Profiles in Mining: CONAM Construction Co. g Leading the way in innovation
SPECIAL TO THE ALASKA MINER CONAM Construction Co. has been in busi- ness for 35 years and was founded in 1984 by the owners of HC Price at that time. Today, CONAM is owned by and one of the many operating units within Quanta Services, Inc., a S&P 500 company (PWR). For the past 35 years, CONAM has been providing innovative services to the state of Alas- ka from the furthest reaches of the North to the capitol in Juneau. CONAM is headed by president, Dale Kissee who supports Ben Eaton, Mining Di- vision Manager, who is responsible for all opera- tions serving the mining industry. Eaton has extensive time working with Alaska’s XTYTYRNZX[LYTP^ʭ]^_NZXTYR_Z,WL^VL_ZbZ]V for a drilling company, then working on the con- struction of the Pogo mine beginning in 2004 and SL^ʭWWPO[]ZUPN_XLYLRP][Z^T_TZY^QZ]Z_SP]NZY - tractors at several mines across the state before coming to CONAM. Kissee and Eaton took time to explain CONAM’s focus on mining in the state and expansion opportunities in the Lower 48. How has the company and your business evolved? “CONAM was initially formed to meet the open shop opportunities available from the oil companies on the North Slope of Alaska. Our primary business activity is to provide heavy industrial construction and maintenance services to the oil and gas indus- try, the mining industry and remote village infra- structure projects. We are a general contractor with construction capabilities to include building oil and gas process facilities, pipelines, power plants, mine facility process and civil work. “As a natural progression from our heavy indus- trial experience in the oil and gas industry, CONAM opened a Mining Division in 2013 to provide con- struction services to mines across the state. Since 2013, CONAM has performed work for Pogo Mine, Fort Knox, Red Dog Mine and Kensington Mine. “In 2018, CONAM became licensed in Nevada and Arizona and began pursuing work in the L-48. Since then, we have landed work at Robinson Mine, Cortez Mine and Florida Canyon Mine in Nevada. “In response to our success in supporting the mining industry, CONAM has recently expand- PO Z`] ʮPP_ ZQ NZY^_]`N_TZY P\`T[XPY_ _Z TYNW`OP heavy civil components in both Alaska and the L-48
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