ndustrial Support Services is a big topic, and it’s exciting to take a different approach to the special section each year. One opportunity that such a broad topic presents is to feature companies and services that don’t fit neatly into one region or industry. “Sector Crossover” looks at several organizations that defy industry classification and instead provide a suite of services to suit their clients. Similarly, “Work Away from Work” explores the plethora of uses for modular buildings across every sector—they are especially well suited to solve many challenges that projects encounter in Alaska.

Guest author Steve Edwards is a senior public relations specialist for Stantec, a global company that exemplifies the idea of support services. In “Forwarding Sustainability” he provides a broad overview of how any company, in any industry, can initiate sustainable practices.

All companies operating with an eye on sustainability is a lovely vision for the future; more concretely, “The Big Picture” paints a picture of what it’s like to design and create art on a large scale and unconventional canvases.

And for those who are fans of literal pictures, we are thrilled to present “A Deep Dive,” an essay of images generously provided by Global Diving & Salvage (a provider of marine construction, commercial diving, casualty response, and environmental services) that shows off many of their marine activities in the state.