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2013

GREAT LAKES

DREDGE & DOCK YEAR IN REVIEW

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Safety is a core value at Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. We pride ourselves on our commitment towards providing an Incident-and Injury-Free workplace.

As we begin the 9th year of our journey towards sustainable safety excellence, the transformation in how we perform our work around the world is truly remarkable. A culture of caring for fellow workers, taking the time to plan our activities, and speaking up when conditions change foster the safe work behaviors that will drive us forward. The relentless focus of Great Lakes’ site teams, crews and managers on driving incidents and injuries to zero has helped Great Lakes lead the U.S. Dredging Industry in safety performance.

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COASTAL RESTORATION

BEACH NOURISHMENT

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Beneficial use of dredged material is the process of utilizing excavated sediments as a valuable resource for a productive end purpose, instead of disposing of it. In the United States alone, over 90 percent of all dredged material is composed of clean, unpolluted sediments, which is considered acceptable for reuse on a variety of beneficial projects.

The process of utilizing dredged material as a resource delivers both economic and environmental benefits, which can equate to project cost savings, local economic boosts, habitat improvements, agricultural improvements and enhancements to recreational activities.

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BEACH NOURISHMENT

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Cutter suction dredge Illinois

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BRIGANTINE & OCEAN CITY, NJ

This beach renourishment project placed 2.73 million cubic yards of high-quality sand onto Brigantine Island and Ocean City beaches from two inlet borrow areas.

GLDD used the cutter suction dredge Illinois to complete this project, which provided coastal protection from natural erosion and storm damage along these beachfronts.

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HOLIDAY ISLE, DESTIN, FL

Working within the Florida Panhandle, GLDD performed beach renourishment and coastal protection along two stretches of Destin’s Holiday Isle shoreline. In total, GLDD replenished 6,000 feet of beachfront with 634,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand. There was roughly a 2,600-foot-long area left without renourishment between the project’s two fill sites because local homeowners opted against any restoration efforts on their beachfront.

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Trailing suction hopper dredges Liberty Island, Dodge Island, Padre Island & Terrapin Island

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LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ

As a result of the devastation from Hurricane Sandy, GLDD was awarded a contract to perform shoreline restoration and coastline protection work on Long Beach Island, New Jersey from Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet.

Contract work involved dredging and placing approximately 2.97 million cubic yards of beach fill to repair and construct dune and berm systems along 2.2 miles of the LBI coastline within the communities of Harvey Cedars, Surf City and Brant Beach. This was the first job GLDD deployed all four domestic-based hopper dredges together to complete a project. Also specified within the contract was dune construction, planting of dune grass, and repair of sand fence and dune crossover to further protect the New Jersey coastline against coastal storms and mitigate erosion. This project restored the beaches and dunes to pre-Sandy conditions.

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The Delaware Beaches project was designed to provide flood control and coastal emergency repair on five Delaware coast beaches from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island. Under this contract, GLDD dredged and placed 1.41 million cubic yards of sand along Bethany and South Bethany beaches, Rehoboth, Dewey and Fenwick Island, amounting to 26,000 linear feet of renourished shoreline. Also specified within the contract was dune construction, planting of dune grass, and repair of sand fence and dune crossover to further protect the Delaware coastline against coastal storms and mitigate erosion. This project restored the beaches and dunes to pre-Sandy conditions.

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Cutter suction dredge Illinois

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CONEY ISLAND, NY

Beach renourishment and coastal restoration along Coney Island were performed as part of a larger post-Sandy repair initiative throughout the northeastern U.S. to place more than 26 million cubic yards of sand. In total, 570,000 cubic yards of sand were dredged from the Jamaica Bay Channel in Rockaway Inlet and pumped onto Coney Island’s beachfront, returning the shoreline to its initial pre-storm fill profile.

Located along the southern edge of Brooklyn, this project was designed to help improve safe navigation of Jamaica Bay Inlet, while restoring coastal storm risk reduction for the Coney Island community.

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SOUTHAMPTON, NY

Shoreline restoration efforts are underway along a six-mile stretch of ocean beach between Water Mill and Sagaponack in the Town of Southampton, New York. With a projected completion set for early 2014, this project is designed to widen the shoreline by about 90 feet, doubling the width of the beaches in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton. Approximately 2 million cubic yards of sand are being pumped from borrow areas located one mile offshore.

This project will help restore the shoreline to initial conditions and repair damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy and the nor’easters that followed this past winter and spring. S

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ST. LUCIE, FL

This project entailed the dredging and placement of approximately 635,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand along South County Beach for renourishment and dune restoration. Dredging efforts were performed along 3.1 miles of the South Beach shoreline to mitigate loss of sand from of future coastal storms. Contract work also included planting the restored dune with native vegetation.

