Sorensen Civil Engineering continues to make great progress on the refurbishment of Dinish Wharf in Castletownbere, Ireland. The project scope includes extension of the quay wall, construction of breakwater cells, dredging of the navigation channel and berth pocket along with all associated ancillar
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
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced that the Department’s Office of Maritime Resources is planning to advertise contracts for maintenance and capital dredging projects in the Delaware River and NY/NJ Harbor regions of the state in early 2022. According to NJDOT,
Van Oord was contracted by Administratia Bazinala de Apa Dobrogea-Litoral (ABA-DL) in 2019 to design and build new groynes and beaches to protect the popular seaside resort of Eforie on the Black Sea from erosion. Part of the project is the construction of three hectares of sea grass. Van Oord is cu
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is seeking public comment on the reallocation of funds to Maurepas Swamp project. CPRA proposes to reallocate $60 million in Spill Impact Component funding to the River Reintroduction to Maurepas Swamp project and expand the geographi
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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has just released a video named ‘Maintaining the Mississippi River navigation channel is vital to the regional economy’. In the video, Dan DeVaney, St. Paul District channel maintenance coordinator, discusses the importance of maintaining the Miss
In one week, Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold their Pacific Chapter WEDA Fall 2021 meeting in Seattle, Washington. The event is taking place in downtown Seattle at the boutique MOTIF Hotel from Wednesday, October 27th to 29th, 2021. Similar to past conferences, this year’s event will en
J.E. McAmis has just released the latest update on their work at the Mouth of the Columbia River (MCR) South Jetty project. The Chico based heavy civil marine contractor, along with major subcontractor Rognlins Construction, and the USACE Portland District worked very hard all year to complete repai
DSC Dredge has signed a contract with Muddy Water Dredging, LP for the construction of one of the largest 24” dredges in the United States. On Tuesday, 12th October, Michael Kerns, President and CEO of Muddy Water Dredging, LP and Bob Wetta, President and CEO of DSC Dredge LLC, launched a project to
Rijkswaterstaat has awarded the dyke reinforcement contract for the former island of Marken to the Hof van Marken consortium established by DEME Group subsidiary de Vries & van de Wiel and JLD International BV. Under the contract, the West and South quays of the surrounding dyke need to be reinforce
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
Regardless of their size, islands play a critical role in providing valuable habitat, recreation opportunities, and coastal protection by reducing erosion and wave energy to nearby shorelines. Islands often consist of multiple habitats spanning different elevations, like beaches, dunes, and marshes.
