Hickel Promoted to President of RHC
Sean Hickel recently assumed the role of President at Roger Hickel Contracting (RHC). In this role, Hickle is involved in estimating, project management, business development, and the overall financial management of the company. Sean joined RHC in 2010 working as an estimator and project manager. He has been in the construction industry his entire life and had various roles in the field. He is a board member of the Association of General Contractors of Alaska. Sean received a bachelor’s in business from Montana State University and is a lifelong Alaskan. He lives in Anchorage with wife and two daughters.
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In mid-May it was 19°F and windy at the Aurora Hotel in Deadhorse. As I stood in the parking lot surveying the surroundings, I chatted with a gentleman from Texas who works for Nabors Alaska Drilling and was in town as part of a crew tasked with getting a previously inactive drill rig up and running. He said that, according to his supervisor, spring is the windy season on the North Slope. The gusts were bracing, numbing the fingers holding my camera, but most of my attention was focused on what I could capture through the lens: work trucks, shipping containers, buildings obscured by snow whipped up by the wind.