

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s awarded work entails the dredging of 11½-miles of the channel, widening a major portion of the Galveston Bay reach from 530 to 700 feet. Project 11 is an ambitious plan to widen the 52- mile Houston Ship Channel which winds from the Gulf of Mexico through shallow Galveston Bay and up through the port. Dredging is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2022 with estimated completion in the fourth quarter of 2022. This is the first phase of the extensive, multi-phase Houston Ship Channel billion-dollar expansion and deepening program. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes Dredge & Dock” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States announced today the signing of a $92.5 million dredging contract for the Houston Ship Channel Widening and Improvement Project 11. He admires construction projects that finish on time and budget, compensate all team members fairly and record zero fatalities or serious injuries.HOUSTON, Nov. Richard's freelance writing has appeared in the Seattle Times, the New York Times, Business Week and the websites of The Atlantic and.

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