NANA
Shareholders Liz Cravalho Kuna Engineering
and John Lincoln Assume Participates in Watershed
Senior Leadership Roles
Education Project
Liz Qaulluq Cravalho, John Agnaluk Lincoln,
Vice President of Lands Vice President of Business Development
E
ffective July 1, 2019, Liz Cravalho
will serve as vice president of lands
and report to the NANA president
and CEO. Liz has served as interim in
this role since January 2019, along with
her work as vice president of external
affairs. As vice president of lands, Liz is
accountable for the strategic leadership and
management of programs that focus on the
environmental protection and enhancement
of NANA lands for subsistence use by
shareholders and local communities.
John Lincoln is returning as vice president
of business development, reporting to
the NANA president and CEO. John will
oversee NANA’s business development
in the NANA region, throughout Alaska
and in the broader U.S. He will work
with the president in partnership with
Lance Miller, vice president of natural
resources; John Hendrix, president of
the Commercial Group; and Bill Monet,
president and CEO of Akima. Together,
they will work to develop, implement and
evaluate strategies that advance NANA
priorities and economic opportunities.
Tori Thomas (right), a NANA shareholder and Kuna Engineering environmental specialist, is studying
environmental science and natural sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Fourth-grade students in the Anchorage
School District learned about wildlife habitat
protection and water quality enhancement
with help from Kuna Engineering
volunteers. On “Field Trip Fridays,”
students got to visit local watersheds. As
leaders and scientists of the future, the
fourth-graders learn how to protect and
care for the rivers and streams that wild
salmon depend on for their life cycle.
“To be able to have the opportunity of
volunteering in our community was very
rewarding,” said Tori Thomas, a NANA
shareholder who grew up in Nome and
is an environmental specialist at Kuna.
Kuna Engineering, LLC (Kuna) is a
multi-disciplined engineering firm that
provides innovative development solutions
to projects and communities throughout
the state. Kuna is owned by NANA
Development Corporation and is committed
to the Iñupiaq values of honesty, integrity,
commitment and respect. kunaeng.com
NANA Construction Plans Major Expansion
of Fabrication Facility in Mat-Su
NANA Construction
has supported Alaska’s
resource industries since
2008. The fabrication
facility, one of the best in
Alaska, is expanding.
N
ANA Construction plans to
expand its Big Lake facility this
summer, increasing its existing
industrial fabrication space from 14,000
square feet to 28,000 square feet—making
it the largest facility of its kind in the state.
NANA Construction, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of NANA, specializes in
industrial and commercial fabrication
and installation, and camp design. The
company began seeing a growing demand
for process module fabrication and
constructability support late last year.
Given the project forecast for the coming
months, NANA leadership approved
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the expansion to meet increasing client
needs—not only on the North Slope and Red
Dog Mine, but in other areas of Alaska.
“We’re a customer-driven company,”
said John Hendrix, president of NANA’s
Commercial Group. “We don’t ever want
to turn down a project because we lack
the capacity or space to do it. With this
expansion, we’re taking proactive steps
in recognition of the work ahead.”
NANA Construction’s fabrication facility
sits on 32-plus acres of cleared, fenced
land at mile 2.1 Big Lake Road, just
north of Wasilla. Its strategic location
significantly reduces travel time for the
truckable, industrial modules that are
manufactured there and destined for the
North Slope. The site comprises multiple
buildings, including one acre of covered,
interior floor space; a prep and coat shop
and segregated Class 1 paint shop; and an
industrial fabrication and assembly shop.
Preliminary expansion plans include the
addition of a 240-foot by 60-foot, pre-
engineered metal building featuring two,
10-ton overhead cranes, bringing the
total number of industrial cranes at the
facility to 18. When combined with the
site’s commercial capacity, the industrial
fabrication expansion will increase the
facility’s total space to 102,000 square feet.
“More space means more capacity for
work, which means more jobs,” said
General Manager Fred Elvsaas. “We’ll be
able to accommodate more units inside
the facility, allowing for longer-term
projects and increased production.”
NANA Construction expects to
complete the expansion by fall 2019.
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