Matthews Brothers Wins $16.15M Houston Ship Channel Dredging Contract
The Corps of Engineers award covers maintenance dredging from Sims Bayou to the Turning Basin, with completion estimated for April 2027.
Matthews Brothers Dredging has secured a $16.15 million contract for maintenance dredging on the Houston Ship Channel, giving the Gulf Coast marine contractor a defined federal construction award and a spring 2027 delivery target. The work covers the reach between Sims Bayou and the Turning Basin in Harris County.
The award notice records three bids and identifies the Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the contracting authority. The full $16,148,700 was obligated at award from fiscal 2026 civil construction funding.
Project at a Glance
- Prime contractor:
- Matthews Brothers Dredging
- Contract value:
- $16,148,700
- Work area:
- Houston Ship Channel: Sims Bayou to the Turning Basin
- Client:
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District
- Delivery estimate:
- April 9, 2027
- Contract type:
- Firm fixed price
Maintaining an Operating Waterway
Maintenance dredging removes accumulated material to preserve navigable channel conditions. This award concerns upkeep of an existing industrial waterway serving the Houston port complex, rather than a newly authorized channel expansion.
Marine plant, survey control and coordination with vessel movements will be central to delivery. The award summary does not establish a new berth development or a separate port-wide building program.
Contractor and Delivery Scope
Matthews Brothers is the identified prime. Its wider business includes dredging and associated marine services, but a company’s general capabilities do not identify the subcontracting split on this particular contract.
Potential supporting scopes include hydrographic surveying, marine logistics, equipment maintenance and dredged-material handling, depending on the contract work plan. No separate subcontract awards are established by the award notice.
What Comes Next
The estimated completion date is April 9, 2027. Mobilization, the sequence of channel reaches and any changes to that schedule will provide the next useful construction milestones. The contract is identified as W912HY26CA037.