Pinellas County, Florida, is planning a full nourishment of Pass-a-Grille beach that would be performed in two phases. During the first phase, between 10,000 and 15,000 cubic yards of sand from the Grand Canal dredging project will be placed between 1st Avenue – 9th Avenue. For Phase 2, the County i
USACE New England District team members of the Camp Ellis, Saco, ME Section 111 Project Delivery Team met with representatives from the City of Saco and the local advocacy group, Save our Shores, Saco Bay, last week. The morning was spent walking the site, discussing future construction logistics, a
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has outlined a multifaceted package of significant investments in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to boost navigational safety and efficiency at the East Coast’s busiest container port. The new investments between the Port Authority and
The first phase of the San Clemente Shoreline Sand Replenishment Project is now complete, according to the city’s website. A total of 251,000 cubic yards of sand is scheduled to be dredged and placed between Linda Lane and T-Street beaches in this placement cycle. Approximately half of that quantity
People, property and businesses in and around Grand Forks are set to be further protected from floodwaters with the construction of a new dike and drainage system, the latest component of the city’s flood mitigation program, the Government of British Columbia said. “Grand Forks was devastated by flo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced the availability of a proposed Finding of No Significant Impact and draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the periodic beach and dune renourishment of the Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida. The beachfill project is set to t
Genesis 360 has won a $16.7 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District for construction work encompassing dike construction, perimeter and lateral ditching, demolition, fabrication of weir structures, and rip rap placement in the Galveston Harbor Channel, Pelican Island. G
Dredge Yard has launched its latest cutter suction dredger (CSD), the CSD250, tailored for a customer in Greenland. The CSD250 is equipped with an inboard dredge pump, an innovative cutter system featuring replaceable cutter teeth, two hydraulic propellers, a dredge monitoring system, a hydraulic cr
DSC Dredge has secured a major contract with the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to supply four custom 24” cutter suction dredgers. While DSC Dredge has been supplying cutter suction dredges to private companies in Bangladesh since 2010, this is the first public sector contract t
The hopper dredge M/V WHEELER, pictured here sailing on the Mississippi River, is the largest hopper dredge in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Wheeler’s main purpose is to remove shoaling from the bottom of navigation channels and maintain reliable channel depth for deep draft navigation. The
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has initiated a project that will dredge Bronx River in New York. According to the Corps, the proposed maintenance dredging of the Bronx River includes removal of approximately 200,000 cubic yards (CY) of dredge material from a project depth of -10
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just released a video about the Petersburg Borough’s South Harbor dredging project. Located in Southeast Alaska between Juneau and Ketchikan, the Petersburg Navigation Improvements project restored the South Harbor to original design depths ranging from minus 9 t
