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Hatteras Inlet dredging plan on display
A public comment period on the future dredging operations in Hatteras Inlet is currently open, Island Free Press reports. The public comment period runs from October 18 to November 18, 2021, and corresponds with a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on t
New edition of WEDA’s Journal of Dredging
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) recently published a new edition of its Journal of Dredging, the Volume 19, Issue 3. The Journal of Dredging provides the dissemination of technical and project information on dredging engineering topics. The peer-reviewed papers in this practice-oriented journal
TAMU 51st Dredging Engineering Short Course
Texas A&M University has just announced that their 51st Texas A&M Dredging Short Course will be held online from January 10-14, 2022. The Dredging Engineering Short Course is held each year in January. Due to the ongoing pandemic conditions, the weeklong course will be held via WebEx platform, and i
Offshore Energy Conference starts in a few days
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 is approaching! With only a few days left, don’t forget to sign up to be part of a great event filled with networking opportunities, insightful sessions and doing business. This year’s content theme is: “Offshore Energy in a Changing World”. Four talk sho
Bids to go out for NJDOT dredging projects
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced that the Department’s Office of Maritime Resources is planning to advertise contracts for maintenance and capital dredging projects in the Delaware River and NY/NJ Harbor regions of the state in early 2022. According to NJDOT,
CPRA to reallocate funds to Maurepas Swamp project
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is seeking public comment on the reallocation of funds to Maurepas Swamp project. CPRA proposes to reallocate $60 million in Spill Impact Component funding to the River Reintroduction to Maurepas Swamp project and expand the geographi
Maintaining Mississippi River navigation channel VIDEO
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has just released a video named ‘Maintaining the Mississippi River navigation channel is vital to the regional economy’. In the video, Dan DeVaney, St. Paul District channel maintenance coordinator, discusses the importance of maintaining the Miss
WEDA’s Pacific Chapter Meeting next week
In one week, Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold their Pacific Chapter WEDA Fall 2021 meeting in Seattle, Washington. The event is taking place in downtown Seattle at the boutique MOTIF Hotel from Wednesday, October 27th to 29th, 2021. Similar to past conferences, this year’s event will en
McAmis wraps up first full season of MCR work
J.E. McAmis has just released the latest update on their work at the Mouth of the Columbia River (MCR) South Jetty project. The Chico based heavy civil marine contractor, along with major subcontractor Rognlins Construction, and the USACE Portland District worked very hard all year to complete repai
DSC Dredge to build one of the largest 24” dredges in U.S.
DSC Dredge has signed a contract with Muddy Water Dredging, LP for the construction of one of the largest 24” dredges in the United States. On Tuesday, 12th October, Michael Kerns, President and CEO of Muddy Water Dredging, LP and Bob Wetta, President and CEO of DSC Dredge LLC, launched a project to
National Dredging Museum hosts engineering lecture
A lecture about the wonder world of dredging, civil engineering of waterway construction and architecture is set to take place on October 23. On that Saturday, Mr. Remco van der Ven, in cooperation with Mr. Bas de Goeij, will lead the discussion on these items in the National Dredging Museum in the
Engineering With Nature by USACE
Regardless of their size, islands play a critical role in providing valuable habitat, recreation opportunities, and coastal protection by reducing erosion and wave energy to nearby shorelines. Islands often consist of multiple habitats spanning different elevations, like beaches, dunes, and marshes.