POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby
constitute and appoint Carl A. Gilbert and John R. Major, 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, 1997 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 22 day of January, 1998. 

/s/ ARTHUR E. BYRNES
/s/ JAMES C. HUNTINGTON, JR.
/s/ WILLIAM E. KASSLING
/s/ PETER T. KROSS
/s/ WILLIAM G. ROTH
/s/ KONRAD M. WEIS

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