| Employer Profile: NORCON Inc., General Contractor |
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Industry provides critical support to the annual pipeline training event in Fairbanks. One of the employers is Norcon Inc., an Alaska-owned and based company with years of experience across the state. The company was chartered in 1974 to provide mechanical and electrical construction services to oil and gas producers on the Alaska North Slope. Since that time, it has become a full-service industrial construction company providing a comprehensive range of project development, management and construction services to customers in oil and gas, utilities, military, and the public sector. A long-term player in the development of Prudhoe Bay, Norcon has performed hundreds of capital development and major maintenance projects on the North Slope. |
Norcon works with the Fairbanks Building and Construction Trades Council under the North Slope Contractors Association Labor Agreement. The company and the unions provide a labor force to enhance and promote continued and sustained oil production and steady jobs for many Alaskans. “Pipeline training has been win/win for everyone -- the oil companies, Norcon, and contractors because of the skilled workforce that’s being developed,” said Ken Jacobi, Project Manager for the North Slope. “A lot of people who go through that training come to work for us.”
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Dave Matthews
Employer Profile: HC Price Company
H.C. Price has been a leading participant in some of Alaska’s largest construction projects, receiving high acclaims for its construction of pipelines, process facilities, power plants, utilities, design and engineering. A top contractor in the state, the Alaska division of H.C. Price has at times had more than 1500 workers on its payroll.
The company taps local union halls for its project labor force. “A lot of pipeline companies have come and gone, but we’ve remained,” said Dave Matthews, H.C. Price vice president and Alaska general manager. “Our core business is pipeline construction but in Alaska, we’ve branched into heavy industrial building and trades construction.” The company first established an Alaska division in 1975 to complete construction of a 144-mile section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline stretching from the Yukon River to Fairbanks. Throughout its nearly three decades in Alaska, H.C. Price has diversified to become a major constructor of infrastructure projects and electrical generating utilities. H.C. Price is proud to promote its diverse abilities and looks forward to continuing to provide its clients with a reliable source for its contracting needs.
H.C. Price Co.
301 W. Northern Lights Blvd.#300
Anchorage, AK 99503
907-278-4400