A draft supplemental environmental assessment for adaptive management to the Sandy Point Bend chute complex in Harrison County, Iowa is currently available for public review. The EA evaluates the environmental impacts of adaptive management measures to maintain shallow water habitat quality within t
Labor Member for Bellarine and Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water, Lisa Neville today opened Portarlington’s upgraded pier in a boost for the local mussel and aquaculture industries. The new 175 meter pier section is the first of the upgrades delivered under the $15 million Porta
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $1.8 million to Affolter Contracting Company for dewatering of the Mid Bay Dredged Material Placement Area in Chambers County, Texas. “Dewatering allows for the outflow of excess water which helps to consolidate
The best civil engineering projects in the South East England were celebrated last Friday, 17th July 2015, at the ICE’s Regional awards ceremony in Westminster. Winners of the evening included Network Rail’s Coastal Asset Management, which won the award for innovation, Reading Elevated Railway which
Brigadier General (P) Donald E. Jackson, Jr., deputy commanding general for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil and Emergency Operations, visited levee work in north Sacramento, CA yesterday. During the visit, he was briefed on key projects in the District including Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway
Finalists have recently been announced in two Riverprize categories for 2015 – the Morgan Foundation New Zealand Riverprize and the Thiess International Riverprize. Riverprize is the world’s most prestigious river award giving recognition to those who have developed and implemented outstanding, visi
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District has begun restoring the Fairport Harbor East Breakwater, Lake County, Ohio to repair the $5.5 million worth of damages caused by Superstorm Sandy, October 2012. “The Fairport Harbor East Breakwater experienced extensive damage during Sandy be
After only one day spent on the site, hopper dredge “Liberty Island” will go back to Virginia for more repairs. For the last two moths, the Liberty Island was in Norfolk where the vessel’s starboard engine was replaced. The Liberty Island had returned to Ocean City’s south end on Monday to resume a
The first test to be conducted in the new Delta Flume, a unique research facility in Delft that can generate the highest artificial waves in the world, was completed successfully last week. Approximately 5000 Basalton blocks (scale 1:1.6) were positioned on the 11-meter-high dike that was built in t
Jan De Nul Group, together with other members of the Challenge Consortium (NMDC, Boskalis and Van Oord), is putting final touches on the New Suez Canal project. By Friday, July 24th, the crews working on the new waterway will complete dredging works on the canal, after which the experimental oper
Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that the Port of Virginia’s preliminary reports for fiscal year 2015 indicate that it will post its first yearly operating profit since 2008. The Port is forecast to turn a $16.1 million profit, which is a $31.5 million improvement in operating income compared
Last week, GE’s Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety Ann R. Klee responded to state legislators who wrote to the company about the Hudson River Dredging Project. In the letter, she explained the continuing work on the dredging project, reporting about the progress being made and the approp
The Port of Townsville is investing $55 million to upgrade Berth 4 and double its capacity. Ports Minister Mark Bailey said that the investment would enable another two million tonnes of product to go through the port every year. According to the Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland Co
GEI Consultants of Michigan, P.C., engaged in geotechnical, environmental, water resources, ecological science and engineering projects, announced yesterday that the firm has opened a new office in Ann Arbor as it continues to expand its services throughout Michigan, the upper Great Lakes region, an
