CIRI COMPANY OVERVIEW
CIRI is an Alaska Native corporation. It is one of 12 Alaska-based regional corporations established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 to benefit Alaska Natives who had ties to the Cook Inlet region. The Company is owned by more than 7,300 Alaska Native shareholders of Athabascan and Southeast Indian, Inupiat, Yup’ik, Alutiiq and Aleut descent. It is based in Anchorage and has interests across Alaska, the lower 49 and abroad. CIRI’s well-diversified portfolio of business operations and investments includes:
Energy and resource development
Oilfield and construction services
Environmental remediation services
Real estate
Tourism and hospitality
Telecommunications
Minority business enterprise and government contracting
Private equity and venture capital investments
CIRI also created a family of nonprofit service organizations that provide needed health care, housing, employment, education and other social and cultural enrichment services for Alaska Natives and others.
Businesses
Alaska Interstate Construction LLC (AIC)
AIC moves earth. It is the heavy construction services company that energy and resource developers rely upon for extreme projects that have no tolerance for error, from mining projects to ice roads across fragile North Slope tundra and drill pads in ecologically sensitive near-shore zones throughout Alaska.
AIC is also Alaska's civil contractor of choice when public works projects require specialized expertise and fleets of heavy equipment. AIC moves mountains and bridges canyons for safer Alaska highways. Its winter construction capabilities accelerate timelines and minimize the environmental impact of extending roads across sensitive wetlands.
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ANC Research & Development LLC (ANC R&D)
ANC R&D supports U.S. space and missile defense projects. It provides engineering and technical assistance, information technology, program and project management, research, training and civil construction services to the U.S. Department of Defense, other federal agencies and private contractors. It is a wholly owned CIRI subsidiary that is Minority Business Enterprise- and Small Business Administration 8(a)-certified. Its combination of in-house capabilities and Alaska Native ownership enable government and private contractors to complete projects while also meeting minority procurement goals.
ANC R&D is both a prime and a subcontractor. It is developing a classified Army prototype mobile satellite communications platform and helping manage Army databases and test missile defense infrastructure. It is implementing information technology processes and procedures for Air Force computers. And ANC R&D's construction division builds civil projects for the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, Fish and Wildlife Service and others in the Western United States and Alaska, from replacing bridges to paving parking lots.
CIRI Alaska Tourism Corp. (CATC)
CATC is Alaska's largest, locally owned visitor services company. It helps travelers experience the best of Alaska, including national parks, wildlife and glaciers. CATC is the parent business of Seward-based Kenai Fjords Tours and Whittier-based Prince William Sound Glacier Cruises, two of Alaska's leading marine day-cruise companies. And CATC's Mariah Tours boats provide personalized excursions for families and small groups.
CATC's land-based properties include the 212-room Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge near Denali National Park, the 180-room Seward Windsong Lodge near Kenai Fjords National Park and the exclusive Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge on Fox Island in Southcentral Alaska's Resurrection Bay. CATC's Alaska Heritage Tours packaging service helps independent travelers plan and book reservations for their Alaska adventures and prepare travel packages for group meetings, weddings, conventions and incentive travel.
CATC is a wholly owned CIRI subsidiary and a certified Minority Business Enterprise.
CIRI Land Development Co. (CLDC)
CLDC is a nationwide real estate development, investment and property management company with a commercial real estate portfolio worth more than $200 million, located primarily in Alaska, Texas, California and Hawaii. CLDC's holdings include all major commercial real estate asset classes. Its development projects range from Tikahtnu Commons, Alaska's largest shopping and entertainment center being built on CIRI land in northeast Anchorage, to mixed-use office, retail and residential developments in Alaska, central Texas and California, to raw land for sale or lease.
CLDC and its subsidiaries provide a full spectrum of real estate services. Pacific Tower Properties Inc. (PTP) is a CLDC subsidiary and Alaska's premier commercial property management, sales, leasing and brokerage firm. PTP's property management portfolio includes more than 50 properties and 4 million square feet of commercial and institutional space statewide.
CLDC is a wholly owned CIRI subsidiary and a certified Minority Business Enterprise.
North Wind provides environmental cleanup and restoration, project management and construction services for government and private projects. It has a highly skilled team of hazardous materials specialists and other workers at offices and projects across the United States and Puerto Rico. Its client portfolio includes the departments of Energy, Defense, Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security, NASA and such commercial interests as Bechtel Corp., Chevron Phillips Chemical, Duke Energy and General Electric.
North Wind's core capabilities include:
North Wind is a wholly owned CIRI subsidiary and a certified Minority Business Enterprise. It has an excellent safety record and its quality assurance program is NQA-1-2000- and ISO 9001-compliant.
Peak is one of Alaska's leading oilfield services and general contracting companies. It has offices statewide including Anchorage, the North Slope, Valdez and on the Kenai Peninsula. Peak operates one of Alaska's largest and most diversified construction equipment fleets. Its North Slope oil and gas support operations include Prudhoe Bay camp facilities and a broad spectrum of exploration, drilling, civil construction and operations and maintenance services. Peak is the go-to company when projects need ice roads and ice pads in Alaska's harsh, environmentally sensitive arctic. Peak supports more drill rig moves than any other company in Prudhoe Bay. Its Cook Inlet facilities are situated to serve every petrochemical industry and oil and gas field in the region. And Peak's Valdez operation provides oil industry tank cleaning services with DOT-certified equipment.
Peak's Precision Power Division sells, installs and maintains AC and DC power systems statewide. And its Civil Technologies Division provides effective soil stabilization solutions, including concrete slab and foundation re-leveling, underpinning and remote site soil stabilization.
