The long-term solution to save West Beach is one step closer with a development application being lodged this week for the construction of a sand recycling pipeline between Semaphore and West Beach. Part of the Marshall Liberal Government’s ‘Securing the Future of our Coastline’ project, the pipelin
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
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has completed the K. Guraidhoo land reclamation and shore protection project. Under this capital development program, MTCC reclaimed 15 hectors of new land by dredging a 644,000 square meter area in the island’s lagoon. They also built a boulder reve
Hall Contracting has just introduced an update on their maintenance dredging works at the Molongle Creek access channel. Having been tasked with widening the channel to 20m and deepening it to 2m below lowest astronomical tide (LAT), Hall plans to dredge up to 120,000m3 of sediment from the Molongle
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
CGC Dredging Company is about to begin maintenance dredging works at the entrance of the Port Geographe Marina, Western Australia. According to the Department of Transport, dredging will commence this October and will proceed until approximately late February 2022. “Dredging will mainly occur Monday
Stage two of the Apollo Bay Foreshore Protection Project is now underway with approximately 650 metres of new rock revetment being built along the foreshore north of Milford Street. New groynes will also be constructed followed by sand renourishment to fill the space next to the structures and preve
Soil Conservation Service today released a very interesting video about the Narrabeen Lagoon dredging project. Although carried out in one form or another over the last 40 plus years, 2021 was the first to use an amphibious excavator with a dredge head. “This means work is safer with less impact to
Napier Port’s 6 Wharf project recently reached another important milestone with the completion of all 400 piles. These piles – each driven up to 35 metres into the underlying sandstone rock – form the basis of the foundation support for the new wharf. “Our 6 Wharf contractor – HEB Construction, firs
Christchurch City Council yesterday released a video on coastal hazards in the Akaroa Harbour area. In this video, Coastal scientist Derek Todd talks about how coastal hazards could impact this area in the coming decades. Communities in low-lying inland and coastal areas around New Zealand and the w
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released this very interesting video named ‘An example of sustainable asset valuation, Sven Kramer – Director Sustainability (Van Oord)’. This presentation shows the practical implications of taking all externalities into consideration
Whitsunday Regional Council has just released the latest update on the Shute Harbour Restoration Project. The new seawall has been constructed, with the level of the entire facility and carpark raised by an extra metre for greater resilience to storm surge in the future. Construction on the new seaw
