Pacific Pile & Marine

What Pacific Pile & Marine does

Pacific Pile & Marine (PPM) is a privately held Washington-state LLC headquartered in Seattle that self-performs heavy marine and heavy civil construction across the Pacific Rim. The company's seven service lines — Port Facilities & Terminals, Dredging & Capping Services, Hydropower, Industrial, Transportation Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, and Marine Casualty & Response — share a single owned asset base anchored by the D.B. Pacific Lifter, a 1,000-ton-capacity floating crane described as the largest West Coast-based unit of its kind, plus modular portable barges, 800-CY bottom-dump barges, 1200 Hitachi excavators, and a hydrographic survey boat equipped with a Reson 7125 multibeam sonar and Applanix POS MV IMU processed through HYPACK. PPM crews hold TSCA/CERCLA and Subtitle D/C certifications and operate a fully permitted transload facility on the Lower Duwamish River, enabling turn-key handling and disposal of contaminated dredged material under Department of Natural Resources Open Water Disposal Site Use Authorization.

The company's business model is project-based fixed-price and design-build contracting won through competitive bidding and joint ventures with prime contractors and complementary specialists. Recent awards span $7.6M (Ivar's Pier 54 seismic renovation) to $71M (Trigon Pacific Terminals' Berth 2 Beyond Carbon low-carbon export terminal in Prince Rupert, BC), with primary customers including the Port of Alaska, City of Seattle, Washington State Ferries, WSDOT, the U.S. National Science Foundation (via Leidos under the Antarctic Support Contract), Public Services and Procurement Canada, and LNG Canada (via the Clough–PPM JV). PPM operates from Seattle, Anchorage, and Vancouver, BC (through wholly owned subsidiary PPM Civil Constructors, ULC), and has extended execution to Antarctica and Prince Rupert. Canadian operations, international LNG joint ventures, federal Superfund remediation, and energy-transition export infrastructure mark a deliberate diversification beyond its Seattle waterfront and Pacific Northwest port base.

Name

Pacific Pile & Marine

Legal name

Pacific Pile & Marine LLC

Website

https://pacificpile.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Pacific Pile & Marine is a Seattle-based heavy marine and civil construction contractor serving government agencies, port authorities, and energy clients across the Pacific Rim with pile driving, dredging, terminal construction, and hydropower rehabilitation, anchored by its 1,000-ton-capacity D.B. Pacific Lifter floating crane.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Construction Services

NAICS

Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (48839)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Piling & Deep Foundations (Jetties, Dolphins, Moorings) (IMAFAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Port & Harbor Construction (Quays, Wharves, Berths) (IMAFAJAA), Dredging & Channel Deepening (Capital & Maintenance) (IMAFAJAB), Heavy Lift & Marine Recovery (Cranes, Lift Barges, Rigging) (IMAJANAC)

Keywords

• Marine construction services
• Heavy civil construction
• Pile driving contractors
• Environmental dredging
• Port terminal construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marine & Heavy Civil Construction Contracts: Primary revenue stream. PPM wins large fixed-price construction contracts awarded by government agencies, port authorities, energy companies, and private owners. Examples include $34.5M Pier 58 contract (City of Seattle), $71M B2BC marine construction (Trigon Pacific Terminals), $42.1M Port of Alaska Petroleum & Cement Terminal, $13M Esquimalt Graving Dock remediation (Public Services and Procurement Canada), $7.6M Ivar's Pier 54 renovation. Contracts are project-based, one-time, and span durations of 1–5 years.
2. Emergency Marine Casualty & Response Services: 24/7 on-call marine casualty response, salvage, and environmental remediation services contracted with the U.S. Coast Guard, EPA, CEPA, Fish and Game agencies, and private vessel/aircraft owners. Service-based revenue triggered by emergencies or planned wreck removal/demolition work.
3. Design-Build / EPC Project Delivery: Through joint ventures (e.g., Clough–PPM JV for LNG Canada Loadout Line Trestle EPC), PPM participates in engineering, procurement, and construction contracts that integrate design and execution responsibilities, allowing for higher-value, longer-duration revenue capture.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pacific Pile & Marine is a heavy civil and marine construction contractor that self-performs pile driving, dredging and capping, terminal and trestle construction, hydropower dam rehabilitation, transportation infrastructure, oil & gas marine support, and 24/7 marine casualty and emergency response across the Pacific Rim. The company delivers these services through seven inter-related service lines supported by an owned fleet led by the 1,000-ton-capacity D.B. Pacific Lifter floating crane, modular portable barges, 800-CY bottom-dump barges, Hitachi 1200 excavators, and an in-house hydrographic survey boat. Contracts are won via competitive bid or negotiated EPC/design-build awards from public agencies, port authorities, and energy companies, with values ranging from approximately $7.6M to $71M per project.

