Value: $70,000,000

• Construction of a 120-acre landfill
• Construction of 12,000 ft of perimeter rock dikes for reclamation area
• Dredging and placement of 13,750,000 yd³ of material for containment area
• Controlled placement coordinated with dike construction to create a solid foundation
• Dredging depths in excess of 90 ft.

Dredging & Reclamation: 13,750,000 yd³

Armor Rock Placement: 600,000 tons

Dike Rock Placement: 1,700,000 tons

The road/rail Øresund Fixed Link joins Sweden and Denmark via a 4-km tunnel, a 4-km artificial island (Peberholm), and an 8-km cable-stayed bridge. The dredging and reclamation contract involved design, dredging and construction of the tunnel trench, work harbors, navigation and construction channels, compensation areas, and an artificial peninsula and island. The contract was valued at US$300 million. GLDD participated as a member of the Øresund Marine Joint Venture.

Dredging: 8,000,000 m³

Stone Works: 2,000,000 tons

Fill, Island: 8,500,000 m³

Fill, Peninsula: 3,000,000 m³

The construction of Pier 400 in Los Angeles Harbor stretched over five and a half years. The 593-acre terminal is now the largest proprietary container terminal in the world, with a total berthing length of 7,190 ft (~1.4 miles). Pier 400 will earn the Port of Los Angeles approximately $2,000,000,000 over the next 25 years. Total development cost was $800 million.

Dredging: 52.5 million yd³ by cutter suction, clamshell (grab) and hopper dredge

Rock Placement: 9 million tons of quarry run rock

Rock Armor Placement: 1.6 million tons

The project was designed to transform a low-lying, unsightly swamp area into a luxury residential lagoon development accommodating hundreds of housing lots, a hotel, conference center, sports and recreational facilities with extensive public beach access, marina facilities and protective breakwater structures. Offshore work was performed with the 11,200-hp cutter suction dredge Illinois, which had undergone extensive modifications to enable it to dredge the minimum required depth of 11.2 ft.

Dredging & Excavation: 7.2 million yd³

The total contract, valued at more than $200 million (including $60 million for dredging operations), entailed dredging 31 million yd³ of material to be used to build land for the new port, the placement of 4 million tons of rock protection and breakwater structures, and construction of a 1.1-mile-long quaywall. Great Lakes used the cutter suction dredge Carolina and the trailing suction hopper dredge Victoria Island to complete the works.

Dredging & Reclamation: 31 million yd³

Armor Rock Placement: 4 million tons

Quaywall: 1.1 mi