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 Byram was working for General Enterprises when the Yukon economy crashed in the 1980s. Byram moved to Alaska with his employer and when he returned to the Yukon in 1987, he changed General Enterprises into Pelly Construction.((James Munson, “Minto Mine plays it safe.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 27 February 2009.)) He also became president of Kluane Construction and R.K. Byram Engineering.((“Roy Keith Byram, P.Eng.” Engineers Yukon, 2020 website: https://www.apey.yk.ca/prominent_yukon_engineers.php?e=Roy+Keith+Byram%2C+P.+Eng.))
-Pelly Construction was a staple of the Yukon economy for years. They built roads throughout the Yukon, especially in lean times. When the economy was booming, Pelly worked for mines, removing overburden from open-pit mines and built mining infrastructure, prepared ore and shipped it to market. In 1990, Pelly Construction won a contract with the British Government to build a 900m air strip on a peninsula of Adelaide Island about 1,600 km south of Cape Horn. The crew was self-sufficient with enough food to last two years. In the early 2000s, Pelly worked mainly out of the territory with two major contracts in British Columbia with Vancouver-based Western Canadian Coal Corp. In the Yukon, Pelly Construction has a long history with the Minto mining property near Pelly Crossing. They levelled the ground for the mine's camp and mill sites and constructed an earth dam.((Graeme McElheran, "Pelly Construction poised to ride the mining wave." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 24 February 2006.)) They had a contract for all heavy-duty work done at the mine. In 2009, the company had sixty workers at Minto and more than a hundred in Chetwynd, British Columbia.((James Munson, “Minto Mine plays it safe.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 27 February 2009.))
+Pelly Construction has been a staple of the Yukon economy for years. They built roads throughout the Yukon, especially in lean times. When the economy was booming, Pelly worked for mines, removing overburden from open-pit mines and built mining infrastructure, prepared ore and shipped it to market. In 1990, Pelly Construction won a contract with the British Government to build a 900m air strip on a peninsula of Adelaide Island about 1,600 km south of Cape Horn. The crew was self-sufficient with enough food to last two years. In the early 2000s, Pelly worked mainly out of the territory with two major contracts in British Columbia with Vancouver-based Western Canadian Coal Corp. In the Yukon, Pelly Construction has a long history with the Minto mining property near Pelly Crossing. They levelled the ground for the mine's camp and mill sites and constructed an earth dam.((Graeme McElheran, "Pelly Construction poised to ride the mining wave." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 24 February 2006.)) They had a contract for all heavy-duty work done at the mine. In 2009, the company had sixty workers at Minto and more than a hundred in Chetwynd, British Columbia.((James Munson, “Minto Mine plays it safe.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 27 February 2009.))
-Keith Byram has served as the Chair of the Yukon Hospital Foundation and the Yukon Territorial Water Board. He has been a member of the Association of Yukon Engineers since 1970, and twice served as president.((“Roy Keith Byram, P.Eng.” Engineers Yukon, 2020 website: https://www.apey.yk.ca/prominent_yukon_engineers.php?e=Roy+Keith+Byram%2C+P.+Eng.)) Keith was inducted into the Order of the Yukon in 2020 for his demonstrated excellence and achievement and his outstanding contributions to the social, cultural or economic well-being of Yukon and its residents.((“Congratulations.” //Deslin Neek,// Issue 60, December 2020: 20.))
+Keith Byram has been a member of the Association of Yukon Engineers since 1970, and twice served as president.((“Roy Keith Byram, P.Eng.” Engineers Yukon, 2020 website: https://www.apey.yk.ca/prominent_yukon_engineers.php?e=Roy+Keith+Byram%2C+P.+Eng.)) He has "overseen the successful completion of hundreds of civil projects, many of which involved isolated northern locations and sensitive environments. In 2012 he received the Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC), the highest level of membership given based upon wealth of experience, commitment and contribution to the engineering field. Keith Byram is an inductee to the Yukon Transportation Hall of Fame, past Chair of the Yukon Water Board, and past President of Yukon Association of Professional Engineers. He is past director of the Yukon Contractors Association, past director of Yukon Chamber of Commerce, and past director of the Canadian Construction Association. He is also past Chair of the Yukon Hospital Foundation, past Director of Yukon College, past director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Director of Yukon Minerals Advisory Board, and past member of the Yukon Justice Advisory Board."((Pelly Construction, 2025 website: Leadership Team – Pelly Construction))
+Keith was inducted into the Order of the Yukon in 2020 for his demonstrated excellence and achievement and his outstanding contributions to the social, cultural or economic well-being of Yukon and its residents.((“Congratulations.” //Deslin Neek,// Issue 60, December 2020: 20.))