ĭuring the Second World War, GLD&D constructed the MacArthur Lock. Between 19, GLD&D undertook major projects such as the Sabin Lock, straightening of the Chicago River west of the Chicago Loop, the Michigan Avenue Bridge, foundation landfill and reclamation of the area where the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Soldier Field, Meigs Field and Field Museum of Natural History stand today in Chicago and harbor work for the Naval Station Great Lakes. It was renamed the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLD&D) in 1905. The company soon had satellite operations throughout the Great Lakes. Early projects included the shoreline structures for the Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Drews and was named Lydon & Drews dredging company. The company was founded in 1890 as the partnership of William A. History US Vice President Joe Biden aboard Dredge 54 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, 2014 It is currently based in Oak Brook, Illinois, but in October 2020 the company announced the move of its corporate headquarters to Houston, Texas. GLD&D operates primarily in the United States but conducts one-quarter of its business overseas. Its domestic dredging fleet is positioned on the East and Gulf Coasts, with a smaller number of vessels positioned on the West Coast, and with many of the rivers and lakes dredges on inland rivers and lakes.Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company is an American company providing construction services in dredging and land reclamation, currently the largest such provider in the United States. It operates three principal types of dredging equipment: hopper dredges, hydraulic dredges and mechanical dredges. Its United States dredging market consists of four primary types of work: capital, coastal protection, maintenance and rivers and lakes. Domestically, its work generally is performed in coastal waterways and deep-water ports.
Its dredging generally involves the enhancement or preservation of the navigability of waterways or the protection of shorelines through the removal or replenishment of soil, sand or rock. The Company operates three types of dredging equipment: hopper dredges, hydraulic dredges and mechanical dredges. The Company provides dredging services in the United States. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation is a provider of dredging services.
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