At a Glance
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcom Gladwell.
Safari Club International.
Take our black lab for a walk.
Nice dinners.
Deer.
At a Glance
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcom Gladwell.
Safari Club International.
Take our black lab for a walk.
Nice dinners.
Deer.
Off the Cuff
anked at #23 on the Alaska Business Top 49ers list for 2021, with the fourth-highest gross revenue of any non-Native corporation (after Lynden, Three Bears Alaska, and Chugach Electric Association), Delta Constructors makes a big impact without leaving a big impression. CEO Ed Gohr started the company in 2007, and by 2013 it was working on high-dollar, behind-the-scenes projects in Alaska and North Dakota oil fields. That portfolio propelled Delta into the Hundred Million Dollar club, the youngest Alaskan-owned company with that status.
Not bad for a contractor almost unknown outside of the industry. “Kinda go under the radar,” Gohr acknowledges.
Gohr grew up in Palmer and got into above-ground oil field construction as his first job out of college. He spun his equipment leasing company into a contracting firm with approximately 600 employees on the payroll, 200 of them in Alaska. “The most important thing is good people around you, working with good people,” he says.
His other keys to success are perseverance and good decisions: “I believe in my spot I’m supposed to make about five big decisions a year.”
Ed Gohr: I like to hunt and fish and snowmachine.
AB: Other than your current career, if you were a kid today, what would your dream job be?
Gohr: Hunting guide.
AB: What is your favorite way to exercise?
Gohr: Outdoor activities. Snowmachine, skiing.
AB: What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?
Gohr: A couple years ago I did a winter snowmachine trip alone. Started out at -30°F. Denali Highway, by Cantwell… I got stuck. You gotta plan ahead.
Gohr: AC/DC. I’ve seen them twice. They were unbelievable. We saw them in Houston about five years ago, and prior to that was in San Diego in 1989.
AB: What’s your favorite local restaurant?
Gohr: I’ve got many chef friends… Suite 100.
AB: Is there anything you’re superstitious about?
Gohr: Golfing. Make a birdie, save golf ball; make a bogey, throw the golf ball away.
AB: What’s your best attribute and worst attribute?
Gohr: My best attribute is completing the task at hand. My worst is I care too much.
AB: Is there a skill you’re currently developing or have always wanted to learn?
Gohr: Always working on the communication process. 
