The WEDA Safety Commission is accepting nominations for the annual 2024 Safety Excellence Awards. The awards will recognize individual organizations or project teams for outstanding contributions to meeting the goals of the Western Dredging Association and for exceptional safety performance that exh
Due to emergency storm response and beach nourishment operations, Santa Barbara County (CA) will close the eastern end of Goleta Beach Park and Goleta Pier beginning February 20, 2024. “Site preparation is expected to begin on 2/13, and operations will start on 2/20. There may be intermittently clos
The Louisiana Wildlife Federation haws just announced that the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is accepting feedback on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Plan, a 3-year outlook of projected revenues and expenditures, project activities, and implementation schedules. The $1.68 bil
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles District said that the dredging operations and sand replenishment works at Solana Beach are about halfway complete. The project, which reduces coastal storm damage and erosion along a 7,200-foot-long stretch of shoreline, includes construction of a 150-f
USACE Wilmington District Project Manager, Brennan Dooley, met with Cape Fear Academy’s Dynamic Coastal Studies class earlier this week to discuss beach renourishment. Brennan met Ms. Rienks’s class on Wrightsville Beach to get a close look at what beach renourishment looks like. “He taught them abo
Clearing and snagging of approximately 3.3 miles of channel at Ward Creek is underway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District said. The main goal of this work is to remove vegetation and debris from the channel to increase capacity and promote more efficient flow. Ward Creek is part
The Dutra Group’s CB ‘Harry S’ has started working at Morehead City, North Carolina, for the Army Corps’ Wilmington District. The work will entail dredging 558,000 cubic yards of material with placement at the Morehead City Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). The Port of Morehead City, a b
Western Marine Construction of Seattle, Washington, has won the U.S. Army Corps construction contract for the Kenai River Bluffs Erosion Project. According to the Alaska District, the contractor will construct a protective rock berm approximately 5,000 feet in length along the north bank of the Kena
Michels Construction Inc. continues to make steady progress with the dredging of Scarborough River in Maine. According to Scarborough Town Manager Tom Hall, the contractor has so far removed over 140,000 cubic yard of sand from the Scarborough River and will soon finish up work in the main navigatio
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, awarded a $6.3 million contract to Architectural Consulting Group, Ltd. on Jan. 30 for repairs to the Vermilion Harbor West Pier. Repairs to the pier are scheduled to take place this summer, and ensure the ongoing economic viability of the
Seven port development projects that support efficient, reliable freight movement on Minnesota’s waterways were selected to receive a total of $18.1 million in grants, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced last week. The funding comes from the competitive Port Development Assistance P
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Office of Customer and Technical Assistance (OCTA) will host a public comment hearing on the application request of SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC for a State of Rhode Island Dredge Permit on February 22. According to OCTA, this permit includ
