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 2049 Fisher St. SW Huntsville, AL 35803 P.O. Box 6891 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 3589 Oxford, AL 36203 10691 US Hwy. 231 Wetumpka, AL 36092 2714 Avalon Ave. Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 25 Midtown Park W. Mobile, AL 36606 1328 Southfield Dr. SE Decatur, AL 35603

PHONE

CATEGORY

205-967-6601

Public Building

334-548-2101

Utilities

334-793-6642

2353; 16200; 16400; 16500; 16600; 16700; 15915

334-793-4859

Electrical Contractor

334-356-0905

Building; Highway; Heavy

251-348-7788

Earthwork; Paving; Clearing; Storm Sewer

251-937-4652

16080; 16700

334-792-0937

03300; 03400; 05050; 05100; 05500; 05900; 07600; 11500; 53249

334-793-4444

Building; Industrial

256-332-9663

Roofing; Iron and Steel Erection; Building Construction

256-353-9244

Install and Manufacture Mechanical, Pipe & Steel Fabrication

256-835-7745

Building; Industrial

334-288-3540

Building; Industrial

205-594-4885

Building

205-333-8500

Heavy; Highway; Utilities

205-469-1529

Building; Development; Asset Management

205-675-1320

23594; Demolition

334-244-1440

Building

334-821-7390

Building; Public Building; Heavy; Highway; Utilities

205-941-9862

Building; Public Building

251-476-6494

2351; 15200; 15700

205-396-1924

Asphalt & Concrete Paving

334-262-8859

Building

256-533-7730

Electrical Contractors

251-947-5688

2351; 15400; 15600; 15700; 15800

251-342-6250

Heavy; Public Heavy; Highway; Public Highway

205-345-5678

23593; 23491; 56173

256-837-7426

Building; Heavy; Highway; Industrial; Utilities

256-383-0313

Building; Heavy; Highway; Industrial; Utilities

205-716-1317

15300; 105020; 07800; 13900

205-345-6540

Masonry

205-849-3515

Utilities

205-987-0534

23491

205-957-2484

Highway; Heavy

205-621-8448

Utilities

256-386-0422

Building; Heavy; Industrial

334-794-2818

Utilities; Public Utilities

334-963-4873

Building; Industrial

205-366-3530

Building; Industrial

251-583-0891

Concrete, Sidewalks, Driveways, Inlets, Pipe Culverts

256-446-8701

Building

256-881-1778

Building

334-699-6891

Building

256-835-2161

2353

334-567-9894

Utility Companies Plant Maintenance

256-381-0379

23561

251-479-7140

Building

205-323-8500

Electrical Contractors

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

ADDRESS

Marathon Electrical Contractors LLC

Mark Harry, Bradley Brock

mharry@marathonelectrical.com Bbrock@marathonelectrical.com

Mark Davis Construction Inc.

Tina Davis

markdavisinc@aol.com

Mark Johnson Construction LLC

Mark Johnson

mark@mjohnsonconstruction.com

Marshall & Associates LLC

Mark Saunders

Mark.Saunders@marshall-team.com

Marshall Design Build LLC

Chet Marshall

Martin and Cobey Construction Co. Inc.

Brian Moore

bmoore@martinandcobey.com

McAbee Construction Inc.

Joe McAbee, Scott Nichols

JMcAbee@mcabeeinc.com snichols@mcabeeinc.com

McCord Contract Floors Inc.

Gary McCord

gary@mccordfloors.com

McElhenney Construction Co. LLC

Josh McElhenney Robert McDonough

josh@mcelhenneyconst.com robertm@mcelhenneyconst.com

McFarland Construction Co.

Mike McFarland

McInnis Builders LLC

S. Procter McInnis

procter@mcinnisbuilders.com

McInnis Construction LLC

Travis Tyler

travis.tyler@mcinnisconstructs.com

McWhorter and Co. Inc.

Krisy Smith

krisy@mcwhorterinc.com

Melvin Pierce Painting Inc.

Tim Mosley

tim@melvinpierce.com

Midsouth Paving Inc.

Jeff Janeway

jeffery.janeway@midsouthpaving.com

Midsouth Paving Inc.

Graham Wiseman

Graham.Wiseman@midsouthpaving.com

Midsouth Paving Inc.

Graham Wiseman

graham.wiseman@midsouthpaving.com

Midsouth Paving Inc.

Charlie Cook, DeLane Hartzog

charles.cook@midsouthpaving.com rodney.hartzog@midsouthpaving.com

Midsouth Paving Inc.

Matt Phillips

matthew.phillips@midsouthpaving.com

Miller & Miller Inc.

Mark Seeley

mseeley@miller-miller-inc.com

MLMD LLC

Mitch Mitchell

Mitch@MLMDLLC.com

2830 Commerce Blvd.

Irondale, AL 35210 3958 Snow Rd. N., Ste. I Semmes, AL 36575 P.O. Box 20040 Tuscaloosa, AL 35402 660 N. College St., Ste. A Auburn, AL 36830 4437 Atlanta Hwy. Montgomery, AL 36109 P.O. Box 1048 Athens, AL 35612 P. O. Drawer 1460 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 P.O. Box 6761 Dothan, AL 36303 P.O. Box 1409 Theodore, AL 36590 8255 Zeigler Blvd.

Mobile, AL 36608 17320 Panama City Beach Pkwy., Ste. 107 Panama City Beach, FL 32413 P.O. Box 730 Summerdale, AL 36580 P.O. Box 907 Anniston, AL 36202 P.O. Box 378 Semmes, AL 36575 P.O. Box 385025 Birmingham, AL 35238 107 Jetplex Ln. Madison, AL 35758 23010 Hwy. 72 Tuscumbia, AL 35674 4238 West Blvd.

Montgomery, AL 36108 381 Twitchell Rd. Dothan, AL 36304 2106 Miller Ferry Way Huntsville, AL 35801 276 Point Rd. Muscle Shoals, AL 35661

ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

PHONE

CATEGORY

205-323-8500

2353; 16500; 16600; Electrical Contractor

251-649-1270

Heavy

205-752-1978

Building; Utilities

334-209-1691

Building; Industrial

334-277-8820

Building; Industrial

256-232-5384

Building; Public Building; Industrial; Public Industrial

205-349-2212

Pope & Vessel Fabrication; Modular Assembly; Crane Rentals

334-792-5219

09600; 09650; 09680

251-973-0030

Heavy; Highway

251-633-3310

13120

850-249-9840

Building

251-378-2660

Heavy Foundation; Bridge Work

256-238-8545

Building

251-649-2900

2352; 04050; 15250

205-995-5900

Heavy; Public Highway; Utilities

256-774-8084

Heavy; Public Highway; Utilities

256-883-4900

Heavy; Public Highway; Utilities

334-288-8310

Heavy; Public Highway; Utilities

334-712-7543

Heavy; Highway; Public Highway

256-882-6200

Heavy; Public Heavy; Highway

256-710-5809

Civil; Highway; Dirt Work

June 2023 BusinessAlabama.com | 45

ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

Mobile Asphalt Co. LLC

John Whitman, Jimmy Loftin

jtwhitman@mobileasphalt.com

Mobile Pipe & Welding Inc.

Ronald Beasley

mobilepipe@mpwrb.com

Monumental Contracting Service LLC

Christopher L. Swain

cswain@monumentalcs.com

Moon Construction Services Inc.

Joseph Moon

jmoon@moonconstructionservices.com

Moore & Thompson Inc.

Sheila Moore

Moore Construction Services LLC

Paul Moore

Paul@moorecsllc.com

Moore Contracting, LLC

Jason N. Moore

Joson@moorecontractingllc.com

Morris Builders LLC

Jimmy Morris Jr.

jimmymorrisjr@morrisbuildersllc.com

Morrow Railroad Builders Inc.

Susan Wilson, Donald Cates

susan@MRRBUSA.com don@mrrbusa.com

Mullins Building Products Inc.

Susan Mullins Sellers

ssellers@mullinsbp.com

N. C. Morgan Construction Co. Inc.

Billy Falls

bfalls@ncmorganconstruction.com

Newell & Bush Inc.

M. Ben Hitson

Nordan Contracting Co. Inc.

Claud W. Nordan Jr.

ncciemail1@gmail.com

North Alabama Fabricating Inc.

Craig Rainbolt

crainbolt@nafcofab.com

Omni Industrial Services Inc.

John Kateon

John.Kateon@omni-is.com

Ozark Striping Co. Inc.

Leon M. Gross III

leegross@centurytel.net

P. L. Russell LLC

Ben Russell

Ben@plrussell.com

Palmer Electric Construction Co.

Larry Palmer

Parkes Mechanical & Metals Inc.

Ty McConnell

ty@parkesmechanical.com

Pate Landscape Co. Inc.

Jason Walker

Jason@patelandscape.com

Pennington Group Inc. (The)

Corey Weaver

corey@thepennington-group.com

Pensacola Glass Co.

Woody Watters

ww@pensacolaglass.com

Persons Service Corp.

Paul Persons, Courtney Hearin

office@personsservices.com Chearin@personsservices.com

Pettus Plumbing and Piping Inc.

Grover Johnson

gjohnson@pettushvac.com

Petty Line Construction Co. Inc.

Edwin Petty

Phillip Pouncey Builder Inc.

Phillip Pouncey

phillippounceybuilder@yahoo.com

Phoenix Restoration Service Inc.

Eddie Inge, Edward Allred

Etarkany@phoenixrest.com Einge@phoenixrest.com

Pierce & Allred Construction

Justin Allred

Powell Builders Inc.

John Powell

Powers & Associates, Gen. Contractor Inc.

Michele Tully

Price Ceiling Inc.

Bob Cochran

Prier Construction Inc.

Chris Prier

cprier@prierconstruction.com

Progressive Insulation LLC

Russell Killen

rkillen@progressivein.com

R & H Electric Inc.

Marie Marsh

randhelectric@knology.net

R & S Paving and Grading Inc.

Logan Rawson

naomi@rspaving.org

Rabren General Contractors Inc.

Mike Scarborough

mikescarborough@rabren.com

Rabren General Contractors Inc.

Matt Rabren, Che Odom

mattrabren@rabren.com CheOdom@rabren.com

Rast Construction Inc.

Mike vonEschenbach

mvoneschenbach@rastconstruction.com

Reed-Hays Construction LLC

Matthew Reed, Robert Hays

Mreed@ReedHaysConstruction.com Rhays@ReedHaysConstruction.com

Reeve Electric Co. Inc.

Richard Reeve

richard@reeve-electric.com

Reeves & Shaw Construction LLC

Douglas Shaw, Ron Reeves

dshaw@reevesandshawconstruction.com Rreeves@reevesandshawconstruction.com

REV Construction Inc.

Jason Brown

jbrown.revc@att.net

Rhodes Electric LLC

Dusty Rhodes

Dusty@RhodesElectricLLC.com

Riley Bridge Co. Inc.

Cynthia Riley

rbridge1@bellsouth.net

Rives Construction Co. Inc.

Hasting Sykes

hsykes@rives.com

RJ Mechanical Inc.

Russell Sandlin

Rob Middleton Construction LLC

Greg Bostwick, Rob Middleton

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Michele@powersandassociates.com

greg@rm-const.com, rob@rm-const.com

ADDRESS P.O. Box 190279 Mobile, AL 36619 8305 Zeigler Blvd.

