At a glance
- Saronic's initial site covers 835 acres, and the company holds an option to expand it to nearly 4,400 acres.
- Exercising that option would take the yard to more than five times its opening footprint.
- The build is split between two contractors through the design-build joint venture rather than a single lead builder.
JE Dunn and Alberici's design-build joint venture has begun construction on Saronic's $3.2 billion shipyard at Port Alpha in Texas.
Saronic's initial site covers 835 acres, and the company holds an option to expand it to nearly 4,400 acres.
Exercising that option would take the yard to more than five times its opening footprint.
The build is split between two contractors through the design-build joint venture rather than a single lead builder. The available project details do not give a division of the $3.2 billion between the two firms, or a completion date.
Reported by The Wrap desk from internal newsroom project tracking data. Published . Corrections