Benzinga | May 19, 2021 08:34AM EDT

Orion Group Wins 2 Contracts Totaling $38M

Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the "Company") a leading specialty construction company, today announced two contract awards totaling approximately $38 million.

The Company's Marine segment has been awarded a contract valued at $28.5 million to perform demolition and construction to establish a new aquatic habitat to benefit juvenile salmon in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Construction on the project will begin during the second quarter this year and is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2023.

In addition, the Company has also been contracted for the design and construction of a private marine facility in the Tampa, Florida area. Valued at approximately $9 million, this work will commence in the second quarter of this year and be completed by mid-2022.

"We are pleased to be a part of the Puget Sound project to benefit the local environment," said Mark Stauffer, Orion's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Additionally, the private sector project in Florida represents the type of opportunities we expect to see more of as the economy emerges from the pandemic."