The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to play a key role in maintaining navigation on the nation’s major waterways. According to the Corps, the St. Louis District dredging team, and everyone that supports them, works 24/7 to keep the Mississippi River open, allowing commerce to move. Dredge Pot
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, has won a $23.9 million USACE Regional Harbor Dredging Contract (RHDC). According to the Department of Defense, work will be performed in Morehead City, North Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; and Wilmington, North Carolina, with an esti
The Corps cutterhead Dredge Goetz will be working on the Illinois River at mile 62.7 this week. According to the St. Louis District, “All boaters should be aware of the dredge, its pipeline and support vessels in the channel,” the St. Louis District said in the announcement. “Boaters are urged to tr
John Moreno, programs director for USACE South Pacific Division, discussed project updates with Los Angeles District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ employees at the district’s command conference room in downtown LA recently. Discussion focused on the Civil Works projects (including Navigation, and In
Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, $4.5 million is being invested in a groundbreaking project at Bucktown Harbor. For the first time ever, a living shoreline will safeguard a federal levee system. Moffatt & Nichol is responsible for designing the living shorelin
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD), from Houston, Texas, has won an $18.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging project in Georgia. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Saint Marys
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District Dredge Potter has two pipeline systems available depending on the requirements of the job. Here, it uses 2,400 foot of flexible, self-floating pipeline, as it works to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel on the Middle Mississippi River near Che
Work on the Modern Port Kingstown is now in the phase where the piles are now being installed to secure the land reclamation from the recently completed dredging process. The dredging phase of the Kingstown Port Modernization Project, undertaken by Van Oord’s dredger HAM 316, was completed in June t
Curtin Maritime, Corp. has unveiled the latest addition to its dredging fleet, DB Two Harbors. In support of Curtin’s mission to set the gold standard in mechanical dredging worldwide, this foreign-flagged grab dredge is packed with cutting-edge features that will surely offer unparalleled versatili
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District awarded a $13.6 million contract to Marinex Construction, Inc. for the renourishment of Wrightsville Beach. This contract is 100% federally funded and will reduce risk to infrastructure by providing a level of protection against hurricanes and co
The Nueces Shoreline Protection Project is rocking along, the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program said. Once completed, this breakwater jetty structure will serve to block wind-driven currents that eroding the shoreline and marsh. Absorbing the wave energy will help the marsh recover and provide v
Mayor Angie Devanney and the Berkeley Heights Township Council said that the Township has been awarded $400,000 in grant funding from the FY2023 New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Local Aid Infrastructure Grant Program for a project to reduce Passaic River flooding in the Riverbend Road and C
