Emily M. Giardino

Emily M. Giardino serves as a key procurement lead within the W2SD Endist Philadelphia office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing complex civil infrastructure and maritime engineering acquisitions critical to national defense readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of construction and engineering contracts focused on coastal resilience, dredging, waterway navigation, and military installation infrastructure. Her work ensures the sustained operational capability of strategic ports and shorelines through the execution of large-scale, mission-critical projects under the Department of the Army’s civil works program. Giardino specializes in high-complexity, multi-year acquisitions requiring rigorous engineering oversight and environmental compliance. She maintains long-standing relationships with top-tier contractors including Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.C., HDR ARCHITECTURE, INC., BUCHART HORN INC, and NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY, reflecting a preference for firms with proven expertise in heavy civil engineering, marine construction, and environmental remediation. These partnerships are characterized by consistent recompetition and performance-based contract management, with a focus on technical excellence, schedule adherence, and regulatory compliance. Giardino’s contracting approach emphasizes contractor reliability and domain-specific experience over volume-based sourcing. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 96.2% of awards issued without set-aside designations, indicating a focus on capability-driven selection rather than socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is limited at 3.9%, it is primarily channeled through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, suggesting targeted, rather than broad, inclusion efforts aligned with project complexity and scale. Giardino’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) and 236220 (Commercial and Institutional Building Construction), with significant activity in water and sewer line construction (237110). She routinely procures dredging services, coastal structure construction, site preparation, and specialized trade contracting, demonstrating deep expertise in maritime engineering, infrastructure modernization, and federally mandated environmental mitigation requirements.