Navigating Marine Infrastructure Projects with Confidence
Marine infrastructure plays an integral role in global commerce, national security and environmental protection. With more than a century of experience and one of the largest self-perform marine fleets in North America, Kiewit is equipped to deliver with precision and confidence.
Whether we’re constructing waterfront structures and transportation infrastructure, maintaining vital navigation channels or restoring fragile coastal environments, we bring an integrated approach and unmatched expertise to marine projects across North America.
The Kiewit Marine Advantage
Kiewit and its subsidiaries, including Weeks Marine, McNally International and Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc., operate strategic marine yards across North America, delivering strong local presence backed by a vast network of resources. This combination enables us to tackle waterway and nearshore infrastructure projects of all sizes throughout North America.
Industry-Leading Fleet
Kiewit owns and operates one of North America’s largest and most technologically advanced marine fleets, supported by skilled maritime professionals and specialized technical staff.
Self-Perform Advantage
We directly manage critical project scopes, providing significant safety, quality and schedule advantages. Our approach eliminates coordination gaps and maintains complete control over project execution.
Integrated Engineering
Our in-house marine engineering teams work directly with construction crews from project conception through commissioning, ensuring optimal constructability, cost efficiency and on-time delivery.
Performance on the Water
Marine Construction
Kiewit delivers fully integrated marine construction and engineering solutions across oceans, rivers, lakes and coastal regions. Our teams specialize in new builds, upgrades and retrofits in some of the most challenging environments in North America.
- Ports, terminals and berthing facilities
- Wharves, piers, esplanades and specialized waterfront facilities
- Bridges, causeways and tunnels
- Offshore structures and pipelines
Dredging
As the industry leader in dredging, Kiewit and its subsidiaries provide turnkey services that sustain commercial navigation, support ecological restoration and strengthen coastal infrastructure. We own and operate an industry-leading dredging fleet to execute projects safely, efficiently and at scale, from the Gulf Coast to Canada’s shores.
- Capital and maintenance dredging
- Coastal and marsh restoration
- Beach nourishment and shoreline stabilization
- Environmental dredging and emergency response
- Environmental remediation and contamination mitigation
Coastal Resiliency
In the face of environmental challenges — whether it’s a response to a crisis or part of a strategic, long-term planning effort — Kiewit excels in coastal resiliency solutions. Our strong portfolio includes projects that safeguard both land and marine infrastructure from threats such as natural erosion, sea level rise and storm surge.
- Coastal and habitat restoration
- Environmental dredging of contaminated sediment in ports, rivers and coastal waterways
- Emergency response following catastrophic accidents and natural disasters
- Retrofitting facilities to mitigate contamination
Ready to Work with Kiewit?
Connect with our team about engineering and construction support on your next marine project.