Gahagan & Bryant Associates, Inc. (GBA) is a unique engineering firm that specializes in providing consulting and engineering services for a variety of projects, including port development, dredged material management, hydrographic surveying, coastal engineering and construction management. The firm was established in 1975 by William G. Gahagan and J. Franklin Bryant, two engineers both of whom had compiled 20 years of field experience with major dredging firms operating throughout the United States, South America and the Middle East. GBA is an outgrowth of the Gahagan Overseas Construction Company (later the Gahagan Dredging Corporation), which was a leading international contractor from its origin in 1898.