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Current Events: Dredging the Great Lakes
Roen Salvage has been working on the water for 75 years. From blasting away at submerged bedrock just off Lake Michigan to rebuilding dikes on the Mississippi River, the dredging and marine construction company navigates by one constant: ‘Every job is different.’
By Grace Calengor
July 22, 2024
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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