Mobile, AL 36608 P.O. Box 8361 Birmingham, AL 35218 P.O. Box 19048 Huntsville, AL 35804 1120 McCrig Rd. Lincoln, AL 35096 P.O. Box 1247 Pell City, AL 35125 P.O. Box 464 Guntersville, AL 35976 P.O. Box 680627 Prattville, AL 36068 P.O. Box 839 Dolomite, AL 35061 5631 C Clifford Cir. Birmingham, AL 35210 P.O. Box 70367 Tuscaloosa, AL 35407 P.O. Box 240397 Montgomery, AL 36124 P.O. Box 336 Saraland, AL 36571 2101 Old Columbiana Rd. Ste. 400 Birmingham, AL 35216 2515 Leroy Stevens Rd. Mobile, AL 36618 1273 W. Roy Parker Rd. Ozark, AL 36360 P.O. Box 1623 Mobile, AL 36633 1023 N. Beverlye Rd. Dothan, AL 36303 P.O. Box 2607 Muscle Shoals, AL 35662 3408 Greenpine Cir., Montgomery, AL 36108 P.O. Box 190305, Birmingham, AL 35219 P.O. Box 18903 Pensacola, FL 32523 4474 Halls Mill Rd. Mobile, AL 36693 P.O. Box 1048 Rogersville, AL 35652 P.O. Box 1697 Clanton, AL 35046 P.O. Box 11693 Montgomery, AL 36111 P.O. Box 7248 Mobile, AL 36670 P.O. Box 1301 Florence, AL 35631 1223 13th Way Pleasant Grove, AL 35127 175 Main St. Trussville, AL 35173 2000 Lay Dam Rd. Clanton, AL 35045 5200 Cahaba River Rd. Birmingham, AL 35243 415 Gerrard Florence, AL 35630 701 N. McDonough St. Montgomery, AL 36104 P.O. Box 1264 Foley, AL 36536 2100 Devereux Cir. Ste. 100 Vestavia Hills, AL 35243 306 Persimmon Dr. Auburn, AL 36830 P.O. Box 2072 Birmingham, AL 35201 26064 Capital Dr., Ste. A Daphne, AL 36532 2428 2nd Ave. S. Birmingham, AL 35233 200 Grove Park Ln., Ste. 680 Dothan, AL 36305 5801 Grover Burchfield Dr. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 113 Caring Cross Florence, AL 35633 P.O. Box 716 Russellville, AL 35653 5200 Grantswood Rd. Birmingham, AL 35210 3153 Bellwood Dr. Birmingham, AL 35243 P.O. Box 91355 Mobile, AL 36691

PHONE

CATEGORY

251-408-0770

Public Heavy; Public Highway

251-633-9131

23599; 02500; 23499

205-788-6275

Building; Heavy; Industrial; Utilities

256-489-1448

Building; Industrial

205-763-7111

13410

205-715-8959

Commercial, Industrial, Plant Maintenance

256-572-6672

Building

334-365-6306

Reinforcing Steel

205-744-9642

Railroad Track Construction & Maintenance

205-836-0011

08100; 08200; 08700; 08300; 10520; 10550; 10600; 10800

205-553-7720

Building; Public Building; Industrial

334-215-7372

Building; Highway; Public Highway

251-457-7500

Utilities; Public Utilities

205-413-8410

23591

251-776-5955

Industrial

334-774-2138

Traffic; Control; Safety

251-599-1146

Concrete and Cement Work

334-792-8473

Electrical Contractors

256-383-3321

05500; 15120; 15200

334-264-2220

56173

205-917-3770

Building

850-433-8348

08400; 08500; 08900; Glazing

251-660-0132

Building; Heavy; Industrial; Utilities

256-389-8181

2351; 15900

205-755-2591

2353

334-288-6000

Building

251-725-1779

Insurance Repair; Mitigation; Mold; Asbestos; Lead

256-757-5122

Industrial and Structural Construction

205-744-5097

Building; Utilities

205-655-8300

Building; Heavy; Industrial

205-280-5500

5400; 7200; 9250; 9510

205-823-0400

Building

256-275-3878

15200; 23542

334-262-6442

2353

251-943-2071

Heavy; Highway

205-832-0068

Building

334-826-6143

Building

205-942-6888

Heavy; Highway; Utilities

251-586-8642

Building

205-252-4141

2353; 16050; 16080; 16100; 16120; 16200; 16400; 16500; 16700

334-677-5600

Commercial and Institutional

205-349-1860

2212

256-762-1828

Plumbing and Electrical

256-332-9583

Highway

205-443-5000

Building; Industrial; Utilities

205-968-0991

2351

251-661-1637

Heavy; Highway

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

ADDRESS

Rob't. J. Baggett Inc.

Beau Baggett, Charles "Chuck" Dicks Jr.

beau@rjbaggett.com Chuck@rjbaggett.com

James F. Robinson Jr.

robinsons5763@ymail.com

Rogers & Willard Inc.

Mike Rogers, Billy Pardue

Rogers Group "Northeast Alabama Construction"

mrogers@rogerswillard.com Bpardue@rogerswillard.com

Anthony M. Garcia

anthony.garcia@rogersgroupinc.com

Rogers Group Inc.

Rebecca Brown

rebecca.brown@rogersgroupinc.com

Rogers Group Inc. Rock Division

John Monroe

John.Monroe@rogersgroupinc.com

Rolin Construction Inc.

Seth Smith, Stephanie Rolin

seth@rolinbuilds.com stephanie@rolinbuilds.com

Royal Restoration LLC

Andrea Richardson

arichardson@restorewithroyal.com

Russell Construction of Alabama Inc.

Steve Russell, Josie Russell Young

Russell S. Lee Floor & Tile Co. Inc.

Judith Suther

759 Holcomb Ave. Mobile, AL 36606 80 Fifth Ave. Halleyville, AL 35565 550 Saint Michael St., Ste. A Mobile, AL 36602 2512 Trina Blvd. SW Huntsville, AL 35805 520 Three Mile Ln. Tuscumbia, AL 35674 149 Parks Chapel Rd. Lacey's Spring, AL 35754 5060 Jack Springs Rd. Atmore, AL 36502 P.O. Box 492 Helena, AL 35080 1616 Mt. Meigs Rd. Montgomery, AL 36107 P.O. Box 20166 Tuscaloosa, AL 35402 P.O. Box 190048 Birmingham, AL 35219 P.O. Box 7453 Mobile, AL 36670 P.O. Box 10186 Birmingham, AL 35202 P.O. Box 190034 Mobile, AL 36619 P.O. Box 1205 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 7127 Dothan, AL 36302 P.O. Box 369 Auburn, AL 36831 P.O. Box 2000 Opelika, AL 36801 2490 Rocky Ridge Rd. Vestavia Hills, AL 35243 4208 E. Schrimscher Ln. Huntsville, AL 35805 1309 Putman Dr. Huntsville, AL 35816

Robinson & Sons Construction Services Inc.

jsuther@rslee.com Sbrown@russocorp.com hwilson@russocorp.com leland.moore@sssprinkler.com derick.boutwell@sssprinkler.com

Russo Corp.

Sam Brown, Harris Wilson

S & S Sprinkler Co. LLC

Leland T. Moore Jr., Derick Boutwell

S & W Electric Co. Inc.

Richard Stewart

rstew12@aol.com

S.J.&L., Civil Contractors Inc.

Michael Tew

mtew@sjlcontractors.com

Saliba Construction Co. Inc.

Ricky Saliba

rsaliba@salibaconstruction.com

Scarborough & Associates Inc.

David Scarborough

dscarborough@sai-dothan.com

Schmidt Environmental Construction Inc.

Aaron Schmidt

aaron@schmidteci.com

Scott Bridge Co. Inc.

Michael Terrell

mterrell@scottbridge.com

Sentry Heating & Air Inc.

Charlie Conklin

Cconklin@sentryheating.com

Service Steel Inc.

Matt Taylor

mtaylor@servicesteelinc.com

Shannon Brothers Tile Inc.

Mike Shannon

mike@sbtile.com

ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

PHONE

CATEGORY

251-473-3290

Building; Heavy; Industrial; Utilities

205-486-5763

Building; Water Storage Tank Maintenance; Water & Sewer Line Install & Repair

251-479-2675

Commercial; Industrial

256-533-0505

Highway

256-383-1645

Highway

256-650-3992

Heavy; Aggregates

251-368-0072

Building

205-988-9696 334-215-1617

Building

205-345-1735

9600; 23543

205-923-4434

02500; 02200; 02475; 02250; 02260

251-473-6000

10520

205-595-8103

Electrical Wiring

251-661-7926

Highway; Industrial; Utilities; Public Utilities

334-792-9871

Building; Public Building; Industrial

334-794-2781

2353; 16400; 16500

334-887-0334

Water Treatment Plants

334-749-5045

Heavy; Civil; Bridge

205-979-9864

15120; 15700; 2351

256-883-1190

23591

256-837-6520

9300; 23552

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ALABAMA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

SPECIAL SECTION

COMPANY

MEMBERS

EMAIL

Sheltons Railroad Construction Inc.

Bobby Shelton

BL.Shelton@yahoo.com

Shoals Electric Co. Inc.

Adrian Yarborough, Frankie Tubbs

ayarbrough@shoalselectric.com ftubbs@shoalselectric.com

Shoals MPE LLC

Todd Scarborough

todd@shoalsmpe.com

Shook & Fletcher Mech. Contr. Inc.

James Traywick Sr.

Simpson Plastering LLC

Richard Riley

rriley@simpsonplastering.com

Skipper's General Contractors Inc.

Beverly Skipper

sgcinc79@aol.com

Sloan Utility Contracting

David Sloan

Tunco@bellsouth.net

Smith Electric & Associates dba T. K. Smith & John Little Electric Co. Inc.

Terrel "T. K." Smith

Smith General Contractors LLC

Justin Vandiver

jvandiver@smithgeneralcontr.com

Snow-Blakeney Construction

Hank Snow

Hsnow@snow-blakeney.com

Southeast Industrial Construction

Kayla Trachsel

ktrachsel@seiconstruction.com.com

Southeastern Sealcoating Inc.

David Henderson

david@southeasternsealcoating.com

Southeastern Steel Services

Ron Pharr

Southern Site Contractors

Mike Thomas

Southern Structures Corp.

Edwin Page

Speegle Contracting Co. Inc.

Jason Speegle

SPJ General Contractors Inc.

Steve Pace

steve@spj1.com

Stanley Construction Co. Inc.

Al Stanley

astanley@stanley-hsv.com

Startley General Contractors Inc.

James Startley

Stone Building Co.

Justin Drummond

jdrummond@stonebuilding.com

Strozier Construction Inc.

Greg Strozier

strozier@ymail.com

Stuart Construction LLC

Bill Mitchell, Jennifer Mitchell

Bmitchell@stuartconstructionllc.com Jmitchell@stuartconstructionllc.com

Sue Jac Inc.

James Hooper

Summit Electrical Construction Inc.

Mark Bratton

mbratton@summiteci.com

Summit Waterproofing Inc.

Dan Stegall

dan@summit-waterproofing.com

Synergy Drywall & Acoustical Contractors

Jason Hill

jasonhill@synergysc.net

T & F Inc.

Gene Freeman

tfinc1@aol.com

T. Batchelor & Son Inc.

Terry Batchelor

tbatchelor@tbatchelorandson.com

T. E. Stevens Construction Inc.

Patrick McLaughlin, Tom Stevens

pmclaughlin@testevens.com tstevens@testevens.com

Taylor & Miree Construction Inc.

Wes Taylor

wes@taylor-miree.com

Taylor Corp.

Candice Taylor

candice@taylorcorporation.com

Taylor Electric Inc.

Chris Holladay

chris@TaylorElectricUtility.com

TDG Development Co. LLC

Steve Chester

Steve@dobbinsgroup.net

Tennessee Valley Builders Inc.

Gary Conville

gary@tvbinc.net

TerMac Construction Inc.

Conan K. Terrell

cterrell@termac-construction.com

Thomas Industries Inc.

Thomas Cotton, Derek Thomas

Thomas@thomasconst.com derek@thomasconst.com

Timberline Construction Group

Clay Curtis

Ccurtis@timberlinecg.com

Tortorigi Construction

Joe Tortorigi

Triptek Construction LLC

Miles Smith

Miles@triptekllc.com

TTL Inc.

Dean McClure

dmcclure@ttlusa.com

Underground Inc.

Kevin Nezat

uground316@aol.com

Vail Painting LLC

Warren Vail

vailpaintingLLC@yahoo.com

Victor Sign & Advertising Co. Inc.

Joe Thompson

joe@victorsign.com

Virginia Wrecking Co. Inc.

Kyle Maddox

kmaddox@virginiawrecking.com

Vulcan Industrial Contractors Co. LLC

Sandy Killion

skillion@vindco.com

Vulcan Painters Inc.

Susan Boyd

sboyd@vulcan-group.com

W R Mitchell Contractor Inc.

Bill McGough

mcgoughw@aol.com

W. K. Upchurch Construction Co. Inc.

Ken Upchurch III

wkuiii@wkupchurch.com

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ADDRESS 15531 Hasting Rd. Athens, AL 35613 704 Davison Ave. Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 3311 County Rd. 47 Florence, AL 35630 P. O Box 10803 Birmingham, AL 35202 4800 Division Ave., Bldg. 200 Birmingham, AL 35222 5400 County Rd. 22 Evergreen, AL 36401 6949 Turner Mountain Rd. Hokes Bluff, AL 35903 2570 Halls Mill Rd. Mobile, AL 36606

michael.thomas@southersitecontractors.com

450 Rose Dr. Florence, AL 35630 P.O. Box 3086 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 1725 W. 1st North St. Morristown, TN 37814 1330 Adamsville Ind. Pkwy.

Birmingham, AL 35224 P.O. Box 360 Vincent, AL 35178 5750 Stringfield Rd. Huntsville, AL 35086 P.O. Box 1103 Andalusia, AL 36420 P.O. Box 2215 Cullman, AL 35055 P.O. Box 610 Trinity, AL 35673 4410 A Evangle Cir., Huntsville, AL 35816 15369 County Hwy. 26, Blountsville, AL 35031 8011 Liberty Pkwy., Ste. 201 Vestavia Hills, AL 35242 P.O. Box 101295 Birmingham, AL 35210 P.O. Box 579 Bay Minette, AL 36507 1402 Southfield Dr. SE Decatur, AL 35603 711 - 39th St. N. Birmingham, AL 35222 P.O. Box 1948 Pelham, AL 35124 P.O. Box 964 Oneonta, AL 35121 P.O. Box 320036 Birmingham, AL 35232 7570 Zeigler Blvd.

