Skanska has begun the second phase, the second phase of construction at Naval Station Newport. RI, for a new home port dock that will support the US Coast Guard’s Maritime Patrol Cutters, the service branch’s new major cutter class.
The $272.2 million bid construction contract, awarded last month by the Naval Facilities Systems Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic, calls for a new 1,000-foot-long, 80-foot-wide pier in the Coddington Cove waterfront area to support up to four docked vessels with critical infrastructure, compressed air infrastructure and a water system compressed
The new pier will feature a higher deck elevation to accommodate projected sea level rise and reduce wave damage that had contributed to the deterioration of a 70-year-old, 1,585-foot-long, 100-foot-wide structure built in the mid-1950s. Also included in the project are the construction of approximately 290 feet of new bulkheads, site improvements and stormwater management systems, dredging and underground utilities. All works are scheduled for completion in March 2030.
Alongside the new dock, Skanska is building the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new $147 million Atlantic Marine Operations Center facility and ships. Located on a five-acre site, the facility will coordinate NOAA’s Atlantic and Great Lakes fleet with a home port of four research vessels that includes a dock, a floating dock and offices. Started in May 2024, the project is scheduled to end in the summer of 2027.
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