By Bill Campbell Staff Writer | 

Thursday, March 5, 2015

The Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area has been named a top-10 metro area by Site Selection magazine.

Atlanta-based Conway Data, publisher of Site Selection, ranked Baldwin County's tri-city metro among other areas with a population of less than 200,000 in the magazine'sMarch 2015 online edition.

With nine companies either expanding or locating to one of the three cities in 2014, the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley was tied for fourth place in Site Selection's ranking. Odessa, Texas topped the list with 18 projects.

Mobile's ever-expanding aerospace opportunities will take center stage Friday, March 13, during the Alabama Aviation Center's second Aviation Career Fair and Open House in five months.

Ten area employers as well as recruiters for the Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force will be on hand for the employment and education extravaganza, coordinated jointly by the Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council and the aviation center, a division of Enterprise State Community College.

The Alabama Aviation Center, located at 1975 Avenue C at Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, offers the state's only aviation maintenance program, providing both airframe and powerplant training as well as dual-enrollment programs in both Mobile and Baldwin counties for high school students.

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Hargrove Controls + Automation Adds Value to Client Projects

Mobile, Ala. -Hargrove Controls + Automation division is innovating the process for project planning and development for its clients. As a division within Hargrove Engineers + Constructors, its ability to provide clients with a full-service experience saves time and money invested in the scope of each project.

Hargrove Controls + Automation is one of the few fully integrated automation groups in the country for safety systems, industrial IT, and plant automation. Controls + Automation performs the design, programming, and implementation of controls systems to operate equipment for the pulp and paper, petrochemical, specialty chemical, and automotive industries.

"By teaming with Hargrove on both engineering design and automation, our clients are able to lower their risk, increase communication and planning from the start, reduce change, and - ultimately - complete their project at a better value," said Matt Burton, P.E., Hargrove Controls + Automation operations leader.

Started in July 2012, Hargrove Controls + Automation has grown from a team of five to a team of over 60 employees in seven offices across the U.S. The Hargrove Team consists of panel builders, instrument technicians, programmers, supervisors, safety instrumented specialists and engineers.

Hargrove Engineers + Constructors is a full-service engineering, procurement, and construction management firm with offices located across the U.S.  For more information about Hargrove, please visit the company's website at www.hargrove-epc.com.