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TSHD Ellis Island delivers first load of sand to Buxton
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that beach nourishment operations in Buxton are currently underway. On the afternoon of Thursday, June 30, 2022, the dredge Ellis Island began pumping sand along the beach from a landing point located near the south end of Tower Circle in Buxton and is hea
VIDEO: JAXPORT channel is 47 feet deep
Federal, state, and local leaders joined JAXPORT and the Army Corps, Jacksonville District in May 2022 to celebrate the completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The project deepened 11 miles of the federal shipping channel—from the sea
Construction underway in Louisiana’s Barataria Basin
NOAA and partners are leading a massive 1,200-acre marsh creation project in Louisiana’s Barataria Basin that will create habitat, reduce erosion, and protect coastal communities. The Upper Barataria Marsh Creation project is one of the largest habitat restoration efforts led by NOAA to date and wil
Mrvan: $47M in infrastructure investments at Indiana Confined Disposal Facility
Indiana Representative Frank J. Mrvan joined Colonel Paul Culberson from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Superintendent Paul Labovitz from Indiana Dunes National Park, and Chief Operating Officer Andrea Hermer from the Ports of Indiana earlier this week to announce $47,852,000 in Fiscal Year 2022
USACE Galveston District opts for eTrac
The USACE Galveston District has awarded eTrac, a Woolpert Company, with an architect-engineer contract to provide hydrographic surveying and mapping services within the Galveston District and potentially the USACE Southwest Division. The five-year Multiple Award Task Order Contract has a total shar
Reducing carbon footprint of coastal engineering
A new white paper from Wetlands International, released on June 21, 2022, reveals the critical need to restore wetlands – with urgency and at scale. The report, developed in cooperation with Witteveen+Bos and Deltares, outlines a simplified methodology for quantifying the ecosystem-based carbon foo
Longboat Key dredging about to start
Area east of Longboat Pass Bridge will be closed to boaters and bathers for about three weeks due to the dredging operations, the Town of Longboat Key said. Beginning this week, the Town’s dredge contractor is mobilizing to begin work associated with an emergency dredge providing access to Canal 1A
Muskegon Harbor dredging in full swing
The Muskegon Harbor dredging work commenced June 19 and is scheduled to be complete on July 20. Under the project, King Company will dredge 126,500 cubic yards of material, beneficially reusing it as nearshore nourishment material in the area. “The public should remain clear of placement area beginn
University Lakes work begins soon, Governor Edwards says
Pending permit approval of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is expected soon, restoration work will then begin in University Lake near the intersection of East Lakeshore Drive and Stanford Avenue. As the equipment is being staged during this advance work phase, the project contractor will tes
TSHD Galileo Galilei kicks off massive beach expansion project in Brazil
Jan De Nul Group has started work on another beach renourishment project in Brazil, this time in the City of Matinhos. After completing the beachfill scheme in Balneario Camboriu in 2021, last weekend the company began pumping sand onto eroded beaches of Matinhos. According to Dieter Dupuis, Project
Avon beach nourishment project making steady progress
During the first week of the Avon beach nourishment project, the contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., has made steady progress. According to Dare County, until Friday, the dredge Ellis Island delivered 25 loads of sand onto the beach and placed approximately 250,000 cubic yards of sand between
Waterfire Dredging Project Phase 2 out for bids
The RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) announced recently that Waterfire Dredging Project Phase 2 is out for construction tender. According to CRMC, the project consists of dredging approximately 35,000 cubic yards of a sand/siltmaterial from the Providence River starting at the Crawford