The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has announced the recent completion of dredging in five south shore inlets. According to the Corps, the projects have all been dual-purposed, restoring safe depths for navigation, and beneficially using all dredged sands for coastal storm risk resi
A Public Open House on the proposed Lake Scugog Enhancement Project (LSEP) will take place on May 25. According to the Township of Scugog, participants can review the draft LSEP design and provide input for consideration as part of finalizing the design at the open house, which will be held from 4 t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is scheduled to begin dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel near Winona, Minnesota, this week to ensure the channel remains open for commercial navigation. The project will remove around 27,000 cubic yards of river sand from the naviga
Komatsu has just unveiled a literally ground-breaking concept machine. Ready to begin proof-of concept testing, the newly developed excavator concept mates a Toyota hydrogen fuel cell system with the latest comprehensive control and performance technology from Komatsu. Hydrogen has high energy densi
Manson Construction Co. has won a $49 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers for dredging services in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. According to the Mobile District, the contract calls for a 30” pipeline dredge and attendant plant to be used for maintaining harbors, rivers, waterways
The VINCY Issues Now facebook page has just released this beautiful BEFORE and AFTER photo from the Kingstown Port Modernisation Project. Under the project, the dredger HAM 316 will move a total of 1.17 million cubic metres of sand from the seabed off the south east coast of St. Vincent, to Kingstow
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has completed beachfill operations in Avalon and will soon begin work in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. According to the Corps and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the 2023 Avalon beach nourishment project concluded shortly before 9:00pm on Friday
The City of Encinitas will start the annual dredging of San Elijo Lagoon this week, headed up by the City, California State Parks, and the Nature Collective. The dredging work will last until May 25, during regular construction hours. “No dredging activity will occur on the weekends. All dredging wi
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in Bay City, WI, yesterday for a nearly $27 million habitat improvement project, with more than $20 million in contributions from USACE. The Mississippi River Upper Pool 4 habitat project is one of the first in the nati
The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) held its 2023 Annual Meeting at the Conrad Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee on April 24-26. DCA President Fred Paup of Manson Construction Co. welcomed dredging companies large and small from across the United States. Major General William H. “Butch” Graham, D
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed it will not use hopper dredges in Brunswick Harbor during spring or summer months until it conducts a rigorous environmental review of potential impacts, One Hundred Miles (OHM) and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) said. Since 2021, OHM and SEL
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), along with local and state officials, have celebrated the completion of the largest ridge and marsh restoration effort in Louisiana – the Spanish Pass Project. “We’re standing on what was once open water and is now nearly 2,000 acres of