Mobile, AL 36608 2511 Ruffner Rd. Birmingham, AL 35210 Eleven Dexter Ave. Birmingham, AL 35213 P.O. Box 3424 Oxford, AL 36203 5592 Wall Triana Hwy. Madison, AL 35758 2914 Linden Ave. Birmingham, AL 35209 2809 Newby Rd., Ste. 109 Huntsville, AL 35805 7282 Dolphin St. Daphne, AL 36526 362 Commercial Park Dr. Fairhope, AL 36532 87 Pardue Rd. Birmingham, AL 35124 P.O. Box 824 Trussville, AL 35173 1626 Jack Springs Rd. Atmore, AL 36502 P.O. Drawer 1128 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 11251 Moffett Rd. Wilmer, AL 36587 4007 Shaw Dr. Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 5000 Whitworth Ln. Mobile, AL 36619 P.O. Box 2730 Daphne, AL 36526 P.O. Box 380217 Birmingham, AL 35124 P.O. Box 1010 Bessemer, AL 35021 P.O. Box 180637 Mobile, AL 36618 P.O. Box 230487 Montgomery, AL 36123

PHONE

CATEGORY

256-233-4375

Railroad

256-381-4146

2353

256-766-9439

2353; 2351; HVAC; Plumbing; Electrical Contractors

205-252-9400

2351; 13080; 15200; 15400; 15300; 15500; 15600; 15700; 15800; 15900

205-994-2801

23542; 09800; 10520; Stucco; Plaster; Fireproofing; Waterproofing

251-578-3711

Building

256-492-6177

Utilities

251-471-4723

2353; 16050

256-766-4560

Building; Industrial

205-345-8880

Building

423-353-1086

Building; Industrial

205-798-9560

Road Work

205-672-2052

Building

256-542-9005

Site Work; Utilities

334-881-0410

Building

256-739-9261

Utilities

256-301-9732

Building

256-837-6850

Heavy; Highway; Industrial

205-625-4007

Building

205-328-8300

Building; Public Building; Industrial; Public Industrial

205-836-0215

Building

251-937-9594

Building; Industrial

256-355-0977

Building; Industrial

205-591-0155

2353

205-229-2501

Building; Waterproofing

205-274-7722

Metal Stud Framing; Drywall; Insulation Acoustical Ceiling

205-591-5231

2353

251-639-9234

2351

205-252-1600

Heavy; Highway; Industrial; Utilities

205-879-7770

Building; Industrial

256-835-1800

Building; Heavy; Utilities

256-895-0941

High Voltage Power Line and Substations

205-503-4000

Building Construction

256-534-6324

Building

251-634-1405

Building; Industrail

251-929-1546

07300; Roofing and General Contracting

205-848-8300

Civil Construction Earth Work

205-655-8891

2200; 23593; 56173

251-583-1170

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SPOTLIGHT

Mobile County

Mobile County

by EMMETT BURNETT

Downtown Mobile.

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OBILE COUNTY is older than Alabama. It celebrated its tricentennial in 2002, marking its founding by the French as the first capital of Louisiana in 1702. For its first 100 years, it was a colony of France, then Great Britian and finally Spain. It became part of the United States in 1813. And with age comes experience. The southwestern county embraces its past with sights on the future.

Stable industries are as vibrant today as when established decades earlier. Yet cutting edge opportunities reach for the sky — literally.

“Aerospace is the fastest growing sector in Mobile County,” says David Rodgers, vice president of economic development with the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. “Mobile is poised to be one of the top aerospace manufacturers in the world.”

Large aerospace employers in the region include international aircraft maker Airbus, AAA United States Inc., Aerostar, Continental Aerospace Technologies, MAAS Aviation, REEL USA Corp., and ST Aerospace (VT MAE). Nearby in Baldwin County, are more aerospace firms: Collins Aerospace and Segers Aero Corp.

By contrast, the county that’s embracing a bold new frontier of aviation and beyond remains steadfast in supporting its maritime industry. Shipping was Mobile’s first industry 300 years ago and remains an economic blowtorch today. Established in 1928, the Port of Mobile annually contributes $85 billion into Alabama’s economy and generates almost 313,000 jobs.

In addition, nearly 15% of Mobile’s workforce is employed in the health care industry. Mobile County’s hospitals include the state’s largest health care system of its kind, Infirmary Health.

Medical facilities, such as USA Health, are making inroads in cancer research and other medical studies.

A strong investment in education pays academic dividends.

Mobile County’s universities, college and career schools produce

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physicians, teachers, engineers, architects, skilled professionals in white- and blue-collar careers, and more. Innovative new programs are receiving national acclaim.

For example: The University of South Alabama’s College of Nursing is among the largest in the nation; Spring Hill College is ranked the Best University for a bachelor’s degree on the Gulf Coast; and the University of Mobile is listed by U.S. News & World Report among the best value regional universities in the South, best regional universities in the South and best regional universities in the South for veterans.

Mobile County’s hub is its namesake, the 321-year-old City of Mobile. Alabama’s fourth-largest city plays a crucial role in the area’s culture and economy.

However, other county municipalities are emerging.

SARALAND

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2025. In addition, new subdivisions, retail, restaurants and a state-of-the-art medical campus all contribute to Mobile County’s third largest city.

But Saraland’s driving force is its award-winning school system. Pre-K to 12 grades excel academically and athletically.

CHICKASAW

Also in North Mobile County, Chickasaw City Schools created the first career technical training virtual school of its kind in the nation in its accredited online Alabama Destinations Career Academy.

SATSUMA

one of the safest cities in Alabama.

DAUPHIN ISLAND

Other municipalities on the move include Dauphin Island. By 2024, the island town will open a $1.5 million, 13,000-squarefoot community center, with two large meeting rooms.

Mobile County’s recreation and cultural attractions range from fine arts to wading on sugar-white beaches. New venues coming soon include the Africatown Heritage House. Set to open in the summer of 2023, the house will be the first of many ways tourists and visitors can directly engage with Africatown’s history.

The city of Satsuma’s School System has created a robust Career and Technology program. Satsuma also has been ranked as

Emmett Burnett is a Satsuma-based freelance contributor to Business Alabama.

M E D I A N H O U S E H O L D I N CO M E

P O P U L AT I O N Total Alabama Population: 5,074,296

Madison County: $71,153 Baldwin County: $64,346 Jefferson County: $58,330 Montgomery County: $52,511 State of Mobile County: $51,169 Alabama Washington County: $44,512 $54,943 Clarke County: $44,108 Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Jefferson County: 665,409 Mobile County: 411,411 Madison County: 403,565 Baldwin County: 246,435 Montgomery County: 226,361 Clarke County: 22,515 Washington County: 15,122 Source: U.S. Census Bureau

In Focus

A rendering of the new City Docks project in Bayou La Batre.

A modern marina in Bayou La Batre Developing the new City Docks project should benefit both residents and tourists

The docks in Bayou La Batre have long been a spot for shrimpers and other fishermen.

By ALEC HARVEY

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ith a $30 million grant secured, an ambitious project to revamp the waterfront at Bayou La Batre continues to move forward.

The Bayou La Batre City Docks project will dramatically revamp the area, bringing with it a modern marina, the ability for shrimpers to sell their catch fresh off the boat and amenities including paddling, hiking and birding.

“This is a very transformational project,” Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Commissioner Chris Blankenship said when it was announced in April 2022. “It’s really going to be great.”

ADCNRC is funding the project through a grant coming from federal Restore Act money.

The first two phases, including development of the project’s master plan, are complete, with bidding expected to begin soon and construction, the final phase, due to start this fall or winter.

It’s another step forward after the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that the area is still recovering from.

“The 2010 oil spill was harmful to the area, both its people and environment,” Mobile County Commissioner Randall Dueitt, who represents District 3 in the southern part of Mobile County, says.

“It’s good that fully funded projects like

Bayou La Batre City Docks help us move forward stronger than before.”

The project started via a proposal from the mayor of Bayou La Batre to the Alabama Gulf Coast Recover Council, which received proposals for the Restore Act funds.

Both the oil spill and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 contributed to devastating the city docks area in Bayou La Batre, and plans have long been discussed to revive the area.

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A major feature of the City Docks project is a 50-slip marina and ample parking.

The Market District will include a greenspace for events, multi-use pavilion and parking and structural improvements. Shrimpers would be able to sell their catch directly from their boats at the docks. “Direct seafood sales are an economic driver for this site and for the community,” according to the plan.

The Marina District will include a

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50-slip marina, public boat launch and a multipurpose building. “Charter fishing opportunities would be realized at this site and are another large market in this area with inshore and offshore fishing,” the master plan says.

The Lightning Point District would include amenities for boaters and eco-tourists like paddlers, birders, hikers

and shoreline anglers.

Though the master plan doesn’t mention specific numbers, it does offer a look at the percentage of revenue expected from each area once the project is completed. Private fishing tops the list at 76%, followed by seafood sales at 12%, charter operations at 10% and ecotourism at 2%.

The area is already seeing some renovation, including the Lightning Point Shoreline Restoration, addition of some ADA access and a fishing platform and enhancement of a current boat ramp.

The project looks to be a boon for the Bayou La Batre community.

“The City Docks Project provides a means for developing amenities that attract both locals and tourists while showcasing Bayou La Batre’s small-town coastal atmosphere and historical heritage as the ‘Seafood Capital of Alabama,’” the latest project update says.

Alec Harvey is executive editor of Business Alabama.

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Economic Engines

Authority, along with city, state and federal partners, is in the process of relocating passenger air services from Mobile Regional Airport to the Mobile International Airport, situated adjacent to the port and just a stone’s throw from downtown. City and airport officials hope the new, more convenient location will lead to more passengers, more airlines and lower prices.

The RSA Tower dominates the Mobile skyline, rising above downtown, the port and shipbuilder Austal USA.

PORT OF MOBILE

AEROSPACE AND AVIATION

Mobile is a leader in attracting aerospace investment from companies around the globe. Aerospace is Mobile’s fastestgrowing industry sector with Airbus, ST Aerospace and Continental Aerospace Technologies headlining the sector.

B U S I N E S S DECEMBER 2022: Great Southern Wood Preserving plans a $13.7 million expansion of its wood treatment facility in Mobile County.

AUGUST 2022: Canfor Southern Pine plans to replace its current Mobile facility with a new sawmill in Axis in northern Mobile County, capable of producing 250 million board feet per year.

AUGUST 2022: Topgolf, a leading golf entertainment venue with more than 70 locations, announces plans to build

Additional major players are AAA United States, Aerostar, MAAS Aviation and REEL USA, plus two more players — Collins Aerospace and Segers Aero Corp.

— just across the bay in neighboring Baldwin County.

In addition, the Mobile Airport

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a multi-story complex at McGowin Park. The Mobile location is slated to open in late 2023.

MAY 2022: Airbus Americas announces plans to expand its current facility at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, adding a third Final Assembly Line and about 1,000 new jobs.

MAY 2022: APM Terminals plans to expand its dock operations at the Port of Mobile, adding two more ship-to-shore cranes.

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APRIL 2022: DC Safety, a first-aid kit manufacturer for the automotive market, is relocating its manufacturing operations from upstate New York to Mobile, where it will be the first tenant of the 1,300-acre South Alabama Logistics Park.

APRIL 2022: Averitt Express is moving from its existing facility on Rangeline Road to the new South Alabama Logistics Park.

APRIL 2022: Austal USA opens its steel

The Port of Mobile encompasses 3,600 acres, generating 312,896 jobs and contributing $85 billion annually in economic value to Alabama. The deepwater port — even now in the midst of further deepening — offers connections to railroads, air, truck and barge.

In January 2023, the Alabama Port Authority announced record container shipping numbers for 2022: 563,191 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) were handled. The numbers reflect nine years for the Port of Mobile’s double-digit growth since 2009.

Virtually every conceivable service for the maritime industry can be found in the Mobile area, with services including barge fleeting, container repair and leasing, freight forwarding, heavy lift Source: Economic development officials

manufacturing facility, a $100 million investment that created a 117,000-square-foot workspace. Two months later the company announced a $3.3 billion multi-ship contract to build patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard.

OCTOBER 2021: MTC Logistics cuts the ribbon on its $61 million cold storage facility, which offers 12.6 million cubic feet of refrigerated space between the Port of Mobile and Brookley Aeroplex.

APRIL 2021: Plans are announced for a 1,300-acre South Alabama Logistics Park, with an expected capital investment of $109 million. The park property lies along Interstate 10, close to the Aeroplex and Port facilities.

