Exhibit 23.  Consents of Experts and Counsel


                 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




The Board of Directors
Dravo Corporation:

We   consent   to  incorporation  by  reference  in  registration
statements  Nos. 33-23632, 2-84462, 2-64137, 33-54179, 333-01689,
333-01691  and 333-07537 on Form S-8, No. 33-17356 on  Form  S-3,
Amendment  No. 1 to No. 2-87555 on Form S-8/S-3, and No.  2-71993
on  Form  S-16 amended by Form S-3 of Dravo Corporation,  of  our
reports  dated  January  22, 1997 relating  to  the  consolidated
balance  sheets  of  Dravo Corporation  and  subsidiaries  as  of
December   31,   1996  and  1995  and  the  related  consolidated
statements of operations, retained earnings, and cash  flows  and
related  schedule for each of the years in the three-year  period
ended  December  31,  1996  which  reports  appear  in,  or   are
incorporated by reference in, the December 31, 1996 annual report
on  Form  10-K  of Dravo Corporation.  Our reports refer  to  the
adoption of the methods of accounting for postemployment benefits
prescribed  by  Statements of Financial Accounting Standards  No.
112.



                                      /s/  KPMG PEAT  MARWICK LLP


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 26, 1997

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