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Apra Harbor Dredging Agreement Signed
Reliable Builders Inc., from Tamuning, Guam, has won an $8.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of various wharves at Apra Harbor. The work to be performed provides for maintenance dredging of Apra Harbor to meet military operational requirements by ensuring adequate navigati
Dredging Closes Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach and its parking lot will be closed to all pedestrian and vehicle traffic until February 1, 2016, due to the Cohasset Harbor dredging project, according to the Town of Cohasset. The city also said that the Parker Avenue Boat Ramp will be closed starting October 1, 2015 until project compl
Orion Completes Barbours Cut Dredging
The deepening and widening of Barbours Cut channel is now complete, making Barbours Cut Container Terminal the Port Authority’s first 45-foot deep draft container facility, announced Houston’s Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria. According to a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
BCPeabody Wins Kissimmee Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded its second construction contract this year for the Kissimmee River Restoration project, a large-scale Everglades restoration project spanning through Highlands and Okeechobee counties. The $4.7 million construction contract was awa
Input Invited for Fort Edward Processing Facility
The EPA is providing additional time for the public to provide input on a plan that outlines how GE will dismantle and decontaminate its 110 acre sediment processing facility in Fort Edward, NY. This facility was built to support the dredging of the Hudson River PCBs superfund site. The plan, called
Calcasieu River Dredging Contract Announced
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, awarded recently Mike Hooks Inc. of Westlake, Louisiana, with a $9.8 million contract for maintenance dredging of the Calcasieu River and Pass. The Calcasieu River is a 68 mile deep draft navigation channel located in southwest Louisiana. The C
Weeks Marine Bags BIH Dredging
Weeks Marine Inc. of Covington, LA, has just won a $6.5 million dredging deal in Texas. The contract is for maintenance dredging of the Brazos Island Harbor jetty channel and option for Brazos Island Harbor entrance channel. Work will be performed at San Padre Island, Texas, with an estimated comple
Mobile Dredging Nets Shark River Contract
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials yesterday announced the award of a $7.6 million contract to dredge state channels in the Shark River in Monmouth County. Efforts to dredge the Shark River have been underway for well over a decade. After Superstorm Sandy the need to dredge th
Dryline Project Wins Award
Big U team, led by BIG and One Architecture, has been honored with the bronze price of the LafargeHolcim Awards, the most significant international competition for sustainable design and construction. The Dutch-Danish-US consortium received the Global Award for sustainable construction for their Dry
Panama Canal Expansion Progress Rapidly
Currently at 93.1% completion, the Panama Canal Expansion Program continues to rapidly progress. This month, the filling of the fourth phase of the Pacific Access Channel (PAC-4) began, bringing Culebra Cut one step closer to connecting with the new Pacific-facing locks. The new channel is 6.1 kilom
Newark Bay Dredging About to Begin
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently awarded a $13.8 million contract to Donjon Marine Co. Inc. to perform maintenance dredging of the Port Newark Pier Head Channel in Newark Bay, New Jersey. The contract invo
Great Lakes Secures La Quinta Channel Gig
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (Great Lakes) announced yesterday the award of a contract with Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC (CCL), a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. CCL is developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal at a site located on the north shore of Corpus Christi Ba