APRIL 2021: Swedish steel maker SSAB moves its U.S. headquarters from the Chicago area to Mobile, where it has a major steel plant at Axis, a few miles north of the city on the Mobile River.

S P O T L I G H T: ECO N O M I C E N G I N E S

TAXES PROPERTY TAX Including education

MOBILE COUNTY: 20.5 mills STATE OF ALABAMA: 6.5 mills

SALES TAX MOBILE COUNTY: 1.5% Cities within the County

Bayou La Batre: 4.5% Chickasaw: 4.5% Citronelle: 4.5% Creola: 4%

Dauphin Island: 4.5% Mobile: 5%

A tiny newborn gets extra special care at Infirmary Health.

and salvage, ship chandlers, stevedoring, towing and many more.

CHEMICALS AND METALS

The Alabama Gulf Coast chemical corridor is home to world-class chemical companies stretching 60 miles, mostly along the county’s rivers. Mobile has also seen steady growth in metal manufacturing since 2007, and some of the biggest players in steel and specialty pipes have found success and continue to invest in Mobile.

Notable employers in the chemical industry are Evonik, Olin Corp., BASF, Lenzing, Arkema, Honeywell UOP, AMVAC Chemical Corp., Harcros Chemicals Inc., Nouryon, FMC Corp., Mitsubishi Polysilicon and Kemira. Top metals firms are Outokumpu, AM/NS Calvert, SSAB, Berg Pipe, ELG Metals and Ryerson.

HEALTH CARE

Nearly 15% of Mobile’s workforce is employed in the health care sector.

The Mobile area is home to five major hospitals with more than 1,900 beds.

Area hospitals include general facilities, a children’s and women’s hospital, a private mental health hospital and a rehabilitation hospital.

Mt. Vernon: 4% Prichard: 5%

Mobile is also home to a cancer center — Mitchell Cancer Institute — that combines research and treatment facilities.

It is affiliated with the University of South Alabama Health System.

With 6,500 employees and more than 700 physicians, Infirmary Health is the largest health care system of its kind in Alabama. In addition to its flagship, Mobile Infirmary, other locations include North Baldwin County Infirmary in Bay Minette, Infirmary Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Mobile, Colony Rehabilitation Hospital in Fairhope, Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, J.L. Bedsole/Rotary Rehabilitation Hospital in Mobile and Infirmary Medical Plaza in Saraland.

Other healthcare providers in Mobile County include USA Health, Springhill Medical Center, Ascension Providence and AltaPointe Health Systems. In April, USA Health announced plans to acquire Ascension Providence.

LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION

Mobile’s extensive transportation infrastructure keeps businesses on the move. Major rail, waterway and highway systems converge at the Port of Mobile to link businesses with the nation and the world.

Saraland: 4.5% Satsuma: 4.5% Semmes: 4%

STATE OF ALABAMA: 4% Source: Alabama Department of Revenue

Logistics giants continue to perform well in Mobile County. Among the largest are the 2.5 million-square-foot Walmart Distribution Center and the 362,000-square-foot Amazon Sortation Center. Amazon’s Mobile County location was the first in Alabama.

Other key players in local logistics are the Alabama Port Authority, APM Terminals, BendPak, CORE Industries, Lineage, Meador Warehousing and Distribution, Merchants Transfer Co., Mississippi Export Railroad Co., Norton Lilly International, Page and Jones, RayMont Logistics, Seabulk Towing and The Cooper Group Inc. OIL AND GAS

Nearly 10% of the U.S.’s refining capacity transfers through Mobile, providing the area with more than 2,000 local businesses servicing the oil and gas industry. Notable employers are Aker Solutions, Chart Industries, Chevron, Linde and Vertex Energy.

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Higher Education UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Founded May 3, 1963, by act of the Alabama State Legislature, the University of South Alabama offers more than 125 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs through its 10 colleges and schools. Nearly 14,000 students pursue degrees in business, liberal arts, engineering, computing, education, the sciences and health care.

The new Angelia and Steven Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences offers two undergraduate and four graduate programs, taking advantage of South’s location near the Gulf of Mexico and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta as “backyard classrooms.”

The university also recently announced plans for a new building for its College of Medicine. The new facility will allow the college to graduate 25% more doctors annually.

In addition to educating physicians and nurses, the Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions provides programs in related biomedical sciences, emergency medical services, occupational therapy, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, radiologic sciences and speech pathology and audiology.

A charter member of the Sun Belt Conference, South fields 17 Division I sports teams, and is routinely recognized for excellence in both athletics and academics.

Moulton Tower stands on the University of South Alabama campus.

UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE

The University of Mobile offers oncampus and online associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, UM is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention. The secluded 880-acre campus is located 10 miles north of Mobile.

New on campus is the College Woods Center, a venue for campus and community events.

The university recently enrolled the first class in its new associate degree program in nursing. UM partnered with Infirmary Health and Springhill Medical Center to ease the shortage of nursing professionals in the Mobile area with new scholarships for students in the School of Nursing.

The University of Mobile offers degrees in 75 academic programs.

Academic programs continue to expand in the College of Health Professions, which includes nursing, nurse anesthesia, health and sports sciences, and in its Alabama School of the Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, Grace Pilot School of Business, School of Christian Studies and School of Education.

The university has been recognized in nationwide college rankings by Niche.com and U.S. News & World Report.

SPRING HILL COLLEGE

Spring Hill College is the oldest college in Alabama, the oldest Catholic college in the Southeast and among the oldest Jesuit institutions in the country.

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Largest Industrial Employers AUSTAL USA | MOBILE

Shipbuilding • 3,000 employees

AM/NS CALVERT | CALVERT Steel • 1,600 employees

AIRBUS | MOBILE

Aircraft assembly • 1,100 employees

VT MAE | MOBILE

Aircraft repair & maintenance 1,060 employees

OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS | MOBILE Stainless steel • 1,000 employees

EVONIK CORP. | THEODORE

Specialty chemicals • 800 employees

Spring Hill College.

nursing and more, plus master’s programs in nursing, public health and business administration. The college also offers a variety of online program options.

Recently, the college has earned high marks from a variety of ranking organizations including U.S. News & World Report and Niche.com.

FAULKNER UNIVERSITY

The Mobile campus of Faulkner University has been in operation for more than 30 years, offering associate degrees in liberal arts, computer and information science and legal studies, plus 12 bachelor’s degree programs.

Online options, including master’s degrees, are also available through the private Montgomery-based Christian university.

Overall options include 60 on-campus majors and 23 online majors, including biblical studies and justice administration.

BISHOP STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

A student in one of the many labs at the University of South Alabama.

person, mind, body and spirit.”

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Bishop State is an urban community college, part of the state-supported Alabama Community College System.

New to the college in 2022 is an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center, focused on STEM education and training and including a process technology laboratory, computer labs and more.

SSAB AMERICAS | AXIS

Steel plate and coils • 590 employees

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP. | MOBILE Paper products • 575 employees

CONTINENTAL AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES | MOBILE

Aircraft engine & avionics • 450 employees

UOP HONEYWELL LLC | MOBILE Molecular sieves • 350 employees

Sources: Local economic development officials

Bishop offers 25 programs of study, preparing students for the fastest-growing middle-skills jobs in Alabama.

COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Coastal Alabama Community College offers programs to meet the need for workers in Mobile’s aerospace boom with the Alabama Aviation Center at Brookley Field.

Established in 2002, the center offers programs in airframe technology, powerplant technology and avionics.

Other programs at Coastal include arts, humanity and design, business, education, healthcare and vet tech, industry, manufacturing, construction, welding and marine, science, technology, engineering, math, business, social sciences, tourism and service industry.

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Health Care

Infirmary Health.

USA Health.

INFIRMARY HEALTH

Infirmary Health is the largest non-governmental, not-for-profit health care system in Alabama. The system has three acute care, one post-acute care and two rehabilitation hospitals across South Alabama. The system also includes two freestanding emergency departments, more than 60 physician practice locations, three ambulatory surgery centers and other affiliates.

Infirmary Health employs more than 6,500 staff members and more than 700 physicians, making it the largest private employer in the region. On average, the health system has more than 1.3 million patient visits per year and holds nearly 50% of the market share between Mobile and Baldwin counties.

Mobile Infirmary, the system’s flagship hospital, opened in 1910 and houses 681 licensed beds. The hospital is among leaders in the state for surgical volume and is home to a hybrid OR/cath lab and a comprehensive structural heart program.

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ic Surgical System, and over the last 15 years, Mobile Infirmary has conducted nearly 20,000 robotic surgeries.

In addition, Mobile Infirmary holds a Joint Commission-Certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center.

Equipped with a biplane angiography suite and advanced imaging suite, the stroke team at Mobile Infirmary is prepared to treat even the most complicated of stroke cases with greater precision and care.

In 2023, Mobile Infirmary earned Total Hip & Knee Replacement Certification from The Joint Commission.

In north Mobile County, Mobile Infirmary operates a 22,000-square-foot freestanding emergency department in Saraland. The emergency department has 11 exam rooms, two trauma bays and an in-house lab and imaging department equipped for MRI, CT, X-ray and ultrasound. In addition to these services, the Infirmary Medical Plaza is home to a variety of physician practices including orthopedics, oncology, primary care and more.

Pending accreditation from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, Mobile Infirmary will launch its own internal medicine physician residency program in the summer of 2023. The program will mirror the internal medicine residency program established at Infirmary Health’s Thomas Hospital and will welcome physician residents from across the country to train at Mobile Infirmary and other Infirmary Health facilities. The goal of the program is to recruit new physicians to the area to better serve the needs of the community and to create a centralized facility for learning and training.

USA HEALTH

With 30 care delivery locations — including its flagship University Hospital and its dedicated Children’s & Women’s Hospital — USA Health serves as an essential safety-net health care organization, providing specialty services unique to the area and backed by the clinical faculty of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama.

The system also operates the Mitchell Cancer Institute, which combines research facilities and patient care.

In April, USA Health announced plans to acquire Ascension Providence Hospital on the city’s west side. Until the arrangement is complete, probably this fall, the two will continue to operate independently.

USA Health is recognized for operating the region’s only Level I trauma center, the Fanny Meisler Trauma Center at University Hospital, and Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Children’s & Women’s Hospital.

In the past six years, USA Health has expanded its footprint in Mobile and Baldwin counties from seven clinical sites to 30, creating one of the largest multi-specialty practices in the region.

More growth is on the horizon as University Hospital adds new operating rooms and Children’s & Women’s Hospital unveils an expanded Mother-Baby Unit and a new pediatric emergency center.

Also new for USA Health are a freestanding emergency department close to the university campus. The facility is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is supported by imaging capabilities including a CT scanner, an MRI, X-ray, mammography and ultrasound.

A three-story medical office building is expected to open this year near the Freestanding Emergency Department.

The 90,000-square-foot building will be the new home of the USA Health Mobile Diagnostic Center and other USA Health specialty practices. USA Health has also received state approval to build a 28,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center on the site.

On campus, construction is expected to be complete in 2026 on a new

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building for the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine. The project, which will encourage collaboration between research and teaching, has been funded by a $60 million appropriation from former U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, a $50 million earmark from Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and a $30 million gift from the University of South Alabama Foundation.

ASCENSION PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL

A comprehensive health care facility with 349 beds and 24/7 emergency care, Ascension Providence is part of the country’s largest Catholic health care system. In April, plans were announced for it to change ownership to USA Health System in a $85 million transaction.

Providence provides Level III trauma care, advanced surgical care, an outpatient diagnostic center and a standalone rehabilitation and wellness center.

Ascension Providence specializes in a wide range of services, including minimally invasive procedures, imaging, lab tests, wound care, rehabilitation services and diabetes care, all available at one convenient location. The hospital’s specialties include cancer care, cardiology, orthopedics, neurology/neurosurgery, epilepsy and seizure care, radiology, emergency care and many others.

Ascension Providence has received numerous awards, including an ‘A’ rating from the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2021, which recognized the hospital’s commitment to protecting patients from harm and meeting high safety standards. Additionally, the hospital has been designated a Blue Distinction Center by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama for spine, hip and knee surgeries, reflecting its outstanding performance in patient safety and outcomes.

orthopedic surgery center, sleep medicine center, wound care and hyperbaric medicine. It also has a CARF-Accredited inpatient rehab center, upscale labor and delivery suites, emergency department with a specialized rapid treat-and-release area, a retail pharmacy, a primary care physician practice and additional joint ventures. Surgical services include inpatient, outpatient, open-heart, cranial and robotic surgery.

All physicians on staff in the hospital’s emergency department are board-certified in emergency medicine.

Springhill is a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Blue Distinction Center for cardiac care, knee and hip replacement, and spine surgery.

