About Us

about us

Founded in 2024, by Brad Shephard, Drover Construction is a full-service telecommunications fiber construction company, based in South-Central Alaska. Our highly skilled workforce has decades of experience, executing long-haul projects, connecting up suburbs and operating in dense urban centers. We are signatory with the IBEW Local 1547, and our employees have a reputation for getting projects done on budget and on time.

Drover Construction specializes in: Design-Build Services; Project & Construction Management; FTTH/FTTX Deployment; Overhead Cable Construction; Conduit, Vault, and Underground Cable Construction; Plowing, Trenching and Directional Drilling; Cable Splicing, Testing and Turn-up Service.

Brad Shephard

Owner - CEO

Brad Shephard has over 20 years working in the Electrical and Utility Construction Industry. He has extensive knowledge and experience in the Telecom Industry, as a splicer, an OSP Telecom lineman, bidding & estimating, a project manager and superintendent on large OSP utility contracts and long-haul fiber construction projects. Mr. Shephard has served in multiple leadership roles: managing crews, contracts, Outside Telecom divisions, and as the Chief Operations Officer for a large construction firm.

Judd England

Project Manager

Judd England has 28 years experience in the Telecom Industry- 20 yrs. working as an Installer and 8 yrs. in Project Management. He is a BICSI Certified Technician. Mr. England has worked on projects extensively in Alaska, both on the road system and in the Interior/Bush. Some of his major contracts have included work on: Air and Army bases; National Guard installations; university campuses; hospitals; school districts; court houses; the National Park Service; State DOT; local phone utilities; and in the private sector.

Cory Hearn

Line Superintendent

Richard Hennagin III

Project Superintendent

Tyler Nelson

Splicing Manager

Tyler Nelson has 17 years in the Telecom Industry. He has solid experience working 6 years as a utility splicer and 5 as a contracting splicer. Mr. Nelson oversaw splicing on the MTA, 300 mile Alcan 1 Project in 2019, finishing the project early inspite of the COVID pandemic, helping the customer with rapid turnup of the service. In 2020, he was the lead splicer on multiple DOT Relocation Projects for ACS, including: McGrath Rd. and University Ave. in Fairbanks. Mr. Nelson specializes in fiber testing/troubleshooting and copper splicing. He holds a minor in engineering.