Port Houston Awards $450 Million in Contracts for Channel Expansion
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met in a special session and awarded two of the largest contracts in the organization’s history. The Commission approved the staff’s recommendation to award Weeks Marine and Curtin Maritime Corporation contracts totaling $430 million to complete the remaining Galveston Bay segments of the Houston Ship Channel expansion project.“It’s an exciting day for Port Houston and the entire region and the millions of people who rely on the Houston Ship Channel for their livelihood and to bring them essential goods,” Chairman Ric Campo said.
Orion Awarded Contract
Orion Construction L.P., Houston, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2003, an $8,743,850 firm-fixed-price contract for offshore and inshore Bird Islands. Work will be performed in Jasper, S.C., and is expected to be completed by March 30, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on June 6, 2003, and four bids were received. The U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga. is the contracting activity (DACW21-03-C-0013).