The only private, family-owned hospital in the Mobile area, Springhill Medical Center is also the only tax-paying facility supporting the community with millions of dollars for infrastructure and city services.

Springhill Medical Center.

EASTPOINTE HOSPITAL AND BAYPOINTE HOSPITAL

AltaPointe Health has two hospitals serving southern Alabama. EastPointe Hospital for adults ages 19 and older specializes in treating a wide variety of mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, personality disorders, and other thought and mood disorders. It is in Daphne in Baldwin County.

BayPointe Hospital, which treats children and adolescents, is in Mobile.

SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER

With 1,200 employees, Springhill is a 270-bed acute-care facility. Since 1975, Springhill has grown and expanded its services in southwest Alabama while maintaining more nurses per patient for a personal approach and 1-to-1 nurse/ patient ratio for childbirth services.

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Movers & Shapers CELIA MANN BAEHR has been

president and CEO of the Mobile Symphony since 2014 after serving 13 years as board chair.

Baehr holds degrees from the University of Alabama and the University of South Alabama and has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services business. She is active with the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and USA’s Mitchell College of Business Advisory Council. She has been honored with the USA National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award and the Mitchell College of Business Impact Award.

OWEN BAILEY

is chief executive officer and senior associate vice president for medical affairs at USA Health in Mobile.

A graduate of Auburn University with a master’s from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he is a state delegate to the American Hospital Association’s Regional Policy Board and is a past chair of the Alabama Hospital Association board. He serves on boards of the Business Council of Alabama, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Hancock Whitney Bank Alabama Market Advisory Board, America’s Essential Hospitals Membership Committee and LifeSouth Community Blood Centers. He has been honored by a variety of health care organizations.

JO BONNER

is president of the University of South Alabama.

Previously, he served as chief of staff to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. Before joining the governor’s office, he served as vice chancellor for economic development at the University of Alabama System. For more than a decade, Bonner represented Alabama’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Honors include

induction into the Alabama Academy of Honor and the Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest honor the U.S. Navy bestows on a civilian. Bonner is a University of Alabama graduate.

PHILIP BURTON is the

CEO of Burton Property Group, a private regional commercial real estate investment, development and management firm.

Burton studied at the University of South Alabama. He is a founding board member of the Beverly Burton Scholarship Trust, and a board member of the University of South Alabama Foundation for Research and Commercialization and the YPO Southern Sands Chapter.

BRADLEY BYRNE is president

and CEO of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce.

He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2014-2021. Byrne also was a member of the Alabama State Senate from 2002-2007 and served on the Alabama State Board of Education for two terms. He is an attorney with Adams and Reese LLP. Byrne is a Duke University graduate with a law degree from the University of Alabama.

DAVID CLARK is

president and CEO of Visit Mobile.

A graduate of Leadership Mobile and Leadership Alabama, he is president of the University of South Alabama Hospitality and Tourism advisory board and serves on the board of the Alabama Restaurant and Hospitality Alliance, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce board of advisors, Alabama Travel Council, the Southern Rail Commission, Coastal Alabama Partnership, The Exploreum and Downtown Mobile Alliance. He is a graduate of Western Kentucky University.

RANDALL DUEITT is a

Mobile County commissioner who is a 23-year veteran of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office. He is a graduate of Theodore High School.

As a commissioner he has focused on schools, economic development, infrastructure, parks and access to natural resources.

TODD GREER is

executive director of Innovation Portal, a space for entrepreneurs and innovators to work and connect. Greer holds a Ph.D. from Regent University.

Greer has worked with the Minority Business Accelerator, I-Corps, the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy, the United Way of Southwest Alabama and Mobile United. He currently serves on the boards of Real Advice Mentoring Program (RAMP), Springboard to Success Inc., Melton Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at USA and ForMidtown.

CONNIE HUDSON serves on

the Mobile County Commission. Earlier, she served nine years on the Mobile City Council. She has worked on several key economic initiatives, including Austal USA, the Airbus U.S. Final Assembly Line at Brookley Aeroplex, Walmart Distribution and Amazon Sortation centers. A graduate of Troy University, she worked earlier in medical technology with Mobile Infirmary Medical Center.

MERCERIA LUDGOOD is on

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She also worked as a law clerk in 1980 to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations, chaired by Sen. Howell Heflin of Alabama. She is on the executive committee of the National Association of Counties and is past president and current board member of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama.

AARON MILNER

is superintendent of Saraland City Schools. He is a University of Alabama graduate with a master’s from Troy University and a doctorate from Auburn University. Milner also completed the Alabama Superintendents’ Academy and the Harvard Institute for Superintendents and District Leaders.

He also serves as an adjunct professor of education for the University of South Alabama and board president for the

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South Alabama Regional Inservice Center.

Milner also serves on the board of the School Superintendents of Alabama and the Council for Leaders of Alabama Schools.

PATRICK MURPHY

is a vice president with Alabama Power, overseeing community affairs in seven counties of southwest Alabama.

An Auburn University graduate, he is past president of the Economic Development Association of Alabama and a graduate of Leadership Alabama. He serves on the board of the Auburn University Research and Technology Foundation, the Infirmary Foundation and the Industrial Development Board for the city of Mobile. He is a member of the Mobile Area Chamber executive committee and a board member of Coastal Alabama Partnership and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation.

MARK NIX is

the president and CEO of Infirmary Health, Alabama’s largest private, not-for-profit healthcare system.

He serves on several boards including the Alabama Department of Public Health Licensure Advisory Board, Leadership Alabama, Mobile Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Mobile Arts and Sports Association, Regions Bank-South Alabama Advisory Board, Ernest G. DeBakey Charitable Foundation and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors.

DR. HOWARD RUBENSTEIN is

mayor of Saraland.

Rubenstein earned undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Illinois and completed his residency

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training in family medicine in Pensacola.

He is co-founder of the Saraland Medical Arts Clinic and Rubenstein Family Medical Associates. He earned the Emeritus Certified Municipal Official status from the Alabama League of Municipalities and has served in leadership roles including president.

JEFFERY ST. CLAIR is president

and CEO of Springhill Medical Center. He is a University of Alabama graduate with a master’s from Kennedy-Western University.

He serves on the boards for the hospital, Gulf Coast Surgical Partners and Dauphin West Surgery Center. In the community, he serves on the boards of the Alabama Kidney Foundation and United Way of Southwest Alabama. He has led the fundraising efforts for the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk event for the last 12 years.

SANDY STIMPSON

is the mayor of Mobile. During his tenure, the city has reduced its bonded indebtedness by nearly $100 million and unfunded liabilities for pension and benefits by $200 million. His civic and business endeavors include serving on the boards of the Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Alabama, the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, the Alabama Policy Institute, the Business Council of Alabama and the University of Alabama President’s Cabinet.

CHRESAL D. THREADGILL

is superintendent of Mobile County Public School System, the largest school system in Alabama. A native of Mobile, Threadgill is a graduate of Troy State University with

a master’s from Alabama State University.

During his 18 years leading MCPSS, the district has reached a B grade on the state report card and increased its on-time graduate rate to 88%. In 2020, he was named Alabama’s Superintendent of the Year by his colleagues with the School Superintendents of Alabama.

MARY H. VAN BRUNT is president

of Spring Hill College, the first female to serve in the college’s top leadership role. A graduate of Ursinus College, she holds a master’s from St. Joseph’s University and a Ph.D. from Lehigh University. She has been inducted into Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, Beta Sigma Gamma Honor Society and the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Catholic Honor Society. She is an author, consultant and certified global business professional.

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Community Development

Mobile County is the third largest economy in the state of Alabama with an annual GDP of about $20 billion, according to BEA.org.

The Mobile County Commission is making progress on many multi-year quality-of-life projects. Multiple funding sources like state and county GOMESA, Deepwater Horizon and conservation sources, as well as other restricted revenue streams, allow the county to finance much of the work using federal funding.

Each of these projects will increase public access to water: • Cedar Point Pier became a Mobile County property in 2022 and is open 24/7 for fishing with no fishing license required for Alabama residents.

• Escatawpa Hollow Park & Campground is open for day use with an RV campground set to open later this year. Construction will soon begin on a café, general store, interpretive center and playground, as planning for newly acquired acreage continues.

• Bayfront Park is currently closed for major renovations. The pocket beach is built and construction will begin soon on a playground, boardwalks and more.

• Chickasabogue Park is presently closed for major renovations.

Utility work has been done and construction will soon begin.

• The former Linksman golf course,

motion that will impact all of the county and state.

Some of these projects are: • Mobile International Airport — The Mobile Airport Authority, city, state and federal partners are moving passenger air service from Mobile Regional Airport to the Mobile International Airport in downtown Mobile. When complete, Mobile International hopes to capitalize on its Oakleigh House Museum gives a location easily accessed glimpse of Mobile’s by interstate and close to antebellum history. downtown, recapturing the passenger market and southwest of downtown, is now recruiting additional airin design and planning and will lines to help drive ticket costs down become a public golf course, youth and provide more flight options to practice facility and waterfront park. and from Mobile.

• West Mobile County Park is open • The Port of Mobile — With an for youth sports, disc golf and more. annual economic impact of $85 Mobile County recently acquired billion, the Port of Mobile supports additional acreage and major more than 300,000 jobs across the construction should begin in late state. The Alabama State Port Au2023. thority is growing Mobile’s contain• Mobile County Sportsplex er terminal capabilities and plans continues to grow. The Soccer to establish a new logistics facility Complex is open with three fields and an inland intermodal facility but will culminate in 10 fields served by CSX in Montgomery. and related amenities. Once A federally funded deepening and additional funding is secured, Phase widening project is underway at the I construction on the proposed port, which will make it the deepAquatics Center can begin. est container terminal on the Gulf • Master planning has begun for coast and one of the most critical Mobile County’s Civil Rights and intermodal freight transport hubs in Cultural Heritage Districts. the United States.

• The Historic Avenue Cultural • Brookley by the Bay — In 2020, Center, the former “Davis Avenue the city of Mobile partnered with Library” (the Black library during the state of Alabama to purchase segregation), will open in September hundreds of acres of waterfront 2023 with “Remembering property along Mobile Bay just the Avenue,” an exhibition in to the east of the Brookley Aeroppartnership with the Alabama lex. The city has worked with the Contemporary Arts Center. community to create a vision for a world-class park on that property MOBILE that will connect Mobilians and The city of Mobile is the fourth largest in visitors to the water’s edge and the Alabama and the largest in Mobile Counarea’s rich ecosystems. After months ty. The expansion and diversification of of public input, a master plan for multiple major industries have sustained the future Brookley by the Bay the continued economic growth in MoPark was recently completed. That bile and transformational projects are in plan will guide the design and conJune 2023 BusinessAlabama.com | 73

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Saraland High School is part of the system that continues to help attract new residents to the area.

struction plans for the park, which the city and its partners are already working on.

• Africatown — When Africatown Heritage House opens in July of 2023, the facility will be the first of many ways tourists and visitors can directly engage with Africatown’s history. Led by the Mobile County Commission and supported by the city Mobile, the Heritage House will be the home of “Clotilda: The Exhibition.” Curated by the His-

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tory Museum of Mobile, in close collaboration with the community and descendants of Africatown’s founders, it has already been named one of the “Best New Museums in the U.S.” SARALAND

With 16,200 residents, Saraland has seen a 30% population increase since the 2010 Census. Many factors contribute to the city’s rise in popularity, a main one being schools.

“Our school system is the catalyst for growth,” says Saraland Mayor Dr. Howard Rubenstein. “One of the major attractions to our city is the quality of our school system.”

Saraland City Schools have consistently earned an “A” on the Alabama Department of Education’s District Report Card.

Saraland’s other big project is the proposed Sportsplex. When completed in early 2025, the $54 million campus will feature five multi-purpose fields for football, soccer and lacrosse; and six softball/baseball diamonds, volleyball, pickleball, tennis and basketball courts.

In addition, nature trails, walking and biking paths and an art exercise facility are included.

CHICKASAW

“Considerable investments have been made in improvements and renovations throughout the city,” says Mayor Barry Broadhead. “This not only adds quality

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of life for existing families and businesses, but also attracts new homeowners and commerce.”

In 2023, Brooks Park, with its boardwalk extending over Chickasaw Creek, will see upgrades in kayaking facilities, parking improvements and erosion control.

In addition, Chickasaw Elementary School will soon have a new 12-unit classroom wing. Chickasaw High School construction has begun for two career and technical classrooms and athletic rooms.

As for the future, Broadhead adds, “The city will capitalize on the growth of industry at the Port of Chickasaw to further develop the Port of Chickasaw and seek to add new industries and commercial businesses.”

TOWN OF DAUPHIN ISLAND

Dauphin Island is building a $1.5 million community center, set to open by the end of 2023. “The new facility will fill a void the island needed for a long time,”

says Mayor Jeff Collier. “We were unable to accommodate meeting space for large crowds up to 400,” he notes. “We can now, when this is complete.” The 13,000-square-foot facility will house meeting and activity rooms, a stage, kitchen and other facilities.