Product overview

Pacific Pile & Marine (PPM) operates as a single, unified heavy civil and marine construction contractor rather than a software product platform. Its offering is structured as a portfolio of seven inter-related service lines that share the same owned fleet of barges, cranes, excavators, the D.B. Pacific Lifter floating crane, hydrographic survey boat, and workforce. The seven named service lines are Port Facilities & Terminals, Dredging & Capping Services, Hydropower, Industrial, Transportation Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, and Marine Casualty & Response. Cross-service capabilities (pile driving, trestle construction, sheet pile shoring, gantry crane install/demo, and dredging) are delivered through the Industrial and Transportation Infrastructure lines, while the Dredging & Capping and Marine Casualty & Response lines share the company's survey, environmental-dredging, and emergency-response resources. The Hydropower, Oil & Gas, and Port Facilities lines provide vertically specialized delivery (dam and penstock work; pipeline and platform work; terminal construction and maintenance respectively). Geographic coverage spans Seattle (HQ), Anchorage, and British Columbia (Vancouver / Kitimat / Prince Rupert) and selected Pacific Rim projects (e.g., Antarctica Palmer Station).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Port Facilities & Terminals End-to-end marine construction and maintenance support for port facilities serving port authorities, terminal operators, and cruise/container/LNG terminal owners. Includes access trestles for traffic diversion and environmentally sensitive-area construction.
• Dredging & Capping Services Environmental dredging and remediation, maintenance and precision in-marina dredging, transload disposal of contaminated sediments (TSCA/CERCLA/Subtitle D and C material), and engineered capping for EPA, tribal, port, and federal-custodian owners of contaminated sediment sites.
• Hydropower Heavy civil construction and rehabilitation services for dams and hydroelectric facilities, including dam and penstock construction, hydropower plant development, gate rehabilitations and installation, targeted dredging, erosion control, scour protection and remediation, debris and sediment removal, bulkhead/pier/pile rehabilitation, low level outlet rehabilitation, and inlet/outlet works and penstock/tunnel support.
• Marine Casualty & Response 24/7 on-call marine casualty response and salvage covering commercial vessel salvage, aircraft salvage, demolition, boom and bubbler curtain installation, sub-bottom profiling, hydrographic surveys, and environmental dredging, delivered in partnership with regional and worldwide salvage service providers.
• Industrial Heavy civil construction services for industrial clients across the Pacific Rim, including pile driving, sheet pile shoring, gantry crane install/demo, trestle construction and maintenance, and dredging, delivered through early design/constructability engagement with engineering firms and owners.
• Transportation Infrastructure Construction, maintenance, repair, and demolition of bridges, causeway structures, boardwalks, and esplanades that support civilian traffic and critical commerce, serving military installations, ferry terminals, wharves, bulkheads, docks, piers, marinas, and similar transportation assets.
• Oil & Gas Inshore and offshore marine construction support for oil & gas operators, including decommissioning, platform installation, rig moves and reefing, and pipeline installation, repair, and abandonment using HDPE, fiberglass, concrete, steel, and ductile iron pipelines.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 PDCA Project of the Year awards in a single year (2020)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered supporting — workforce development / apprenticeship partner, core — major canadian remediation jv partner, core — prime contractor relationship for antarctic pier rebuild and flagship — flagship lng canada jv partner.

