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▼▼DISSEN & JUHN COMPANY
LOOKS TO 45TH YEAR
REFLECTING ON TWO
RECENT AWARDS
In marine construction, businesses measure
their success in a variety of ways. For
some, having a healthy backlog waiting in
the wings is a start. For others, winning
competitive bids for diverse projects that
demonstrate their technical competency to
an impressive client list is another. Still
others have the unique opportunity to be
acknowledged among their peers for awardwinning
work. Dissen & Juhn Company of
Stevensville, Md. can check off all of the
above. And when it comes to the awardwinning
part, it can check off that box
twice. As Dissen & Juhn begins its 45th
year in business, it reflects on its two most
recent accolades.
In addition to completing some
impressive projects in 2017, the Stevensville
company walked away with two awards at
the recent Excellence in Construction &
Safety Awards ceremony, hosted by the
Chesapeake Shores Chapter of Associated
Builders and Contractors (ABC). Both winning
projects were acknowledged with an
Excellence Award.
The Excellence Award in the category
of Other Construction Less Than
$2 Million acknowledged the Riverfront
Redevelopment Pier, which was built for
the City of New Castle, Del. The Excellence
Award in the category of Other Specialty
Construction Less than $10 Million
acknowledged the timber pedestrian bridge,
which Dissen & Juhn Company built for
Stevenson University.
Although both projects varied greatly
from each other, they each solved an
issue or problem, helping the respective
client achieve a pivotal goal. For Stevenson
University, the task was to find a safe way
to connect its Owings Mills multi-campus
properties in a seamless manner. The City
of New Castle wanted to not only rebuild
its pier, which was destroyed in Hurricane
Sandy, but also reconnect to its heritage as
a riverfront city, which welcomed tall ships
to its docks.
“Both these projects were immensely
challenging as well as rewarding,” said
Gilbert W. Dissen, president of Dissen &
Juhn Company. “As a history buff, the City
of New Castle was definitely an attractive
project. It also provided a creative departure
from the timber pier construction that
we are known for. When the City of New
Castle moored the 1600s replica ship the
Kalmar Nyckel at the official ribbon-cutting
ceremony, it was majestic.”
Dissen & Juhn Company has been
serving the needs of waterfront property
owners for 45 years, completing more
than 1,000 marine construction projects
for public and private sector clients, including
marina owner-operators, counties and
towns, as well as the U.S. Navy, the U.S.
Army and the U.S. Coast Guard. The firm
serves the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays,
the Potomac River and northern Virginia.
Dissen & Juhn Company is a member
of the Association of Marina Industries, the
Marine Trades Association of Maryland,
the Marine Trades Association of New
Jersey, the Maryland Marine Contractors
Association, the Association of Builders
and Contractors and the Pile Driving
Contractors Association. t
Although both projects varied greatly
from each other, they each solved an
issue or problem, helping the respective
client achieve a pivotal goal.
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