As reported by the 2020 U.S. Census, since 2010, Dauphin Island has seen a 30% population increase.

SATSUMA

Satsuma takes pride in being recognized as one of the safest cities in Alabama.

“We will continue, striving to maintain our city as one with low crime and a safe place to live,” says Mayor Mark Barlow.

“That is a huge plus for us.”

Another plus for Satsuma is its city-owned school system. The district recently added a science lab and outdoor classroom at Lee Elementary, and the Alabama Wildlife Federation now recognizes the space as a Certified Alabama Outdoor Classroom.

Dauphin Island Water Tower.

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Culture & Recreation

structure designed to look like a full-sized container ship.

LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER

Visit Mobile during Mardi Gras to immerse yourself in the carnival revelry of parades, masked balls and easy-going fun. During Mardi Gras or any time, visit The Mobile Carnival Museum to check the rich history and pageantry of kings, queens, parades, moon pies and more — with a must-see display of crowns, gowns and more.

GARDEN STROLL

Bellingrath Gardens.

HISTORY & HERITAGE

Step on the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail for an informative tour through forgotten chapters of Mobile’s culturally diverse heritage. The narrated journey covers many of 44 African American places and people that made significant contributions to the City of Mobile.

For a more general view of Mobile’s history, visit the History Museum of Mobile with more than 117,000 artifacts displaying the region's rich cultural heritage. Drop by Colonial Fort Conde, a replica of the fort that once guarded The Port City, offering a view of colonial life and insights into regional history. Or visit Fort Gaines, built at the tip of Dauphin Island to protect the mouth of Mobile Bay against invasion.

ON THE WATERFRONT

The GulfQuest National Maritime Museum on the Gulf of Mexico lets you get your hands on history, with exhibits about early settlers, military history, trade and more, all in a massive waterfront

Sea Fishing Rodeo, which has been going on each summer since 1929 on Dauphin Island. It generally attracts some 3,000 anglers and 75,000 spectators.

ANCHORS AWEIGH

Climb to the bridge or head below for a look at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. You can also step aboard the USS Submarine Drum or visit an array of aircraft.

INTO THE AIR

Flightworks Alabama offers an immersive aerospace exhibition and education center for aerospace enthusiasts of all levels. Visitors can view some 40 exhibits and plan a tour of the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility.

MANSIONS TO TOUR

World-famous Bellingrath Gardens offers 65 acres of dazzling floral beauty at every turn, with special displays at Christmas, in spring and fall, plus the lovely 15-room Bellingrath home. Garden lovers should also see the Mobile Botanical Gardens, honored for its spectacular WinterGarden of camellias and its comprehensive collection of azaleas and Japanese maples.

Mobile offers an array of antebellum homes that showcase aspects of the city’s history. Best known is the 1833 Oakleigh House Museum in the heart of the city’s Oakleigh Garden Historic District. Also visit Richards DAR House Museum in De Tonti Square, which dates to the 1860s; Bragg Mitchell Mansion, built

by Judge John Bragg in 1855; CondeCharlotte Museum with each room decorated to represent a different era of the city’s early history.

ARTS ABOUND

Magnolia Grove, Mobile’s element of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, features two courses, both recently upgraded.

Magnolia Grove was named one of the “Top 50 Public Courses,” by Golf World Magazine.

Mobile Museum of Art displays some 6,400 works of fine and decorative art from across the centuries and across the world, all in a picturesque setting along the lake in Langan Park. Downtown, visit the Alabama Contemporary Art Center, committed to the work of living artists and hosting 10 to 12 exhibitions a year.

SCIENCE ANYONE?

Interactive exhibits, giant screen films and more treat visitors to the fun of science at The Exploreum Science Center.

SOMETHING FISHY

The Alabama Aquarium at Dauphin Island Sea Lab offers a close-up look at salt and freshwater fish, turtles, jellyfish, rays and other aquatic creatures of the Alabama Gulf Coast. If fish mean fishing to you, cast a line at the Alabama Deep

FORE!

BOWL GAMES

Mobile plays host to two football bowl games. The Lending Tree Bowl matches teams from the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference in a post-season match. The Senior Bowl is a post-season college football all-star game showcasing the best NFL Draft prospects.

MOON PIE NEW YEAR

Each New Year’s Eve crowds gather in downtown Mobile to watch the giant Moon Pie — usually a Mardi Gras treat — descend the RSA Trustmark Building to mark the new year.

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Career Notes

by ERICA JOINER WEST

MARK SPLAWN

BETSY BUGG HOLLOWAY

AUTUMN DILBECK

CONRAD WEBB RAFIELD III

ALEXIA BORDEN

MICHAEL SUCCO

JASON CARNES

ZACH MOORE

PATRICK CUMMINGS

JACK KIMBROUGH JR.

DAWN BULGARELLA

MARK TARR

HITOSHI YAMAGUCHI

STEPHEN PALTE

WILLIAM LUNSFORD

LESLIE CAREN SHARPE

SHANNON SCATURRO

TROY ENFINGER

AEROSPACE

ENGINEERING

BANKING

FOOD

Mark Splawn has joined the U.S. Space and Rocket Center at vice president of projects and infrastructure.

Betsy Bugg Holloway has been elected to the ServisFirst Bancshares board.

Autumn Dilbeck has been promoted to vice president of Renasant Bank’s Decatur branch.

BEVERAGE

Conrad Webb Rafield III has been appointed chairman of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Inc. He succeeds Claude Nielsen, who is retiring.

Rafield is president and owner of Rafield Investment Co. and a founding partner and shareholder of Red Mountain Entertainment. In addition, Alexia Borden and Michael Succo were elected to the company’s board.

CONSTRUCTION

Caddell Construction has promoted Jason Carnes and Zach Moore to vice president-commercial.

DISTRIBUTION

Motion Industries Inc. has promoted Patrick Cummings to senior vice president and chief financial officer.

TAYLOR PREECE

Sain Associates has added Jack Kimbrough Jr., P.E., to its Huntsville location as transportation lead.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Dianna Viola Bourassa, of Auburn University, to its National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection.

INSURANCE

Protective Life Corp. has added Dawn Bulgarella, Mark Tarr and Hitoshi Yamaguchi to its board of directors. In addition, John McMahon Jr. recently retired from the board.

CLEO WASHINGTON

Steely, Andrew Toler, Allie Tucker, Ariel Wetzel and Daniel Wilson. In addition, the firm has added Anne Adams Hill to its Montgomery location.

David Vance Lucas has joined the Huntsville office of Womble Bond Dickinson, a transatlantic law firm. Lucas will serve as a partner in the corporate & securities group.

MEDICAL

Alabama Regional Medical Services, a community health center in Birmingham, appointed Collette Reece as its chief financial officer.

Shannon Scaturro has been named chief operating officer of USA Health System.

Troy Enfinger, O.D., has joined Premier Medical Eye Group, where he will provide comprehensive eye care in the group’s Daphne office.

UnitedHealthcare has hired Dr. Stephen Palte as chief medical officer for UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual plans of Georgia and Alabama.

Taylor Preece has joined Sam Winter & Co. Real Estate in Mobile.

LEGAL

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Butler Snow LLP has opened its third office in Huntsville and added attorneys David Block, Allison Cain, Isom Carden, Daniel Chism, William Cranford, Jon Holland, Harper Lanier, William Lunsford, Melissa Marler, Matthew Moore, Matthew Parker, John Parker Jr., Lynette Potter, Matthew Reeves, Leslie Caren Sharpe, Reave Shewmake, Clifford Stafford, Kenneth

REAL ESTATE

AT&T has named Cleo Washington vice president of external affairs for AT&T Alabama.

TRANSPORTATION

Tim Parker III, president of Parker Towing, has joined the Transportation and Logistics Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

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Company Kudos

by ERICA JOINER WEST

The University of Alabama in Huntsville notched a record $169.5 million in research and development expenditures for fiscal year 2022, a 13% increase over the year before. The university also recently marked its 10th consecutive year with five or more research programs ranked in the top 25 nationally for federal funding, as ranked by the National Science Foundation. Pictured is graduate student Nageshwar Nagarajan in the Plasma and Electrodynamics Research Laboratory on the UAH campus. Photo

by Michael Mercier, UAH.

AAA Cooper Transportation has been selected by Forbes as one of America’s Best Midsize Employers for 2023, an honor the company has achieved for seven years in a row.

The Alabama Germany Partnership recently recognized six German companies for their investments in Alabama in 2022, which together totaled almost $200 million. The companies were Eissmann Automotive of Pell City; ADS-Tec Energy Inc. and Winkelmann Flowform Technology LP, both of Auburn; Evonik Corp. of Birmingham and Theodore; MBN Automotive in Birmingham; and STAR Cooperation USA in Vance.

America’s First Federal Credit Union was selected as a 2023 CUNA Diamond Award winner for its 2022 annual report video.

Baker Donelson has received the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s 2023 John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award.

The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship has received the 2022 Department of Defense Nunn-Perry Award, recognizing the DoD Mentor Protégé Program.

Compassus, a home-based health care provider with a program in Pell City, has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women by Newsweek.

Davis South Barnette & Patrick has won Campaigns and Elections’ 2023 Reed Award, which recognizes political

campaigns. The Mobile firm won for Best Online Video – 2 Minutes or Under for its work on Keith Blackwood’s Mobile County District Attorney campaign.

The Land Trust of North Alabama has conserved more than 10,000 acres across the region. It now has 10 public nature preserves.

Northrop Grumman Corp. has won the National Aeronautic Association Robert J. Collier Trophy for its pioneering design and exceptional performance on the James Webb Space Telescope.

Robins & Morton has ranked second on Modern Healthcare’s list of the country’s top general contractors. The Birminghambased company completed $1.2 billion in health care projects.

ServisFirst Bank, for an eighth consecutive year, has been added to the 2023 KBW Bank Honor Roll, which highlights institutions that have demonstrated a strong track record of earnings growth over the past decade. The bank has also been ranked 21st on S&P Global Market Intelligence’s 2022 Top 50 Public Banks.

Southeast Health earned the American College of Cardiology’s Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The hospital also has performed its 100th Watchman procedure, a stroke-preventing technique.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has performed 20,000 robotic surgeries across 15 medical disciplines at UAB Hospital.

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RETROSPECT

Lloyd Noland Hospital in Fairfield, shown here in 1963, closed in 2004. Photo courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives & History.

The Doctor Is In The legacy of pioneering physician Lloyd Noland

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iving the presidential address at the Southern Surgical Association in 1938, Dr. Lloyd Noland was at the top of his profession. After a quarter-century attending to the health care needs of Birmingham’s largest employer, Noland was a well-respected physician and administrator. He told his fellow practitioners that he entered the study of medicine out of a “craving for adventure into unknown realms.” From the Isthmus of Panama to the steel mills of Birmingham, Noland was a pioneer in industrial medicine. It was his life’s work.

A native of Virginia, Noland received his medical degree from Baltimore Medical College in 1903. After a year in private practice, the young physician joined the American Medical Mission. He set sail for Panama, where Alabama-born physician William C. Gorgas was combating malaria and yellow fever amongst thousands of Canal Zone workers. The physicians worked in aging, often-in-

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adequate facilities with little funding.

Still, Noland quickly made himself indispensable. In 1905, Gorgas promoted him to chief Lloyd Noland. surgeon of the sprawling Colón Hospital.

After nearly a decade in Panama, Noland embarked upon another medical adventure. He relocated to Birmingham, where many mine and millworkers were afflicted by the same ailments as those in the Canal Zone. The man who lured Noland from the Isthmus was George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. (TCI), a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. Since arriving in Birmingham in 1907, Crawford had pursued a wide-ranging campaign to

improve working conditions at the mines and mills under TCI’s control. It proved to be among the greatest challenges of his long career.

Existing public health and sanitation efforts could not keep pace with Birmingham’s rapid industrial expansion.

As a result, many newly arrived workers lived in squalor. Outbreaks of typhoid fever and smallpox roiled the mill camps, as did bouts of enteritis, hookworm and dysentery. At TCI, Crawford battled an astonishing 400% turnover rate.

To reverse these conditions, Crawford launched an expensive, multifaceted campaign. Shantytowns were bulldozed and replaced with new constructions.

Social workers established nutrition and housekeeping programs. TCI built community houses, libraries and schools.

