September 2019
South Carolina Governor, Henry McMaster, visits Dredge Texas
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, along with his Chief of Staff, Trey Walker, joined Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company’s CEO Lasse Petterson and Project Director Dave Johanson on a visit to the Cutter Suction Dredge Texas in late August. Gov. McMaster has been a longtime supporter of the Charleston Deepening Project and the State of South Carolina has provided
GLDD Secures $141M in Contracts from Several Major Dredging Awards
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) announced today the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $141 million. The awarded work includes: Jacksonville Deepening Contract B Option (Capital Deepening, Florida, $96.6 million); Baltimore Harbor (Maintenance, Maryland, $38.4 million); Boston Harbor (Maintenance, Massachusetts, $5.6 million). The base scope for the Jacksonville Deepening Contract B was won in 2018 and the
Biological Habitat Creation
TAMPA BIG BEND CHANNEL DEEPENING PROJECT – HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) works with clients and stakeholders to optimize the beneficial use of dredged material on our projects. This has taken many forms of biological habitat creation from beach nourishment, to wetlands, and marshes but also structural uses like land reclamation and levee construction. Beneficial use
GLDD Supports Sea Turtle Conservation
Pappi’s Adventures at The Georgia Sea Turtle Center by Dr. Terry Norton, JIA Georgia Sea Turtle Center Director and Veterinarian Pappi was a juvenile green sea turtle that stranded on Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island on July 29, 2018. Pappi was extremely debilitated and had severe fibropapillomatosis (FP) upon initial evaluation. FP is a condition most commonly found – and most severe – in green