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Bound Brook’s $143 M Flood Protection Scheme Completed
Governor Chris Christie marked yesterday a milestone in the Administration’s efforts to make the state more storm-resilient by dedicating the completion of the Bound Brook phase of the Green Brook Flood Risk Management Project. A $143 million system of levees, floodwalls, floodgates and pumping stat
Panama Canal Celebrates 102nd Anniversary
The Panama Canal celebrated yesterday 102 years of successful operations and service to the global maritime community, just one day after welcoming its 100th transit through the expanded waterway. Less than two months following the Expanded Canal’s historic June 26 Inauguration, the Neopanamax vesse
Public Information Sessions Set on Proposed Centerm Expansion
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has invited the public to attend information sessions on the proposed Centerm Expansion Project, which is currently in the preliminary design phase. Centerm is an existing container terminal operated by DP World Vancouver on the south shore of Vancouver’s inner ha
Preparations Underway for Longboat Key Nourishment Project
Norfolk Dredging Company (NDC) of Chesapeake, VA began mobilizing its equipment to the south end of Longboat Key on August 8th to start construction of the New Pass Dredging and Beach Nourishment Project. Supply barges, a crane barge and shorepipe will arrive at New Pass by tomorrow, according to th
Army Undersecretary Visits USACE’s Savannah District
Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy met with the USACE’s Savannah District leaders on August 11, 2016. Murphy took an aerial tour of the Savannah Harbor as part of his visit to Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. The Savannah District is responsible for maintaining the Savannah h
USACE: Hashamomuck Cove Plan on the Table
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has announced the availability of the Draft Integrated Feasibility Report & Environmental Assessment for the Hashamomuck Cove, New York, Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study. The USACE also announced a 30 day review period for the publi
Orion Marine Wins Corpus Christi Dredging Contract
Orion Marine Construction Inc., from Tampa, Florida, has won a $12.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Corpus Christi ship channel maintenance dredging project. This cleanup scheme will involve dredging works in the channel’s inner basin to Viola turning basin, and La Quinta channel, Nueces
Ocean City Schedules Two Meetings on Dredging
The Ocean City officials and ACT Engineers, a firm hired by the city to tackle the severely silted lagoons with long-term dredging strategies, will host two meetings on Saturday, August 20, for residents in areas affected by Ocean City’s 2016 back bay dredging program. This year’s program includes S
USACE Awards Kissimmee River Restoration Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded one of the three remaining construction contracts for the Kissimmee River Restoration Project, a massive Everglades restoration project in Okeechobee and Highlands counties. The $26.13 million Reach 2 Backfill construction contract
Input Invited for Shrewsbury River Feasibility Study
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, announces the availability of the Shrewsbury River Basin, Sea Bright, NJ Feasibility Study and a 30 day review period for the public to submit written comments. With the passage of Public Law 113-2, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013,
Oceanside Harbor Navigational Dredging Moves Ahead
In its latest update on the Oceanside Harbor navigational dredging scheme, the USACE said that the contractor, CJW Construction, removed nearly 26,500 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from August 4 through 10. To date, CJW has dredged roughly 91,500 cubic yards of the 260,
Braddock Bay Scheme: Barrier Beach Construction Starts
As part of a nearly $8 million contract awarded on October 6, 2015 to Wesson Group LLC, Johnstown, NY, construction has begun of the barrier beach at the Braddock Bay Ecosystem Restoration project in Greece, NY. Construction of the barrier beach is scheduled to be completed by the end of the constru