Crawford’s ideas for the medical care of TCI employees were no less revolutionary. Confident in Noland’s abilities, Crawford named him TCI’s first superintendent of health, a title he held for the

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Photos of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company's "Old Hospital" and the replacement hospital built during Lloyd Noland's first year on the job show the improvements Noland made almost immediately. Photos courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives & HIstory.

next 37 years. TCI allocated $750,000 to the health and sanitation program. This was, to put it bluntly, real money. At the time, the entire budget of the state’s public health initiative was but $25,000. Thus, with the blessing of his superior and a treasury at his disposal, Noland was well armed for the task at hand. Deploying many of the same methods he learned from Gorgas in Panama, Noland set about his sanitation efforts with dispatch. Among his first targets were the damp places where Anopheles, the dreaded, disease-carrying mosquito, thrived.

Areas with stagnant water were redeveloped.

New sanitation measures were quickly implemented.

To meet the needs of TCI’s employees and their families, approximately 40,000 people, Noland hired a coterie of physicians and nurses. He established two base hospitals, as well as a series of 12 on-site clinics, called dispensaries, at TCI properties located around Birmingham. In 1914, these facilities treated nearly 130,000 patients. Noland’s doctors made almost 85,000 house calls.

Infection statistics bore out the rapid results of Noland’s wide-ranging health and sanitation program. TCI reported 4,850 cases of malaria in 1912. By 1914, the number of cases had fallen almost 92% to 400. By 1918, there were fewer than 100 cases. Instances of pellagra, a disease which could render a person immobile for months, fell from 280 cases in 1915 to just 7 the following year.

In March 1917, TCI broke ground on its Employees Hospital. The new facility, built at a cost of $1.5 million (roughly $26 million today), sat atop a hill in Fairfield, overlooking the steel mills. The hospital opened in the fall of 1919 and treated almost 4,000 patients with various ailments during its first full year in operation. The hospital ran a nursing school, training African American and white students, from 1919 until 1931.

By the late 1950s, more than 350 interns and resident physicians had trained at the hospital, many of them under Lloyd Noland’s expert tutelage.

Birmingham experienced an epidemic outbreak of meningitis in 1937 and few hospitals in the area had the capacity to treat afflicted patients. Noland opened wide the doors of the Employees Hospital, a compassionate decision which earned

him the respect of central Alabama and the American medical community. At one point that year, there were more than 100 patients, many of them children, at his Fairfield facility.

The best institutions, in any field, are made to outlast their founders. So, it was with the hospital and health program of TCI, which continued on after Noland’s death in November 1949. In April 1950, Employees Hospital, a place made possible through the vision of Lloyd Noland, was renamed in his honor.

His successor as superintendent of health was E. Bryce Robinson Jr., who had practiced under Noland since the 1930s.

The following year, U.S. Steel turned the facility over to a newly created foundation. It became a community hospital.

Soon thereafter came a timely expansion of a new outpatient wing, paid for largely with a donation from U.S. Steel. It featured state-of-the-art clinics for obstetrics, orthopedics and gynecology, as well as a new emergency room and x-ray lab.

There were subsequent additions in 1965 and 1973.

Late in his own tenure, reflecting on the history of Noland Hospital, and the demanding heritage left by its crusading namesake, Robinson said, “Dr. Noland’s example is ever before us.” Today, eleven decades after a young doctor left the Panama Canal Zone to care for miners and millworkers in Birmingham, that heritage continues. Though the hospital no longer stands, the legacy persists as Noland Health Services, a nonprofit company of 1,300 medical professionals operating skilled nursing centers, long-term acute care hospitals and assisted living facilities throughout the state.

Historian Scotty E. Kirkland is a freelance contributor to Business Alabama.

He lives in Wetumpka.

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Index 600, The...........................................................11 A-P-T Research....................................................9 AAA Cooper Transportation...............................81 AAA United States Inc.................................. 55, 60 Abaco Orange Beach.........................................11 Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education.........................66 Acquisition Integration.......................................8 Adah International ............................................8 Adams and Reese LLP.......................................69 ADS-Tec Energy Inc............................................81 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation............9 Aerojet Engineering Co.....................................20 Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc................. 11, 20 Aerostar Inc................................................ 55, 60 Africatown Heritage House......................... 55, 73 Airbus Americas..........9, 11, 26, 55, 60, 64, 69, 77 Aker Solutions..................................................60 Alabama Academy of Honor..............................69 Alabama Aquarium..........................................77 Alabama Associated General Contractors...........35 Alabama Aviation Center..................................63 Alabama Baptist State Convention....................63 Alabama Community College System................63 Alabama Contemporary Art Center.............. 73, 77 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.....................77 Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.................................57 Alabama Department of Public Health..............69 Alabama Germany Partnership.........................81 Alabama Hospital Association...........................69 Alabama House of Representatives...................10 Alabama Interdenominational Seminary...........69 Alabama Kidney Foundation.............................69 Alabama League of Municipalities....................69 Alabama Legislature............................... 8, 35, 63 Alabama Policy Institute...................................69 Alabama Power Co............................................69 Alabama Regional Medical Services..................78 Alabama Restaurant and Hospitality Alliance....69 Alabama State Board of Education.....................69 Alabama State Port Authority...........11, 26, 60, 73 Alabama State Senate.......................................69 Alabama State University..................................69 Alabama Travel Council....................................69 Alabama Wildlife Federation............................73 AltaPointe Health Systems.......................... 60, 66 AM/NS Calvert............................................ 60, 64 Amazon Inc.......................................... 26, 60, 69 America's Essential Hospitals............................69 America's First Federal Credit Union..................81 American Bar Association..................................81 American Carbonyl.............................................9 American College of Cardiology........................81 American Family Care.......................................11 American Heart Association..............................69 American Hospital Association..........................69 American Medical Mission................................82 Ammons, Steve............................................................10 AMVAC Chemical Corp......................................60 Antioch School of Law.......................................69 APM Terminals.................................................60 Arkema Chemicals Inc.......................................60

A guide to businesses (bold) and individuals (light) mentioned in this month’s issue of Business Alabama.

Association of County Commissions of Alabama..................................................69

Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama...........10

Elkmont, Town of..............................................10

Chart Industries...............................................60

Employees Hospital, Birmingham.....................82

Chevron Corp...................................................60

Enfinger, Troy................................................................78

Chickasabogue Park.........................................73

Ernest G. DeBakey Charitable Foundation..........69

Chickasaw City Schools.....................................73

Escatawpa Hollow Park & Campground.............73

Chickasaw, City of...................................... 55, 73

Evans, Tyler...................................................................20

Children's & Women's Hospital.....................7, 66

Evonik Corp.......................................... 60, 64, 81

Austal USA........................................... 60, 64, 69

Chism, Daniel...............................................................78

Exploreum, The.......................................... 69, 77

Averitt Express........................................... 26, 60

City Harbor, Guntersville....................................8

Farpoint Development......................................26

Baehr, Celia Mann........................................................69

City of Mobile Industrial Development Board....69

Faulkner University..........................................63

Bailey, Owen.................................................................69

City Wholesale.................................................10

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta........................78

Baker Donelson.......................................... 10, 81

Clark, David..............................................................8, 69

Flightworks Alabama.......................................77

Baltimore Medical College................................82

Coastal Alabama Community College................63

Flint Development...........................................26

Baptist Health....................................................9

Coastal Alabama Partnership............................69

FMC Corp.........................................................60

Barlow, Mark.................................................................73

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United............................78

Forbes Magazine..............................................81

BASF Corp........................................................60

Collier, Jeff....................................................................73

ForMidtown.....................................................69

Bayfront Park...................................................73

Collins Aerospace................................... 9, 55, 60

Fort Gaines.......................................................77

Bayou La Batre City Docks.................................57

Colón Hospital, Panama Canal Zone..................82

Fox, Adam.......................................................................8

Bayout La Batre, City of.....................................57

Colonial Fort Conde..........................................77

GenCorp Inc.....................................................20

BayPointe Hospital...........................................66

Colony Rehabilitation Hospital.........................60

General Tire & Rubber Co..................................20

Bellingrath Gardens.........................................77

Compassus LLC.................................................81

Genesee & Wyoming Inc...................................11

BendPak Inc.....................................................60

Compton, Tracy.............................................................10

Gogue, Jay......................................................................9

Bennett, Brett...............................................................11

Conde-Charlotte Museum.................................77

Golf World Magazine........................................77

Berg Pipe.....................................................9, 60

Construction Partners Inc....................................9

GOMESA...........................................................73

Beverly Burton Scholarship Trust......................69

Continental Aerospace Technologies..... 55, 60, 64

Gorgas, William C.........................................................82

Biden, President Joe................................................9, 35

Cook, Steve.....................................................................9

Great Southern Wood Preserving......................60

Birmingham Business Alliance.........................10

Cooper Construction.........................................26

Greer, Todd...................................................................69

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport......................................8

Cooper Group Inc., The......................................60

Gulf Coast Surgical Partners..............................69

CORE Industries...............................................60

Bishop State Community College......................63

Council for Leaders of Alabama Schools.............69

GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico....................................77

BJ's Wholesale Club.........................................11

Cranford, William.........................................................78

BL Harbert International...................................10

Crawford, George Gordon.............................................82

Blankenship, Chris.......................................................57

Crowley Logistics.............................................11

Block, David..................................................................78

Crowley Maritime Corp.....................................11

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama....... 66, 69

CSX Corp..........................................................73

Bonner, Jo................................................................7, 69

Cullman Regional Medical Center.....................11

Borden, Alexia..............................................................78

Cummings, Patrick.......................................................78

Borusan Mannesmann.......................................9

Cushman & Wakefield......................................26

Bourassa, Dianna Viola.................................................78

Daughters of Charity..........................................7

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Alabama..........69

Dauphin Island Sea Lab.............................. 69, 77

Bragg Mitchell Mansion...................................77

Dauphin Island, Town of............................. 55, 73

Bragg, John..................................................................77

Dauphin West Surgery Center...........................69

Bristol, Dave...................................................................8

Davis Avenue Library........................................73

Broadhead, Barry..........................................................73

Davis South Barnette & Patrick..........................81

Brookley by the Bay.........................................73

DC Safety................................................... 26, 60

Brooks Park, Chickasaw....................................73

Decatur, City of...................................................8

Bud's Best Cookies.............................................8

Deepwater Horizon .................................... 57, 73

Buffalo Rock Co................................................26

Delta Air Lines..................................................11

BuildSouth......................................................35 Bulgarella, Dawn..........................................................78

Delta Epsilon Sigma National Catholic Honor Society.................................69

Burton Property Group............................... 26, 69

Dilbeck, Autumn...........................................................78

Imperial Trading Co..........................................10

Burton, Philip.........................................................26, 69

Discovery Life Science.........................................9

Infirmary Foundation.......................................69

Business Council of Alabama............................69

Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail...............................................77

Infirmary Health....................... 55, 60, 63, 66, 69

AT&T Center, Birmingham.................................11 AT&T Inc...........................................................78 Auburn Technology Park West...........................26 Auburn University.............................9, 30, 69, 78 Auburn University Research and Technology Foundation.........................69

Butler Snow LLP...............................................78 Byrne, Bradley..............................................................69 Caddell Construction........................................78 Cain, Allison..................................................................78 Calhoun Community College..............................9 Canadian National Railway...............................11 Canfor Southern Pine...................................8, 60 Carden, Isom................................................................78 Carnes, Jason................................................................78

Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast........................7

Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship.....................................81

Ascension Providence Hospital............... 7, 60, 66

Cedar Point Pier...............................................73

Ashland Micropowder and Iron Pentacarbonyl....9

CG Railway.......................................................11

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Doster Construction..........................................26 Downtown Mobile Alliance...............................69 Driscoll, John................................................................11 Dueitt, Randall........................................................57, 69 Duke University...............................................69 Dunn, Evans..................................................................35 Dynetics Inc........................................................9 EastPointe Hospital..........................................66 Economic Development Association of Alabama..................................................69

Hahn, W. Patton............................................................10 Hancock Whitney Bank.....................................69 Harbert, Raymond........................................................30 Harcros Chemicals Inc.......................................60 Harry, Mark...................................................................35 Heflin, Sen. Howell.......................................................69 Hill, Anne Adams..........................................................78 Historic Avenue Cultural Center........................73 History Museum of Mobile......................... 73, 77 Hoar Construction..............................................9 Holland, Jon.................................................................78 Holloway, Betsy Bugg...................................................78 Honeywell UOP.......................................... 60, 64 Hudson, Connie............................................................69 HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology..........10 Huntsville International Airport.................. 20, 26 Huntsville Logistics Center...............................26 Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama.......8, 26 I-Corps.............................................................69 ICONN Orthopedics.............................................8

Innovation Portal.............................................69 Irwin, Bruce..................................................................11 Ivey, Gov. Kay................................................8, 35, 66, 69 J.H. Berry & Gilbert Inc.....................................26 J.L. Bedsole/Rotary Rehabilitation Hospital.......60 J.M. Wood Auction Co.......................................86 Jacksonville State University..............................9 Jefferson County Commission..........................10 Jetplex Industrial Park.....................................20 Joint Commission, The.....................................66

