---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001402829-23-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORN"
cik: "0001402829"
company_name: "Orion Group Holdings Inc"
filed_at: "2023-11-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T20:56:45.028309+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Orion Group Holdings appoints Chip Earle as General Counsel, replacing retiring Peter Buchler

## Summary
- Chip Earle appointed EVP, General Counsel, CAO, CCO and Corporate Secretary effective Nov 27, 2023.
- Peter Buchler resigned from those roles but remains EVP and Legal Advisor until Jan 1, 2024 to assist transition.
- Earle previously VP-GC and CAO at Newpark Resources (NYSE: NR); earlier roles at Transocean and Bristow Group.
- CEO Travis Boone cited Earle's 20+ years in legal, compliance, and risk management as valuable to Orion's strategy.
- Buchler retiring after 15 years at Orion; transition described as planned and orderly.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001402829-23-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORN
- cik: 0001402829
- company_name: Orion Group Holdings Inc
- filed_at: 2023-11-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000059/0001402829-23-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000059/orn-20231127x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001402829-23-000059
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001402829-23-000059.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001402829-23-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward Chipman Earle was appointed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Orion Group Holdings Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: in connection with the appointment of Edward Chipman Earle as his successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000059/0001402829-23-000059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter R. Buchler changed role as Executive Vice President and Legal Advisor at Orion Group Holdings Inc.
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Legal Advisor
  source text: Mr. Buchler has resigned from the positions of General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company effective November 27, 2023, in connection with the appointment of Edward Chipman Earle as his successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402829/000140282923000059/0001402829-23-000059-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.