Gulf Dredging & Gen. Contracting Co. (GDC) was formed in 1975 as a joint shareholding company of the Government of Kuwait and Ballast Nedam of Netherlands, to cater to the growing requirements of dredging in and around Kuwait. After the privatization programme of the Government of the Kuwait, GDC is now wholly owned by Heavy Engineering Indusctries & Shipbuilding Co. (HEISCO).

Since 1999, two fully fledged separate Divisions have been established - Civil Construction Division to carry out Construction of Showrooms, Schools/Office Buildings, Complexes etc. and Industrial Construction Division to service the Petroleum Sector in Pipeline & Tank Foundation. Structural Fabrications, Electrical Mechanical Works etc ...

Apart from dredging in excess of 23 million cu. m to its credit in Kuwait, other major projects carried out were the complete asphalt road and civil foundation works and structural steel fabrication works in Az Zour South Power Station, Dredging & Reclamation as well as Rock works including Revetment works and Marine Breakwater in Amiri Diwan Project, complete marine construction works including the sea water intake structure with sheet pile cellular walls, precast concrete barrier posts and cast-in-situ foundation concrete works and asphalt road works in Sabiya Power Station Project, Water Front Development Projects at Salmiya & Fahaheel, Mazda-Peugeot Showroom Complexes, etc. GDC has been in the forefront in complete installation of Marinas including floating pontoons, gangway structures and Electro Mechanical works involved in provision of the utility services such as fire protection system, drinking water pipelines, fuel pipelines and electrical cabling and tower light installation works.