THE COAST GUARD AWARDED $300M IN INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS AT NAVAL STATION NEWPORT AND NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Coast Guard announced Oct. 20 two contracts working with the U.S. Navy totaling more than $300 million towards infrastructure improvements supporting major cutter operations.

The Navy awarded the first contract, totaling $271 million, Sept. 22 to Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts, for new major cutter homeport facilities at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island, and awarded the second contract, totaling $31.5 million, Sept. 28 to Orion Government Services LLC of Houston, Texas, for hurricane damage repairs for the Coast Guard major cutter piers at Naval Air Station Pe...