INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS.

PDC Engineers

PDC Engineers expanded its telecom and security design knowledgebase with the addition of its first Registered Communication Distribution Designer (RCDD). PDC's Bryce Mahn acquired the RCDD certification (offered by Building Industry Consulting Service International), a global information and communications technology certification that demonstrates the holder's knowledge of the creation, planning, integration, and execution of communications technologies. pdceng.com

ecoATM Gazelle

Alaskans can now sell or recycle electronic devices at convenient kiosks; ecoATM Gazelle introduced the kiosks to Alaska, with initial kiosks to be located at Walmart and Fred Meyer locations in the Anchorage area.

Device pricing is determined by the model, specific condition, memory capacity, and value in the secondhand markets. Each phone is instantly and carefully evaluated using a unique machine vision system, electrical diagnostics, and artificial intelligence system all within the automated ecoATM kiosk. ecoatm.com

MOA

The Anchorage Assembly adopted the Municipality of Anchorage Climate Action Strategy, which identifies municipal-led, high impact, high priority actions from the Anchorage Climate Plan that the city will take in the near term. The administration has launched several actions for 2019:

* Municipal energy efficiency upgrades

* Establish financing mechanisms to promote clean energy

* Solar panels on the Egan Center, Anchorage Regional Landfill, and Fire Station 10

* Regional electric vehicle charging plan

* Electric vehicle pilots

* Expanding organics collection program

* Expanding landfill gas to energy project

* Local Food Mini-Grant Program For more information and to view the plan, visit www.muni.org/ClimateActionPlan.

ChemTrack

ChemTrack Alaska was named the Alaska Woman-Owned Business of the Year by the US Small Business Administration's Alaska District Office.

ChemTrack is an 8(a) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business specializing in environmental engineering, remediation services, spill management, emergency response, and construction. Owner Carrie Jokiel is a well-known business advocate at both the federal and state levels, championing small businesses and women-owned businesses. chemtrack.net

National Park Service

A National Park Service report shows that 2,920,250 visitors to national parks in Alaska spent $1.36 billion in the state in 2018. That spending resulted in 17,760 jobs and had a cumulative...