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Ebeye Coastal Protection Works

Aerial view of Ebeye showing the densely occupied low-lying island, exposed ocean-side reef edge, existing shoreline protection, harbour and southern utility area

Hall Contracting

Ebeye's coastal protection package is constructing approximately 1.81 kilometres of new rock-revetment seawall along the exposed ocean side of the Kwajalein Atoll settlement. The delivery system extends well beyond rock placement: armourstone is quarried and quality-controlled in Ras Al Khaimah, shipped across the ocean, transferred in deep water to customer barges, landed through a dedicated unloading facility and then placed against a densely occupied, low-lying shoreline. Hall Contracting is the construction contractor, Haskoning is responsible for design support, site supervision and contract administration, and World Bank and Green Climate Fund financing sits within PREP II. Public evidence confirms mobilisation, arrival of the first riprap shipment and the armourstone supply chain, but not final quantities placed, accepted revetment geometry, owner handover or achieved protection performance.

Project signal

Construction in Marshall Islands

Acceptance runs through the full quarry-to-shore material chain. Keep the 65,000-tonne contractor design quantity separate from Bontrup's approximately 80,000-tonne supply record, and keep 1.81 kilometres of new work separate from the World Bank's 2.1-kilometre indicator that includes 300 metres of existing seawall. Neither material delivered nor shoreline length targeted proves accepted coastal protection.

Current status Marine logistics and construction are established; completion and owner acceptance are not confirmed, while the latest programme update forecasts completion by the end of 2026 Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Marshall Islands / Global islands

Segment

Coastal infrastructure

Status

Marine logistics and construction are established; completion and owner acceptance are not confirmed, while the latest programme update forecasts completion by the end of 2026 / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

17 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Public Works, Infrastructure and Utilities
Delivery parties
Hall Contracting - coastal protection construction, Haskoning - design support, site supervision and contract administration, Bontrup Logistics and Stevin Rock - armourstone production and marine supply
Contract route
The works are delivered under the World Bank and Green Climate Fund-financed Pacific Resilience Project Phase II. The World Bank's April 2025 implementation report records the seawall contract as signed on 9 May 2024. The client appointed Haskoning for design and construction supervision and Hall Contracting for construction. Public sources do not disclose the executed construction contract value, final risk allocation or accepted bill of quantities, so the programme financing envelope must not be represented as the works contract value.
Execution window
The construction contract was signed on 9 May 2024. Hall began early mobilisation in February 2025, and the World Bank records the first riprap shipment as arriving on 11 March 2025. Haskoning's February 2025 release moved the public completion forecast into 2026, while the World Bank's May 2025 resilience-results record also expected Ebeye and Majuro coastal infrastructure to be complete by the end of 2026. Those are programme forecasts rather than acceptance evidence; physical completion and handover are not confirmed by the owner.
Works package
The contractor and supervisor describe approximately 1.81 kilometres of new seawall using about 65,000 tonnes of armour rock. The World Bank result framework sets a 2,100-metre protected-coast target that includes 300 metres of existing seawall not requiring reconstruction. Initial enabling works included a dedicated unloading facility at the southern end of Ebeye and a temporary access road formed partly from concrete recovered from the beachfront. Bontrup reports supplying approximately 80,000 tonnes of armourstone up to 3/6-tonne grading, produced by Stevin Rock in Ras Al Khaimah and carried to the Marshall Islands before deep-water ship-to-ship transfer to barges.
Marine interfaces
The controlled marine system includes quarry source and grading, material quality release, approximately 30 days of ocean carriage, weather and mooring limits for deep-water transfer, barge loading and stability, island approach and unloading, temporary jetty and access-road performance, reef-flat and shoreline workability, filter and armour-layer geometry, tie-ins to existing protection, drainage and overtopping paths, protection of adjacent power and solar assets, environmental and social controls, and final surveyed and inspected revetment acceptance.
Commercial read
This package exposes three quantity boundaries that should not be collapsed. The approximately 65,000-tonne figure is a contractor and designer statement of intended armour use; Bontrup's approximately 80,000 tonnes is a supplier logistics record; neither is an owner-certified installed quantity. The 1.81-kilometre construction statement is consistent with a 2.1-kilometre result target only after accounting for 300 metres of existing seawall. Mobilisation, material arrival and barge unloading establish delivery activity, not completion, protection level, final account or maintenance readiness.
Next milestone
Seek the owner's current physical-progress record, accepted armourstone quantities and grading, unloading-facility and temporary-works close-out, surveyed revetment chainage and cross-sections, filter and toe inspection records, tie-in and drainage acceptance, environmental and social action closure, post-storm observations, completion certificate, final account, as-built documents and funded maintenance handover.

Material change register

What changed, when, and what it proves

Only source-bound events that alter phase, scope, counterparties, delivery, completion, commissioning, or acceptance are listed. A change can advance the record without proving the next gate.

The first armourstone shipment reached the Marshall Islands

The World Bank report moved the job from site preparation into marine material delivery. The rock still had to be transferred to barges, landed on Ebeye, placed to the design profile, surveyed, and accepted.

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Hall and Haskoning moved into site mobilisation

The team began the unloading facility, access works, and other preparations needed for the 1.81-kilometre seawall. It was the start of delivery, with armour placement and acceptance still ahead.

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The Ebeye seawall construction contract was signed

The World Bank report records the contract date under PREP II. The public record still does not give the executed works value, final bill of quantities, or the contract's risk split.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

Seek the owner's current physical-progress record, accepted armourstone quantities and grading, unloading-facility and temporary-works close-out, surveyed revetment chainage and cross-sections, filter and toe inspection records, tie-in and drainage acceptance, environmental and social action closure, post-storm observations, completion certificate, final account, as-built documents and funded maintenance handover.

Decision watchpoints

  • Owner-issued physical progress, completion certificate and handover date
  • Reconciliation of the 65,000-tonne design statement with the 80,000-tonne supply record
  • Quarry grading, quality release, ocean carriage and deep-water transfer records
  • Barge, unloading-facility, temporary-road and reef-flat logistics close-out
  • Surveyed chainage, toe, filter, armour profile, tie-in and drainage acceptance
  • Protection of power, solar, homes and public infrastructure at the southern end of Ebeye
  • Environmental, social, community-access and worker-training commitments
  • Post-storm performance, defect closure and funded maintenance responsibility

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Evidence reviewed 17 July 2026 Sources in this record 7

Source record

Hall Contracting and Haskoning control the construction roles, 1.81-kilometre scope, approximate 65,000-tonne armour quantity, mobilisation sequence and dedicated unloading-facility description. The World Bank's April 2025 implementation report controls the contract-signing date, first riprap arrival, 2,100-metre result target and 300-metre existing-seawall baseline. Bontrup controls its separate approximately 80,000-tonne supply statement, 3/6-tonne grading, Ras Al Khaimah source, 30-day voyage and deep-water transfer sequence. The RMI Ministry-posted ESIA controls the environmental and social design basis. Installed quantities, final geometry, owner acceptance, achieved overtopping performance, completion certification and maintenance handover remain unverified.

Phase: construction. Evidence reviewed: 17 July 2026.

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