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FT. PIERCE, FL

The emergency renourishment dredging of South Beach in Fort Pierce, FL took place in April and May. The funding for the project came from the federal government in response to the impact Hurricane Sandy had on the shoreline. The work was originally scheduled to commence in 2014, but the timeline was pushed up due to the storm damage. Approximately 415,000 cubic yards of beach-quality dredge fill were collected from an offshore borrow area and placed along 5,500 feet of discontinuous beach.F

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Trailing suction hopper dredges Liberty Island, Dodge Island & Padre Island

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PINE KNOLL SHORES & EMERALD ISLE, NC

This coastal protection project involved replenishing the shoreline along Bogue Banks with approximately 918,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand. Performing dredging efforts using three hopper dredges, GLDD filled nearly 35,000 linear feet of beachfront in the Towns of East and West Emerald Isle and Pine Knoll Shores.

Renourishment efforts on this project helped repair damage to the Bogue Banks shoreline sustained from Hurricane Irene in 2011, as well as protect the local area from the future impact of coastal storms. P

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FIRE ISLAND TO MONTAUK, SHINNECOCK, NY

A maintenance channel dredging operation, this project consisted of removing 425,000 cubic yards of material from the Shinnecock Inlet channel to a depth of -26 feet. Once dredged, the material was pumped and placed along Tiana Beach for beneficial re-use. Located just northwest of the dredge area, Tiana Beach received nourishment along a 3,300-foot-long stretch.

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DELRAY BEACH, FL

The Delray Beach renourishment project was a two-month operation that completed in April. This contract called for the restoration of approximately 1.9 miles of municipal beach in the City of Delray Beach. Approximately 1.2 million cubic yards of beach-quality fill were dredged and pumped from two offshore borrow sites onto the shoreline. Environmental monitoring of sea turtle nesting sites and the preservation of local reefs and shipwreck site were also executed through the contract.D

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MONMOUTH BEACH TO SEA BRIGHT, NJ

In 2013, GLDD completed two renourishment and coastal protection projects along the New Jersey shoreline from Sea Bright to Monmouth Beach. Both towns had been significantly impacted by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. The first renourishment effort, which was in progress when Sandy struck, added 1.08 million cubic yards of beach-quality sand to this stretch of New Jersey shoreline and was completed early February. Contracted as an emergency beach replenishment operation, the second project used an additional hopper dredge to replenish the shoreline post-hurricane, replacing 2.5 million cubic yards of sand. SE

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MARTIN COUNTY, FL

The Martin County shore protection and beach renourishment project placed 613,000 cubic yards of sand along a four-mile stretch of Hutchinson Island. The project, which was executed in response to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, fortified the beachfront to add protection against future storms. A new ecosystem-based design template was used in addition to traditional beach fill methods to define potential benefits to nesting sea turtles, shore birds and other wildlife. The beach construction was divided into half-mile sections so comparative analysis could be done. The funding for this new design was provided by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.M

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COASTAL RESTORATION

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GLDD completed a coastal restoration effort along Scofield Island, involving the construction of 2.5 miles of beach and marshland. As part of the State of Louisiana’s berm-to-barrier island project, 1.9 million cubic yards of quality riverine sand were dredged to rebuild and reinforce the barrier island’s existing shoreline. An additional 1.5 million cubic yards were used to construct the marsh platform.

Scofield was the first barrier island restoration effort to use sand from a borrow area in the Mississippi River, transporting the material through a record-setting 21-mile-long pipeline. This was the longest delivery of sediment ever attempted in Louisiana, requiring 30,000 total-combined pump horsepower.

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A four-month coastal restoration initiative, the Shell Island East project was designed to restore the integrity of the barrier island’s existing shoreline. GLDD reconstructed the 2.8-mile-long Shell Island by adding 2.5 million cubic yards of sand to rebuild 250 acres of lost habitat.

Shell Island successfully utilized high-quality sand from renewable sources in the Mississippi River. This project restored an eroded barrier island that acts as a buffer against coastal erosion and helped to re-establish a productive habitat in Bastian Bay, Louisiana.

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PORT & HARBOR

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Clamshell dredge No. 54 | Scows GL 65 & GL 66

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LOWER CHARLESTON HARBOR, SC

This project involved maintenance dredging of Charleston Harbor to a -50-foot depth, from the harbor’s lower reaches and Wando River in South Carolina. In total, 1.055 million cubic yards of material were removed and placed in the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site. 47

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NEW HANOVER & BRUNSWICK COUNTIES, NC

The contract to deepen the Wilmington (NC) Harbor anchorage required both maintenance dredging and new work deepening efforts. In total, 790,000 cubic yards of material were dredged from the harbor bottom. The maintenance dredging portion of the project included the removal of 310,000 cubic yards of shoaled material. An additional 480,000 cubic yards were dredged for harbor deepening. Completed in January 2013, the anchorage basin was deepened to a required depth of -45 feet. W

