What Ballard Marine Construction does

Ballard Marine Construction is a privately held specialty marine and underwater construction contractor founded in the 1970s and headquartered in Washougal, Washington. The company provides turnkey infrastructure inspection, construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance services to government agencies, investor-owned utilities, and private industrial clients in the United States and internationally. Its primary end markets are power generation (fossil, hydro, nuclear, and renewable), transportation infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, and marine ports), water and wastewater systems, environmental response, and industrial facilities including oil and gas, pulp, paper, and steel production.

Ballard's core technical capabilities are organized into specialized service modules: commercial diving at depths of 15 to 270 feet (surface-supplied, mixed gas, saturation, and NITROX); hyperbaric tunnel boring machine (TBM) support with saturation systems housing up to 20 compressed air workers for interventions to 1,200 feet; Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) inspection using multibeam, side-scan, bathymetric, imaging sonar, and laser scanning sensors; mechanical and hydraulic dredging; underwater welding and cutting; emergency marine salvage; and Engineering and Constructability Support under an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) framework. The company owns all of its commercial diving equipment in-house and performs work with its own certified diving teams.

Ballard generates revenue through project-based contracts procured via competitive bidding, design-build arrangements, sole-source emergency awards, and ECI partnerships. Disclosed contract values range up to approximately $65 million for the Florida Power & Light Manatee Plant Cooling Pond design-build project, with multi-million-dollar engagements typical for dam, bridge, and nuclear plant work. Since 2017 the company has operated as a member of the Traylor Construction Group family of companies, gaining access to a national equipment fleet, heavy civil, tunneling, precast concrete, steel erection, and fabrication capabilities. Ballard holds OSHA, ADCI, EM385-1-1, ISN, Avetta, and Veriforce qualifications, and has received the 2021 WEDA Safety Excellence Award, the 2021 AEU Safety Award, the 2022 EHS Today Best Safety Program recognition, and 2023 DPI Accredited status.

Name

Ballard Marine Construction

Legal name

Ballard Marine Construction LLC

Website

https://ballardmc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ballard Marine Construction is a specialty marine and underwater construction contractor providing turnkey inspection, construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance services to government agencies, utilities, and industrial clients across power, transportation, water/wastewater, and environmental sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine and Underwater Construction Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Ship Building and Repairing (336611), Port and Harbor Operations (488310)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Underwater Inspection, Maintenance & Repair (UWILD, Diving/ROV, In-water Cleaning) (IMAJAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marine Terminals & Cargo Handling Infrastructure (RoRo, Bulk, Container) (IMAFAJAF), Underwater Salvage & Diving Operations (UWILD, Cutting, Welding) (IMAJANAD), Subsea & Nearshore Civil Works (Trenching, Rock Placement, Mattressing) (IMAFAJAI)

Keywords

• Marine construction services
• Underwater commercial diving
• Hyperbaric tunnel support
• Marine infrastructure inspection
• Emergency marine response

Headquarters

HQ city

Washougal

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Marine and Underwater Construction Services: Ballard generates revenue through project-based contracts for marine, underwater, and heavy civil construction services including inspection, construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance. Projects range from emergency response to planned infrastructure upgrades across power, transportation, environmental, water/wastewater, and industrial sectors. Revenue is derived from direct client contracting with government agencies, utilities, and private companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ballard Marine Construction provides turnkey heavy civil marine and underwater construction services including inspection, construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of marine, underwater, and underground infrastructure. Service capabilities span commercial diving (surface supplied, mixed gas, saturation, and NITROX), hyperbaric tunnel boring machine (TBM) support, ROV and AUV-based robotic inspection, mechanical and hydraulic dredging, underwater welding and cutting, design-build construction, and 24/7 emergency marine response.

