The Superior Group Promotes Dave McAllen to President
The Superior Group board of directors announced the promotion of Dave McAllen, currently COO, to the office of President, effective April 1, 2020. McAllen joined The Superior Group in January 2012 as the general manager of Haakenson Electric. He brings thirty-four years of experience in the local construction industry, performing a variety of tasks from journeyman electrician to his current position as COO and corporate secretary. He is a board member/vice president of the Alaska Chapter of NECA, National Trustee of the NECA Workforce Development & Apprenticeship Committee, and an Alaska electrical administrator.
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New Oil on the North Slope
August 2026
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.