EFI Automotive.................................................10

Jung, Pete......................................................................9

Eissmann Automotive.......................................81

Kemira Oyj.......................................................60

ELG Metals.......................................................60

Kennedy-Western University............................69

INDEX

Kia Motor Manufacturing Georgia.....................26

Mobile County Sheriff's Office...........................69

Red Mountain Entertainment...........................78

Succo, Michael..............................................................78

Kimberly-Clark Corp.........................................64

Mobile County Sportsplex................................73

Redstone Arsenal.........................................9, 20

Sun Belt Conference................................... 63, 77

Kimbrough, Jack Jr.......................................................78

Mobile Infirmary Medical Center.......... 60, 66, 69

Reece, Collette..............................................................78

Talladega Superspeedway..................................9

King, Don........................................................................7

Mobile International Airport....................... 60, 73

REEL USA Corp............................................ 55, 60

Tarr, Mark......................................................................78

Krone, Roger...................................................................9

Mobile Museum of Art......................................77

Reeves, Matthew..........................................................78

Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co................82

KT Construction Services...................................12

Mobile Regional Airport............................. 60, 73

Regent University............................................69

Theodore High School.......................................69

KT Outdoors.....................................................12

Mobile Symphony............................................69

Regional East Alabama Logistics Park................26

Thomas Hospital........................................ 60, 66

KT Security Solutions........................................12

Mobile United..................................................69

Regions Bank...................................................69

Thomas, Kevin..............................................................12

KT Shelter Solutions.........................................12

Mobile, City of.................................26, 55, 69, 73

Renasant Bank.................................................78

Threadgill, Chresal........................................................69

Land Trust of North Alabama.............................81

Modern Healthcare Magazine...........................81

Restore Act.......................................................57

Toler, Andrew................................................................78

Langan Park.....................................................77

Moog Inc............................................................9

Retirement Systems of Alabama.........................8

Topgolf Callaway Brands Inc.............................60

Lanier, Harper...............................................................78

Moore, Matthew...........................................................78

Richard DAR House Museum.............................77

Trenholm State Community College....................9

Lawler, Patrick.................................................................8

Moore, Zach..................................................................78

Richey, Robert Glenn Jr................................................30

Trilogy Hotel......................................................8

Leadership Alabama.........................................69

Moss, Edwin.................................................................26

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.............................77

Troy University.................................................69

Leadership Mobile...........................................69

Motion Industries Inc.......................................78

Robins & Morton..............................................81

Tucker, Allie...................................................................78

Leapfrog Group................................................66

Motiv Space Systems..........................................9

Robinson, E. Bryce Jr.....................................................82

Turnham, Joe................................................................26

Lefebvre, François.........................................................10

MTC Logistics...................................................60

Rodgers, David.............................................................55

Tuskegee University...........................................8

Lehigh University.............................................69

Murphy, Patrick............................................................69

Rotary International.........................................69

U.S. Air Force....................................................20

Leidos Holdings Inc............................................9

Nagarajan, Nageshwar.................................................81

Roush Industries................................................9

U.S. Coast Guard...............................................60

Lending Tree Bowl............................................77

NASA..................................................... 9, 20, 26

RSA Trustmark Building....................................77

U.S. Congress...................................................35

Lenzing Fibers Inc.............................................60

NASCAR.............................................................9

Rubenstein Family Medical Associates...............69

U.S. Department of Agriculture.........................78

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers.................69

National Aeronautic Association........................81

Rubenstein, Dr. Howard.........................................69, 73

U.S. Department of Defense........................ 20, 81

Linde Corp.......................................................60

National Association of Counties.......................69

Ryerson Holding Corp.......................................60

U.S. Department of Homeland Security..............12

Lineage Logistics..............................................60

National Football League..................................77

Sain Associates.................................................78

U.S. Department of Justice................................12

Linksman Golf Course.......................................73

National Institute of Justice..............................12

Sam Winter & Co. Real Estate.............................78

U.S. House of Representatives...........................69

Lockheed Martin..............................................11

National Institutes of Health.............................11

Samford University............................................9

U.S. Navy.........................................................69

Lucas, David Vance.......................................................78

National Science Foundation.............................81

Saraland City Schools................................. 69, 73

U.S. News & World Report........................... 55, 63

Ludgood, Merceria.......................................................69

New Mexico State University...............................9

Saraland Medical Arts Clinic..............................69

U.S. Senate.......................................................69

Lunsford, William.........................................................78

Newsweek Magazine........................................81

Saraland, City of................................... 55, 69, 73

U.S. Space and Rocket Center...................... 26, 78

MAAS Aviation........................................... 55, 60

Niche.com........................................................63

Satsuma City Schools........................................73

U.S. Steel Corp..................................................82

MacDonald, Doug.........................................................11

Nielsen, Claude............................................................78

Satsuma, City of......................................... 55, 73

United HealthCare Services Inc..........................78

Macon County .................................................26

Nix, Mark......................................................................69

Scaturro, Shannon........................................................78

United Way of Southwest Alabama....................69

Macon County Economic Development Authority...............................26

Noland Health Services.....................................82

School Superintendents of Alabama..................69

University Hospital.......................................7, 66

Noland, Lloyd...............................................................82

Seabulk Towing................................................60

University of Alabama......................................69

North Baldwin Infirmary..................................60

Seacor Holdings...............................................11

University of Alabama at Birmingham... 11, 69, 81

Northrop Grumman Corp..................................81

Segers Aero Corp........................................ 55, 60

University of Alabama in Huntsvile....9, 10, 30, 81

Northwest-Shoals Community College................9

Senior Bowl.....................................................77

University of Alabama System..........................69

Norton Lilly International.................................60

ServisFirst Bancshares Inc........................... 78, 81

University of Illinois.........................................69

Nouryon U.S.....................................................60

Sharpe, Leslie Caren.....................................................78

University of Mississippi....................................9

Oak Mountain State Park....................................8

Shelby, Sen. Richard.....................................................66

University of Mobile................................... 55, 63

Oakleigh House Museum.................................77

Shewmake, Reave........................................................78

University of North Alabama...............................9

Olin Corp.........................................................60

Smith, Bill.......................................................................8

University of South Alabama...7, 30, 55, 63, 66, 69

Outokumpu Oyj......................................... 60, 64

Sophic Synergistics.............................................9

Ursinus College................................................69

Page and Jones................................................60

South Alabama Logistics Park..................... 26, 60

USA Health System.................7, 55, 60, 66, 69, 78

Palte, Stephen..............................................................78

South Alabama Regional Inservice Center.........69

USA Medicine.....................................................9

Parker Towing..................................................78

South Coast Paper..............................................9

USA Today..........................................................8

Parker, John Jr..............................................................78

South, Kyle...................................................................10

USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.............77

Parker, Matthew............................................................78

Southeast Health..............................................81

USS Submarine Drum.......................................77

Parker, Tim III................................................................78

Southern Rail Commission................................69

Van Brunt, Mary............................................................69

Pettitt, Jennifer.............................................................30

Southern Site Contractors...................................9

Vertex Energy..................................................60

Phi Beta Delta Honor Society.............................69

Southern Surgical Association...........................82

Visit Mobile.................................................8, 69

Pinnacle Solutions..............................................8

Space Foundation...............................................9

Walmart Stores Inc..................................... 60, 69

Port of Chickasaw.............................................73

Spirit Airlines...................................................11

Washington, Cleo.........................................................78

Port of Mobile......................11, 26, 55, 60, 69, 73

Splawn, Mark................................................................78

West Elementary School, Cullman.....................12

Portier, Michael..............................................................7

Spring Hill College............................... 55, 63, 69

West Mobile County Park..................................73

Potter, Lynette...............................................................78

Springboard to Success Inc................................69

Western Kentucky University............................69

Preece, Taylor................................................................78

Springhill Medical Center................60, 63, 66, 69

Wetzel, Ariel.................................................................78

Premier Medical Eye Group...............................78

SSAB Americas............................................ 60, 64

Williams, Alvin..............................................................30

Protective Life Corp...........................................78

ST Aerospace (VT MAE)........................... 55, 60, 64

Wilson, Daniel..............................................................78

Pryor Field, Tanner.............................................8

St. Clair, Jeffery.............................................................69

Winklemann Flowform Technology LP...............81

Rafield Investment Co......................................78

St. Joseph's University......................................69

Womble Bond Dickinson..................................78

Rafield, Conrad Webb III..............................................78

Stafford, Clifford...........................................................78

Wood, Malcolm "J.M.".................................................86

RayMont Logistics............................................60

STAR Cooperation USA......................................81

Woodfin, Randall............................................................9

Raytheon Co.....................................................26

Steely, Kenneth............................................................78

Yamaguchi, Hitoshi......................................................78

Mobile County Commission........................ 57, 69

ReachBio Research Labs......................................9

Stewart, Shelley............................................................11

Young Presidents' Organization........................69

Mobile County Public School System.................69

Real Advice Mentoring Program........................69

Stillman College.................................................9

Reason, Kyle...................................................................9

Stimpson, Sandy...........................................................69

Magnolia Grove Golf Course..............................77 Mardi Gras Mobile............................................77 Marler, Melissa.............................................................78 Marshall Space Flight Center.............................20 Mazda Toyota Manufacturing............................26 MBN Automotive..............................................81 McClung, April..............................................................11 McGowin Park..................................................60 McMahon, John Jr........................................................78 Meador Warehousing and Distribution.............60 Merchants Transfer Co.......................................60 Mid-America Conference...................................77 Million Air Interlink Inc......................................8 Milner, Aaron................................................................69 Minority Business Accelerator...........................69 Mississippi Export Railroad Co..........................60 Mitchell Cancer Institute............................. 60, 66 Mitchell Company..............................................7 Mitchell, Abe..................................................................7 Mitchell, Mayer..............................................................7 Mitsubishi Polysilicon......................................60 Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley...... 11, 26, 60, 69, 73 Mobile Airport Authority............................ 60, 73 Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce...... 26, 55, 69 Mobile Arts and Sports Association....................69 Mobile Botanical Gardens.................................77 Mobile Carnival Museum..................................77 Mobile City Council..........................................69 Mobile County..................................... 26, 55, 73 Mobile County Civil Rights and Cultural Heritage Districts............................73

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Bidderbidderbidder...Sold!

Montgomery’s J.M. Wood Auction Co. is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, five decades after Malcolm “J.M.” Wood started the company.

Wood is shown here in the early years. Now, the company is one of the three largest industrial/construction auction companies in the U.S. Earlier this year, the company completed its 50th four-day construction auction, with $138 million in gross sales and bidders from 49 states and 12 countries. Event sales totaled 5,200 machines and trucks.

Do you have a photo you’d like us to consider for Historic Alabama? Send it to Erica West at ewest@pmtpublishing.com.

Alabiz Quiz June 2023:

Q: Aerojet Rocketdyne, based in California with a major presence in Huntsville, now makes propulsion systems and more for aerospace and defense. What was the company’s original business when it was founded in 1915 under an earlier name?

A) Cookware B) Radios C) Tires D) Wringer washing machines

May 2023: (one month ago)

Q: Alabama set an economic development record in 2022, generating $10 billion in new capital investment. What was the top project announced?

A) Airbus expansion, Mobile B) First Solar, new factory in Lawrence County C) Novelis, new factory in Baldwin County D) Toyota expansion, Huntsville

Challenge yourself with these puzzlers from past issues of Business Alabama magazine. We’ll post the quiz and answers online June 20 at businessalabama.com.

June 2022: (one year ago)

Q: President Joe Biden visited Alabama to thank workers at an industrial site for their good work. What company did he visit and what do they make?

A) Austal, ships to support Navy B) Lockheed Martin, Javelin missiles to help U.S. help Ukraine C) Mercedes, black SUVs for the Secret Service D) Rheem, water heaters for the White House

June 2018: (five years ago)

Q: The Alabama State Port Authority negotiated with two Latin American partners — Terminal Zarate of Argentina and SAAM Puertos SA of Chile — to build a new facility at the port in Mobile? What Alabama export is the new facility designed to serve?

A) Automobiles B) Coal C) Off-Road Vehicles D) Timber

June 2013: (10 years ago)

Q: Top news was a recap of the lengthy negotiations that brought a new global industry to Mobile — a massive investment positioning the Port City as one of the few in the world making this big-ticket item that’s key to modern life. What company?

A) Airbus B) Hyundai C) Mobile Aerospace Engineering D) Mazda Toyota

June 1998: (25 years ago)

Q: Our June issue included a Spotlight on Coffee County, introducing a young company — Enterprise Electronics — in an emerging technology field growing from research at Eglin Air Force Base. What does Enterprise Electronics make?

A) Home security systems B) Rain-sensitive windshield wipers C) Self-adjusting traffic control systems D) Weather radar

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