Orleans County Legislature Chairman Lynne Johnson and Niagara County Legislator David Godfrey presented to the Great Lakes Commission at the group’s annual conference last week at the Strathallan Hotel in Rochester. The legislators were invited to present on the innovative regional dredging manageme
Great Lakes Dock and Dredge (GLDD) from Houston, Texas, was awarded a $114.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for a beach nourishment program in New Jersey. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Manasquan, NJ, wi
The Palm Beach Town Council has awarded a $16.5 million contract to Great Lake Dredge & Dock for the Phipps Ocean Park Beach Nourishment Project. At the October 8th meeting, the Council also approved a contingency in the amount of $1.65 million establishing a total project budget of $18,133,500. The
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to use the Delaware City Dredge Material Placement Facility (DMPF) for future maintenance dredging projects. The primary objective of this project is to provide a long-term, safe, placement facility for dredged materials related to the Delaware River Phi
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced the award of $9.5 million to SeaPort Manatee to jumpstart its recovery and help repair impacted infrastructure following significant damage caused by Hurricane Milton. “This action to get SeaPort Manatee back to full operations will benefit the people of F
Weeks Marine subsidiary, Healy Tibbitts Builders is hard at work on the USACE’s maintenance dredging project at Honolulu Harbor, located on the southern coast of Oahu. Honolulu Harbor is the principal seaport of the state of Hawaii, and this project will ensure that commercial and recreational vesse
The Town of Oak Island (NC) is gearing up for some crucial beach nourishment efforts that will take place during the 2024-25 Winter Season. According to the town, the lease for available sand from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which is required to proceed with the project, is expecte
The final deliveries of sand related to the North Beach replenishment project are now complete, according to the City of San Clemente (CA). A total of 37,000 cubic yards of beach quality sand have been sourced from the Santa Ana River and delivered to North Beach. The emergency sand placement will e
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has begun landing pipes for the Town Neck (MA) beach area nourishment project. In partnership with the Town of Sandwich and the Army Corps, GLDD will work to mitigate shore damage attributed to the east jetties of the Cape Cod Canal with a one-time placement of 320,300 cu
DE Klop BV has provided design services to Mineros for the conversion of their recently acquired dredger Apoena. As part of this project, DE Klop implemented several modifications to enhance the operational capabilities of the Apoena. One of the key changes involved increasing the dredging depth, wh
Seacoast Marine Construction of Long Island, New York, recently won a $39.9 million USACE contract for restoration work at Barren Island, part of the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project in Dorchester County, Maryland. The contract award ushers in the second phase of Mid-Bay resto
Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. completed work at one of its Michigan Dredging Projects recently. This complex dredging project involved the removal of 78,000 cy of PCB contaminated river sediments. Dredged sediments were transported to three separate staging areas for stabilization. Following
