The first 100-metre track has been constructed on Maasvlakte 2. It is mainly to test how quickly and how much sand blows in. Now that this is known, 12 kilometres of new track is being constructed. The first trains will start running at the end of next year. At Maasvlakte 2 rail traffic is being [&h
Aktsiaselts Saarte Liinid opened tendering process for dredging of the Kihnu Port. Port is based in Kuressaare, Estonia. Tender is invited in open procedure. Wokr consists of dredging of the Kihnu Port entrance channel to a depth of -4.5m and reconstruction of the quayside at berth No. 2. Replacemen
Ambitious San Joaquin River restoration plans are seeing delays on the ground and renewed resistance on Capitol Hill… (mercedsunstar) [mappress] Source: mercedsunstar, July 15, 2011;
Construction has started on phase two of Abu Dhabi’s Volvo Ocean Race Destination Village, officials have said… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, July 15, 2011;
The process of draining Prairie Rose Lake ahead of the $3 million restoration project will begin early next week. Once the water control … (newtondailynews) [mappress] Source: newtondailynews, July 15, 2011;
The Liebherr Group benefited from the worldwide business recovery in the 2010 business year and resumed its growth. Total turnover rose by 626.0 million € or 9.0 % to 7,587.0 million €. This growth derived exclusively from the Group’s construction machinery area, in which it proved possible to incre
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is preparing to embark on its second Regional Beach Sand Project (RBSP II) next spring… (sandiegoreader) [mappress] Source: sandiegoreader, July 15, 2011;
Topsail Beach officials have been hashing out a way to pay for dredging New Topsail Inlet… (starnewsonline) [mappress] Source: starnewsonline, July 15, 2011;
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract July 8 to Manson Construction Company in the amount of $7,988,500… (dvidshub) [mappress] Source: dvidshub, July 15, 2011;
Construction begins Friday on a nearly $50-million rail project at the Port of Miami that is critical to the port’s plans to increase trade… (miamiherald) [mappress] Source: miamiherald, July 15, 2011;
The storms that battered the West Coast during the winter of 2009-10 eroded record chunks of shoreline, and more will likely disappear as… (contracostatimes) [mappress] Source: contracostatimes, July 15, 2011;
On July 5, No. 19 berth and yard project in Mombasa, Kenya, undertaken by China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC), was launched. The project is the first port construction project undertaken by CRBC in Kenya, was signed between CRBC and Kenya Ports Authority, and is a project with a spot investment f
Maasvlakte 2 is currently the largest water construction project in the Netherlands and highlights the Dutch expertise in this area. This is why the Dredging Museum in Sliedrecht decided to devote an exhibition to the new land reclamation, entitled ‘A Bird’s-eye View of Maasvlakte 2’. In addition to
CCCC Third Harbour Engineering Company Limited (THEC) won the bid for the reclamation project (deposition promotion dike of the third section) in the Zhuangyuanao area at Wenzhou Port, with a bidding amount of RMB 295 million and a construction period of 24 months.Located in the north of Zhuangyuana
