Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, headquartered in Houston, announces its successful bid for several crucial dredging contracts, totaling $173.7 million. These contracts are set to significantly enhance coastal infrastructure and protection in key regions across the United States.
The awarded contracts include:
- Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project-Phase 1 (Capital, Texas, $62.8 million)
- Great Egg Harbor Inlet Beach Renourishment Project (Coastal Protection, New Jersey, $33.8 million)
- St. Augustine Shore Protection Project (Coastal Protection, Florida, $33.6 million)
- Duval County Shore Protection Beach Renourishment Project (Coastal Protection, Florida, $32.4 million)
- Atchafalaya Bay and Bar Maintenance Dredging Project (Maintenance, Louisiana, $11.1 million)
The Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project-Phase 1 focuses on deepening the channel along the Sabine-Neches Waterway, offering substantial economic benefits to Southeast Texas and the wider U.S. economy. This project is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2024, with completion slated for the fourth quarter of the same year. Funded both federally and privately, this initiative is critical for boosting U.S. competitiveness in global markets, particularly in energy exports.
The Great Egg Harbor Inlet Beach Renourishment Project aims to fortify coastal protection by dredging inlet and offshore borrow areas, benefiting Ocean City, Upper Township, and Sea Isle beaches in New Jersey. Under the management of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, this federally and state-funded project is already underway and anticipated to conclude in the second quarter of 2024.
Similarly, the St. Augustine Shore Protection Project, awarded in the third quarter, endeavors to enhance beach renourishment for improved shore protection and recreational beach areas in Florida. With federal funding and oversight from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, this project is set to commence and complete in the first quarter of 2024.
The Duval County Shore Protection Beach Renourishment Project, covering approximately nine miles of beach renourishment, is crucial for safeguarding local infrastructure and promoting tourism in Florida. Managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and federally funded, this project is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2024 and conclude by the third quarter of the same year.
Finally, the Atchafalaya Bay and Bar Maintenance Dredging Project, awarded under a rental contract, focuses on dredging the Atchafalaya River Bay, Bar, and Crewboat cut to maintain operational channel depths. With a base contract worth $11.1 million and additional options pending award, this federally funded project, overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has already commenced and is set to conclude in the first quarter of 2024.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation President and CEO, Lasse Petterson, expresses delight in securing these pivotal projects, highlighting their addition to the company’s 2023 backlog of capital, coastal protection, and maintenance work. Petterson underscores the company’s commitment to enhancing the nation’s environment, coastlines, and infrastructure, reflecting its broader impact on economic growth and resilience.