Houston, Texas – October 23^rd, 2020 – The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) is celebrating 10 years of business! In 2010, Gregory Beers, P.E. and Cory Wood, purchased the assets of Shearer & Associates, Inc. from Ed Shearer, P.E. and formed TSGI. TSGI provides naval architecture, marine engineering, and marine surveying services to the inland marine market. TSGI is a combination of what Mr. Shearer spent decades building at Shearer & Assoc., Inc. and that of which Mr. Beers and Mr. Wood have spent over the past 25 years building at Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI).

Houston, TX – October 6th, 2020 – The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) is pleased to announce the delivery of a 250’ x 54’ x 12’-6”, 23,000 BBL tank barge built by Southwest Shipyard, L.P. of Houston, TX. Southwest Shipyard contracted TSGI to develop the design of the barge. The barges primary mission is to deliver jet fuel to support the U.S. Navy assets.

Houston, Texas – September 24th, 2020 – The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) is pleased to announce the delivery of a 200’ x 60’ walking spud dredge barge built by LAD Services of Louisiana. LAD contracted TSGI to develop the design of the barge which has the capacity to lift 114,000 lbs. of dredging spoil.

Houston, Texas – June 18th, 2020 – The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) is pleased to announce a new addition to its naval architecture, marine engineering & marine surveying firm, Daniel Toerner! Daniel has joined TSGI as a naval architect. He recently graduated from Texas A&M University, College Station, with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering.

Last month, Corn Island Shipyard launched a new split-hull dump scow. The design for the 200′ x 42′ dump scow was developed by The Shearer Group, Inc. The barge has the capacity of 2,000 cubic yards of dredging spoil dredge material. Check out the Waterways Journal article that was written recently about the barge: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2020/05/08/corn-island-shipyard-launches-split-hull-dump-scow-dredge-barge/

Houston, Texas – October 3rd, 2019 – In 2017, The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) was awarded a five-year Indefinite Deliverable contract with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). TSGI was tasked to provide the detail design of a double-ended diesel-electric ferry with energy storage capable of carrying construction 495 passengers / 70 cars, providing service from Galveston Island to Bolivar Peninsula. The ferry is currently being built at Gulf Island Shipyard in Jennings, Louisiana. TSGI will provide construction oversight to TxDOT during the entire construction process.