The Noosa Council (QLD) recently completed important shoreline protection work on the rock wall at Noosa Spit, off Claude Batten Drive. The project was carried out under a Coastal Management Plan and provides essential protection against inundation and erosion hazards, protecting land and water-base
The Netherlands is expected to designate a focal person who will work with the Philippine government to promote trade and boost Dutch investment in the country, the Philippine News Agency reports. “What we are happy about is the commitment of the Netherlands to designate a focal point to carry out t
Coastcare Waikato – a partnership between local communities, iwi, district councils and Waikato Regional Council to protect and restore the region’s coastlines – this year undertook its largest dune restoration project along 700 meters of Whangamatā shoreline that was badly eroded by Cyclone Gabriel
After a temporary halt, the dredging operations for the development of HDh. Makunudhoo Airport have officially recommenced. The dredging work in Makunudhoo was suspended to facilitate an investigation into the explosion of a gas cylinder in the island’s harbor area on October 21, an incident that le
Department of Transport (DoT) are currently progressing with dredging in the Fascine channel and stabilisation works on the Babbage Island sand spit. The forecast schedule is to complete the Fascine channel prior to the end of year shutdown, with further dredging to take place at the entrance channe
Mxtv today released the latest video update from the New Manila International Airport (NMIA) – the largest land reclamation project in Boskalis’ history. Under this capital development scheme, around 1,700 hectares of land will be developed for the new facilities, located around 20 kilometers north
Hall Contracting crew working in Tuvalu has just wrapped up coastal protection works on the Funafuti atoll. The team has successfully constructed a new 78,000m2 bunded foreshore reclamation area as well as a new boat harbour and breakwater. According to the company, the crew will now relocate to Nan
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) is celebrating a decade of Gold Coast waterways management. The GCWA was established in December 2012 by the Queensland Government through the Gold Coast Waterways Authority Act 2012. With the responsibility for a waterways network that stretches from Jumpin
The construction of a new sea wall on Tulagi Island has expanded coastal protection against erosion, benefiting residents of the surrounding Diocese of the Anglican Church of Melanesia in the Central Province of Solomon Islands, said United Nations Development Programme. Tulagi Island is proving to
Urbanco has just announced the successful completion of the first phase of Thilafushi Phase II development project in the Maldives. According to Urbanco, the land reclamation operations – measuring 39.6 hectares – at Area B are now complete, and preparations for the reclamation works of Area A are u
Project director Phil Wardale has informed recreational vessel users transiting through the Whanganui Port basin to take care and proceed with caution, due to increase in construction activity in the area. The contractor has made good piling progress over the last few weeks and will now start piling
Port of Townsville has appointed local contractor CivilPlus Constructions to complete a critical piece of work as part of the port’s $251 million Channel Upgrade project. CivilPlus Constructions will carry out a $1.5 million works package to shorten the Eastern Breakwater, making way for channel wid
