The US Coast Guard has awarded two contracts working with the US Navy totaling more than $300 million towards infrastructure improvements supporting cutter operations.
The US Navy awarded a $271 million contract to Skanska USA Civil Northeast Waltham, Massachusetts, on September 22 to build new homeport facilities for Coast Guard major cutters at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island.
On September 28, it awarded a $31.5 million contract to Orion Government Services of Houston, Texas, to repair hurricane damage to Coast Guard major cutter piers at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.
Both projects use Coast Guard funding and leverage the navy’s site expertise and existing design contracts to reduce costs and minimize technical and schedule risks.
The Newport project includes a new pier to provide berthing for four major Coast Guard cutters, a new bulkhead, stormwater management modifications and full utility installations.
This collaboration with the navy advances critical Coast Guard missions, providing access to strategic operating areas in the Western Hemisphere and the Arctic.
The work in Pensacola, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provides for repairs to Wharf Bravo, including structural and utility improvements to the north berth, and underwater structural repairs for both the north and south berths.
The Naval Station Newport contract is funded through fiscal year 2022 major acquisitions infrastructure funding and funding allocated to the Coast Guard under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The act provides nearly $25 billion for the Coast Guard, of which the service has ordered approximately $20 billion in assets, capabilities, and infrastructure to date.
“These investments will provide vital infrastructure to support the modernizing Coast Guard fleet,” said Admiral Kevin Lunday, Commandant of the Coast Guard.
“These major investments in shore infrastructure for our cutters will ensure the Coast Guard’s ability to secure America’s borders and maritime approaches far at sea.”