Kwigillingok Operations Summary

12/3/2025

• Continued investigating school plumbing issues. Coordinating with LKSD personnel. 
• Progress outside greatly hampered due to high winds and icing conditions. 
• Overhead power lines challenge due to high winds and icing. 

Daily Activities

• Power lines in Kwig were snapping due to 3-4" of ice build-up. Crews ended work earlier due to safety concerns.
• House K-24: Removed all insulation and trash.
• House K-30: Insulated inside of the house. 
• A couple of crew members remain stuck in Bethel due to bad weather. 
• 9 HRM crew members working.

12/2/2025

• Continued investigating school plumbing issues. Coordinating with LKSD personnel. 
• Progress outside greatly hampered due to high winds and icing conditions. 

Daily Activities

• House K-24: Wrapped the house with reinforced Vis queen, removed all windows, applied heat to the floor, finished the permanent foundation, gathered additional cribbing, and installed a new Toyo monitor. 
• House K-30: Cleaned up loose debris and began re-insulating the interior. 
• Weather: Heavy rain throughout the day; no planes were flying. 
• 5 HRM crew members working. 

11/30/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. Built ramp for incinerator access. There is still a lot of debris in town.
• Removed boardwalk in preparation for starting helical pile installation. 
• Investigating school plumbing issues with clarification system for black and grey water. 

11/29/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. Built ramp for incinerator access. Debris pile next to incinerator is quite large.
• Removed boardwalk in preparation for starting helical pile installation. 

Daily Activities

• House K-24: Thawed out ground material to level permanent foundation housing pads for the house, set permanent foundation pads in position. 
• Revised home identifies. 
• Received three 4,000-watt generators. 
• 4 HRM crew members working; remainder of the crew expected to return on Monday, 12/1/25. 

11/28/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. Built ramp for incinerator access.
• Expanded bridge at culvert crossing so accommodate excavator. 
• Pump removal and sewage transfer in the washeteria.
• Structure removal with property owner non-objection near GCI Tower.  

11/27/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. Built ramp for incinerator access. 
• Received and offloaded plywood/lumber.  

11/26/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. 
• Received and offloaded plywood/ATV/Food. 
• Removed debris from GCI boardwalk/ 
• Made 100 cribbing blocks for use to support gas line. 
• Cleared area for home relocation. 

11/25/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. Estimating 100 CY/day in volume reduction. Cleaned out incinerator and performed service. 
• Received and offloaded lumber/plywood/metal bands. 
• Shipped equipment to Kipnuk.

11/23/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. Estimating 100 CY/day in volume reduction. 
• Removed old generator and installed a new one at the power plant. 
• 2 loads of lumber and 2 snowmachines delivered today. 

11/21/2025

• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. Estimating 100 CY/day in volume reduction. 
• Demolished a shed with a non-objection from Kwig Power Company. 
• Cleaned out incinerator and put ash in super sacks. 

Daily Activities

• House K-03 - Raised the house 3' to set post and pad and removed debris, including damaged Arctic Entry. 
• House K-05 - Continued drying out the house. 
• A total of 14 employees are currently on site, including 4 HRC and 10 Local. 

11/20/2025

• Organized staged materials at airport apron. 
• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator working day/night. 
• 2 houses brought online, ready for occupancy. 

11/19/2025

• Working to repair leaking water lines at washeteria.
• Continued debris cleanup and burning with incinerator.

11/18/2025

• Continued debris cleanup with incinerator & sorting out metal. 
• Continued cribbing raw water line with cut-up sections of damaged boardwalk. 
• Researching adjacent lake depths and historical ice thickness for possible winter runway options. 

11/15/2025

• Continued debris cleanup with incinerator
• Separating debris into non-burnable piles
• Placed flyers in school and store 
• Bladed runway

Daily Activities

• Preparing to jack up house #K-05
• Moved house K-05 and set in position for the next phase
• Constructed house pads for K02 and K01 with both pads nearly complete
• Secured lumber to higher ground in anticipation of the incoming storms
• Supported the K05 house move 
• Completed a material takeoff list for the 38 total housing units in town and 10 savable unites across the river
• All houses that are salvageable (near the school, uptown, downtown, and 20-unit housing) have been lifted. 
• A total of 15 HRC team members are currently on-site, including 11 local hires. 

11/14/25

• 200 tons of E-1 placed on north end of runway. 
• Continued debris cleanup with incinerator. 

11/13/2025

• Conducted assessment of existing power poles.

• Barge arrived in Platinum, unloaded subbase and geotextile. 

• 200 tons of E-1 placed on north end of runway. 

• Continued debris cleanup with incinerator. 

