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Infrastructure Week Kicks Off Today
Thousands of stakeholders in Washington D.C., and across the country are coming together for Infrastructure Week, May 11-15. They will highlight the critical importance of investing in and modernizing America’s infrastructure, including its seaports and their land- and water- side connections. Ameri
Corps Introduces St. Paul Island Dredging Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District is proposing to conduct repairs to federal navigation features at St. Paul Harbor on St. Paul Island. The Corps plans to repair the 1,000-foot-long detached rubble mound breakwater; repair scour holes in the harbor’s entrance channels and adjacent to
Another Prestigious Award for DSC Dredge
DSC Dredge, LLC, based in Reserve, Louisiana, was recently awarded the inaugural Gulf Coast Trade Alliance Export Achievement Award for the state of Louisiana. The Gulf Coast Trade Alliance honored DSC with the award on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at a luncheon during the 15th Annual Gulf Coast Trade A
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
New Suez: 62.9 Pct of Dredging Finalized Up to 157.260 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project, said executive director supervising the dredging process Wagdi Zaki. Belgian Business Delegation Visited Managua HKND Group an
Ocean City Replenishment Resumes
The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company’s dredging vessel Liberty Island is up and running again, and work has resumed on the southern end beach replenishment project in Ocean City, NJ. The dredger had been undergoing repairs since Saturday, when work came to a halt. The project resumed yesterday at
Picture of the Day: Canal Works in Full Swing
The Panama Canal Expansion Program, largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, is nearly 90% complete and on track for 2016 opening. At the moment, the Pacific Entrance and Atlantic Entrance dredging works are fully completed with Gatun Lake and Culebra Cut dredging p
ABPmer to Assist AIC in Coastal Protection
UK marine environmental consultancy firm ABPmer has been commissioned by AIC Arquitetura & Urbanismo to evaluate a proposed coastal defense scheme for a section of coast in Bahia State, Brazil. The local coastline is experiencing erosion along a ‘sand cliff’ and beach. Coastal management measures ar
News in Photos: Dredging the Boone’s Landing
Groh Dredging and Marine Construction of Wisconsin is entering the final phase of the Boone’s Landing dredging project. So far, approximately 75% of the dredging works have been completed. The company is dredging an area 150 feet long and 100 feet wide at the boat ramp. The work will remove 2 to 4 f
Corps Unveils Sturgeon Bay Dredging Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has introduced a plan for the Sturgeon Bay maintenance dredging scheme. Under this plan, a contractor will be asked to mobilize dredging equipment to the working area, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and dredge between the upstream and downstream limits.
Shell Creek Levee Completed
In partnership with the city of Schuyler, Neb. and the Lower Platte North Natural Resources District, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed construction of a 2.2-mile levee along Shell Creek, north and east of Schuyler. This milestone will be celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thu
Final Season of Hudson River Dredging Begins
General Electric begins today the sixth and final season of one the largest and most complex environmental dredging projects ever undertaken in the United States. At the conclusion of this year’s work, approximately 3.3 million tons of dewatered sediment — 2.9 million cubic yards — will have been re
New Jersey Coastal Scheme Kicks Off
As part of President Obama’s continuing commitment to help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems, beachfill construction to complete the remaining sections of the Storm Damage Reduction Project on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, began this week. Sand d