Port-side and federal work around Savannah.

A port-driven market

The Port of Savannah is one of the busiest container ports in the country, and the warehouses, distribution centers and cold storage that serve it fill the industrial parks west of the city — Garden City, Port Wentworth, Pooler and out along I-16. Alpha’s longest Savannah job, a port-side building, ran 21 weeks with crews of up to nine.

The growth no longer stops at the port's fence. Large manufacturing projects have landed west along I-16 in Bryan County, and distribution space keeps spreading north into Effingham County. Down the coast, Alpha has also staffed a 15-week job in Brunswick.

Federal work on the coast

Federally funded construction on the Georgia coast falls under Davis-Bacon wage determinations with weekly certified payroll. Our 2024 federally funded job ran on certified payroll, with the crew classified to the job's determination. Georgia has no state prevailing-wage law of its own.

Coastal conditions

Savannah's summers are hot and wet, and hurricane season covers the summer and fall. Sites near the river and the marshes deal with soft ground and standing water after storms, so lifts and laydown areas get planned around the weather. Our port-side crew worked through the fall and winter, the coast's most dependable building months.