Barnegat Bay Dredging Co Inc.

Barnegat Bay Dredging Co Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business incorporated in New Jersey, is a specialized dredging contractor that provides maintenance dredging and related waterway management services to the federal government. Based in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, the company has established itself as a key provider of hydraulic pipeline dredging services focused on maintaining navigable federal channels throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Barnegat Bay Dredging Co Inc. leverages its expertise in dredging operations and beneficial reuse of excavated materials to support both critical navigation infrastructure and coastal ecosystem restoration objectives.

Since 2022, Barnegat Bay Dredging Co Inc. has received four prime federal contract awards exclusively from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District, totaling approximately $18.0 million in contract value. These contracts represent total small business set-asides and include mobilization and demobilization services ($2.3 million awarded February 2022), maintenance dredging of the Maurice River in Cumberland County ($3.9 million awarded September 2023), maintenance dredging of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway and adjacent waterways ($3.6 million awarded October 2023), and most recently, maintenance dredging of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway and adjacent waterways in Cape May ($8.1 million awarded August 2025). The company's work encompasses clearing shoals from federal navigation channels to restore required depths of 6-14 feet below mean low water, constructing containment dikes for dredged material management, and implementing environmental restoration initiatives through beneficial use placement of excavated sediments on wildlife management areas and marsh habitat sites. All contracts feature firm fixed-price definitive contract structures with performance periods extending through November 2027, demonstrating the Corps of Engineers' confidence in Barnegat Bay Dredging's capacity to execute complex, multi-year dredging operations that balance navigation requirements with coastal resilience and habitat restoration goals.

We specialize in dredging services and dyking of disposal areas, marsh restoration. For inland waterways, we do contract work often for federal and state projects.