Galveston Coastal Services Joint Venture, comprised of Stantec and Jacobs, will design a 26.7-mile-long levee and floodwall system along the Texas coast near Galveston, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Feb. 6. ​The eight-year, $1.9 billion construction effort is set to make the area less vulnerable to natural disasters, sea-level rise and subsidence.

Design of the Orange County Coastal Storm Risk Management project is expected to last two years, with construction to start ​in 2022.