11/11/2025

Daily Activities

• Continued housing assessments.
• Pumped and repaired frozen septic systems.
• Lifted House K-79 by 2 feet despite challenging conditions (initially located in water and adjacent to a store).
• Relocated a nearby sauna house to clear space.
• Continued delivering lumber to support house lifting operations.
• Gravel haul to airport & boardwalk repair to Church.
• Leveled heating oil tank at school.

Plan Forward

• Develop a logistics plan to move lumber from across the river/bridge into town.
• Continue lifting additional houses.
• Begin drafting a materials list for interior work.
• Jack up House K-80.
• Barge unable to dock due to ice in river, may have to go back to Platinum.

11/10/2025

• Working with ANTHC to troubleshoot power and water issues
• Barge scheduled to arrive today, exact time depends on ice in river
• Completing access to swage lagoon and cemetery
• Cruz provided plastic tundra mats in Kwigillingok for HRC use
• HRC removed insulation from the floor system on house K-41
• Coordinated with plumbers to help move sewer tanks into position at the "10 housing unit"
• Crews are working on lifting house K-78; Slushy snow is creating challenges

11/09/2025

• Working with ANTHC to troubleshoot power and water issues
• Barge being loaded in Platinum with 10 rolls of geotextile, 2 pallets of super sacks, and a load of subbase. ETA Kwigillingok November 10th.
• Temporary structure constructed over culvert, handling ATV traffic

11/08/2025

• Repairs focused on elevated boardwalk between school and fuel farm.
• ~800 tons of gravel sub-base delivered for embankments/leveling.
• Engineering complete; material list finalized (treated lumber, pilings, hardware, etc.).
• Regionwide procurement underway: >13M lbs of materials incl. ~20,500 galvanized helical piles; Kwigillingok first in line.
• Long-lead orders placed (3″×12″ treated timbers, helical piles); to deploy immediately upon barge/air arrival.
• Pile-driving mobilization planned as conditions allow.
• Community stable; crews ready to accelerate once bulk materials arrive.
• Working with ANTHC to troubleshoot power and water issues
• Barge being loaded in Platinum with 10 rolls of geotextile, 2 pallets of super sacks, and a load of subbase. ETA Kwigillingok 11/10/2025
• Crew of 9 people working on boardwalks, placement of gravel on roads, and installation of tundra mats

11/07/2025

• Connex being moved from Bethel to KWIG with a skid steer and other pieces of equipment primarily for residential work. 

11/06/2025

• Hog River started hooking up dog houses (sewer) at the “20 House” subdivision. Crews also continue to get houses jacked back up off the ground and out of water. Once needed lumber arrives it is anticipated that the crew can address 2-4 houses/ day on that effort.
• Multiple houses have been successfully dried out and are ready for insulation.
• One demo crew is working, and one person is constantly hauling insulation.
• The Delta Backhaul Company crew had prepared staging areas in advance for the additional equipment.
• Lumber for house stabilization is expected out from Bethel today.
• Barge carrying 800 tons of subbase delivered to Kwig. Headed back to Platinum.

• Boardwalk repairs continued between school and fuel farm.

11/05/2025

• Boardwalk repairs continued between school and fuel farm.
• Barge carrying 800 tons of subbase headed to Kwig.
• Debris removal contractor arrived.

11/04/2025

• Boardwalk repairs continued between the school and fuel farm.
• Crew working on debris removal, separating into piles of treated lumber/driftwood/boat/atv parts.
• Chinook helicopter relocated two connexes to accessible locations for in-town electrical repairs.

11/03/2025

• Vertical contractor is onsite to begin home and school repairs.
• Two Chinook loads of lumber move to community.
• Plumbers are expected next week.
• Barge carrying 800 tons of subbase, 2 ATV's, and fuel has arrived.
• Additional geotextile for the airport access road is schedules to arrive today.

11/01/2025

• Vertical contractor onsite to begin home and school repairs. 
• Tundra mats moved to location. 
• Plumbers expect to arrive next week. 
• Barge carrying 690 tons of subbase scheduled to leave Platinum on 11/2.

10/30/2025

• Barge remains on hold in Good News Bay due to weather.
• Loadout will be completed when weather allows the barge to dock.
• Cruz continues working on the road from the barge landing to the airport.
• Gravel has been placed from the barge landing toward the airport.
• Additional geotextile has been sourced for the access road.

10/29/2025

Power

• Two FAA personnel rerouted the AWOS system’s power from its dedicated generator to the primary generator serving the airstrip and SHREBS, consolidating to a single power source. The original generator will remain on standby as an emergency backup.
• Wiremen installed new anchors and re-plumbed damaged power poles. They also worked on disconnecting transformers and removing secondary lines from houses along the North Pole line.
• Brice Inc. assisted with power plant repairs, specifically focusing on getting fuel lines from the tank farm to day tanks functioning throughout the village.
• Five local wiremen assisted Brice Inc.’s crew with these efforts.

