Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) from Houston, Texas, has won an $8.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for a beach nourishment and dredging project in Massachusetts. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Sand
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Manaus yesterday to announce measures to mitigate the drought in the Amazon region. The announcement includes the public bidding processes for four maintenance dredging operations in the Amazon and Solimões rivers. Over five years, a total of BRL
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located along Delaware Bay, an area threatened by sea-level rise. Due to sea-level rise and other environmental factors, this tidal marsh is sinking, losing critical habitat for American black ducks, rails, terns, and fish species like striped bass and whi
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Division of Watershed Stewardship is proposing to utilize a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers permit to hydraulically dredge up to 550,000 cubic yards of material from three potential borrow sites. The sites are: The dredged ma
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Columbia River ports are asking for public comment on the draft plan to place millions of cubic yards of clean, Columbia River sediment in multiple Oregon and Washington locations. This “sand plan” is a combined draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and E
The Cayman Islands Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing, Infrastructure, Transport & Development said that Kaibo Public Beach Park will be temporarily closed to the public effective September 9, 2024. This necessary but temporary closure is to ensure public safety while essential beach repleni
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (GLDD), from Houston, has won an $8.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging program in Texas. Work will be performed in Brownsville, with an estimated completion date of December 12, 2024. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds in t
The City of Lorain Black River Dredge Material Reuse Facility is operational and began accepting material last week. The path to project success began in 2016 and has led to the launching of the facility – on time and on budget, according to the City. “Navigational dredging is critical to ensuring o
Luhr Crosby LLC, from Columbia, Illinois, has won a $9.9 million modification (P00001) to contract W912QR-24-F-0086 for dredging on the Ohio River. Work will be performed in Cairo, Illinois, with an estimated completion date of December 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. According
In partnership with DMyles, Inc. and Ryba Marine Construction Company, USACE Buffalo District completed dredging of the federal navigation channel in Fairport Harbor in Ohio recently. “Maintaining safe and navigable harbors like these is critical to the local and National economy,” said USACE. “Well
The St. Lucie Inlet maintenance dredging project continues to progress as dredging moved from the channel cuts to the Impoundment Basin on the northside of St. Lucie Inlet this past week, said USACE. When Queen Conch was listed as a threatened species earlier this year, Martin County authorized lice
Work continues at Presque Isle Beach in Erie, Pennsylvania, on the latest beach nourishment project, USACE said. “We are working on placing 45,300 cubic yards of new sand on the beaches while relocating 24,600 cubic yards from existing tombolos and replenishing our sand stockpile with 17,000 tons,”
