Alaska Business Monthly articles from February 2001

Alaska Business Monthly archives from February 2001

Building Alaska.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... With this issue, we add a new feature for our readers who are interested in the building trades business. Look for it every quarter as a special supplement to Alaska Business Monthly. Alaska, the construction industry and trade unions,...

21st Century Opens With Bright Prospects.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... We are pleased to report that according to estimates by builders in the know and a tally of funds pledged and appropriated, as well as scores of projects of all sizes, the building industry in Alaska has bright prospects in 2001 and into the...

North Slope Gas Producers Announce Joint Work Agreement.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Three major Alaska North Slope gas producers have agreed to a joint work program on an Alaskan Gas Pipeline project. Ultimately, such a project would involve a pipeline system to deliver gas from the slope to Canada and the Lower 48 states. The...

Aurora Gas Announces Drilling Rig Mobilization.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Aurora Gas LLC announced recent it has executed a drilling contract with Inlet Drilling Alaska Inc. of Kenai and has commenced mobilizing a drilling rig to its Nicolai Creek Gas Field on the west side of Cook Inlet. Aurora has a 100 percent...

Cruise Lines Agree to Clean Water Goals.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Top executives from the major cruise ship lines operating in Alaska waters agreed to a goal of preserving clean water through regulation and monitoring of their marine wastewater discharges, said Gov. Tony Knowles. "I was shocked when last...

State Withdraws from Charter North/API Agreement.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Karen Perdue recently announced the state has withdrawn from its attempt to purchase the Charter North facility in Anchorage as a replacement for the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. Instead,...

Usibelli Secures 12,400 Acres of Coal Leases.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Usibelli Coal Mine was the successful bidder for state coal leases known as the jumbo Dome lease sale and has added 12,400 acres of state leases to its land holdings. "We have a high level of confidence that there are excellent coal...

New China Cargo Flights Routed Though Anchorage.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Anchorage increased its standing among the leading cargo airports in the world with word that eight of 10 new air routes to China will use Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, officials said. The total number of flights between...

Report Calls for Railroad Safety, Training.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... A study of Alaska Railroad safety and operations has recommended stronger safety planning and training procedures, and clearer policies and internal communications, following a series of railroad car derailments and fuel spills last winter. ...

Stevens Fires on NMFS Biological Opinion.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Sen. Ted Stevens said the National Marine Fisheries Service vastly exceeded its authority under the Magnuson-Stevens Act when it signed the biological opinion essentially recommending shutting down Alaska groundfish fisheries. U.S. Circuit...

Advanced Medical Techniques Abound in Alaska.
February 1, 2001... Alaska is gaining ground in health care services. More and more, medical institutions speckled far across the broad face of The Last Frontier are expanding services using highly evolved technologies, equipment and procedures. Consequently,...

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Begins 31st year.
February 1, 2001... Since the first drop of crude was pumped through the trans Alaska oil pipeline in 1977, more than 13 billion barrels of North Slope crude have flowed from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. The company in charge of seeing that crude to its destination, 800...

North Country Strategies: Alaska Natural Gas in International Politics.
February 1, 2001... Getting North Slope gas to market should be a priority of the state and the nation. Remember the refrain "Every which way but loose...."? In Alaska, we know it well. Our North Slope natural gas has been tugged in almost every direction...

Financial Services Modernization Act Opens Doors for Banks.
February 1, 2001... Looking for auto, health or home-owners insurance? If so, you may need to look no further than the nearest branch of your favorite bank. Thanks to a massive overhaul of banking laws through the last decade, and the passage of the...

CELEBRATE WRANGELL'S RICH HISTORY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Celebrating the past is the theme behind Southeast Alaska's Tent City Days 2001, an event that provides the perfect setting for families and individuals to visit Wrangell. The Tent City Days are held during the first weekend of February to...

Right Moves.(appointments)
February 1, 2001... ACS Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. recently announced a reorganization of the senior management of the corporation. Wesley E. Carson, president and chief administrative officer, will be responsible for regulatory affairs,...

Help for Minority-Owned Businesses.(Alaska Minority Business Development Center)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The Alaska Minority Business Development Center can provide funding and support to new and expanding minority-owned businesses. Successful business owners often say that running a business requires a wide range of resources. The Alaska...

Engineers Across Alaska.
February 1, 2001... There are six categories of engineers licensed by the State of Alaska. They do everything from ensuring North Slope oil recovery is at its highest to designing roads in housing developments. In the otherworldly conditions of a February...

Environmental Engineering: Keeping Alaska DEC-Complianta.(Department of Environmental Conservation)
February 1, 2001... Environmental engineers monitor everything from noise pollution to underground storage tanks. Environmental Engineering is a difficult-to-define discipline. It covers the air you breathe, the ground you walk on, the sounds you hear, the...

Coatings, Cathodic Protection Check Cold-Climate Corrosion.
February 1, 2001... Rusty steel, blistered sheet metal, deteriorating concrete-- the effects of corrosion are not hard to find, but they can be difficult to combat. From coastal Southeast out to the Aleutian Islands up to the North Slope and throughout the...

Engineer of the Year Nominees.(Amos Joseph "Joe" Alter)
February 1, 2001... Namoniated by the American Society of Professional Engineers Amos Joseph "Joe" Alter, longtime Alaskan resident and prominent civil engineer, passed away on October 26, 2000. Alter was a driving force in the American Society of Civil...

Construction 2000.(Alaska)
February 1, 2001... A Retrospective on Statewide Construction In the past 40 years, Alaska's economy has undergone numerous boom-and-bust periods, which have, in turn, affected the stability of the state's construction industry. Since Alaska became a state in...

Mike Brady.(Ken Brady Construction Company Inc.)(Interview)
February 1, 2001... Ken Brady Construction Company Inc. A lifelong Alaskan born in the territory in 1952, Mike Brady leads one of Alaska's long-running construction companies with a balanced hand of trade and business savvy. At the helm of Ken Brady...

NEW AND BETTER PORTS FOR THE LAST FRONTIER.(Seward, Alaska)(Anchorage, Alaska)
February 1, 2001... Among the 50 states, Alaska tops nearly any list when it comes to the importance of waterborne transport. And well it should--Alaska's 33,000-plus miles of coastline, along with some of the mightiest rivers in North America, led Native...

Anchorage Construction Industry in Good Shape for 2001.
February 1, 2001... Anchorage wrapped up 2000 on a strong note-the higher oil prices of the last half of the year buoyed our economy, and Anchorage ended the year with nearly 134,000 people employed, an increase of almost 6,000 over the December 1999 employment...

$100 Million in Expansion for State's Medical Facilities.(Alaska)
February 1, 2001... As America's baby boomers grow older and technological advances antiquate medical equipment at alarming speed, hospitals across the nation are working overtime to accommodate the present and future needs of their communities. With more than...

Construction Alaska: 2001 and Beyond.
February 1, 2001... How will the construction industry affect you in the year 2001 and beyond? Whether you travel by boat, plane, train or automobile, live in a remote area or within one of the state's urban hubs, or have children in school, chances are you'll be...

HUD 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Loan Program Finds Home in Alaska.(United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
February 1, 2001... The Real Estate Green Sheet Purchasing a fixer upper? Moving a dwelling from one site to another? Refinancing and rehabilitating a home? If so, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has a program tailored to fit...

ALASKA TRENDS.(demographic information)
February 1, 2001... ALASKA TRENDS Units Period GENERAL Personal Income -- Alaska Millions of $ 2nd Q00 Personal Income -- United States ...