Product overview

Ballard Marine Construction offers a unified turnkey marine and underwater construction service platform that integrates multiple specialized service modules. The core offering centers on turnkey services that span the full project lifecycle from initial inspection through construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance. Key service modules include Dive Inspection and Survey (using certified commercial divers), Robotics Inspection and Survey (ROV and AUV technologies), Engineering and Constructability Support (with Early Contractor Involvement approach), Construction and Rehabilitation, Maintenance, Dredging (mechanical and diver-assisted), Commercial Diving (saturation, NITROX, mixed-gas to 270 feet), Emergency Response, and Hyperbaric Services (for TBM tunnel projects). The company serves markets including Power (fossil/hydro/nuclear/renewable facilities), Transportation (bridges, tunnels, ports), Environmental (salvage, spill response), Water/Wastewater, Industrial (oil/gas, pulp, paper, steel), and Alternative Delivery projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Turnkey Marine Construction Services End-to-end suite of marine and underwater construction services delivered across the full project lifecycle, from initial inspection through construction, rehabilitation, and ongoing maintenance, for clients operating marine, underwater, and underground infrastructure.
• Dive Inspection and Survey
• Robotics Inspection and Survey (ROV/AUV)
• Engineering and Constructability Support
• Construction and Rehabilitation
• Maintenance Services
• Dredging Services
• Commercial Diving
• Emergency Marine Response
• Hyperbaric Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Mobilized to Oroville Dam emergency site within 26 hours of initial call, preventing powerhouse flooding during California floods
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers30 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Traylor Construction GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017In 2017, Ballard entered into a strategic partnership with Traylor Construction Group, a financially strong entity comprised of a family of companies. This partnership expanded Ballard's access to heavy civil, underground/tunneling, precast concrete manufacturing, steel erection, commercial electrical/SCADA, mechanical, and fabrication capabilities. The partnership has expanded Ballard's access to equipment and fleet to perform projects nationwide. Ballard operates as a member company within the Traylor Construction Group family.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Orion Marine Group: Listed marine construction contractor providing heavy civil marine services including bridges, ports, dredging, and underwater construction. Directly comparable in service mix and customer base (DOTs, USACE, private terminals).
• Great Lakes Dredging & Dock Corporation: US-listed dredging and marine construction firm focused on port deepening, coastal restoration, and marine infrastructure. Comparable in dredging scope and federal customer mix, though larger and more capital-intensive.
• Weeks Marine: Family-owned marine construction and dredging contractor performing port construction, beach nourishment, and heavy marine work for federal and private clients. Highly comparable in capability mix and private-company structure.
• Manson Construction Co. Heavy marine construction and dredging firm performing levee, pier, and dam construction nationwide. Comparable in marine construction scope, federal customer base, and project-based delivery model.
• Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting: Marine construction and dredging contractor serving ports, harbors, and offshore clients across the US East Coast and beyond. Comparable in turnkey marine construction and federal/utility customer mix.

Emerging players

• Sevenson Environmental Services: Environmental remediation contractor with sediment dredging and hazardous material removal capabilities. Overlaps with Ballard's environmental and contaminated sediment work (e.g., Davy Crockett, nuclear site dredging).

Broad incumbents

• DEME Group (via International Dredging Co.): Global dredging and marine contractor operating in the US through its subsidiaries; broader portfolio and balance sheet, but overlapping capabilities in marine infrastructure, dredging, and offshore work.
• McCarthy Building Companies (Marine Division): Large national general contractor with a marine and underwater specialty group performing bridge substructure and waterfront construction. Comparable in marine scope but operates as one segment of a much larger firm.
• Kokosing Industrial: Heavy civil and industrial contractor with marine and underwater construction capabilities serving power, water, and industrial clients. Comparable in turnkey heavy civil scope and in-house diving/excavation capabilities.
• Tutor Perini Corporation: Large diversified civil contractor performing major bridge, tunnel, and marine infrastructure projects including TBM tunneling. Comparable in pursuing the same large integrated marine-civil and tunnel bids Ballard targets alongside Traylor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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