Water

• Brice Inc. is awaiting the arrival of high-pressure air bags, which will be used at two homes where the foundation is pinching down on sewage lines to the lagoon and restricting flow.
• Brice Inc. and Bob White assisted Marvin (Local Steering Committee member) in running the treatment and water systems based out of the washeteria. Boilers were fired up and system cycles checked. Lines to the lagoon and reservoir were functioning, but the line to the school was not flowing. Further assessment will be needed once the high-pressure air bags arrive.

Debris

• Two DBE staff are onsite plotting staging areas for equipment at the barge landing. Coordination continues with local contacts and Brice Inc.
• The Alaska State Defense Force planned to arrive today but was weathered out. They anticipate sending 9–12 personnel in the coming days to assist with debris cleanup.

Boardwalk

• Boardwalk repair work continues from the airport apron to the school.
• Local crews have requested to rebuild sections of the boardwalk once lineman repairs are complete.

10/28/2025

• The barge has returned to Platinum and is being loaded with equipment, tools, connexes, fuel cubes (diesel and gas), and subbase materials.
• The loadout will be completed once weather conditions allow the barge to safely dock.
• Cruz Construction continues road work between the barge landing and the airport.
• The crew is awaiting daily NOTAM approvals (morning and evening) to blade the runway and begin hauling material to fill low spots.
• A new crew has mobilized to Kwig to repair the boardwalk between the school and homes on the north end of town.
• Today they completed about 200 feet of boardwalk using salvaged lumber from nearby damaged sections.
• Additional lumber will arrive tomorrow via the Chinook, supporting continued boardwalk repair efforts.

10/26/2025 – Barge Arrival and Field Mobilization

• The barge successfully landed at Kwigillingok carrying 700 tons of subbase, geogrid materials, and 40-foot flats to enable material transport across the river.
• Cruz Construction superintendent arrived onsite; crew mobilization scheduled for 10/27.
• Project Manager arriving for site review and prioritization meeting with DOT&PF to determine task sequencing based on available materials.

10/25/2025 – Mobilization and Airlift Preparation

• The Cruz Construction barge remained weather-held in Goodnews Bay, ETA 10/26 at 0200.
• Housing coordination ongoing with local school facilities.
• Bering Air Huey helicopter mobilized from Nome to Bethel for Sunday (10/26) operations, first mission to sling tundra mats from Bethel to Kwigillingok.
• Deployment schedule confirmed:
  • Linemen arriving 10/26 
  • Plumbers arriving early next week
  • DOT&PF coordinating with Cruz on civil support and logistics.

10/24/2025 – Logistics and Material Coordination

• Cruz Construction prepared to mobilize from Kongiganak to Kwigillingok within 3–5 days, pending housing confirmation.
• Barge loaded in Platinum with 700 tons of subbase (F), geotextile/geogrid, and 40-foot flats for river crossing; departure delayed by weather, anticipated 10/26 arrival. 
• Discussion held regarding allocation of plastic tundra mats in Bethel (half to Kipnuk for Brice, half to Kwig for Cruz).
• Cruz requested information on available boardwalk lumber in Bethel; DOT&PF to confirm shipment.
• YKHC confirmed glycol circulation in the water line and water tank at 40,000 gallons capacity.
• Community concerns included mail and grocery delivery interruptions. Cruz expected onsite by Monday (10/27).

10/23/2025 – Contractor Coordination and Utilities Update

• DOT&PF coordinated with Ethan (community champion) on contractor housing; exchanged contact information with Cruz to expedite arrangements.
• YKHC continued running glycol through the water line, with relocation completion expected Friday.
• The community’s water tank remained half full (approximately 40,000 gallons).
• Cruz confirmed readiness to mobilize upon securing housing.

10/22/2025 – Initial Site Visit
DOT&PF field team arrived at 1:50 p.m. but had limited time due to weather.

• Met with ANTHC and DEC representatives at the school.
• Five YKHC workers were actively working to realign the displaced fresh water line using winches and glycol circulation.
• Expected operational completion by Friday.
• Boardwalk to clean water pond accessible by ATV but not by heavy equipment due to exposed bridge piles.
• Observed stockpiled materials and equipment (dozer, loader, excavator, rock truck) near the barge landing.
• Cruz Construction had not yet secured local housing for crew mobilization. Departed site at 2:30 p.m.

10/18/2025 - Infrastructure Damage Assessment.

10/16/2025 - Infrastructure Damage Assessment.

10/14/2025 - Infrastructure Damage Assessment.