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Draft Released for Stockton Levee Improvements
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has released its proposed plan to improve approximately 23 miles of levee to help reduce flood risk for North and Central Stockton. The plan would implement a variety of levee improvements including installing cutoff walls, building new levees and
Representative Pushes for Quillayute Dredging
Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) has urged the Army Corps to take action to complete the Quillayute Harbor dredging project in a timely manner. In a letter to Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works, Kilmer called for the Corps to recover taxpayer dollars and hold the contract
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Picture of the Day: Dredgers Crowding New Suez The New Suez Canal project is currently under construction and is scheduled to be delivered next August. Chief Mate Guilty Over Fatal Dredger Collision On the 8th June 2014 the Shoreway, a 98 metre 5000 tonne dredger, owned […]
Port of Seattle: East Waterway Dredging Proposal
The Port of Seattle has completed an environmental analysis, including review of pertinent and available environmental information and preparation of a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Checklist for the East Waterway Maintenance Dredging Program. The plan includes a 10-year programmatic authori
Dredging at Savannah River Entrance Underway
Manson Construction started dredging operations on 21 February in the vicinity of Bloody Point Range and Jones Island Range, at the eastern end of the Tybee Roads main shipping channel into the Savannah River. The work area is between Tybee Range Lighted Buoy 4 and Tybee Knoll Cut Range Lighted Buoy
Wickberg Marine Nabs Ocean City Contract
The Ocean City Council has awarded a $2.7 million contract to Wickberg Marine Contracting Inc. of Belford, N.J., to remove material from an approved dredging disposal site in the marshes near the 34th Street causeway. “This resolution will get us started,” Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian said. “This wi
The Deep Dredge to Be Completed this Summer
PortMiami’s Deep Dredge project, that will deepen the Port’s existing channel from its current 42-foot depth to minus 50-52’, will be completed this summer. This was announced yesterday by the Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez during the annual State of the County Address at Florida International Univ
Dredging Part of Dam Neck Project
A shore protection project at Naval Air Station Oceana at Dam Neck annex is expected to begin within the next month, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Sand from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), to be used for this project, will enhance coastal resilience by protecting
Corps Volunteers Promote Technical Education
Canvassing for the nation’s future engineering talent starts through community outreach programs, and the district seized the opportunity to showcase a variety of Corps missions to approximately 160 engineering students at Jenkins High School in Savannah. Corps volunteers participated as part of Nat
TorQuest Invests in Envirosystems
TorQuest Partners announced yesterday that it has partnered with management and other co-investors to acquire a majority interest in Envirosystems Inc. from Thornridge Holdings Limited, a privately held investment firm. Headquartered in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Envirosystems is one of the fastest gro
Snake-Clearwater Rivers Dredging Wrapped Up
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, has completed maintenance dredging of problem areas of the federal navigation channel and two port berthing areas in the Snake and Clearwater rivers where accumulated sediment had interfered with navigation. Dredging was performed to meet a cur
New Cutting-Edge Software from HYPACK
After a few weeks of final adjustments to HYPACK® 2015, the new software has been officially released. The software offers users cutting-edge technology including Real-time Point Cloud visualization, and multibeam and water column data integration and playback. As leader in the hydrographic and dred