Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC of Houston, Texas, has won a $27.1 million contract for beachfill and dredging services in Bay Shore, New York. The work that will be performed in one of Long Island’s most densely populated communities has an estimated completion date of February 14, 2024. Under th
Each year at its annual WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo, Western Dredging Association presents Environmental Excellence Awards to outstanding projects/programs. In 2023 the categories for the awards were reimagined and two Environmental Excellence Awards were given. An award in the category “Partnership
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will this week hold two public hearings on the recently published Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study. The study investigated alternatives to provide efficient and safe navigation and maritime commerce in Tampa Harbor such as deepening an
Authorities have identified a boater killed when his craft hit a loose dredge pipe in Cape May Harbor. Christopher W. Heitman, 45, of Cape May, was operating the 17-foot vessel Sea Hunt in Cape May Harbor yesterday, with one occupant, when his boat struck a loose dredge pipe in the channel, causing
Colombia’s National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has just announced the start of maintenance dredging project named “Restoration of the Degraded Ecosystems of the Canal del Dique” being conducted in order to maintain navigability in the Canal. According to ANI, the contractor Dragados Hidráulicos SA
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Elbe is scheduled to return to Montserrat today – to continue the dredging works of the Little Bay Harbor. Upon the arrival, the dredger will immediately re-commence works on the Montserrat Port Development Project. Also, a long reach excavator arrived in t
After spending the winter in drydock for scheduled maintenance, the Dredge Goetz has been busy this summer maintaining the 9-foot channel on the Mississippi River. According to USACE St. Paul District, Goetz has dredged 418,710 cubic yards of material so far this summer and is working near Brownsvil
Governor John Bel Edwards yesterday joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), as well as several federal and state leaders, to officially break ground and begin construction on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The project is widely regarded as the most ambitious
The Western Dredging Association underwent a strategic planning process in 2017, with the results from that process enabling WEDA to define the objectives for the organization, make informed decisions on programs, allocate resources effectively, and create a foundation for WEDA to adapt to the unfor
Pete Perez, chief of Engineering and Construction for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, continued his visit with leaders and other subject-matter experts with the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during several stops along the Los Angeles River Aug. 3 to discuss updat
Orion Marine Construction Inc. of Tampa, Florida, is to carry out another dredging project for the Army Corps of Engineers. According to the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD), Orion Marine has been awarded a $40 million contract for Atchafalaya Basin, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway dredging. “Work loca
The Johnson County Park and Recreation District began drawing down water levels in Heritage Park Lake in early June in preparation for much-needed water quality and habitat improvements. The project involves dredging sediments and native earthen materials from the lake, as well as from about 1,500 f
