[2] It specialized in heavy maritime infrastructure projects such as bridge and pier construction, tunnel, foundation and sewer and drain work.
The firm and its related businesses maintained offices at 17 Battery Place in lower Manhattan, until ceasing operations in 1986.
[9] The firm also executed work outside of the New York metropolitan area, including the foundations of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Texas Tower 4 for the US military.
[10][11] The company obtained contracts as part of the war effort to build invasion craft, beginning a long relationship with the US Navy.
In partnership with Grove, Shephard, Wilson & Kruge, Steers rebuilt harbors in Greece and reconstructed the Corinth Canal on behalf of the US Navy, and constructed a radio station for the Voice of America in Tangier, Morocco.
In 1963, the firm reported $26 million in contracts [14] Locally, the firm constructed the dock, bulkhead and dike serving the Sewaren Generating Station on the Arthur Kill in 1948,[15] the Queens side anchorage of the Throgs Neck Bridge in 1961,[16] and the Commodore Barry Bridge over the Delaware River in 1974.
In addition to numerous cranes, floating derricks and pile drivers, this included over 50 deck scows and a fleet of 10 tugboats led by the company's "flagship" vessel, the J.