POWER OF ATTORNEY

           KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
does  hereby  constitute and appoint Carl A. Gilbert,  Ernest  F.
Ladd  III  and  James J. Puhala, and each of them, his  true  and
lawful   attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  with  full   power   of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name,  place  and
stead,  in  any and all capacities (including his capacity  as  a
director  and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to sign the  Form
10-K  Annual  Report  of Dravo Corporation  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1996 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the  same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents  in
connection   therewith,   with  the   Securities   and   Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,  and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every  act  and thing requisite and necessary to be done  in  and
about  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as  the
undersigned  might  or could do in person, hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of  them,
or  their  or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully  do  or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      WITNESS  the due execution hereof this 23 day  of  January,
1997.


                              /s/ ARTHUR E. BYRNES

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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

           KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
does  hereby  constitute and appoint Carl A. Gilbert,  Ernest  F.
Ladd  III  and  James J. Puhala, and each of them, his  true  and
lawful   attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  with  full   power   of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name,  place  and
stead,  in  any and all capacities (including his capacity  as  a
director  and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to sign the  Form
10-K  Annual  Report  of Dravo Corporation  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1996 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the  same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents  in
connection   therewith,   with  the   Securities   and   Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,  and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every  act  and thing requisite and necessary to be done  in  and
about  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as  the
undersigned  might  or could do in person, hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of  them,
or  their  or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully  do  or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      WITNESS  the due execution hereof this 23 day  of  January,
1997.


                              /s/ JAMES C. HUNTINGTON, JR.

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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

           KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
does  hereby  constitute and appoint Carl A. Gilbert,  Ernest  F.
Ladd  III  and  James J. Puhala, and each of them, his  true  and
lawful   attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  with  full   power   of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name,  place  and
stead,  in  any and all capacities (including his capacity  as  a
director  and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to sign the  Form
10-K  Annual  Report  of Dravo Corporation  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1996 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the  same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents  in
connection   therewith,   with  the   Securities   and   Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,  and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every  act  and thing requisite and necessary to be done  in  and
about  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as  the
undersigned  might  or could do in person, hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of  them,
or  their  or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully  do  or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      WITNESS  the due execution hereof this 23 day  of  January,
1997.


                              /s/ WILLIAM E. KASSLING

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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

           KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
does  hereby  constitute and appoint Carl A. Gilbert,  Ernest  F.
Ladd  III  and  James J. Puhala, and each of them, his  true  and
lawful   attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  with  full   power   of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name,  place  and
stead,  in  any and all capacities (including his capacity  as  a
director  and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to sign the  Form
10-K  Annual  Report  of Dravo Corporation  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1996 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the  same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents  in
connection   therewith,   with  the   Securities   and   Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,  and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every  act  and thing requisite and necessary to be done  in  and
about  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as  the
undersigned  might  or could do in person, hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of  them,
or  their  or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully  do  or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      WITNESS  the due execution hereof this 23 day  of  January,
1997.


                              /s/ WILLIAM G. ROTH

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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

           KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
does  hereby  constitute and appoint Carl A. Gilbert,  Ernest  F.
Ladd  III  and  James J. Puhala, and each of them, his  true  and
lawful   attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  with  full   power   of
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name,  place  and
stead,  in  any and all capacities (including his capacity  as  a
director  and/or officer of Dravo Corporation), to sign the  Form
10-K  Annual  Report  of Dravo Corporation  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1996 and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the  same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents  in
connection   therewith,   with  the   Securities   and   Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,  and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every  act  and thing requisite and necessary to be done  in  and
about  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as  the
undersigned  might  or could do in person, hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of  them,
or  their  or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully  do  or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      WITNESS  the due execution hereof this 23 day  of  January,
1997.


                              /s/ KONRAD M. WEIS

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