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Deepening work at Arthur Kill (AK) includes the removal of both soft material for beneficial upland disposal and hard rock material. Prior to deepening the channel, approximately 230,000 cubic yards of soft overlying material will be dredged and loaded into upland scows for processing and upland disposal. This channel deepening requires hard rock drilling and blasting prior to removal by the dredge No. 54. Approximately 1 million cubic yards of rock will be dredged and loaded into ocean dump scows for disposal at the offshore artificial reef site located off Long Island. This contract will be completed in early 2014. The second maintenance dredging contract, to be completed mid-2014, includes dredging 586,000 cubic yards from 12 locations along seven miles of the Arthur Kill Channel — 225,000 cubic yards will be disposed offshore at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) and 361,000 cubic yards will be disposed upland.

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CAMDEN COUNTY, GA & NASSAU COUNTY, FL

Kings Bay Entrance Channel is the main ocean entrance route to the U.S. Navy Submarine Base at Kings Bay, Georgia and provides access between the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

In 2013, GLDD completed two maintenance dredging projects to deepen the entrance channel to -49 feet, removing 1.137 million cubic yards of material. Executed in February, the dredge Terrapin Island disposed the material in the Fernandina Ocean Disposal Area, and the dredge Alaska pumped quality sand into the North Beach Disposal Area in October.

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In late January 2013, GLDD completed maintenance dredging within the Quonset Business Park’s Port of Davisville in Rhode Island, home to the seventh largest auto-port in North America. In total, 270,000 cubic yards of material were removed from approximately 1.2 million square feet of the port, including the South Berth area between Piers 1 and 2 and the approach channel to the Port facility. Dredging efforts were achieved using a clamshell dredge with an 18-cubic-yard bucket.

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This project involved maintenance dredging of 3.5 nautical miles within Jacksonville Harbor’s main shipping channel. Dredging work was performed in several cuts of the St. Johns River and Lower Terminal Channel, bringing the channel depth to -40 feet. Once dredged, the material was transported to an upland disposal site on Bartram Island.

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This project involved dredging 1 million cubic yards of sediment from the entrance channels of Savannah and Brunswick Harbors in Georgia. Approximately 450,000 cubic yards were removed from three miles of the Savannah Entrance Channel and 550,000 cubic yards from 3.5 miles of the Brunswick Entrance Channel. All dredged material was placed in offshore disposal areas.

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MOREHEAD CITY, NC

This maintenance dredging project involved removing shoaled material from 2.2 nautical miles of Wilmington Harbor Outer Ocean Bar and .75 nautical miles of Morehead City Outer Ocean Bar in North Carolina. Project operations required the removal of 330,000 cubic yards of material from the Wilmington Harbor portion of the contract and 200,000 cubic yards from the Morehead City Harbor section. Dredging work took place offshore of Morehead City, North Carolina, just over three nautical miles from shore. Both project areas were dredged to a depth of -45 feet.

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Completed in early January 2013, channel maintenance dredging in the shoaled area of the Upper Chesapeake Channel consisted of removing 660,000 cubic yards of material with placement in an upland disposal site on Poplar Island. The project scope involved dredging along the channel to a required depth of -38 feet.

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Clamshell dredge No. 55

NEW YORK, NY

This project consisted of maintenance dredging within the Manhattan Cruise Terminal — a NYC world-class cruise ship terminal. Contract work involved the removal of 170,000 cubic yards of material with disposal in the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS).

The purpose of annual maintenance dredging is to maintain sufficient water depths within the Manhattan Cruise Terminal’s berths for continuing safe vessel use.

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PORT EVERGLADES HARBOR, BROWARD COUNTY, FL

Regarded as southeast Florida’s “powerhouse port”, Port Everglades is one of the busiest ports in the world and among the most active containerized cargo and cruise ship ports in the United States.

In April 2013, GLDD completed maintenance harbor dredging at Port Everglades, removing 408,000 cubic yards of sediment in total. Approximately 95,000 cubic yards of material removed from the port’s entrance channel were added onto a 2,800-foot-long stretch of John U. Lloyd State Park for beach renourishment, beneficially reusing dredged material. P

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NEW YORK, NY

Completed several weeks ahead of schedule, maintenance dredging of Red Hook Flats Anchorage, within New York Harbor, involved the removal of 793,000 cubic yards of material. The project was designed to dredge from three different project areas with disposal in the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS).

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As a result of sustaining damage due to Hurricane Sandy, Oregon Inlet received funding for coastal repair work through the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations.

Dredging work was performed inside the Oregon Inlet channel, east of Bonner Bridge. In total, 587,000 cubic yards were removed and placed on the beach at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. The project specified dredging the inlet to a depth of -16 feet. Oregon Inlet is a difficult project environment to navigate within, including very shallows depths and rough current conditions.

