Vol. 30 No. 2, February - February 2014

Index

• 2014 already a better year.
• Angela Cernich, owner: Arctic Branding and Apparel.
• Henry Springer: bound to bridges and birds.
• Discover: Engineering: Let's Make a Difference.
• Engineer of the Year nominees.
• Sustainable Arctic construction: challenges inspire creativity: re-purposing a reindeer facility into a new necropsy lab in Nome.
• Arctic construction masterpiece: Barrow Hospital: bright light on the tundra took decades-long planning to bring crucial new services.
• Building on the shores of the Arctic Ocean: conexes and metal stack it up.
• Urban water & wastewater: fairbanks: privatized utility partnerships serve interior city well: part three in a series.
• Innovations in design: 'working with and engaging owners'.
• Alaska Business Monthly's 2014 Architects & Engineers Directory.
• Smartphone apps in business.
• Business opportunities in the Arctic: capitalizing on long-term advantages.
• Achorage: cosmopolitan Pacific Rim city: international connections foster global relationships.
• Update on China in Alaska: Dragon Decade roars with rapid growth.
• Southeast Asia business trends for Alaska: strategic locations and low wages boost trade potential.
• US Cabotage laws and Alaska LNG trade: the dawn of the Jones Act Waiver.
• Between strait and sea: Ottawa's Northwest Passage dilemma with implications for Alaska.
• Export partners and commodities.
• Arctic shipping and Northern Harbors: international port plans span more than a century for Nome.
• Alaska seafood industry creates jobs, opportunities: facilitating growth in business, total economic output.
• Alaska exports copper through Skagway: Yukon Territory Minto Mine booms with new finds.
• Read the fine print: it can save you time, money, and grief!(Legal Speak)
• Alaska lenders finding good borrowers: lending opportunities present growth for Alaska businesses.
• Parker Drilling's Arctic Alaska drilling units: Rigs No. 272 and No. 273 help BP move forward.
• Shell's plan for 2014: returning to the Chukchi Sea.
• North slope exploration and development: ramped up activity with passage of SB21.
• Arctic logistics for the oil and gas industry: transportation is challenging and complicated.
• Innovation and advancements in Arctic technology: enhancing research, management, and operations.
• ASRC Energy Services.
• AT&T.
• Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union.
• RIM Architects.
• USKH Inc.
• Wells Fargo.
• Alaska Communications.
• Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center.
• Bering Straits Native Corporation.
• Moda Health.
• NANA Development Corp.
• Nuvista Light & Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski.
• Philanthropy Northwest.
• Totem Ocean Trailer Express.
• Alaska Rubber Group.
• CCI Industrial.
• Jack White/Vista Rea Estate.
• Alaskan Brewing Co.
• ASRC Federal InuTeq.
• Healy Clean Coal Plant.
• Institute of the North.
• Miranda Gold.
• Ravn Alaska.
• REI.
• The Nullagvik Hotel.
• Marx Brothers Restaurant.
• Fat Ptarmigan.
• The Duct Tape Ball.
• Events calendar.
• Alaska government employment: state and local jobs outpace federal: gains significant over losses from 2001 through 2012.
• Alaska trends.
• Agenda.