• Women Building Futuressupporting — workforce development / apprenticeship partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 October 2022Workforce development partner supported by LNG Canada funding. Women Building Futures delivered a 'trades readiness' program for adult women, providing the pivotal turning point for Amanda's mid-life career transition from human services to welding. Today, Amanda is employed by PPM Civil Constructors as an apprentice welder on the LNG Load Line Trestle project at Kitimat, BC. PPM positions the partnership as a model for apprenticeship success built on mentorship training, zero-tolerance for discrimination, alignment of work-based tasks with technical training curriculum, and team leadership roles for apprentices.
• QM Environmentalcore — major canadian remediation jv partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 October 2022QM Environmental & PPM Civil Constructors joint venture (QM/PPMCC) was awarded a $13 million contract by the Government of Canada for remediation of the Esquimalt Graving Dock (EGD) at the Canadian Forces Sailing Association (CFSA) Waterlot in Esquimalt, BC. Scope includes removal of existing marina structures and dredging, processing, transporting, and disposing of up to 17,000 cubic metres of contaminated sediments plus placement of clean sand. QM/PPMCC committed to subcontract approximately 5% of contract value to First Nation companies (Esquimalt Nation and Songhees Nation).
• Leidos (Antarctic Support Contract)core — prime contractor relationship for antarctic pier rebuildImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 21 April 2021Leidos, the U.S. Antarctic Program's primary contractor heading the Antarctic Support Contract (ASC), signed Pacific Pile & Marine of Seattle, WA to lead the construction effort for the pier replacement at Palmer Station, Anvers Island, Antarctica. The new pier is more than three times larger than the existing 50-year-old pier, measuring 80 feet at its widest and 118 feet long. Construction materials were transported to Palmer Station on a barge departing Seattle in austral spring 2021, with full construction beginning in November 2021 and concluding by July 2022.
• Cloughflagship — flagship lng canada jv partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 September 2019Clough–Pacific Pile & Marine joint venture was awarded the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contract for the loadout line trestle for the LNG Canada project in Kitimat, British Columbia, in the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation. The project team was initially based in Clough's Calgary office for the design phase, with mobilization to the Kitimat site for construction. Per Clough CEO Peter Bennett, this represented Clough's first major international marine contract since 2010.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Sterling Construction Company: Heavy civil infrastructure contractor with significant transportation, water resources, and specialty work. Comparable on heavy civil delivery but primarily operates in Texas/Intermountain West rather than Pacific Northwest.

Direct peers

• Manson Construction Co. Seattle-headquartered marine construction and dredging contractor operating across the U.S. Pacific coast and Gulf. Closest direct peer to PPM given overlapping services in pile driving, terminal construction, dredging, and emergency marine response in the same geographic corridor.
• American Bridge Company: Specialty marine and bridge construction contractor focused on complex heavy lifts and bridge erection. Comparable to PPM on large-lift marine scopes (similar in spirit to PPM's D.B. Pacific Lifter monopile installations) and complex bridge/pier work.
• Weeks Marine: Heavy marine construction, dredging, and tunneling contractor active along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. Direct peer in pile driving, terminal construction, and clamshell/bottom-dump dredging work.
• Traylor Bros., Inc. Private heavy civil and marine contractor specializing in bridges, tunnels, ports, and water infrastructure. Directly comparable to PPM on large-diameter piling, port facilities, and underground/marine scopes, with a similar private ownership profile.
• Orion Group Holdings: Marine contractor providing pile driving, heavy civil marine construction, and dredging services across the U.S. coastline. Direct competitor to PPM in port facilities, transportation infrastructure, and federal marine construction.

Broad incumbents

• Tutor Perini Corporation: Large publicly traded civil contractor with a marine/heavy civil segment (formerly Tutor-Saliba) involved in piers, terminals, bridges, and water infrastructure. Comparable to PPM on large fixed-price marine and bridge scopes but at meaningfully greater scale.
• Granite Construction Incorporated: Diversified infrastructure contractor with significant Pacific Northwest operations and water/marine infrastructure work. Comparable on transportation and water-resource scopes but a much larger, public-market peer.
• Great Lakes Dredging & Dock Corporation: Largest U.S. provider of dredging services with a broader geographic and capital base. Overlaps with PPM's environmental dredging and capping capabilities and federal coastal protection programs, but operates at greater scale and national scope.
• McCarthy Building Companies: Large national contractor with a marine/heavy civil practice and water infrastructure experience. Overlaps with PPM on hydropower rehabilitation, dam work, and complex design-build projects, but at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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