HME Construction, from Vancouver, Washington, has won a $10.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging job and material transportation services in California. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be perform
Anchor QEA, working under the contract and at the request of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, recently presented Guidelines for How to Approach Thin-Layer Placement Projects. Historically, dredged material (DM) has been placed at the nearest available placement site. There has
House Republicans last week passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations for FY24, delivering more than $34 million for dredging in North Carolina’s 3rd District. “This legislation rolls back damaging policies, and robustly funds construction, operation and maintenance of our nation’s port
Dredging work is underway in the Lower Wicomico River and is expected to continue through December. So far, approximately 23,000 cubic yards of material was removed from the first shoal and placed in Area 1 at Deal Island Wildlife Management Area placement site. Repairs to the straw bale containment
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority recently won the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Bronze Award for the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge Gulf Shoreline Stabilization Project from the American Society of Civil Engineers, one of the most prestigious awards in civil engineerin
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $33.5 million contract September 29 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock of Houston, Texas, to execute a Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) re-nourishment of the St. Augustine Beach federal shore protection project. The project will
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock of Houston, Texas, yesterday won a $33.8 million USACE contract for a beach nourishment project in New Jersey. The contract calls for dredging more than 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas (one is located off Corsons Inlet and the other is located approxim
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the contractor, Pacific Maritime Group have commenced maintenance dredging of the Suisun Bay Pier in Benicia, California. This significant project will remove approximately 80,000 cubic yards of material from two adjacent dredge areas. In line with the MARAD a
The long-anticipated beach restoration project is now officially underway, the City of Gulf Shores said. This vital initiative is geared towards mending the damage the city, Gulf State Park, and the City of Orange Beach sustained during Hurricane Nate and Hurricane Sally. “The project is expected to
A dredging program will be underway soon at the Lindsay Park Yacht Club in Davenport, IA, kwqc.com reports. Yacht club staff said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is going to be performing the work with funding that the yacht club received a year ago that had been set aside for the dredging. Sc
Coastal engineering firm INTERA-GEC is compiling all comments and relevant questions received for the Summer Haven River Study which will be incorporated into the final version. The company has been tasked by St. Johns County, Florida, to develop a list of environmentally and financially sustainable
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has approved a plan to expand dredging work in the Tijuana River Valley to remove trash and sediment and help reduce flooding impacts from the Tijuana River. The work is set to improve the conditions in two channels that run through the Valley, impacting res
