stablished in 2009, Delta Constructors, LLC began by providing electrical and mechanical construction services to the oil and gas industry. In the past seventeen years, the company has grown significantly.

“We classify ourselves as an industrial process facilities general contractor,” says Nate Andrews, vice president of the Delta Constructors Northern Region. “Although we’re an Alaska-based contractor, we operate in three regions; the Northern Region, Rockies Region, and the Southern Region.”

Delta Constructors was founded by Ed Gohr, who grew up in Palmer and went to college at Central Washington University, where he obtained a finance degree. Gohr returned to Alaska and ventured into the oil patch as an accountant. After several years working for Alaska oil field services giant VECO, he broke out on his own. Gohr founded Delta, servicing industry leaders on the North Slope and then in North Dakota’s Bakken oil field, where the company operates a regional headquarters. Further expansion followed, with beginning operations in its now Southern Region in 2016, followed by regional offices opening in New Mexico and Texas in 2020 and 2021.

Last year, Delta worked on projects in nine different states: Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas. It has also expanded beyond the oil and gas industry; today the company provides services to the mining and renewable energy industries.

Currently, Delta Constructors employs approximately 800 people, with 352 workers in Alaska. Andrews says he expects a continuing increase in project opportunities.

Workers set a truckable module into place on the North Slope.

“The current federal administration is definitely favorable to opening up opportunities to our core services regarding energy development, mining, and our general infrastructures. Opportunities are growing exponentially compared to where we were post-pandemic,” he says.

With the increase in projects comes a potential shortage in skilled personnel.

“The recruiting effort to find talent is becoming increasingly difficult,” says Andrews. “We had to expand part of our organization to reach out and find people. We focus on fostering an environment within the company that employees want to work with.”

Andrews acknowledges that there are numerous steps to developing that environment. “One priority is finding good clients to work for that have projects that are set up well, so there’s not a lot of red tape that the employees see. We work hard to partner with reputable clients with balanced commercial terms to avoid an adversarial relationship. We … aim to set our employees up for success with projects they want to come work on and by providing development opportunities.”

Delta Constructors’ core values are closely aligned with principles of safety, people, employee development, quality, integrity, technology, community, innovation, and responsibility. The company is dedicated to maintaining a zero-incident culture, ensuring that safety is embedded in all operations through robust control-of-work methods. Safety remains the highest priority across all Delta Constructors worksites.

The company credits its success as an organization to the diverse experiences, skills, and knowledge of the individuals within the company.

Delta CEO Ed Gohr embodies that model. While at VECO, he began teaching the Junior Achievement of Alaska curriculum, which focuses on helping students gain financial literacy, develop work-ready skills, and understand entrepreneurship to students. Gohr is one of five Alaska business leaders who were inducted into the Alaska Business Hall of Fame in January 2026.

“His steady leadership and commitment to excellence have guided our team and contributed to Alaska’s economic strength. We’re honored to celebrate this remarkable achievement,” Delta Constructors staff wrote in a Facebook post congratulating Gohr for the nomination.

The culture of excellence also stems from knowledge gained in partnership. Being an Associated General Contractors of Alaska member has broadened the company’s reach, Andrews says.

“I think that the biggest benefit is expanding our collaboration and our outreach with other contractors within the organization to help support us with other operations,” he says.

A crew from Delta Constructors, LLC helps bring a fabricated sealift module to the North Slope.

Delta Constructors, LLC has expanded its business model beyond oil and gas; it also serves mining and renewable energy, among other industries.

Ed Gohr
CEO, Delta Constructors

Delta highly values its relationship with clients, with the company stating it “proactively strives to incorporate our clients’ construction expectations into our execution methods.”

As an important part of relationship building, Delta routinely reaches out to clients in every region to get feedback on its performance and on-the-job activities. One such client is XTO Energy Southern Region, which is an ExxonMobil subsidiary. XTO’s Andrew Outlaw noted, “The overall safety management and affirmative actions towards the PSMS [Pipeline Safety Management System] program were exceptional.”