The Department for Environment and Water, South Australia, continues to undertake beach renourishment works along the West Beach. The beachfill operation helps protect infrastructure from storm damage, creates more enjoyable beaches, and supports coastal communities and businesses. Since July 2024,
The Captiva Erosion Prevention District (CEPD) will hold a public hearing on the tentative apportionment at the board’s meeting on April 7 at 3 p.m. at the Captiva Civic Center on Captiva. “(The) CEPD is organizing and preparing this tentative apportionment for a beach renourishment project schedule
Hall Contracting is making significant progress with the second phase of the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP-II). According to the latest update from the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, the contractor has dredged over 14,000 cubic meters of sand from the lagoon and filled 125 geotextile bags. T
Port Stephens Council (NSW) has announced that Shoal Bay Foreshore Beach will be undergoing maintenance / beach nourishment works next week. The Shoal Bay foreshore experiences severe coastal erosion following severe weather events and large swells. The aim of this project is to protect the foreshor
Starting this week, Les Searle Group will be carrying the Spring beach management works at Eastoke, Hayling Island. Hayling Island is exposed to large waves and high tides. To prevent properties from flooding when these factors combine, Havant Borough Council undertakes beach recycling works along t
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is wrapping up work on the $40.6 million sand bypass and beach renourishment project in Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to the City of Cape Canaveral, construction crews have removed the pipe across the entirety of the beach and have smoothed out the sand. Crews are stil
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded a $19.8 million contract to Marinex Construction for the renourishment of approximately 4 miles of shoreline in Nassau County, Florida. The project includes placing dredged sand on to the shoreline at Fernandina Beach south of the S
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has successfully completed construction of the Brevard County Mid-Reach shore protection project. According to the Corps, the crews have finished placing the last of approximately 360,000 cubic yards of sand on the Mid-Reach, thus completing th
Rijkswaterstaat is launching a large-scale study into the effects of sand extraction on underwater nature near Ameland. Measuring frames with sensors will be placed on the seabed at 3 locations to the north of the Wadden Island. Also, soil samples will be taken and analyzed during the research, whic
The Lake Worth Inlet will be temporarily closed today. According to the Port of Palm Beach, the Lake Worth Inlet will be closed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. due to the dredging contractor experiencing issues with the pipe that’s used to transport material from the water to the beach. “For safety reasons a
The City of Virginia Beach and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently kicked off the Oceanfront beach replenishment project. The 2025 replenishment project began in late January along the Resort Area Beach between 15th and 45th Street. The contractor, Manson Construction is dredging sand from the Atl
The Town of Oak Island, North Carolina, has presented the latest update on the upcoming Beach Nourishment Project. The Town solicited bids for the project from October 15, 2024, to November 12, 2024. Due to Contractor requests, local officials provided the options to bid the project for construction
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled a beach renourishment project along the Grand Strand, beginning in late 2025. In preparation, aerial drone surveys will be conducted between March and May 2025 to map current beach contours. The objective of these drone surveys is to capture high-resolu
Marine Safety Queensland is starting works to remove sand from the Mooloolah River mouth and deposit it on Mooloolaba Beach to replenish erosion affected areas following Topical Cyclone Alfred. From today (March 14), Hall Contracting will be removing sand from the entrance channel of the Mooloolaba
