In the Great Lakes' region, that has included Chicago's Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue Bridge straightening and reversing the flow of the Chicago River Northerly Island, a 91-acre peninsula along Chicago's Lake Michigan and the deepening the St. The company has been involved in the development and construction of many well-known landmarks. Its focus includes deepening and maintaining waterways, shipping channels and ports creating and maintaining beaches mitigating potential risks from storms and sea changes reclaiming land and restoring aquatic and wetland habitats and barrier islands and excavating pipeline, cable and tunnel trenches. company with significant international dredging experience and has more than 1,000 employees globally. Since its founding, the company has been a leader in the building and maintenance of the nation's navigation system, a safety champion that owns and operates the nation's largest and most diverse dredging fleet. The move also will allow the company to leverage its long-term relationships with the Center for Dredging Studies at Texas A&M University, Louisiana State University and other universities that feature coastal resilience and natural infrastructure initiatives. It is looking to expand its work to support liquefied natural gas export terminals, large vessel oil tanker ports and offshore wind developments along the Eastern Seaboard that require specialized vessels and techniques. The company is known for effective safety, environmental, social and governance processes in its operations. Army Corps of Engineers, private energy clients, local communities and others, provide enhanced services and build a more efficient marketplace,' Petterson said. 'Having our main office in Texas and strategically opening new regional offices allows us to engage more effectively with our major customers like the U.S. The relocation stems in part from changing industry dynamics as the dredging market has shifted from Northern Illinois and the Great Lakes to work along the Gulf Coast and in the northeast and southeast coastal regions. for bringing more jobs and economic prosperity to Houston and the entire state of Texas, and we look forward to this partnership,' Abbott said. 'Houston offers a strong business climate and a talented workforce that will help the company grow and strengthen its ability to serve its customers. leader in the dredging and marine infrastructure industries. Greg Abbott welcomed the company to Texas, calling it a U.S. The company will maintain a business and operations support center in the Oak Brook area. It is initially searching for 20,000 square feet of office space in the Energy Corridor, between the Galleria and Beltway 8. The Houston headquarters, scheduled to open in early 2021 with its executive leadership team, will be staffed gradually over the next 12 months. 'The move to Houston is a testament to the region's extraordinary diversity of talent and competitive landscape and supports our important connections and outreach in geographies that will better serve our customer base,' CEO Lasse Petterson said. The new headquarters and regional bases reflect the company's customer-focused initiatives and growth potential, opening up more public and private business opportunities and strengthening its efforts to attract and retain a specialized workforce in Texas and other regions. To further support the move, the company also recently opened strategic regional offices in Jacksonville, Fla., and Staten Island, N.Y., where it long has run major projects and expects to take on additional work. Relocating its corporate offices to Houston from Oak Brook, Ill., puts the company closer to key regional customers and new markets, especially along the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi River. It also has performed extensive international operations, mostly in the Middle East. waterways, with an expansive fleet of specialized dredging vessels. The company – whose industrial might has helped create, shape and restore many of America's biggest ports, harbors and shorelines – operates on every domestic coastline and throughout many inland U.S. (NASDAQ: GLDD) announced today it is moving its corporate headquarters to Houston, the latest milestone for what began in 1890 as a fledgling Chicago marine construction firm and has since grown into the country's largest provider of dredging services. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

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