Orion Marine Group Announces $9M Contract Award from US Army Corps of Engineers

Orion Marine Group, Inc.

(the "Company"), a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $9 million. Orion Marine Group was recently awarded a contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers to dredge approximately two million cubic yards of material on a portion of the Houston Ship Channel. Dredging will commence in the third quarter and last approximately 7 months. About Orion Marine Group Orion Marine Group, Inc. provides a broad range of marine construction and specialty services on, over and under the water along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic Seaboard, West Coast, Alaska, Canada, and the Caribbean Basin and acts as a single source turn-key solution for its customers' marine contracting needs. Its heavy civil marine construction services include marine transportation facility construction, dredging, repair and maintenance, bridge building, and marine pipeline construction, as well as specialty services. Its specialty services include salvage, demolition, diving, surveying, towing and underwater inspection, excavation and repair. Forward-Looking Statements The matters discussed in this press release may constitute or include projections or other forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the provisions of