Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service from Dubuque, Iowa, has won a firm-fixed-price contract for mechanical dredging services in the Mississippi River Basin under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The amount of this action is $25 million, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. B
The City of North Myrtle Beach has just released the latest video update on their beach renourishment program. The street end of Sea Mountain Highway is the staging and mobilization point for materials, piping, and heavy machinery for beach renourishment. The United States Army Corps of Engineers wi
USACE Portland District’s hopper dredge Essayons arrived in Honolulu this week for its annual maintenance, repairs and upgrades. “Our two hopper dredges – the Essayons and the Yaquina – typically spend March through November maintaining our region’s waterways for safe and reliable marine transit. Th
The Barnstable County Dredge Department completed the Popponesset Bay “Big Dig” dredging project last Friday in Mashpee, marking the largest project undertaken by the department since its formation thirty years ago. The project began in mid-September and utilized both of the County’s dredgers, Cod F
Ducks Unlimited has been awarded $4.4 million through the National Coastal Resilience Fund to launch a critical land protection project in the Terrebonne Basin. Ducks said that the work is aimed at safeguarding Louisiana’s coast, wildlife, and communities from increasing climate threats. Partners on
The USACE Jacksonville District joined Palm Beach County and the City of Delray Beach earlier this week to announce the kickoff of the Delray Beach Segment of the Palm Beach County Shore Protection Project – with major renourishment work beginning January 2026. Following the severe impacts of the 20
A maintenance dredging project is in full swing at Newark Bay, N.J. According to USACE, the dredging program is expected to remove approximately 620,000 cubic yards of dredge material from the federal navigation channel. This effort will help maintain the channel’s authorize depth allowing cargo ves
The USACE Philadelphia District hosted Col. Jesse Curry, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division, last week. “Col. Curry toured the Dredge McFarland, visited ongoing remediation at the Chambers Works FUSRAP site, and met with our Operations Division teammates at the Che
HDR has been selected by the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) to provide engineering services for the Beaches and Dunes element of the Galveston Bay Barrier System, also known locally as the “Ike Dike”. The project will deliver approximately 45 miles of nature-based coastal defense structure, d
The USACE Charleston District and the City of Charleston have officially signed the Design Agreement for the Battery Extension Project. This milestone kicks off the Preconstruction, Engineering and Design (PED) phase, where engineers and scientists will refine the project alignment, complete detaile
Manson Construction from Seattle, Washington, has won a $23.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2025 maintenance dredging of the Oakland Inner and Outer Harbor. The main goal of this dredging program is to ensure navigational safety and operational efficiency in these areas, the U.S.
Dean Construction completed this year’s work for the water intake structure at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington New Nuclear Plant recently. The 2025 works included the dredging operations of the intake footprint, the drilling of the shaft for the intake riser, as well as the supply and placemen
