G&G Steel Wins $14 Million Army Corps Contract for Ensley Engineer Yard Connector Bridge

G&G Steel Inc. of Russellville, Alabama, has received a $14 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Memphis District to fabricate and deliver a new steel connector bridge and related components for Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tennessee. The bridge is part of work on the yard’s Stringout, a floating wharf used to service vessels. The Corps expects the contract work to be completed by Feb. 15, 2028.

Ensley Engineer Yard Connector Bridge Details

G&G Steel will fabricate and deliver the bridge rather than perform the full waterfront rehabilitation described in the Corps’ Stringout construction solicitation. The bridge requirement calls for waterside and landside spans, a middle support float, a fixed base and associated loose parts. Delivery is to be made by water to Ensley Engineer Yard, with components stored on barges designated by the government.

The connector bridge will serve the Stringout along McKellar Lake, at the yard’s northern edge. The Corps’ project synopsis places it within a broader effort to replace waterfront structures, including the existing ramp between the yard and floating docks. That construction scope also covers new piles, floats, a landing barge, utilities and a bridge approach. The construction solicitation calls for the work to proceed in two phases so the yard can remain in operation.

The Corps describes Ensley Engineer Yard as a facility for vessel repair, metal fabrication and dry-docking. Its Stringout provides a floating work area for servicing vessels, making the connector bridge part of the yard’s access infrastructure.

Award and Contractor Background

The Corps solicited bids online and received one. G&G Steel has also received Corps contracts for large fabricated navigation structures, including a $38.3 million contract to fabricate and deliver replacement miter gates for Alabama’s Demopolis and Coffeeville locks and a $20 million contract for miter gate assemblies at three Upper Mississippi River locks. Those awards involve fabrication and delivery of major steel components, though for lock facilities rather than the Ensley waterfront.

The Corps has separately advanced the Stringout rehabilitation through an $8.4 million contract awarded to Conrad Shipyard in June 2025 for a replacement steel landing barge. The Corps said the barge would provide a transition between the ramp and Stringout barges for loading and unloading equipment.

This award was disclosed by the DoW in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov in approximately 90 days under W912EQ27CA001 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.