Scaling Georgia鈥檚 port capacity by planning, modernizing and expanding terminal infrastructure across seven state-wide facilities while keeping operations moving.
Global trade continues to put聽pressure聽on ports to move more cargo, faster聽and with greater resilience. For the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), that challenge is amplified by scale. As the聽fourth largest聽port authority in North America,聽GPA is investing approximately US$1.9 billion across seven terminals to meet rising container and聽roll鈥憃n/roll鈥憃ff聽(RO鈥慠O) demand and a聽long鈥憈erm聽throughput goal of more than 10 million聽twenty-foot聽equivalent聽units聽(TEUs).聽
Growth at this pace cannot wait for a single master project. GPA must deliver dozens of upgrades, repairs and expansions simultaneously 鈥� often inside live terminals where vessels, trucks and yard equipment operate around the clock. Each asset comes with its own condition issues, operational constraints and regulatory requirements. The risk is not only cost and schedule overruns, but disruption to national supply chains that depend on GPA鈥檚 performance.
Our role as GPA鈥檚聽long-term聽engineering partner聽involves聽responding聽quickly, integrating聽planning through delivery, and supporting聽both immediate operational needs and聽long-range聽capacity planning across the entire port system.聽
An integrated,聽on call聽delivery model designed for scale聽
We provide a range of professional engineering services to GPA to manage complexity at portfolio scale. We work as an extension of their team 鈥� aligning asset management, capital planning and operations planning into a single, coordinated program.
To date we have delivered more than 50 individual projects across GPA鈥檚 terminal network, including gate and yard reconfiguration, new facility planning, vessel operations support, container and tandem truck gates, intermodal terminals, RO鈥慠O yards, maintenance facilities, bridges and roads.
Our teams also deliver聽asset management inspections of wharves, pavements and gates,聽pavement refurbishments,聽structural repairs,聽wharf expansions and replacements,聽warehouse improvements,聽tenant聽coordination聽and聽grant driven聽environmental and聽National聽Environmental聽Policy Act (NEPA)聽permitting.聽We also support the聽preparation of聽design鈥慴uild聽bridging packages and oversee their execution to聽maintain聽delivery momentum.聽By integrating planning, permitting, design,聽procurement聽and construction management,聽we鈥檙e聽supporting聽GPA聽to聽move from concept to commissioning while reducing handoffs,聽interfaces聽and risk.聽
Planning for聽more than聽10聽million聽TEUs while聽operating聽today聽
To support GPA reach more than 10 million TEUs throughput goal, our teams are delivering capacity expansion studies, modernizing existing terminals, and planning for entirely new capacity to meet future demand. We apply operational modeling and asset condition data to test options, compare scenarios and inform investment decisions, allowing GPA to prioritize projects that deliver the greatest operational benefit while aligning with funding, permitting and delivery constraints.
Our core local program management team ensures continuity and day-to-day coordination, while regional and national specialists are brought in as needed. This integrated hybrid model unites terminal planners, multidisciplinary engineers, architects, data scientists, designers, permitting specialists, and construction management professionals 鈥� engaged where they add the most value.
Sustainability and resilience are embedded throughout the program. By extending asset life, improving yard and gate efficiency and sequencing works to minimize disruption, GPA can grow capacity while managing environmental impacts and maintaining reliable operations.
Long-term聽value for a critical trade gateway聽
The on-call program gives GPA the capacity to act quickly and confidently as demands change. Our portfolio approach to delivery has helped to strengthen gate throughput, yard efficiency, and intermodal connectivity, while extending the life of critical assets through targeted refurbishment and repair, supporting both immediate operational performance and longer-term expansion.
For GPA, the value lies in continuity and integration. A single, trusted delivery framework reduces interface risk, improves visibility across the capital program and supports informed decision-making. For the wider logistics network, the result is infrastructure designed to keep goods moving, support economic growth, and adapt as trade patterns evolve.
