Marine Exchange

Dawson Construction built the Marine Exchange of Alaska, a specialized waterfront facility that houses the largest private vessel tracking system in the world. This Alaska-based operation serves as the maritime equivalent of air traffic control, monitoring more than 10,000 commercial vessels navigating 33,000 miles of Alaska's coastline, from the Bering Sea to Dixon Entrance and the far tip of the Aleutians.

The building's structural steel on pile deck foundation is positioned along the Juneau waterfront to provide optimal operational positioning. The facility houses 2,100 square feet of enclosed parking beneath two stories totaling 4,250 square feet of office space, with the 24-hour operations center, servers, technicians, and support staff essential to maintaining continuous vessel monitoring across Alaska's vast maritime territory. Creative solutions proposed by Dawson during the pre-construction phase resulted in an accelerated project schedule and 2.5% savings in construction costs.

The Marine Exchange of Alaska moved into an operations center built specifically for its mission, monitoring commercial fishing fleets, cruise ships, cargo vessels, and ferries navigating some of the most dangerous waters in the world. The 24-hour operations center runs without interruption, the server infrastructure has the redundancy a critical safety system demands, and the waterfront location provides the operational positioning the organization needs. Dawson's pre-construction value engineering delivered real savings to a nonprofit client while the accelerated schedule got the facility operational ahead of plan.