The Town of North Topsail Beach, NC, has released the latest update regarding Phase 4 beach renourishment and PTC #8 Dune restoration projects. The Town’s Engineer in discussions with the contractor and the Division of Coastal Management (for permitting), have determined that the current plan is for
The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Detroit District will start dredging the entrance to Holland Harbor as early as Thursday, April 24 to remove shoaling across the federal channel. According to the Corps, surveys indicate a shoal formed in the winter months across the entrance to the harbor that could pot
After a short pause, the Virginia Beach Oceanfront replenishment project is back underway. Work was temporarily halted for about two weeks after some of the sand dredged from the Atlantic Ocean Channel was found to be too fine and easily washed away. The project resumed April 14, with plans to wrap
The Dutra Group and Griffith Company have signed a ~$360-million-dollar contract with International Transportation Service (ITS) to build the Pier G South Slip Fill, New Wharf at Berth 234, and Backland Development Project at the Port of Long Beach, California. The project, which is slated to run fr
The Army Corps dredge McFarland has returned from another successful dredging mission. To combat shoaling and maintain a safe and navigable waterway, the dredge McFarland was busy recently dredging near the entrance of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. During her deployment, she dredged more th
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District has awarded a $403,944,000 contract to Kiewit U.S. Contractors to construct additional portions of the Port Arthur Project, a component of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay (S2G) Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. The Port Arthur Project provid
Orange County officials have approved a series of projects to stabilize the coastal rail corridor through San Clemente. According to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), the measures include adding over 500,000 cubic yards of sand and repairing rock structures along the rail line, whic
Weeks Marine’s crews are in the final stages of the Mexico Beach Restoration Project in Florida. After Hurricane Michael displaced more than 400 million cubic yards of beach shoreline, Weeks’ team has been working to restore and reinforce the coastline. “Over the last several months, we’ve been movi
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District has paused dredging on the Monongahela River to avoid disrupting the fish spawning season. In the Monongahela River, many fish species, including bass, spawn during the spring months, with hybrid striped bass being most active between mid-April a
J.E. McAmis has won another Superfund cleanup contract, this one in Portland Harbor. The project will entail dredging and upland disposal of contaminated sediments and the use of McAmis’ own in-water sand mining sites to provide clean sand capping material for the project after the completion of dre
Pacific Dredge & Construction recently returned to Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, CA, to perform another round of maintenance dredging — supporting tidal circulation, marine life, and local beach nourishment. The project occurs every one to four years to remove sand that naturally drifts into the
Season 3 of Manson Construction’s North Extension Stabilization Step 1 (NES-1) project is underway at the Don Young Port of Alaska in Anchorage, the company said in the latest project update. This season’s work includes dredging approximately 420,000 cubic yards of material and placing approximately
