HOUSTON, Feb. 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE: ORN ) (the "Company"), a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $25 million.
The award is for the demolition and replacement of the Brotherhood Bridge in Juneau, Alaska for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. The new bridge will replace the original structure built in 1965 and represents the largest contract award to the Company in Alaska since the acquisition of West Construction in 2012.
Onsite construction of the project is expected to commence in the second quarter and last approximately 18 months.
About Orion Marine Group
Orion Marine Group, Inc. provides a broad range of marine construction and specialty services on, over and under the water along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic Seaboard, the West Coast and the Caribbean Basin and acts as a single source turn-key solution for its customers' marine contracting needs. Its heavy civil marine construction services include marine transportation facility construction, marine pipeline construction, marine environmental structures, dredging, and specialty services. Its specialty services include salvage, demolition, diving, surveying, towing and underwater inspection, excavation and repair. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has a 75-year legacy of successful operations.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Please refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 8, 2011, which is available on its website at www.orionmarinegroup.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov , for additional and more detailed discussion of risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations, estimates or forecasts.
Orion Marine Group, Inc. Chris DeAlmeida, Director of Finance 713-852-6506 Drew Swerdlow, Sr. Financial Analyst 713-852-6582
