Katrina D. Pelrean

Katrina D. Pelrean serves as a key procurement lead within the W07V Endist New Orleans office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing the acquisition of large-scale civil infrastructure projects critical to Gulf Coast resilience. Her work centers on the planning, contracting, and oversight of hydraulic and civil works systems designed to mitigate flood risk, restore coastal ecosystems, and manage water resources across vulnerable Louisiana waterways. She manages complex construction and engineering contracts under the Department of the Army’s civil works mission, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while advancing mission-critical infrastructure goals. Her acquisitions typically involve heavy civil engineering, dredging, and environmental remediation services requiring technical expertise in hydraulic design and sediment management. Pelrean maintains long-standing partnerships with leading contractors in the civil works sector, including WEEKS MARINE, INC., PRECISION CONSTRUCTION LLC, M.R. PITTMAN GROUP, L.L.C., MUDDY WATER DREDGING, LP, and RED BISON SERVICES, LLC. These relationships reflect a consistent reliance on firms with proven capabilities in dredging, bulkhead construction, levee reinforcement, and coastal restoration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and contractor reliability in high-risk, environmentally sensitive environments, fostering stable, mission-aligned vendor partnerships. Her procurement strategy prioritizes socioeconomic diversity, with equal allocation between no set-aside and targeted small business programs—25% each to 8(a) competed and HUBZone set-asides. This balanced approach ensures broad competition while actively promoting participation from disadvantaged and geographically disadvantaged small businesses, aligning with federal mandates to expand opportunity in federal infrastructure contracting. The majority of her acquisitions fall under NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), reflecting a deep specialization in flood control structures, navigation channel maintenance, and shoreline stabilization projects. A smaller but critical portion involves solid waste collection services (NAICS 562111) tied to environmental cleanup operations. Her domain expertise lies in complex, multi-year civil works contracts requiring coordination among engineers, environmental scientists, and construction contractors to deliver resilient infrastructure in dynamic coastal ecosystems.