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PALM BEACH HARBOR, FL

The Palm Beach project specified the removal of 420,000 cubic yards from three separate reaches of Florida’s Palm Beach Harbor, to deepen the main entrance channel and expand the existing settling basin and North Turning Basin. The majority of the dredged material was repurposed to nourish and widen a 3,000-foot-long stretch of Palm Beach. Completed in February 2013, this project was a prime example of the beneficial reuse of dredged material. P

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Trailing suction hopper dredges Noon Island, Reem Island, Sugar Island, Manhattan Island, Victoria Island & Northerly Island | Cutter suction dredges Texas, Carolina, Ohio, California, Utah & Alabama | Booster/Transfer Station Long Island | Boosters No. 6 & No. 8

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BAHRAIN

This reclamation project involved the excavation and placement of 80 million cubic meters of material for the construction of the Diyar al Muharraq island system in the Kingdom of Bahrain — one of the largest projects that GLDD has ever performed. The new island system comprised a total of nearly 3,000 acres and is to be used for real estate development.

An array of equipment was deployed during the project, since the variety of the borrow sources for the sand required several different methodologies for excavation, transport and placement of material. This project was completed in May 2013.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

This project required constructing a 112-meter-wide access channel and a 200-m x 200-m turning basin for the purpose of transporting supplies to COMPERJ’s new oil refinery site in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The access channel will connect the Bay of Guanabara to a remote access road. Dredging and channeling work consisted of removing 917,000 cubic yards of material to construct the channel and basin to a depth of -5 meters with a 0.3-meter overdepth. CO

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QATAR

GLDD recently deepened a 10-kilometer section of a main navigational channel to -6mCD (meters chart datum) and pumped the material onto small reclaimed islands. Operations involved dredging tougher grades of very hard rock — sandstone, dolomitic limestone and calcarenite caprock — with local requirements that stipulated no pretreatment or blasting of the rock on location. The cutter suction dredge Ohio performed better than expected, dredging through harder-grade bedrock. Q

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Mechanical dredge New York | Scows 501 & 502 | Tugboat Lake Michigan

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

GLDD’s first work on the Australian continent started operations in June, performing precision mechanical dredging in environmentally sensitive areas. The backhoe dredge New York is expected to work in Australia for the next several years on port improvement projects.

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BAHRAIN

Contracted by the Ministry of Housing of the Kingdom of Bahrain, GLDD dredged 10 million cubic meters of sand from an offshore borrow area with the cutter suction dredges Carolina and Ohio. Once dredged, the material was pumped ashore to create a new reclamation area for a future housing project in East Hidd.

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BAHRAIN

GLDD, under contract with the Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF), removed 1 million cubic meters of sand and hard rock from a newly designed navigation channel. Once dredged, the material was pumped ashore for reclamation to create a new berthing area adjacent to Hidd Port for deployment of the BDF vessels.

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MEMPHIS, TN

Part of a channel improvement plan for stabilizing the banks of the Mississippi River for effective and safe navigation, the President’s Island Dredge Fill Project involved removing 2 million cubic yards of material from the river to repair scour holes resulting from the 2011 flood that were compromising the stability of the bank. Once dredged, the material was placed in two fill sites along and landward of the top bank of the Mississippi River at President’s Island.

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LAKE COUNTY, TN

This project involved dredging material from a borrow area within the Mississippi River and placing it into a single upland site at the Merriwether-Cherokee scour hole site. The project was designed to repair a top bank failure with the Mississippi River at Merriwether-Cherokee due to the 2011 flood, which threatened to cut off a nine-mile section of the river. In total, approximately 1.22 million cubic yards were dredged and pumped through 16,000 feet of pipeline.

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Directly after finishing up operations on the Merriwether-Cherokee Scour Hole Fill Project, GLDD mobilized the cutter suction dredge Pontchartrain to remove sediment from McKellar Lake and pump it into a contained, upland disposal field on Treasure Island. In addition, GLDD performed emergency flood damage repair inside the mouth of McKellar Lake. This contract totaled nearly 500 rental hours of work. 89

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DELAWARE

Part of a multi-phase, 102.5-mile-long deepening initiative, this project involved dredging 1.2 million cubic yards of material from the Delaware River federal navigation channel. Once dredged, the material was placed at the Corps of Engineers Confined Upland Disposal Facility at National Park, NJ. GLDD removed material from a 9.5-mile area between Walt Whitman Bridge and the southern end of the Philadelphia International Airport.

The dredge Illinois performed initial dredging work and removed 103,000 cubic yards of sediment. Completing the project, the dredge Florida excavated 1.1 million cubic yards of harder-grade material to deepen the channel. The deeper channel will allow for more efficient transportation of containerized cargo from the Delaware River ports.

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