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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Omaha, Nebraska-based Kiewit a $404 million contract to build the next portion of the Port Arthur, Texas, flood protection project, according to a news release from USACE.
The project aims to reduce risk and increase the flood resistance provided by Port Arthur’s existing hurricane protection system. Scope includes the replacement of 9,525 feet of floodwall, 2,300 feet of levee raises, four levee-floodwall tie-ins and fronting protection at three pump stations.
Kiewit’s award comes via Contract PAV04, a design-build contract that serves as a seed project for USACE’s $7 billion Construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract to deliver large-scale civil works infrastructure projects along the Texas coast. It’s part of the larger Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Project, known as SG2.
Construction on PAV04 is expected to begin in summer 2026 and take approximately three and a half years to complete. Completion of the larger Port Arthur Project is currently slated for 2033.
The original Port Arthur hurricane protection system was constructed between 1966 and 1983 and was designed to shield the area from hurricane storm surges up to 14 feet above mean sea level. The improvements will provide greater resiliency to Port Arthur’s deep water port and petroleum processing hub, according to USACE.
“This award, which represents the largest construction contract to date for the S2G Project, is an important step in the long-term effort to improve flood protection for the Port Arthur area,” said Gulf Coast Protection District Executive Director Coalter Baker, in the release.
PAV04 is the third of 10 proposed projects to enhance storm surge protection in the region. In December, Flatiron Constructors broke ground on the $102.5 million PAV03A contract, according to the Defence Visual Information Distribution Service.