Drennon Construction and Consulting 2014 work season. Over 30 homes were raised and moved during the 2014 construction season in Galena, Alaska, and all without incident, providing the local residents invaluable protection against future flood events.
9 Structures Elevation Project for the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribe, Ft. Yukon
To protect critical community infrastructure in Fort Yukon from increasing flood risks, Drennon Construction completed a design-build project to elevate nine essential structures above the FEMA-designated 100-year floodplain. The project included raising seven residential homes, a preschool facility, and the Fort Yukon Tribal Hall—structures ranging from 600 to over 5,400 square feet—an average of 4.4 […]
Kotlik Home Relocation and Access Boardwalk Project
In May 2025 Drennon Construction successfully completed the Kotlik Home Relocation and Access Boardwalk Project, which involved the relocation of up to twenty threatened homes to the elevated Kotlik Gravel Land Subdivision (Plat 2013-1), located on the former community runway. The runway site, measuring approximately 35 feet wide by 2,200 feet long and elevated 5.5 […]
Galena Flood Home Raising and Moving
In the spring of 2014 DCC was contracted to raise, move, and provide permanent helical piling’s, on some 41 homes flood damaged and below the newly established 100 year flood plain of 136.5 feet to sill. To date DCC has performed complete work on 31 of the 41 homes, and is scheduled to complete the remaining in the spring […]
2014 FEMA Galena Construction Support
In the spring of 2014 Drennon Construction was contracted by FEMA to help support the rebuilding efforts in Galena, Alaska. Working to support the volunteer efforts to build new homes where the Yukon river had swept the residence old homes away during the spring 2013 flooding, DCC cleared, grubbed, and installed new pads, driveways, and […]
