Coastal Restoration Across South Louisiana

Louisiana loses coastal land every year, and rebuilding it is thin-water, soft-ground work that conventional equipment can't touch. DLS supports coastal restoration and shoreline protection across South Louisiana with shallow-draft barges, long-reach excavators and crews who know the marsh.

What we do

Our coastal scopes include marsh restoration support, shoreline protection structures, material placement and handling, rock and armor placement support, and access construction in coastal wetlands. Equipment stages at the Port of West St. Mary and mobilizes by water on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway — often the only practical route to a coastal job site.

Equipment we bring

Shallow-draft crane barges, maneuverable spreads like Little Lightening, tugboats, material barges and long-reach excavators — machines selected for reach and ground pressure, not just capacity (see Equipment).

Why experience matters

Coastal restoration is a sustained state and federal priority, and the work punishes contractors who underestimate it: tides, soft bottom, weather windows and environmental controls all move faster than a schedule. Two decades of marsh and coastal experience mean DLS plans for the coast as it is, not as the drawing shows it.